Doings in Olympia Report on Coady Legislature Actions
Olympia correspondence notes the local option bill passing the Senate with amendments and awaits Gov Hay sign. It covers five units per county and a capitol land bill, with a three member commission. The eight hour bill for women workers stalls. corruption probes await. Justice code changes pass House. Senate resists. A fireproof State Printer Boardman building advances. Initiative and referendum bills fail in House. A Sunday liquor license bill passes to ease dry Sundays in large cities. A wireless station is installed. telephone lines come under railway regulation. The Senate opposes direct primaries for judges. retirement rules for judges advance. Gov and Mrs Hay host a Tumwater Club reception. Time pressures persist with unfinished business and river/Columbia river projects trimmed. Othello-like city politicking continues amid a 60-day session.
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Senate
House
Hay
Commission
Boardman
State Senate
Tumwater Club
Seattle
Exposition Grounds
Mississippi
J. B. Meikle
Chamber of Commerce
Puget Sound
Meikle
Northwest
West
Washington
King County
George Morris
E. N. Parker
Supreme Court
Morris
Supreme Bench
Parker
Pierce County
West Side
United States
William Pitt Trimble
C. F. White
R. A. Ballinger
Interior
E. C. Hughes
Piles
Wilson
White
Seattle Exposition Plans Spur Hotel Boom and Politics
Seattle prepares for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition with new hotels and lodging houses rising near the grounds. Officials discuss senatorial prospects, court nominations, and increased rail service while visitors plan excursions and motorboat races. The event opens June 1 in Seattle.
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United States
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Baker
Mt. Constance
Alaska
Tanana
Klondike
Chicago
Immigration flood to Washington and Oregon drives travel surge
A national rush to Washington and Oregon swells as people from across the United States and Canada travel at unprecedented rates. Communities spread leaflets offering low rates from many points while schools promote the effort. The rate lasts until the last day of April. A letter from Buckingham notes a Portland Commercial Club apple gift to King Edward.
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United States
Canada
Washington
Oregon
Portland Commercial Club
King
Edward
Buckingham
Sandringham
Oregon’s Forest Grove crafts famed archery bows
Forest Grove Oregon emerges as America’s bow center with Pacific Yew. Captain F S Barnes, a master archer, selects prime timber and crafts bows such as Cy clone and Whirlwind. Near Bend capitalists buy land for German immigrant settlement as railroads spur Oregon and Washington farming. A newborn girl arrives at David Reider’s home per Dr Hoxsey.
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Pacific Northwest
Forest Grove
Oregon
America
Pacific
David Reider
Dr. Hoxsey
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Olympia
Railway Commission
Exposition
Puyallup
Upper Columbia
Capt. McDermott
Pete
Othello
Oth
Southwest
Cushman
Judge Snell
Robert McCormick
McCormick
Bradstreet’s
Humphries
Lake Washington
Luther Burbank
Filipino Constabulary
England
Farnsworth Sisters
Echo Office
Bend
Newcastle
Leavenworth, Washington
Tumwater Light and Water CO
LI Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
Co. R
G. E. Lamb
Padavis Treas
Mgr
Leavenworth, Wa
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