Interurban line boosted by Bellingham chamber of commerce
The Bellingham Chamber of Commerce supports expanding an interurban line to Seattle. The report notes the food trust collapse affects Chicago markets and cold storage stocks, with butter eggs cheese and poultry surplus. Owen Hadley of Lynden expected to try out with Seattle in April after a strong season in Whatcom County.
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Bellingham Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Food Trust
Lynden
Northwestern Baseball League
Owen Hadley
Bulldog
Seattle
Hadley
Owen
Whatcom County
the Tribune
Seattle P. L
Dugdale
E. W. Dickerson
Union Manufacturing Co
Lynden Wash
Union Manfacturing Company
Dug
Dickerson
Tighe
Whatcom
Lyneon
Attack on Mrs Eddy's Will Voids Large Church Bequest
Attorneys for Mrs Eddy's sons contend the $2,000,000 bequest to the Christian Science Church is invalid citing New Hampshire and Massachusetts laws capping gifts to churches. The opinion states the residuary clause is void due to annual limits, mirroring state statutes.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
William E. Chandler
Massachusetts
Commission finds deep waterway plan impracticable now
Chicago report from the Taft commission examining the Lakes to the Gulf deep waterway says a government appropriation is impracticable at this time. The first section from Lockport to the Mississippi River is under review and the committee plans to submit its findings to the President.
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Chicago
Taft
Lockport
Mississippi River
Sharpers Dupe Bankers In Pacific Coast Swindle
Roy R. Thorpe alias George Stimpson was arrested by Pinkerton detectives in Hot Springs Arkansas after a year long bank swindling scheme. Accomplices J O Ross and Rose Corelli are pursued. Heaviest losses hit Merchants National Bank Portland Seattle Walla Walla Tacoma Nevada and San Francisco banks. Merchants in visited cities lost jewelry diamonds and valuables.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Coast
Roy R. Thorpe
George 8. Stimpson
Pinkerton
Hot Springs
Ark
Thorpe
J. O. Ross
Rose Corelli
National Bank of Portland
Seattle
Walla Walla
Tacoma
Nevada
San Francisco
Blanket the Horse Says Cruelty Rule for Carriage Work
The guidance warns against leaving horses unblanketed when possible and never hitching a hearse under a drip. It condemns such neglect as inexcusable cruelty and urges proper care of horses used for carriage service.
Citizens to Build First Nine Miles of Road
The Nooksack Valley Traction Co with Chamber backing plans the Morrison Nooksack interurban. A subsidy or bond purchase is proposed to fund nine miles from Bellingham, with Morrison Mill Co president J E Morrison leading efforts. A detailed subsidy plan and committee appointments follow in the Chamber report.
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Nooksack Valley Traction Co
Chamber of Commerce
Bellingham
J. E. Morrison
Morrison Mill Co
Morrison
Whatcom County
Herald
Morrison Nooksack Interurban
Wellingham
Nooksack Valley
Morrison Company
Mr and Mrs Bixby Farewell Event At Kensington Club Hall
The Kensington Club honored Mr and Mrs Bixby with a farewell dinner at K P Hall in their last week before Mrs Bixby moves to Bellingham where Mr Bixby serves as county attorney. Toasts praised the couple and thanked them for three years of club friendship, with a late game of Five Hundred marking the evening.
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Frank Bixby
Bellingham
Bixby
Kensington Club
K. of P. Hall
Ralph Green
Kensington
Dr. Mounter
May Hell
Spokane fund raises for slain Captain Sullivan family
The Spokane chamber of commerce raised a $10,000 fund for the widow and children of Captain John T. Sullivan, killed by an unknown assailant. Subscriptions, from $100 to $1100, came in without solicitation after a letter canvass. Washington offers a $1,000 reward for the murderer's apprehension.
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Spokane
John T. Sulivan
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
State of Washington
Sullivan
Suffragists End Meeting in Disorder at Tacoma Convention
In Tacoma a suffrage gathering of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association dissolved into chaos with clashing fists and disheveled headgear. Delegates heard Emma Smith DeVoe preside while Abigail Scott Duniway spoke upstairs, as Mary Ark Wright Hutton and others addressed a crowd on the steps. A National Council of Women Voters session formed an advisory board led by Gov Brady with Isaac W Stevens named as a member. National headquarters planned for Tacoma to serve until the 1912 convention.
