Taxpayers' League formed in Seattle to curb public spending
A Seattle business leaders meeting organized the Taxpayers' League to monitor public expenditures and push for lower taxes. Jacob Furth of Seattle Electric Co. was named president, with plans for a statewide league linking local groups to curb county and city costs and oppose legislative extravagance seen in 1909.
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Taxpayers’ League of
Seattle
Jacob Furth
Seattle Electric Co
Northwest
Thurston County
Inspector Warns on Irrigation Water Use
P. S. Darlington, fruit inspector for Chelan Douglas and Okanogan counties, urges careful irrigation practices as he notes several trees in upper country orchards showing winter damage.
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P. S. Darlington
Chelan
Douglas
Okanogan
Dry Land Orchard Culture Favored to Prevent Winter Kills
Wenatchee Republic reports an expert warns over irrigation harms fruit trees. Too much water makes tender ground prone to winter kill while dry land cultivation preserves heat and moisture, promoting healthy growth. The recommendation favors reducing water reliance and relying on soil warmth for good fruit trees.
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Wenatchee Republic
War department brownsville regiment in Seattle sparks riots
Seattle residents decry the Brownsville colored regiment sent to the city. They demand 60 extra police as women report stalking and insults. Taft refuses to relocate the soldiers, drawing sharp national criticism. An accompanying note cites ten million dollars of diamonds smuggled annually into the United States.
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War Department
Colored Regiment of
Brownsville Fame
Seattle
Army
Taft
United States
South
Importers’ Protective Union
Spectacular Blood Vessel Scenes From Ultra Microscope
Dr Jean Comandon and associates show moving captures of blood flow with red and white globules at work. The film reveals carnivorous white cells attacking red cells and parasites like spirochetes in bird blood, illustrating life’s brutal struggle and microscopic battles as seen in Technical World.
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Jean Comandon
Paris
Comandon
South America
Telegraphing the lost engineer and other county notes
George Wilson, a veteran civil engineer for the geodetic survey, is missing after starting a survey near Yakima on Decoration Day. Deputies estimate 97,000 acres of Columbia County grain with 39,000 barley, 59,000 wheat, and 1,000 oats. A 30-year-old man, Herman Lee Wilson, burned to death in Coulee City jail under unclear circumstances. The state supreme court ruled liquor cannot be sold to Indians who have severed tribal relations. R. A. McCormick, heir to a Tacoma lumber fortune, married a Portland stenographer. Seventeen boxes of early season California apples in Seattle were condemned for immaturity and worm. Miss Ida Williams and Roy G. Dow wed in Seattle and plan to live on the Sound. Amateur baseball player Lester Conners of Dishman was seriously injured by a ball. Several quips recounting crime and a historic Mexican land case conclude the item.
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George Wilson
Yakima
Ellensburg
Kittitas County
Mr. Wilson
Columbia County
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Oregon & Washington
Portland
Yellowstone National Park
Great Northern
Washington
Pres. Louis W. Hill
G. N
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma
Flower of the Army
Tacoma Harbor
Herman Lee Wilson
Coulee City
Sanderson
Barry
Supreme Court
Pierce County Superior Court
R. A. McCormick
California
Pendleton
Ida Williams
Cashmere
Roy G. Dow
The
Sound
Lester Conners
Dishman, Wash
Mexico
Yodocome
Muna
Mr. Cumrox
Leavenworth State Bank
Fritz
Front Street
Tanunston Shilling Co
Puan Sip
Harrington Wheat Belt
Harringtons
the Leavenworth Mercantile Company
Harrington
Harrington Milling CO
Leavenworth
Smith Premier Typewriter CO
Third Avenue
Seattle, Wash
G. W. Hoxley
Leavenworth, Wash
J. EB. Shore, M. D
Trinity Medical College
Toronto University
A. G. McKeown
Ww. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
Wenatchee, Wash
Attorneys AT Law
J. J. King
U. S. Land Department
Lewis J. Nelson
Wash
J. B. Adams
Victor Martin
Omar P, Barrows
Wenatchee
Henry Crass
John E Porter
Crass, Porter & Thomason Lawyers
Columbia Valley Bank
Thomas & Sorenson
R. S. Ludington
Fred Kemp
F. and
M. Bank
Reeves & Reeves
Reeves Building
Farmers
D. Griffith
Burt J. Williams
J. D. Langdon
Joe Massie
Echo Office
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