Open land openings in Flathead Coeur dAlene and Spokane reservations
Taft issues proclamation opening about 440000 acres for settlement across Flathead Montana Coeur dAlene Idaho and Spokane Washington reservations Registration runs July 15 to August 5 with entries sworn at Kalispell Missoula Spokane and Coeur dAlene The principal drawing will occur after mail delivery to the Coeur dAlene superintendent August 9 marks drawing start and April 10 1910 is the entry deadline for all reservations The notes cover lumber tariff talks and a push for a national road program with a 10 percent internal revenue share matching state spending for road building and convict labor use
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Washington
Taft
Flathead
Mont
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Spokane, Wash
Kalispell
Missoula
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Exposition Opens June 1 Merchants to Close Seattle
Mayor Miller urges Seattle residents to observe the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition opening by taking a day off and visiting the fair. Nearly all major Seattle businesses will close for the day as the Merchants' Association leads a citywide shutdown to mark the event.
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Seattle
Miller
Merchants’ Association
Helen Taft to Unveil Gettysburg Monument
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the President accepts an invitation to unveil the monument at Gettysburg Pennsylvania in memory of regular army soldiers who took part in the Gettysburg campaign. The ceremony is scheduled for May 31.
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Helen Taft
Gettysburg
Governors Plan Meeting To Discuss Boundary Controversy
Portland May 25 Governors Benson of Oregon and Hay of Washington will meet in Portland in early June to tour the Lower Columbia River and seek an amicable adjustment of the boundary dispute between their states. Omaha May 25 Police and county officers continue a wide search after Saturday night railroad hold up near Saturday night Union Pacific Oakland train. The robbers escaped with little mail value and no registered pouches recovered.
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Portland
Benson
Oregon
Hay
Washington
Columbia River
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Furore Transitore as Murderer Defense Emerges
In Tacoma on May 24 the defense for Charles Newcombe in the Martin Kvalshaug murder introduces furore transiore or compulsive insanity as the killer’s plea. Newcombe’s attorney describes the term as a brain storm used to justify the act.
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Tacoma
Chas. F. Newcombe
Martin Kvalshaug
Market Roundup Portland Seattle Prices and Grains
Portland and Seattle market notes list wheat bluestem and red Russian prices, oats, barley, hay and butter quotes, hops by crop year, wool and mohair ranges, plus butter and eggs values. Regional figures include Willamette Valley and Eastern Oregon hay at $13 to $18 per ton, white river and Yakima potatoes per ton, and butter and eggs firming in the 24 to 29 cent and 24 to 25 cent ranges.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Seattle
Washington
Puget Sound
Washington Creamery
White River
Yakima
Patten's profits near three million in May wheat drive
In Chicago on May 25, Patten and followers report about 3,000,000 gained in the May wheat campaign with holdings totaling 18 to 20 million bushels. Cash wheat is scarce, with only 1,250,000 bushels received in Chicago over three weeks, signaling little wheat in the country as traders push for a possible price rise to 1.40 by next Saturday.
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Chicago
James A. Patten
Leiter
Duluth
Kansas
Santa Fe Road
Defies Exposition Authority Over Booths at Seattle Oregon Building
F J Smith faced 35 guards as Oregon building officials resisted 100 planned booths for the AYP exposition. Frank P Allen Jr directing works had sought lawn sales with guards to enforce rules. In San Francisco a judge ordered the California Safe Deposit Trust Company receiver to pay Stewart and McKee 3349, setting a bank failure precedent.
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Seattle
F. J. Smith
Oregon Building
Frank P. Allen, Jr
Allen
Oregon Commission
San Francisco
Seawell
LeBreton
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Stewart & McKee
Rate trouble just begun coast cities demand same as Spokane
Coast cities on the Pacific Coast prepare legal action against transcontinental railroads. Seattle and other chambers of commerce will commence suits within three weeks to challenge seaport to interior distributing rates, referencing the Spokane rate decision. Rail commissions of three states and the interstate commerce commission will hear the cases.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Terminals
Chambers of Commerce of
Tacoma
Portland
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Spokane
Railroad Commissions
Interstate Commerce Commission
Balloons Race Lures Pilots Across London Streets
Fourteen balloons started from Hurlingham in the annual point-to-point race. Ten British three German and one Dutch aeronauts competed over central London with prizes and medals offered by the British Aero Club.