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Tacoma
Emma Smith DeVoe
Stats Association
Abigail Scott Duniway
Portland
George B Smith
Seattle
Mary Arkwright Hutton
Spokane
Smith
National Council of Women Voters
J. H. Brady
Idaho
Isaac W. Stevens
Denver
Brady
Cline Reports On New Township Legislation Draft
Charles E. Cline, appointed by the Grangers to draft a new township organization law, returns to Bellingham and reviews the draft with the grange representatives. The proposed bill replaces the county commission with one member from each town and ward, funds per diem pay, and mandates city help on trunk road construction and maintenance.
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Charles E. Cline
Olympia
Bellingham
Cline
Board of County Commissioners
Spokane
Opie Read Coming to Lynden Lecture Tonight
Opie Read, famed American story writer, arrives Monday evening for Lynden Lyceum Entertainment. The program spans humorous and dramatic tales, appealing to all ages and classes, with Read praised for humor, pathos, and lively storytelling. Tickets are on sale at Edson's.
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America
Opie Read
Lynden
Lyceum Entertainment
Mr. Read
Mr. Read Wells
Edson’s
Gill Invites War Over Recall Vote In Seattle
Seattle Mayor Gill escalates clash with Welfare League as recall election set for February date fixed by City Council. Campaign battle lines drawn as supporters and opponents prepare for the polling battle.
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Seattle
Gill
Welfare League
Four Suspects Caught In Reese Robbery Case
Four men Ogden Utah W Lewis Pete Murphy W Shaffer and Thomas O'Dell were arrested here believed to have planned and carried out the hold up of 25 passengers on the Southern Pacific Overland Limited at Reese nine miles west of Ogden on the night of January 1 during which William Davis a Pullman porter was killed.
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Ogden
Utah
W. Lewis
Pete Murphy
W. Shaffer
Thomas O'Dell
Overland Limited
Southern Pacific
Reese
William Davis
No Skill Required Litigant and Lawyer Exchange Barbs
A brief courtroom quip unfolds with the litigant decrying the fee as outrageous while the lawyer asserts the value of skill and legal learning. The litigant retorts that he supplied the case, prompting a pun about a conhole.
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Boston Transcript
Murder Suspect Arrested After Descriptions Match
Officer King arrested a man in a small town near Bellingham answering the description of Slim, wanted for the murder of Justice of the Peace Galbraith at Acme weeks earlier. He carried a shaving kit and money, and claimed innocence with a sheriff’s certificate from Bellingham. The suspect fled after a brief search and a forty‑man posse surrounded him. In Olympia, a demurrer in Snow embezzlement case was sustained, with Judge Mitchell dismissing the complaint. Snow signaled willingness to repay, and appeal to the supreme court was anticipated.
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King
Slim
Justice of the Peace
Galbraith
Acme
Bellingham
Mitchell
Snow
Supreme Court
Plan for Six New Counties Shakes Northeast Washington
An omnibus division bill proposes splitting Stevens Ferry Okanogan and Douglas counties into six new counties. Pend Oreille would form from Stevens eastern half with Newport as seat. Remaining areas would yield four more counties including parts of Ferry Okanogan and Douglas.
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Olympia
Washington
Stevens
Ferry
Okanogan
Douglas
Stevens County
Pend Oreille
Calisper Mountains
Newport
Ferry County
Okanogan County
Woman on Coroner's Jury in Meebeer Inquest
Miss Zera Whitmore, a schoolteacher, served on the coroner's jury at Blackrock. The inquest into John Meebeer's death, following a shooting by Henry Bewinkleman, heard that Bewinkleman surrendered in North Yakima and fired in self defense.
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North Yakima
Zera Whitmore
Blackrock
John Meebeer
Henry Bewinkleman
Meebeer
Bewinkleman
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Mayer
Harvey W. Wiley
American Press Association
Touth
Interumban Company
G. H. Bacon
George A. Cooper
F. H. Knight
Ss. A
Sne Chamber of Com
Mrs. Bixby
Avera Merce
Tuclowa, Wash
Washgusion Equal Suffrage Association
Opie
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