Farmers bid for milk in Mount Vernon as coops compete
Skagit County dairy players push prices with two Mount Vernon condensers bidding against each other. Galbraith Bros. & Co. of Seattle says No. 1 alfalfa should fetch at least $9 if the crop isn’t rushed. He notes more cows on the coast to feed and fewer horses, with hay buyers sending supplies to Hawaii and possibly via the canal to the Atlantic.
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Skagit County
Mount Vernon
Galbraith Bros. & Cbo
Seattle
North Yakima
Hawaiii
Atlantic Seaboard
Puget Sound Cannery Inspectors Find Clean Operations
Dr. H T Graves acting commissioner of the state department of agriculture praised Puget Sound salmon canneries for cleanliness and sanitary operation. He inspected plants from Cape Flattery to Bellingham and found no violations of the law while representing the food and drugs branch.
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Puget Sound
H. T. Graves
State Department of Agriculture
Inland Empire immigration committee forms farms listing plan
Twenty nine Inland Empire communities have organized with more planning to join. The Spokane based committee aims to list 3 000 to 4 000 Inland Empire farms for sale by April 1 1916. Local communities form groups to secure listings and direct the effort. Owners offer land at their stated price to settlers who will live on and cultivate it. No commission to the committee, and owners may still sell to others.
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Inland Empire
General Inland Empire Immigration Committee
Spokane
Port Townsend Candidate Warned Against Blocking Progressive Bills
E A Sims of Port Townsend filed his declaration as a Republican primary candidate in Jefferson County seeking renomination to the legislature. Observers say he may be nominated and elected, but if seated in Olympia, he likely will face pressure to allow Progressive measures rather than smother them.
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E. A. Sims
Port Townsend
Fish Trust
Jefferson County
Olympia
Mexico
Seattle Sun
Carranza
Villa
Zapata
Angeles
Genzles
Obregon
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
America
Lumber trade revival eyed by railroad agent in Washington
Joseph McIlroy general agent for the Missouri Kansas Texas railway says Washington lumber business is rapidly improving with large orders. He spent two weeks assessing the Northwest industry and notes small mills that closed are planning to reopen soon.
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Washington
Joseph McIlroy
Missouri Kansas & Texas Railway
Sound
McIlroy
Northwest
Judge Preble seeks seat on state supreme bench
Angel the Holstein on Washington State College farm sets a new milk record averaging four pounds daily for one month. Milking four times a day, the cow consumes nearly twice the food of the average animal and is valued at 800 dollars. Professor A B Nystrom heads the dairy test expected to run a year.
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Angel
State College
Pullman
Washington
A. B Nystrom
Washington State Day set for October 1 1915 at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Officials of the Panama-Pacific Exposition designate Friday October 1 1915 as Washington State Day. The Washington State Exposition Commission plans a fitting celebration of the twenty sixth anniversary of Washington’s 1889 constitution adoption and statehood.
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Washington State
Acquitted Murder Defendant Undergoes Mental Restoration Operation
Jacob Konturri, recently acquitted of murder by reason of insanity in Seattle, underwent a surgical operation intended to restore his reason. The outcome will be known in about two weeks.
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Jacob Konturri
Seattle
Uder
Everett’s Electric Shingle Plant Nears Completion
The world’s only all electric straight shingle plant is almost finished at Everett and drawing broad interest. The company plans to begin production soon, signaling a modern era in roofing materials and industrial energy use.
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Everett
Puget Sound Electric case limits passenger action rights
The Washington Supreme Court refused Augusta Hageman’s claim for damages after riding a railroad pass and suffering injuries on the Seattle Tacoma interurban. The ruling upholds that using a free pass relinquishes the right to sue the railroad for injuries.
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Supreme Court
Augusta Hageman
Tacoma
Puget Sound Electric Company
Seattle-Tacoma
Tax Dodgers Should Be Taught a Severe Lesson
A New York Commercial editorial argues that catching one big offender will deter thousands liable for income tax. It compares British past stern enforcement on an expatriate New York politician to a targeted crackdown. The piece urges treasury officials to aim for a “shining mark” to enforce strict compliance.
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New York
Treasury
Internal Revenue
Plans for tuberculosis control in Washington outlined at Tacoma meet
The Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis will hold its annual meeting in Tacoma July 28 and 29 in the Commercial Club rooms. Speakers from Oregon, British Columbia, and Washington will discuss the problem and outline a comprehensive campaign for the coming year.
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Washington
Washington Association For the Prevention and Relief
Commercial Club
Tacoma
Oregon
British Columbia
Paroled La Conner Banker Schricker Out After 18 Months
W E Schricker once banker of La Conner who served 18 months of a one to five year sentence for accepting deposits while insolvent has been released on parole. He was 56 and worked in the Walla Walla prison store. His La Conner bank closed April 16 1912 with about 225000 on deposit. creditors nearby have recovered roughly two percent.
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W. E. Schricker
la Conner
Walla Walla
Schricker
Bankers’ Colony
Schrickap
Progressive Democrats Control Seattle Convention Outcome
The Seattle Democratic state convention featured a fiery clash between reactionary and progressive factions. The adopted platform backs a federal child labor law, farm credits, limits on public service bonds, tax reform, labor-law amendments, nonpartisan county tickets, a secret primary, blue sky law, a short ballot, and endorsements of state and national administrations.
