Irrigation Congress Opens in Portland to Spotlight West Lands
In Portland Oregon the National Irrigation congress opened with Governor Pardee of California presiding. Engineers led the session as delegates from western states, irrigation boards and universities gathered to discuss irrigation, exhibit rice field models, and study maps of western districts. The four day event includes dawn sessions and extensive exhibits to showcase irrigation potential and rural development.
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Portland
Ore
National Irrigation Congress of the
United States
Governor Pardee
California
Thomas G. Halley
Congress
C. B. Boothe
A. H. Devers
Tom Richardson
F. H. Newell
Fair Grounds
Texas
Gil- Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
Washington, D. C
Washington, D. C.; Production By Irrigation, Dr. A. C. Trues
Charlies W. Eber Jein
Southern Pacific
Lang Drug Co Promises Purest Drugs and Lower Prices
A promotional notice from Lang Drug Co highlights cheaper prices for Merlin's Baby Food Horlicks Malted Milk and Dr. Oliver's Skin Soap. It markets Giertana Face Powder and Dr. Merck's Germinal Liver Pills, claiming reliability and value to attract customers.
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Lang Drug Co
Merlin
Horlick
Oliver
Merck
Jim the Penman in Buss
Seattle's Jim the Penman works both days, cashes a coal company check in Fremont, and forges a drugstore order at Brickson Drug, 112 Howel. A false address and a boy courier help him obtain cigars and medicine, but a deception ends with the store declining the altered check endorsed by Dr. William Ludlow.
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Seattle
Jim the Penman
Fremont
Jim
Brickson Drug Company
Howel
William Erickson
William Ludlow
Penman
Five Death Attempts by Harry Meyer After Prison Release
In Tacoma on August 21 Harry Meyer, just released from central prison, attempted suicide five times as a drunkenness case escalated. He was rearrested for safety, placed in a straight jacket, and watched by a deputy sheriff overnight after multiple hangings and self harm attempts.
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Tacoma
Harry Meyer
Central Prison
Tool Thief Is Pinched Beattie Suspect Arrested
A. Frederickson, alleged Beattie tool thief, was arrested Saturday by Sergeant Spangle and Detective Corbett. He faces a charge of stealing about $100 in carpenter tools, with many items traced to pawnshops and identified.
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A. Frederickson
Beattie
Frederickson
Spangle
Corbett
First Night in Seattle Ends With Robbery
J Schilling of Rochester New York arrived in Seattle Sunday night and rented a room in a down town lodging house. He awoke to find his trousers missing, a watch gone, and $120 vanished from the room. He suspects theft and plans to write about his impressions of the city.
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J. Schilling
Rochester
N. Y
Seattle
Chamber of Commerce
Schilling
Man Kills Hotel Proprietor in Duncans Canada
Joseph Bebeau, owner of the Mount Sicker hotel at Duncans, was shot dead Sunday morning by quartz miner Fred Beach. Beach, described as demented, fired a 30-30 Winchester at close range after Bebeau and friends confronted him near a private residence.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Joseph Bebeau
Mount Sicker
Duncans
Fred Beach
Bebean
Beach
Beattie High School opens amid crowding plans
Superintendent Cooper outlines new buildings Mareella Whitran John Hay and the Summit to ease congestion as 2100 high school students expected with 3500 total attendance including transfers. Portable classrooms redistributed. five hundred desks added. rostrum rebuilt to improve sound. study rooms planned in assembly hall. half day for Labor Day. no new masteries this year.
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Mareella Whitran
John Hay
Summit
Wehoo
University and
Cooper
Beattie
Ten Killed as Freight Car Hits Crowded Trolley
At Butte Montana on Utah Street a freight car crashed into a crowded open trolley car. Ten persons were killed and more than a score injured. The trolley car broke the crossing and was hurled 26 feet, crushed into kindling wood.
