Review of Reclamation Progress and Prospects
A concise analysis by C J Blanchard for Sunset Magazine reviews national reclamation, noting 25 active projects will reclaim 2 198 000 acres and 17 more in abeyance could add 3 270 000 acres, totaling 6 468 000 acres. It argues reclaimed lands will boost farm income, tax rolls, and home building, while supporting eastern economies and rail expansion, with ongoing federal investment of about 33 million to 41 million dollars and 1 400 000 acres reclaimed in time.
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Reclamation Department
C. J. Blanchard
Sunset Magazine
Blanchardenya
United States
Donee
Reclamation Service
Connecticut
Massachusettes
New Hampshire
Floridan
Great American Desert
News in Brief Highlights Fatal Fall and Miscellaneous Updates
Vancouver laborer Richard Wilson died after a three story fall on Water Street. New Orleans brokers L and Hardie & company face potential liabilities under 20,000. Wheat supply volumes show a drop while corn and oats rise. Denver chosen as next Odd Fellows convention site. Manley Raley re elected commanding general of the patriotic militia. J L Halburn robbed near Goldfield, Nevada. $52 taken. New York criminal court may push immediate trial for Harry K. Thow over Stanford White murder. Thomas R Potter estate valued 2 to 4 million bequeathed to Pennsylvania Grand Lodge. Caledonia Canada wreck coroner report orders engineer’s arrest.
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Richard Wilson
Vancouver
Water Street
L., &. Hardle & Company
New Orleans
Tnabilig
Bradetrovt
New York
St. Paul
Denver
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Odd Fellows of the World
Moeting
Manley Raley
Patriotic
Misitia
Harry K. Thow
Stanford White
Thomas R. Potter
Grand Lodge of Mansons of
Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge of
Minster
Rail, railroad, and civic woes highlight regional report
Reports show CPR blamed for inexperienced train crews while church delegates convene in Walla Walla under Bishop Adkins. Idaho university bids a $250,000 admin building contract with a $100,000 railway project at Weet Poet Falls. Tragedy strikes Hunters, Washington as six year old George Cornwall dies from a 60 foot fall. Valley rancher Henry Rombeck suffers a severe leg injury requiring possible amputation. Victoria BC trustees await Ottawa on Chinese pupil head tax policy. Grant's Pass Oregon faces city closure after ministerial pressure.
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A. D. Whiteway
Bole
Moscow
Idaho
University of Idaho
Aberdeen
Wash
Idaho & Washington Northern Railway
Weet Poet Falls
Spirit Lake
George Cornwall
J. J. Cornwall
Hunters, Wash
Henry Rombeck
Valley, Wash
Board of School Trustees
Victoria
B. C
Ottawa
Chinewe
Suits over Furniture Trust in Portland
The Gilman Auction & Commission of Portland sues in U S circuit court seeking 1600,000 damages threefold under Sherman act against Northwest Furniture Dealers Protective association and Oregon Retail Dealers associations. Plaintiffs claim trust restricted trade since 1909, refusing sales to nonmembers and enforcing price standards by boycott threats.
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Portland
Gilman Auction & Commission Company of
United States
Northwest Furniture Dealers’ Protective Association
Oregon Retail Dealers’ Association
Portland ‘Retail Dealers’ Association
Furniture Trust
Iiet
Trust
Act of Congress
Artesian water progress slow at deep well site
The Burns Times-Herald reports slow progress on the artesian well, down between 1200 and 300 feet, remaining in quicksand. Jetting is deemed necessary but unavailable, making the work tedious. Officials hope a firmer formation appears within about 100 feet, with strong flow likely but the force unknown.
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Saya
Burns Times-Herald
International Congress Opens in Vienna on Tuberculosis
More than 50 delegates from America attend the opening of the International Congress for the Study and Suppression of Tuberculosis in Vienna. The session will last about a week and move to Washington next year. Topics include tuberculosis museums inheritance treatment costs prevention in the army and Red Cross, and railway service tuberculosis campaigns.
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Vienna
America
Washington
Red Cross
Folk Lead Missouri Delegation to Jamestown Celebration
Governor Folk will head the Missouri party departing St. Louis to participate in the Jamestown exposition Missouri day celebration. Prominent state speakers will join the program as the delegation expected a large turnout from Missouri.
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Folk
Jamestown
St. Louis
East Portland Peninsula Tunnel Planned for Harriman Railways
George H. Hoschke, chief engineer of the U A N company, invites bids for a 4900 foot tunnel through the East Portland peninsula to connect Harriman lines from the north and east. Estimated cost 450000 to 500000, with timber and concrete linings considered. Work to start promptly after last rights of way closed, aiming to finish around the Oregon and Washington railroad completion. The tunnel will pass Dana and Seward streets, cross St Johns loop, and join Mack's bottom dump sites for grading and fill toward McKenna Junction.
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George H. Hoschke
U. A. & N. Company
Portland
Harriman
Oregon Daily Journal
Boschke
J. P O'Brien
Oregon & Washington
Seattle
Mack's
Dana Street
Dana and
Seward Streets
McKenna Junction
St. Johns
Oregon
Mack
Columbia River
Hill Lines
Harriman's Sound
Lost love affair fuels desperate late-night panic
A person reports an ambush like attack between 9 30 p m yesterday and noon today driven by illness and nausea after discovering at Tallman & Co s drugstore a box of Dr King s New Life Pills priced 265 cents.
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Tallman & Co
Dr. King
Aedo Wanted for Ladies' Clothes Frowers at Local Laundry
Robinson's Domestic Laundry announces positions for ladies' clothes finisher work. Bond Bros. offers good salary suitable for every man in Umatilla county, inviting applicants to apply locally.
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Aedo
Robinson
Bond Bros
Umatilla County
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