Northwestern Coming 10 Coast Coast to Washington and Oregon
Surveyors toil north of Thelen for a Chicago Northwestern grade line 100 miles away as the North Coast railroad seeks routes west to the coast. The Northwestern seeks tracks to join with Noah Coat in Idaho Washington, with stock issued for expansion while officials deny a coastward extension but imply a western reach.
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Nolare
Lander
Wovemiins
Preginessis Rapidiv
North
Comer Toad
Washington
Chicago Northwestern Millroad
Thelen
Biin
Northopet
North Monat
Northwestern
Noah Coat
Idaho
Elrolor
Utta
North Canat
Pasco
Lan- Wer
Wye
Assessment Roll for Wakoo County 1908 Totals Shown
The Wakoo County assessment for 1908 shows taxable property totaling 4,702,005 with land valued at 1,542,086 and livestock including 1,206 sheep, horses valued at 3,620, and cattle valued at 1,? The roll notes a gross taxables increase of 640,060 over 1906 and cites an expansion in deeded land holdings and county growth according to Assessor Ann Stogeill and the county clerk Bolton.
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Aweswaert
Ann Stogeill
Wireo
Board of Equaljevtion
Bolton
Spokane Teachers Salaries Spark City Chamber Debate
Spokane wages for teachers are described as the lowest in the northwest with many earning only 7 20 a month and nine months work per year. Seattle and other cities pay 900 and up, prompting calls for a wage increase and a three member committee to study the matter. Avenet Meecker, after ordering coffins in Chicago, shot himself for unknown reasons.
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Othe
Spokane
Tevalere
Mehirortele
Ron Nero
Echool Lonard
Sam Glasgow
Chamber of Commerce
Ularien
Cies
Hhowgow
Seattle
Tutto
Helen
Wallace
Northwest
Forced to Sell Sheep by Washington Inspectors
Arlington man N P Wallace reports he was compelled to sell 4000 ewes to Smith Bros of eastern Klickitat county. Price was 3 65 per head. He claims inspectors forced sale due to crossing and dipping requirements though his flock was not scabby. Wallace seeks 6000 lambs to repopulate his range near Arlington.
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Arlington
N.P. Wallace
Washington
Smith Bros
Arlington Record
Wallace
Willace
Klickitat
Seale
Ariington
Hutchinson
Portland
Fruit crop yields in Yakima county hit record high
The Yakima valley fruit harvest of 1906 is valued at $750,000 with apples leading the crop. Conservative growers claim the apple yield was 100 percent above previous years and the largest in the district’s history. Pears and peaches followed, nearly matching apples in extent. If planting continues, growers foresee returns tenfold in five years and output rising to over 12 times current levels in two years.
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Yakita
Gallley
Amenea
Nimont
Yakima
German sergeant sentenced for abuse in barracks
A German army subaltern, Crushes, was sentenced by a court to one year imprisonment for the desecration of a barrack room with soldiers’ teeth. The case highlights military discipline enforcement within the force.
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Courtneyi
Man to Blame in San Francisco Hunt for Culprit
In a November American Magazine excerpt, Ray Stannard Baker traces the San Francisco postquake blame game. He finds no single scapegoat, as landlords, lumber and cement suppliers, builders, and contractors all raise costs while workers face wage and job shifts. The piece highlights how price hikes and reconstruction pressures mask broader inequality and disruption across the city.
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Ray Stannard Taker
San Francisco
Hile
San Francico
American Magazine
Landor
the Economiat
Iowa
Dorothy and Dorothy Comedy at Froxer Theater Sunday
The Stewart Company brings the famous Stew art opera company to Froxer Theater with Dorothy a grand comic opera production carried by a 50 member troupe led by Mahel Day William G Stewart Bertha Fhalek George W Leslie Carl Haydn Tessie Fairbairn Bowman Ralston The Boston chorus noted as a premier singing ensemble Dorothy tells of the English squire’s daughter and two London suitors with a witty, mistaken identity plot The program mirrors prior Broadway success and travels with this renowned troupe.
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Stewart Company
Stewart Opera Company
Froxer Theater
Dorothy
Blewart
Dorothe
Montiel
Broadway
New York City
Tt le
West
East
Lst
Mahe! Day
William G. Stewart
Bertha Fhalek
George W. Leslie
Carl Haydn
Finory Tessie Fairbairn
Comedienne
Bowman Ralston
Brownway Theater
BH. C. Stephenson
Alfred Cellier
Dorothy Bantam
Lydia Hawthorne
Ward
London
Dia Diaya
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Dersihys
Soniday
Wakoo County
Ghowieng
Spokane Tonchere
Avenet Meecker
Chicago
Ordery
Himeelis
The
Thursdar Save of the
Beach & Bowers! Minstrel Company
City of
Beach & Bower
Thie City
Fraser Theater
Luke
Oregonhan
Rainier
Aczema
Ali
Loch Deodoria
Ulven
Preston Manufacturing
Rainier, Oregon
A. C. Ruby & CO
Pendleton, Ore
Pendleton Roller Mills
W. Byers
Northwestern Gas and Electric Co
Corner Court and Garden
Pendleton
Franklin Street
Corner Webb
Post Street
Webb
East Webb Street
Hove
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