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Butte
Mont
Utah Street
Cigar Dealer Taft Hit by Break-In at Pike Street Stand
Cigar dealer C Taft of 515 Pike reports thieves broke in Sunday night and stole 300 to 400 cigars. Entry was gained by breaking glass with a rock. The secretary’s namesake confirms the quality of the cigars and notes Taft plans to ship a consignment to Taft in the Philippines.
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C. Taft
Pike
Taft
Philippines
Manila
Brutal Assault Shocks Colfax After Liquor Raid
In Colfax on Aug 21 R T Street, who helped arrest four saloon men for Sunday closing violations, was attacked in a dark shed near the Colfax Implement Co. warehouse. He was cut multiple times, his skull laid bare and nose bridged, but survived though seriously injured. Street had previously carried a hatchet at night and struck back, wounding his attacker. the assailant fled in darkness during a two hour power outage as Colfax readies council action to enforce saloon laws. Street is an Anti-Saloon League member.
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Colfax
R. T. Street
Street
Colfax Implement Company
Anti-Saloon League of the State
Ten are hurt on miniature railway in Pittsburg park
A crowded miniature railway ride at Kennywood Park in Pittsburg jumped the track on a round and overturned. Ten passengers were injured with three believed fatally hurt as the engine and six cars rolled over leaving riders trapped before rescue teams freed them.
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Pittsburg
Kennywood Park
Attempted Assassination of Queen Margherita Alarms Turin Tour
A Turin dispatch reports an assassination attempt on Queen Margherita, mother of King Victor Emmanuel, during an Alpine tour. A stone barricade appeared at a road turn near Little St Bernard, causing the royal automobile to collide with the barrier and narrowly avoid a fatal plunge.
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New York
Turin
Margherita
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Alps
St. Bernard
Stand Collapse Injures Over 500 at Beth Davis Synagogue
In Pittsburg on August 21 a crowd of more than 500 people fell 15 feet into a cellar when a platform gave way during a roll signing at the Beth Davis Russian synagogue. Many sustained cuts bruises and some broken bones but no fatalities were reported.
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Pittsburg
Beth Davis
Governor Francis Explains Origin of Youve Got to Show Me
Former Missouri governor David R Francis, president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and newly elected president of the Trans Mississippi congress, discusses the Portland Seattle fair and its expected benefits. He attributes the Missouri saying to Civil War era negotiations, noting Missouri’s prospects and Seattle’s opportunities.
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Gov. Francis
David R. Francis
Missouri
Louisiana Purchase Exportion
Portland
Seattle
British Columbia
Washington
Francia
Great Northwest
St. Louis
Francis
Northwest
East
Alaska
Mental Science graduates celebrate diploma night at Beattie
Twenty graduates from Beattie’s Mental Science College received diplomas in Eitel hall on Sunday night. Clara Peterson argued health can be caught through good health not fear of disease. An offer by Hollen Parker of Walla Walla to donate 6 acres for a mental science college was read. The plan to build a city near Beattle with no saloons or meat shops was proposed due to cost.
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Mental Science College of
Beattie
Eitel, Hall
Clara Peterson
Hollen Parker
Walla Walla
College and
Mental Science City
Beattle
Novelty Suit and Cloak Manufacturing Company
Hanged man Henry Heusack executed for father-in-law murder
Hanged at St Louis this morning Henry Heusack proclaimed innocence on the scaffold after his conviction for murdering his octogenarian father-in-law on March 20, 1904. Delegates from Bozeman Anaconda Missoula Butte and other Montana cities attend a state labor federation convention with seven matters to be decided during the week.
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Great Falls
Mont
Bozeman
Anaconda
Missoula
Butte
Wesien
Retirement Sale at H Lewis & Co Hats and Furnishings
At the retirement sale of H Lewis and Co prices drop on hats and underwear. Hats once 2 50 now 1 65 and 4 50 now 2. Men s shirts and other goods marked down to low figures. Cor 18th Street and Cherry.