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Seattle
Wesley L. Jones
Democratic Party
Vacation remarks sparking wife trip debate on farms
A crop correspondent to the Spokesman-Review notes farmers could spare their wives for a mountain trip or to visit kin, but asks if the garden would not grow up to weeds in their absence. The quip reflects rural life and farm duties.
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Spokesman-Review
Huerta Resigns as Mexico Provisional President
General Victoriano Huerta resigns from the Mexican provisional presidency. Francisco Carbajal appointed and sworn in by the legislature as Huerta and Blanquet depart toward Kingston Jamaica with his family. Carranza pledges suspension of hostilities to negotiate transfer of power to the constitutionalists.
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Victoriano Huerta
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Francisco Carbajal
Deputies
General Huerta
General Blanquet
Mexico City
Huerta
National Palace
Carbajal
Mexico
Kingston
Jamaica
Dresden
Carranza
United States
Madero
Coahuila
Populist Dreams Rise in Modern Policy Echoes
Professor Frederick Jackson Turner argues that much of the 1890 Populist platform has become policy in the United States. He cites free coinage ideas displaced by gold finds, postal savings, graduated income tax, direct primaries, initiative and referendum, and public ownership talks reflected in current politics.
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Frederick Jackson Turner
University of Washington
Turner
Alaska
Bryan
Roosevelt
Laad
Limber
Stanford
Huntington
Scott
United States
Weir Day
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Pensions Decreasing Amid Rising Costs Since Civil War
Between 1912 and 1913 the number of war veterans fell from 497,263 to 462,379 while the first ten months of the current fiscal year saw 27,290 deaths. Congress trimmed appropriations from 180 million to 169 million, acknowledging mortality. Since 1865 total pension costs approach 5 billion after the present year, with earlier decades showing rapid disbursement growth. By 1902 pensioners peaked at 999,446. despite declines, 1900s-1910s totals remain high and rival international spending from Germany, France, Britain, Russia, and Japan.
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Congress
Mexico
Spain
Commissioner of Pensions
Germany
France
Russia
Japan
Think Success Toward Fortune and Happiness
A motivational passage urges control of thoughts to shape success. It compares thoughts to a sculptor shaping self and warns against worry. It advises maintaining focus, steady effort, and regular preparation for happiness and fortune.
Feed Supply in Dry Weather
A 1930s dairy note explains how continuous green feed in summer boosts milk yields. It describes converting two thirds of meadow to ensilage and crops, teaching cows to eat new feeds, gradual switching, and feeding five times daily with careful management to maximize production and profits.
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H. L. Blanchard
Western Washington Experiment Station
Electric railway franchise sought for Lynden
The Blaine Lynden Railway Company applied to Lynden town council for a 50 year electric interurban franchise to run from Blaine across tide flats to Lynden and through Liberty and First streets into town. The council opened with a first reading and will review and amend before granting.
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Blaine-Lynden
Blaine
Lynden
Liberty Street
Eleventh Street
Liberty
Main
First Streets
First Street
Tide Flats
California Creek
W. R. Allen
H. Horton
Evan Williams
Eb, Holtzheimer
W. C. Fassett
Rice Estate
Emil Kirkhofer
A. J. Loomis
Wm. Creasey
Fred Jeffers
Byron Ruland
J. F. Holman
O. P. Swanson
B. G. Rogers
John A. Swanson
H. P. Hanson
Esten Hokland
Myron F
Thos. J. Jeffers
Ray Smith
John Vickers
A. L. Tromp
the Serrurier
Beckes & Stuart
Robert Heaton
Henry Assink
Lauckhart Mill
Edson Street
Lynden and
Milwaukee Railroad
United States
Vancouver
B. C
B.C
Milwaukee Road
Cold Figures in Canada Prompt Wheat Farm Exodus
A Saskatchewan commission reports high wheat costs and low prices reduce U.S. farmers profit, spurring many to return home. Distinct factors include 55 cents per bushel production cost, 62 cents fob, winter hardships, and a 12 percent cost rise since 1909 with prices dropping from 81.5 to 66.125 cents per bushel, leaving margins of about 4.125 cents.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
United States
Prisoners at Eastern Penitentiary Back Prohibition Drive
Out of 1478 inmates at the Eastern Penitentiary 1008 signed a petition for statewide prohibition to be sent to the next legislature. The prisoners, without warden input, volunteered to testify on how alcohol ruined their lives. The vote occurred on Independence Day and the action is now public.
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Eastern Pennsylvania
Legislative Committee
Pressing Need for Republicans Cited as Votes
The New York Republican asks what the party most needs today and the Tacoma Tribune responds with a blunt answer: votes. The exchange highlights partisan mobilization and electoral emphasis in a contested political moment.
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New York Republican
Tacoma Tribune
Life is full of dangerous crossings land conscience is the flagman
A reflective line highlights the risk at road crossings and the guiding role of the flagman in public safety. The phrase emphasizes responsibility and vigilance in navigating hazards.
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State News
E. B. Preble
Yakima County
State Supreme Bench
Samuel R. Clemens
Whitman County
Colfax
Clemens
George Boland
Progressive Democrats
Middle West
Dr. Turner
Bacon
Shay
Jackson
Electric
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