Model Community Center to be Planned Near Spokane
Spokane June 21 The country Life Commission of Washington plans a model community center with a consolidated rural school on a ten acre site serving thirty six square miles. Expected attendees include Governor Hay and possibly Colonel Roosevelt. The project aims to advance agricultural education and rural development, with emphasis on practical training, road work, and a board of instructors led by a trained principal and supervisor.
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Spokane
Wash
Country Life Commission
State of
David Brown
Hay
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Commission On
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Ithaca
N. Y
United States
Washington Commission
Northwest
Bureau of Information
Peo
Brown
Real estate men found guilty in Spokane fraud case
A Spokane jury found Carl Eiseman and Claude Paxson guilty of fraud for taking part in a land deal with a California widow. They were ordered to refund $2000 to the plaintiff who owned a Los Gatos home with five lots and traveled to Spokane to enter a land drawing.
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Spokane
Carl Eiseman
Claude Paxson
California
Los Gatos
Cal
Wenatchee
Public dinner quotes criticise corruption in Missouri circle
Former Governor Folk remarks at the Missouri Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on corruption pointing to public inaction and a laissez faire stance likened to a boy with a stomach ache. Interleaved quips about old fashioned love letters versus goose quills add domestic color to the column.
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Folk of
Missouri
Missouri Society
Waldorf Astoria
Washington Code Adopted For Reference By Supreme Court
The Remington Ballinger code of 1903 1909 revisions unify state laws since 1850 in two volumes nearly 4000 pages. It notes the 1907 repeal attempt failed by title defects and includes the poll tax and viaduct provisions. The work marks first complete state legal code with exhaustive indexing and cross references. The Rough Riders Association gifts to Roosevelt and a white horse saddle are also noted.
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Remington & Ballinger
Washington
Attorney General’s Office
Supreme Court of
R. A. Ballinger
State Supreme Court
Arthur Remington
Olympia
Taft Administration Taxing Out Orthodoxy in Congress
Dr. Albert Shaw criticizes the Taft administration for punishing Republican insurgents in Congress as a heresy-hunting crusade. He notes the unlikely coalition of Taft allies and questions the move against Beveridge, Dolliver, and Cummins, linking orthodoxy to political self-interest.
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Albert Shaw
Roosevelt
Congress
Taft
Missouri
Pennsylvania
New York
Payne-Aldrich
Mr. Taft
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Mr. Roosevelt
English Author Ponders Roosevelt as Englishman
An English author imagines if Theodore Roosevelt had lived as an Englishman exploring the empire hunting big game earning blue at Oxford or Cambridge leading a conservation ministry and shaping national politics. The piece ends with a reflective, incomplete note.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Wellington
Nelson
de Wet
Dry Farming in the West and Related Notices
The piece discusses the dry farming boom driving land values and real estate activity in the West, noting the shift from farming to speculative land sales and the risk of neglecting either venture. It cites Pacific Monthly on dry farming viability and mentions postal savings banks and Spokane referendum legal opinions, ending with a remark on Washington's gender demographics and rhetoric in the capital.
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Corn Belt
West
Denver
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Pacific Monthly
Leavenworth Beats Old Barbees 6 to 4 In Tight Home Game
Leavenworth defeats Seattle’s Old Barbees 6 to 4 on the home diamond. Pap Lee keeps Seattle to five hits, Smith drives in two with a double, and Precious earns praise for Leavenworth’s win. Next Sunday Wenatchee visits for a hotly contested rematch.
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Leavenworth
Barbees
Seattle
Pap Lee
Pap
Okkar
Lee
Smith
Robert
Dan Patch
Lauder
Dutch Shubert
Old Barbee
Wenatchee
Railroads push retrenchment policy nationwide layoffs rise
St Paul reports a broad retrenchment across railroads due to federal action curbing freight rate hikes. About 10 000 northwest workers, 25 000 Northern Pacific, 3 000 Great Northern, and 600 Northwestern layoffs noted plus 5 500 from Santa Fe and Rock Island. N P President Elliott cites higher taxes labor costs and stronger railroad commissions reducing earnings, urging careful duty to travelers shippers and investors for capital needs.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Santa Fe
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Elliott
N. P
Railroad Commission
Why should Alaskans import each year thousands of dollars worth of vege
The fragment discusses Alaska's dependence on imported vegetables and hints at economic reasons behind large annual spending on produce. It implies local production limits and the impact on state finances and consumer prices without detailing specific figures or policies.
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Tanana
Yukon
Alaska
Alaska-Yukon Magazine
Missouri Prosecutes Meat Packers in State Price Case
Missouri Attorney General filed quo warranto actions in the supreme court against Armour Packing Morris Swift Hammond and St Louis Dressed Beef alleging anti trust and conspiracy to fix prices. Packets controlled meat lard butter eggs cheese poultry and agricultural products in Missouri. The case seeks confiscation of property and removal of the firms from the state.
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Missouri
Supreme Court
Armour Packing Co
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Co
St. Louis Dressed Beef & Provision Co
Land Platted Near Town Site as Railway Grading Moves
F A Reynolds surveys 240 acres to divide into one and five acre tracts as the Great Northern grades a sidetrack along the site. A Y is planned to ease car handling during snow shed work at Wellington and potential tunnel logistics. Rumors say electric motors may reach Merrit once the Y is finished.
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F. A. Reynolds
Great Northern Railway
Railway Company
Wellington
Merrit
Lawsuit Over Land Splits Alps Villages After 444 Years
In Luceran and Lanceque Alps France a long civil dispute over land at Lova ended when Nice court awarded equal shares. The 444 year case cost £30,000 while land was valued at £100. Docketed papers weighed 16 tons stored in a church. Calculated at $4.84 per pound, the dollar cost is requested.
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Echo
Mexico
Law Magazine
Lancaster Law Review
Luceran
Lanceque
Alps
Maritimes
France
Lova
Nice
J. J. King
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Roosevelt Country Life Commission
F. C. Selous
Dr. Fichett
Charles Beresford
Lord Curzon
Lord Kitchener
Mr. Chamberlain
Rough Riders
Teddy
Rough Riders Association
Texas
Postal Savings Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Postal Savings Banks
Pratt
F. B. Morrill
North Coast
Milwaukee
Morrill
America
Okker
Miller
Johnson
Schubert
Precious
Tholin
Keppler
Bee
Holmes
Leavenworth Nceaes Esse
Mahoney
Cf Keppler
Raymond
OLD Barbee AB
EK Watkins
Houghton
Rf Lee
Carson
Old Bluff
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