Large appropriation for national forest roads
The post office appropriation act signed by the president boosts federal road funding for Oregon and Washington forests. It adds 9 million dollars for roads and trails, allows use of war-supplied materials, and lets agriculture build nationwide forest roads without local approval. The measure aims to accelerate forest administration, protection, and recreation, with priority for veterans in labor.
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Oregon
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of War
War Department
Highway Commissions
Natonal
Henry S. Graves
Forest Service
Congress
Cotton Acreage Cuts Backed by Southern Convention
The Southern States Cotton Acreage Reduction Convention in New Orleans voted to cut cotton plantings by one third and withhold the 1918 crop to maintain 35 to 40 cents per pound. Delegates from cotton districts vow to enforce the plan through state defense councils and agricultural agents, branding dissenters as slackers.
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New Orleans
Grunewald Hotel
Ruffin G. Pleasant
Louisiana
League
William W. B. Thompson
Manning
South Carolina
Coton
United States Food Administration
South
North
United States
Memphis Appeal
Solid South
Preparation Lapses Mark Democratic War Stance
The piece argues the Democratic administration went to war unprepared and failed to work with Congress to ease future peace. It claims warnings were ignored and no effort was made to ready for imminent war or assured peace.
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Congress
Notice of Patent Application for Leprechaun Lode
Philip J. Lonergan files for a patent on the Leprechaun Lode in Leavenworth Mining District Chelan County Washington. He claims 1500 linear feet of mining claim with an 800 foot surface width for copper and other metals. notices sent to Crollard & Crollard Wenatchee and P O Box 686 Leavenworth.
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Leavenworth
County of Chelan
State of Washington
Mineral Survey
United States
Office of the Register of the District of Lands
Waterville
Washington
Register of the
United States Land Office
Douglas
Chelan County
Ben Spear
N Waterville
Philip J. Lonergan
P. O. Box
Messrs. Crollard & Crollard
Wenatchee
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Echo Office
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Don
Richmond
Seattle
UNION
W. E. Stevens
4Th and Main St
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Sixth Street
San Francisco
Sal
Fisher Adv Co
Pele
Dolman
McCall
SOP Incorporated
Says Dan
Danville, VA
Feyton Brand
Great Northern Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
Wenatchee Milling, Co
Wenatchee, Washington
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