Good Roads Plan Discussed. Snohomish County Weighs Bond
Snohomish County good roads advocates in Everett discussed bonding the county for 500000 to 600000 to build and maintain a permanent road system under expert supervision. A committee of F H Brownell E E Johnston and Robert Moody was appointed to study feasibility and report in two weeks.
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Good Roads Association
Snohomish County
Everett
F. H. Brownell
E. E. Johnston
Robert Moody
Edmonds Tribune
Grange movement shapes state politics and lumber demand
The Anacortes citizen notes the Grange's influence in this state's politics ahead of the election. He cites the organization’s 30,000 members as likely to back agricultural interests. He adds lumbermakers blame low demand, not freight rates, for industry woes, and laments consumer behavior reversals as prices rise.
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Anacortes
Grange
Skagit County
Oriental Sons of Humility Parade and Wenatchee Meeting
Last Friday fifty members boarded a two caboose train to Wenatchee to establish a local branch. The group paraded with Cashmere and Leavenworth participants, held an all night meeting at the Eagles hall, and returned after daylight. State tax assessors and deputies were named for Chelan county with new valuation methods and a county census planned for classification.
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the Order
Wenatchee
Cashmere
Leavenworth
Eagles Hall
Chelan County
M. P. Spencer
David Keith
A. A. Bosquet
R. C. Osborne
Chelan
J. H. Davis
John N. Johnson
Malaga
Printers Dominate Oklahoma Legislature Officials
In Oklahoma the governor is a printer editor, one state senator is an old time printer, and the legislature includes three printers and twenty three printer editors. The state commissioner of labor also holds printing background.
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Oklahoma
Labor
Gold Mining Hopes Rise in Chelan County Vicinity
County news notes a surge of gold findings in the region with placer sands of the Columbia River long yielding riches and quartz with new discoveries in Chelan Butte. A half dollar sized nugget found near Chas Rubin’s homestead signals recent ledge gold, while locals speculate on finding the mother lode before Hill’s railroad reaches the area.
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Columbia
Chelan Butte
Chas. Rubin
Hill
Chelan
The Brewster Bank Failure and Local Clamor for Action
A Brewster Herald excerpt details public division over who should face penitentiary action Ostby or Deputy Bank Examiner Phillips. It accuses Ostby and L H Bowman of borrowing depositor funds via notes tied to Ostby Lumber Co and other firms, with Phillips blamed for declaring the bank in fine condition amid suspicions.
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Ostby
Phillips
Citizens State Bank
L. H
Bowman
Echo Seeks Weekly News From Peshastin and Wenatchee Area
The Echo invites letters from residents of Peshastin Chumstick valley and the Lake Wenatchee region each week. Report changes, improvements, land sales, births, deaths, illnesses, arrivals and departures, and other items of public interest.
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The
Echo
Peshastin
Chumstick Valley
Lake Wenatchee
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Florida
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