Seattle Firm Plans Umatilla Irrigation Scheme in Spring
Echo reports a Seattle company under local engineers will start an irrigation canal from above Nolan on the Umatilla river to a vacant 45 000 acre sandy brush tract north of Echo. It seeks 26 000 inches of water and aims to flood the land in winter and early spring to sub irrigate for two hay crops. If successful, it could solve regional irrigation with waste mountain streams diverted to arid tracts.
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Seattle Company
Umatilla
Echo
Seattle
Nolan Station
Wilehree
Foster and Macxwell
Irrigation Yields Golden Orchard from Poor Sheep Pasture
San Francisco on January 9 reports highlights from a United States Geological Survey study on irrigation near San Bernardino Colton and Riverside California showing how irrigation can transform marginal land into productive orchards. The report by J B Lippincott details development and potential applications for the West in the years before 1898 and outlines the scope and limits of irrigation progress.
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California
San Francisco
An&per
United States Geological Survey
San Bernardino
Colton
Riverside
J. B. Lippincott
Lumber,Plywood, Doors and Blinds For Building Needs
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Riverside Citrus Prospects Hit By Water, Weather
Riverside's orange trade shows high income figures under good water supply, with 4000 carloads shipped in 1897-98 and a one third share of the state’s total yield cited for 1899. Costs to bring a grove to bearing run about $900 per acre, with 10-year yields around $24 gross and $1 net per acre under ideal conditions. The text notes that orchard success requires long, patient effort and cites the region as ideal for those who persevere.
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Riverside
Dr King’s New Life Pills Cure Headaches
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia writes that Dr King’s New Life Pills wholly cured her sick head aches that troubled her for two years. They also relieve constipation biliousness. Available at Tallman & Co’s drug store for 260 currency units.
FIREMEN MUSTERED OUT IN WALLA WALLA
The volunteer fire department of Walla Walla ends after more than fifty years, replaced by a six man paid department. CouncilSplit sides over progression, volunteers receive certificates exempting poll tax. W. H. Weber served as chief and salient chief previously.
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Walla Walla
Jan
W. H. Weber
Prompt Freemen Prevent Close Calls in Business District
Volunteers in the business district acted quickly to avert dangerous near misses. Their prompt actions protected shops and pedestrians, preventing injuries and property damage amid a tense moment. Community praise followed for the quick response.
Roosevelt halts St Lawrence Island reserve proclamation
In a Washington dispatch President Roosevelt nixes a proclamation creating a reindeer reserve on St Lawrence Island near Nome to serve Alaska as federal authorities prepare for interior department oversight and aims to make it a reindeer headquarters. The piece also notes hospital funding for Vancouver barracks and bids for Alaska insane asylum care, plus a controversial North Dakota land grant involving Nellie Ett Heen and a Chinaman wife.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence Island
Nome
Alaska
Interior Department
Army Appropriations
Vancouver Barracks
Root
Oregon Insane Asylum
Clark Asylum
Stockton
Cal
Oregon Asylum
Cushman
Fish Commission
Nellie Ett Heen
Owly North Dakota
Congress
Hose of
Nellie Ettleen
Jurge Wi
North Dakota
Land Office
Heen
Nellie Ett
Washington Etar
The Secret of Long Life by Electric Bitters Preview
The ad claims health benefits from Electric Bitters for stomach and kidney function, blood purification, appetite, and various ailments including female complaints, nervous disorders, constipation, dyspepsia, and malaria. It promises vigor and strength, priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by Tallman & Co., druggists.
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Tallman & Co
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Alexander's
Wander Dept. Store
Bach Lingerie
Hess
Court Street
Columbia Ging House
Rhempp, Prop
RA Co
Miller Cash
Main Street
D. Kemler & Son
Alta Street
Savarge Bank
Orlan Clyde Cullen
U. B. Patent Office
U. S
Foreign Patents
BK. W
Wasabington, D.C
Pendleton Planing Mill
Robert Forster
Boston
Northwest
Twickenham
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