State News Highlights From Washington Territory
Obituary notes ex Governor John H. McGraw of Washington dies in Seattle. Plans for Fourth of July festivities include Indian celebration at Inchelium and ball games, horse and foot races. Aberdeen industries payroll tops 4.5 million. Aberdeen mills cut 300 million feet of lumber annually. North Yakima hosts fifth annual state Eagles convention July 12–13 with 2000 expected. Centralia spends 60 thousand on sewer expansion. Plaza votes 22–19 to build gym at school grounds. Yakima Reservation may see no fall registration after allotments, limiting homestead land. Two fishermen capture a deer while rainbow trout fishing on White Salmon River. deer killed due to injury. Chicago heirs seek 500k fortune from Spokane connection. Poindexter outlines senate campaign from Washington to Spokane and Seattle. Fireworks display prep includes large day and night guns for North Yakima on July 4. Mabton eyed as Yakima Reservation registration site, due to southern lands. Whitman County faces reclassification due to population shortfall. Senator Jones asks navy to designate battleships for Tacoma harbor during July tournament and loan Oregon searchlights for night events. Pioneer stagecoach race to automobile racing features single-engine start with multiple passenger handoffs open to amateurs. Washington Conservation Association endorses Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad techniques to prevent forest fires.
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Yakima
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Thomas C. Sheldon
Spokane
Miles Poindexter
Senate
Washington, D. C
Congress
Seattle
Northwest
North
Mabton
Jones
Secretary of the Navy
Tacoma
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce
The
Oregon
Considera
Washington Conservation Association
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad Company
Employers May Hold Employees Cash To Earn Interest
In Olympia an attorney general opinion says it is not unlawful for a corporation with many employees to let the employer retain part of wages and pay interest until called for. The act would resemble banking but is allowed since the employer is not advertising as a banker or taking deposits from others. In Wenatchee a salmon hatchery on the Wenatchee river will be built within a year, and the state reports success from the Lake Chelan trout hatchery, which now supplies eggs to other state hatcheries. In Seattle, U.S. District Attorney Todd will pursue the Seattle Produce Association if evidence shows collaboration with San Francisco shippers to control California produce sales locally.
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Olympia
W. P. Bell
J. L. Mohindra
Wenatchee
John M. Crawford
Wenatchee River
Lake
Chelan
Bellingham
Spokane
Walla Walla
Seattle
United States
Todd
Seattle Stewards’ Association
Seattle Produce Association
San Francisco
California
Scotland
Bellingham American
G. N
Spokan
Vancouver
B. C
Sumas
Kellingham
B. B
U. C
Canada Pacific
Marrietta
Walla Walla Plans Union Warehouses to Aid Farmers
Announcement of projected construction of several union warehouses in the valley aims to help farmers gain 15 to 30 percent on investments and to limit control by large grain companies.
Ladies' Aid Plans Mile of Pennies for Church Fund
Marton effort by the M. E. church Ladies' Aid society aims to collect one mile of pennies totaling 63,320 coins or 633.20 dollars. Funds will go to the church building fund.
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Marton
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Bank Wrecker Surrenders in Bellingham
J. H. Welty formerly of the Home Securities bank surrendered to officers in Bellingham on a charge of wrecking the bank and agreed to plead guilty to embezzlement. He had been in hiding in California.
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Bellingham
J. H. Welty
Home Securities Bank
California
Asotin Corn Promises New County Industry
Asotin county aims to grow corn as a new industry with hog fattening as a primary use. The first effort this year is a great success, with two farmers on Asotin flat sowing about 260 acres of corn.
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Asotin
Asotin County
Asotin Flat
Fire Blight Found in Touchet Valley Orchards
Reports to horticulturists from the O R N W S C demonstration train touring the Touchet valley indicate the presence of fire blight in apple orchards, marking a notable issue in a region known for rich fruit and grain production.
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Waitsburg
O. R
Touchet Valley
Market report from Portland on grains hay and dairy prices
Wheat prices range from 74c to 82c with bluestem club and red Russian noted. Barley and oats quoted per ton and $19 26 per ton respectively. Hay values vary by region with timothy and alfalfa listed. butter and eggs with multiple grade prices. wool and mohair also published.
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Willamette Valley
Oregon
Washington Creamery
Bellingham News Notes City Life and Local Happenings
The column reviews shifting school writing systems in Bellingham, praises a rose carnival, and notes Lynden's upcoming pansy show. It reports Clarkson shingle mill destruction near Ferndale, calls for better county roads, and mentions Welty the banker surrendering to authorities. Community updates include temperance plans, saloon sentiment, railroad speculation, and regional fairs and sockeye forecasts.
Whatcom County Candidates Announce Then Primary
Paid notice announces Frank W. Bixby seeking Republican county attorney in Whatcom County and Geo H Putters seeking County Commissioner in the Second District subject to the September primary election on 1910. Both appeals urge voters to decide at the primaries.
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Whatcom County
Frank W. Bixby
Lynden Wash
Leitch Seeks Republican Nomination for Whatcom County Clerk
Samuel Leitch Deputy County Clerk announces candidacy for Republican nomination for Whatcom County Clerk subject to September Primary. Voters are asked to decide at the primary election.
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Whatcom CO
Samuel FE. Leitch
Whatcom County District 2 Commissioner Candidate
George Hemmi announces his candidacy for Whatcom County Commissioner District No 2 subject to Republican voters in the upcoming primary election.
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John H. McGraw
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Inchelium
Aberdeen Industries
Aberdeen Mills
Centralia
Tion
Allege Produce Combine
Portland
Lynden
Clarkson
Ferndale
Holly Street
Welty
Justice Court
Nooksack
Bixby
Ferguson
the Tribune
Coun' Commissioners
Bellingh
Trinity Tabercle
Silver Beach
Lake Whatcom
Haeries
Everson
Star Brand Shoes
So. Bellingham
Gale
South Bellingham
Geo
H. Putters
George Hemmi
Tribune
Roberts
Edson’s Drug Store
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