Seattle Harbor Lands Pass To Public Port Fight Looms
A brewing clash over Seattle harbor control asks who will own and operate the waterfront in coming years. State lands around Elliott Bay are set to revert to the Port of Seattle as leases expire, shifting vast sites from private to public hands, likely triggering a protracted battle with railroads steamship lines and warehouse firms resisting public operation. The Star campaigns for a publicly owned port and backed port legislation, opposing strong private interests.
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Seattle
Seattle Harbor
Elliott Bay
The
Star
Downie, Wood
Keene
Port public ownership urged amid Seattle port fight
The Star argues for a public owned port to secure Seattle’s maritime future and oppose private domination. It warns against returning to corporate refits and previews coverage of candidates Downie Wood and Keene, urging careful evaluation of their records.
Northwest unites as a Northwest for growth and industry
A Pasco meeting formed the Columbia Basin Irrigation league while Northwesterners pledged regional unity to accelerate growth. Leaders say the Northwest will gain 5,000,000 people, more orchards, wheat, berries, poultry, and manufacturing, with the West Marginal Way and Duwamish waterway improvements drawing industry to Seattle.
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Pasco
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Tacoma
Quincy
Columbia Basin
Orégon
Idaho
Montana
Lef Duwamish
Letters on the Municipal Fish Market Conflict
J April and E J Murray defend Pike Place Municipal Fish Market against J Duggan. They claim superior fish quality and pricing, reveal current market closure for renovations, and announce reopening around May 1. They cite records on oyster purity and daily trimmings and challenge Duggan’s assertions.
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Pike Place
Learn a Word Every Day Incongruous
A daily vocabulary note defines incongruous as not hanging together by disagreement or lack of conformity. Derived from Latin in not and congruus similar, it contrasts with incongruity and includes an example about a father chiding a son for ohana while the father is a spendthrift.
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Duggan
Ohana
Simmons
Rebukes the Civic Slackers and the Erickson Plan
A letter from FRED 8. WYMAN argues that 14 000 registered voters did not vote in the primary. He warns business leaders to mobilize for the May 2 election and oppose the Erickson measure, claiming it will cost homes and jobs and favor the I W W. He urges forgotten civic duties and warns of a looming bankrupting outcome if the proposal passes.
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Avridge Mann
Dan Landon
Dan
al Lundin
F Erickson
Erickson
Landin
Trieger
Fred
Wyman
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Ford
Saivridge Mann
Ole
Hanson
Shanghai
the Star
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Second Ave
Ts & Barber Shop
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Dug 640
Gally
Mil Monalr Club
April
Pacific Coast
J. Duggan
J. April, E. J. Murray
Martha W. Design
J. KR. Binyon
Binyon Optical CO
Martha Washington
Lmmens Company
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