Great West River Irrigation Plans Regenerate Desert Lands
Washington reports a vast federal plan to divert Pend d Oreille Lake waters to irrigate over a million acres in eastern Washington. Projects along the Colorado Sacramento and Columbia basins aim to flood arid regions, double population, and boost farming through public works under federal control.
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Washington, Dd, Cc
Far West
Pend d'Oreille Lake
Iaho
Washington
Colorado River
Arizona
California
United States of America
Sacramento River
Sacramento
Irrigation Congress
Ogden
Utah
Friends of Irrigation
Italy
Nile
Hegypt
Ganges
Dovlan
Columbia
Colorado
Rio Grande
Arkansas
Missouri
United States
Republic
Daocle Samas
Mt. Union
Mount Union
Wyoming
Mississippi Gulf
Secretary of the Interior
Colin Ee Atv Citieon
Interior Départment
The World's Greatest Skin Humour Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Cuticura products as a universal cure for eczema and skin diseases. It claims hot baths, Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Cream, and Cuticura Resolvent provide instant relief and aid sleep, promising a speedy, permanent, economical cure from infancy onward when other remedies fail.
Navies Compared as to Size and Building Activity
Washington Feb 12 official navy report charts the world ranking with Great Britain first at 201 vessels and 1.6 million tons built. France 96 built, 676000 tons. Russia 9 built, 416000 tons. Germany 73 built, 387000 tons. America 65 built, 294400 tons. Italy 28 built, 258000 tons. Japan 9 vessels building and others in progress.
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Russia
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Naval Departments
United States Navy
France
Germany
America
Italy
Rependee
Seattle Japs Patriotically Pledge War Fund
Seattle businessmen of the Japanese Association vote to raise 25000 dollars to aid the U government in the war with Russia. Subscriptions are to open immediately with hopes of full pledge within a month. A congratulatory cablegram to the Japanese war office was sent signed by the association president and secretary.
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Seattle
Russia
S Ton
Japanese War Office
Insurance Rates Soar on Transpacific Cargoes
Tacoma reports transport insurance on Pacific shipments rising sharply. Rates jumped from 1.00 to 5.25 per hundred for Japan bound cargoes. The Kagi Maru voyage carried insured values of 0.05, 0.10, and 6.25 per hundred. A British ship in American bottoms saw a 100 percent increase from 12.5 to 25 cents per hundred. War would render Japanese bottom rates prohibitive and disrupt foreign trade.
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Tacoma
Japan
Hawaiian Japs Called Home Amid War Labor Fears
Honolulu reports indicate Japanese reserves in Hawaii were ordered to return to Japan as war strains labor supply. Officials estimate about 460,000 Japanese in the islands and warn the conflict may deplete local labor. Dispatches note limited transportation to move many back, raising concern over labor shortages. United States District Judge Haven in San Francisco rules state game laws do not apply to Indians and reservation lands.
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Honolulu
Feb
Ote
Hawaii
Japan
United States
Dehaven
San Francisco
Game Oy
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