Townley Law Critique Urges June Special Session North Dakota
J. E. Robinson chief justice argues in a Bismarck Tribune letter that Governor Frazier and Nonpartisan League leaders should call a June special session to cut taxes and repeal excess laws. He blasts 1919 appropriations and tax levies, catalogs state budget items, and warns of graft and mismanagement while urging reform and accountability.
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Robinson
North Dakota Supreme Court
J. EK. Robinson
Nonpartisan League
Bismarck
N. D
Tribune
Frazier
Towner
Boards of Equalization
State Board of Equalization
Langer
Kositzky
Hagan
Olson
Jist Eevoous
Railroad Commission
Tax Commission
Highway Commission
Fish Commission
Dunseith
Grafton Deities
Mandan Reformatory
Jamestown Insane Asylum
Devils Lake
Ohio
Democrats Adopt Land Bank Platform and Dollar Stabilization
The state Democratic convention adopted a platform with a Federal Land Bank plank and a call for stabilizing the dollar. Spokane delegates John L. Wiley and W. C. Jones introduced the stabilized dollar clause, which passed with little opposition. Several planks were withdrawn, including those opposing the Carlyon bill and those on Alaska development and Bremerton navy yard expansion.
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Federal Land Bank
John L. Wiley
Spokane
W. C. Jones
Cotteri
Platform Committee
Jones
Mr. Wiley
Wiley
Congress
Alaska
Bremerton Navy Yard
Carlyon
Federal Trade Commission
Brother's body found in Beach Hill lake prompt reward
Ross Trwin received a telegram from Nova Scotia last Friday informing him that his brother Dean Trwin's body, missing since last week, had been found in Beach Hill lake. The Trwins had offered rewards totaling 200 dollars, leading to immediate results and family relief. George Ingham reported heavy snow from Cascade Tunnel and ample water supply in the valley for the season.
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Ross Trwin
Nova Scotia
Dean Trwin
Beach Hilllake
Ross
Deans
George Ingham
Cascade Tunnel
FOR SALE Diverse housing and land listings in Leavenworth
Classified notices show multiple offers including 5 to 7 room houses full basements acre plots and irrigation lands. Individuals advertise bungalows sheds farms and a piano sewing machine while others seek tenants buyers or trades. A few items note contact points at local stores hotels and banks with phone references.
Renton Coal Mine Shuts Down Permanently
The Renton coal mine in King county closes after attempts to aid the national fuel supply fail. After final labor demands and coal sales at federal-fixed prices, a steady deficit forced the permanent shutdown with pumps to be filled with water. During the war three shifts costlier and less productive than two, and labor’s wage demands are blamed for cutting production.
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Renton
King County
Library Summer Closure Moves to Schoolhouse
The city library will close June 1 for the summer and reopen September 1 at the Community building in the school house.
Resigns as County Treasurer Official to Join Wenatchee Warehouse
C E Buttles, longtime chief deputy county treasurer, resigns to lead the Wenatchee warehouse for Bohlke Warehouse Co. He served four terms across two periods and under George R. Fisher. The county treasurer’s office grew from a few thousand dollars income to a $1,000,000 tax roll this year.
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C. E. Buttles
Bohlke Warehouse Company
Wenatchee
Cashmere Apple Co
Buttles
George R. Fisher
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James E. Rorin
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Wm. ‘Titus
Leavenworth
Peshatin
Echo Office
Idaho
Wenatchee Valley
Leavenworth Hotel
Preston
Chumstick Valley
Nick Kinscherf
Leavenworth State Bank
Leavenworth Land Addition
John W. McCoy
Peshastin
Robert Hull
A. O. Metzel
Atredales
H. C. Percival
Firemans Hall
Saddle
Orvil Dahlgren
Rutherford
Seattle Association of the Baking Industry
Globe
Seattle
Elliott
W. C. Roach
Mill Street
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem
N. C
New York
Oua
IO Perigeey
Washington
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