Transforming Old Firearm Equipment and War Materiel Trade
A Liege report surveys how old army firearms are transformed into flintlock and percussion guns for sale at public auctions. It notes large quantities of worn weapons, including Martini, Mauser, and Albin rifles, are altered for antique use and exported, with prices from about 40 cents to $2. The piece details methods, profits, and the smuggling network supplying arms to remote regions, noting government controls and commissions involved.
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Liege
Liege Gurtemitha
Martini
Roumankin
France
Ise Lehol
Morocco
Abd-el-Aziz
Europe
Hamburg
Liver
Prohibition clash sparks church saloon alliance urge
A Louisville dispatch reports Rev. William J. Wasson of Riverhead urging church and liquor industry to unite against prohibitionists at a Model License league session. He argues intemperance cannot be stopped by police and that church, brewer, and distiller interests should cooperate to shape saloon policy.
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Louisville
Phuat Pike
Livhiee League
William J. Wasson
Grave Protestant Episcopal Church
Riverhead
S. 4
Model License League
Wasson
Allotting Range Amid Blue Mountains Proposals
Prineville Review describes range allotments in the Western division of the Blue Mountains reserve. Supervisors, committees, and stockmen from Ante lope to upper Crooked River converge as applications pour in at the county courthouse. About 100 attendees from many towns plan May 1 allotments, with lines drawn for ceithy and sheep districts to avoid conflict. An aside notes a local ad for Plncules rheumatism remedy and a Yonkers Statesman quip about advantageous settlements in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prineville
Blue Mountains Reserve
A. & Treland
Blue Mountains National Forest
Ceithy
Antelope
Kent
Mitchell
Fossil
Richmount Hay Creek
Twickentam
Ashwood
Upper Crooked River
Pinesalve Carbolized Poultice Marketed by Koppen Bros
Pine salve carbolized as a poultice draws out inflammation and poison and serves as an antiseptic and healer for chapped hands lips cuts and burns. Sold by A C Koppen & Bros with a humorous cartoon mention of a Kansas City streetcar jam and a boy walking lame after a jam incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Koppen & Bros
Largest irrigation dam contract lets in Washington
Cisse and Reshback secure the largest private irrigation scheme contract in Washington for Pleasant Valley. The project, serving 4340 acres near Selah and North Yakima, will build a 60 foot dam with a concrete core, 800 feet across the canyon, and ditches feeding Pleasant valley. Thirty teams and about 60 workers are on site with completion targeted for May 1. Estimated costs run about 26,100 this year and between 25,000 and 35,000 next year.
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Cisse & Reshback
Pleasant Valley Irrigation Co
Seattle
North Yakhima
H. H. Allen
Save the Yakimi Republic, Co
B Young
North Yakima
Pleasant Valley
Sige Brush Plain
Priest Rapids
Columbia River
Money Coming To Portland From Equitable Fire Insurance
Arrangements by the Equitable Fire Assurance Society of New York to place 5 million dollars through a Portland agency are nearing completion. Eastern money is expected to ease the local credit squeeze, driving down high loan rates. The Portland office aims to secure top local business, with rates ranging from about 4 to 6 percent for long loans, and 3 to 6 percent elsewhere. The Cham ber of Commerce building loan has long held a low rate, with a recent renewal at 4 1/2 percent. Also advertised is ManZan for piles, 60 cents, sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Fire Assurance Society of
New York
Portland
Oregon Daily Journal
Equitable
Weat
Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
New York Life
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Not Guilty Verdict in Pine Grove Murder Case
Lewistown Montana dispatch reports the jury acquitted Cheater C. Smith, charged with murdering Walter Fairburne, a young stockman, at Pine Grove last fall. Judge Cheadle denounced the defendant as his story failed to impress, declaring gravity would have to be suspended to free him.
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Lewistown
Mont
C. Smith
Walter Fairburné
Pine Grove
Cheadle
Smith
Verdicts and vengeance in Fergus county murder case
Judge Cheadle voiced a grim warning on self defense, saying it is safer to kill a man than to steal a horse. The court demanded no thanks shown in court. Fairburne was killed after Mrs. Smith confessed infidelity before her marriage, and Smith lured Fairburne, confronted him with the tale, and shot him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheadle
Fergus County
Smith
Fairburne
Pine Grove
Water quest in Horse Heaven bogs on Moran tract
Captain Jensen reports continued boring for artesian water on the Moran tract in Horse Heaven south of Prosser. A crew of five with a gasoline plant has advanced 112 feet through rock and graft roots toward an 18 inch well, despite machinery injuries and supply delays. Also notice Foley's Honey and Tar is not restricted by the National Pure Food and Drug Law, recommended for coughs and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moran Tract
Horse Heaven
L. Jensen
Prosser Bulletin
Moran Bros
Seattle
Prosser
Campbell Lumber Co
Jensen
Foley
Pendleton Drug Co
Quote on poetry versus prose sparks debate
A man wearing scented hair oil dismisses poetry quotes as often sounding original, while prose quotes risk being mistaken for original remarks. The Washington Star notes the quick judgment of readers who recognize poetry as quotable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Ring's Little Liver Pills Wake Up Logg Ivers
Advertising copy notes Ring's Little Liver Pills claim to wake up logg Ivers, clean the system and clear the skin for headaches. It states price sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
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Ring
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
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Washington
Life Assurance Company
Judge
Montana
Middle Cold Spring Canyon
German Hall
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Polan China
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A. B. Cooley
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