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London
Hurlingham
British Aero Club
Navy Budget Cut Signals Wider Spending Tightening
Washington May 26 Secretary Meyer trims 10 million dollars from Navy Department estimates for the next fiscal year. The move signals broader Cabinet spending scrutiny, with reductions likely across departments though army and navy cuts are most pronounced.
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Washington
Meyer
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Treasury Plans Harmonizing Estimates and Budgets
Secretary Mac Veagh aims to have by June 1 estimates from all department heads. Between June and Congress in December, thorough study and inquiry will assess each bureau’s exact needs and performance against expense.
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Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Congress
Railroad Pays For Fire Damages In Wenatchee Forest
The Great Northern Railway Company paid the government 2312.62 for damages to Wenatchee national forest caused by locomotives and clearing crews in 1908. About half a million feet of merchantable timber and 7800 cords of wood were destroyed or damaged, with much young growth lost. The fires totaled 314 acres across eleven blazes along a 50 mile section from Leavenworth to the Cascade tunnel while clearing for a new electric transmission line.
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Portland, Or
Great Northern Railway Company
Wenatchee National Forest
Cascade Tunnel
Leavenworth
Survivors Reach Seward After Columbia Wreck Return
The Dora arrives in Seward Alaska with 194 Columbia survivors telling of extreme hunger and heroism after the ship was wrecked near Unimak Pass. The small mail steamer carried 86 passengers but bore 240 aboard, with people packed in lifeboats holds cabins and lockers across a 1000 mile voyage to safety.
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Seattle
Wash
Seward
Alaska
Dora
Columbia
Unimak Pass
Georgia Railroad Tied Up by Firemen Strike
Augusta Ga May 24 The Georgia railroad is completely tied up by the firemen strike. Management is trying to move trains and announces it has the men means and equipment to proceed when the state protects property and employees.
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Augusta
Georgia Railroad
Two Boys Travel 5000 Miles Before Arriving in Toledo
Arthur Crane age 7 and Joe Crosby age 9 from Saginaw Michigan arrived in Toledo after a 5000 mile journey with no money. They left Saginaw last December visiting Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati and finally Toledo. They plan to return home.
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Toledo
Arthur Crane
Joe Crosby
Saginaw
Mich
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Young Edith Kolsrad Sets World High Jump Record
In Quincy Mississippi Edith Kolsrad 14 cleared 4 feet 3 inches to win the Woodward Institute meet and claim the world champion title for girls high jump.
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Boston
Mass
Woodward Institute
Quincy
Edith Kolsrad
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C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
W. J. Gregg
Eastern District
Sylvester Rush
M. L. Mott
Muskogee
Tulsa
Haskell
National Good Roads Congress
Internal Revenue
America
Columbus
Hjalmer Rued Holand
Ephraim
Wis
Sons of Norway Historical Archives
Douglas County
Minnesota
Patten
Lester Corner
Price
A.y.-P
Booth
New York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Broadway
Helena
Federal
W. H. Martin
Richard Hockin
Faft
G. von L. Meyer
Employes
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Harrinton Millingy, Co
Vian Me Mira
Harringtons Best
Harrington
The
Leavenworth Mer. Co
Aiype Mayr
Perce Blosson i
Wenaseeeer Nallang GO
L.D. Store Co., Agts
Georgia
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A
Marley
F.S, Jacobsen, V. P. & Sec
S.J. van DE Grift
Leavenworth, Wash
Blue Stem Beal Grain & Milling Co
Wenatchee Wash
Wenatchee
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