Governor Merride Delivers Campaign Speech at Ballard Meeting
Governor Merride spoke to a full Junction ball crowd under Ballard Republican Club auspices. He attacked rail lobby influence, urged a railway commission, and defended tax fairness while praising honest legislators from King County. An informal reception followed at Elke hall.
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Roosevelt Republican of
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Railroad Commission
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Elke’ Hall
Record-breaking fast mail line proposed by Western Way Co
Ondo April 9 a plan to run a nonstop Plymouth to Hileelty mail train 220% falls 220 percent? distance in four and a half hours. If achieved it would set the world’s longest railway run without stops.
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ONDO
Western Iway Company
Plymouth
Hileelty
Wireless telegraph tests aid revenue cutter fleet pursuits
A test of the wireless telegraph link between Puget Sound ports, installed by Pacific Wireless Telegraph Co. for the government, proved satisfactory. The system allows almost constant communication with revenue cutters, aiding efforts to pursue smugglers despite rugged terrain. Separate items note a Reardan robbery, a Go. M. Flake arrest, and common hazards of daily life including a frightened horse and a Bucklen’s Arnica Salve promotion.
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Pugeta
Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company
Revenue Cuttee
Upper Sound
Muntey Harbor
Port Townsend
Revenue
Sound
Snohomish to Everett trolley survey eyed as merger talks swirl
A Snohomish trolley survey runs from the Avenue D bridge toward the highlands then west to Everett, with EB Colburn in charge. The plan awaits fill and trestles, then a roadway for year round operation. The effort signals possible Cherry valley and Seattle route linkups and a loop from Seattle to Snohomish via Everett and Lake Washington.
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Everett
EB Colburn
Snohomish
Cherry Valley
Colburn
Seattle
Snohomiah
Lake Washington
Jap labor to staff beet fields in Union county
La Grande sugar factory official F. F. Bramwell travels to Spokane to hire Japanese workers for the Grand Ronde valley beet season. Railroads in the county also plan to use Jap labor as white help remains scarce. Over 209 Japs are expected alongside white workers to cultivate the beet crop. Captain Z A Stamm of the revenue cutter service will retire June due to age limits and make Seattle his home after many years in the area. He resides at 316 Belmont avenue and served in the Civil War with distinction.
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Ore
Bramwell
Spokane
Grand Ronde Valley
Union County
Z. A. Stamm
United States Revenue Cutter Service
Beattie
Belmont Avenue
Slamm
Revenue Cutter Service
Crowds Buy Garden Tracts in Busy Yesterday Sale
Crowds gathered as buyers purchased garden tracts in a brisk sale held yesterday. Local officials reported strong turnout and steady demand for suburban plots amid favorable weather.
Botkin case tightens as regional witnesses summoned
San Francisco authorities move to arrest Mrs. Botkin on murder charges related to the Deane case after her attorney’s appeal notice. Delaware witnesses are ordered to remain in the city. Meantime Humphrey urges Senator Fairbanks to back a $100,000 federal building appropriation, which faces doubt. King and Winge sue the schooner Selma for $175 in a West Seattle dock dispute.
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Flumphrey
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
House Committee On Public Buildings
Meikie
Chamber
Benator Fairbanks
King & Winge
Selma
Veese
West
Seattle
Prudential Insurance Company Shows Record 1903 Gains
The Twenty eighth Annual Statement of The Prudential Insurance Company of America reports an extraordinary year with $2920000 insurance written and paid in 1903, $11500600 paid to policyholders, and assets exceeding $7200000. The company in force surpasses five million policies.
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Fife Insurance
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