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H. Lewis & Co
Identification of a Tragic Richmond Beach Death
The mangled body of Edward Gavegan was identified by Mr and Mrs Clavesan of Ballard as their son. He had been working near Bellingham and started home by steamer with two companions who left the boat at Everett to attend a circus. A brakeman removed Gavegan from a freight train before it pulled out and he was not seen again until the coroner's office confirmed the identification on Sunday.
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Great Northern
Richmond Beach
Clavesan
Ralilard
Edward
Bellingham
Ballard
Young Gavegan
Everett
Gavegan
Sultan of Lulu Proposes to Alice Roosevelt
Aug 21. The sultan of Lulu offered marriage to Alice Roosevelt during her visit here. He argued his people honored the president and wanted his daughter to stay among them, but she refused.
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Sultan
Bulu
Alackh
Soma
P. L
Lulu
Alice Roosevelt
The Seattle paper praised for fearless news stance
A letter from H. Young and J. M. Thompson, press committee, thanks the paper for its courage in printing the news and asserts the publication is the only one in Seattle to print the side of the question, praising its motto and courteous treatment.
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Tiaue
Seattle
H. &. Young
J. M. Thompson
Zbinden Explains Seattle Officials Rolled for Howards
Zbinden says City Comptroller Riplinger and Sixth Ward Councilman Arnold Zbinden helped push release of G W Howard and M L Howard, alleged to be wife beaters, to aid their maroon vote. G W Howard remains jailed after a $100 fine and 30 days for a fight. his brother had a suspended sentence for disorderly conduct. Mrs Howard sought counsel from attorney G M Emory and urged release to support the family.
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Seattle
John Riplinger
Arnold Zbinden
Sixth Ward
G. W. Howard
M. L. Howard
Howards
Sergeant Stewart
Anderson
George Peterson
Sandspit
Howard
C. W. Howard
Zbinden
Ripmom
Riplinger
Emory
Waters
White Haired Woman Committed After Sanity Hearing
An elderly woman with white hair was brought before Dr. J B Loughery and Dr H D Miller for sanity examination Monday morning. No examination was necessary as fear and distress on her face confirmed her crisis mania and belief others seek to kill her. She was committed to Steilacoom for care. Several other arrests of insane persons followed Monday afternoon. In Warsaw on August 21, Cos sacks clashed with armed socialists, killing eight and arresting others as strikes expand. the Mystic club plans a Natatorium gathering at Alki Point on August 23 with a special boat departing Flyer Rock at 8 PM.
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J. B. Loughery
H. D Miller
Sho
Steilacoom
Mystic Club
Alki Point
Mystics
Wrecked Bark Coryphene Loss Totals Reports Nome
L. H. Gray & Co reports the bark Coryphene and its cargo are total losses after grounding off Cape Prince of Wales Alaska. A rescue launch and barge were wrecked in a salvage attempt. Gray's also arrived with 700 tons asphalt and 300 tons general merchandise, the largest asphalt shipment to Nome. Olympia and Victoria ready to sail August 23 and 24 with winter stock for Nome and Fairbanks merchants.
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L. H. Gray & Co
Coryphene
Cape Prince of Wales
Alaska
Nome
Coryphone
Santa Barbara
San Francisco
Olympia
Victoria
Fairbanks
Ballard bar brawl and theft reported by local police
Ballard man Wilson allegedly tried to shut Social bar and kill bartender Joe Fisher by throwing a whisky bottle through a plate glass mirror valued at 50 dollars. A warrant was issued by saloon owner Mike Flaherty as Ballard police pursue a gang believed to be hiding nearby. Two youths caught Saturday deny details beyond a gang and stolen goods. A suspicious man seen Sunday with two valises matching stolen items from Boston Clothing store escaped before police arrived. Authorities expect to trap the gang soon. Central W C T U to meet at Mrs Houghs home on Fourteenth Avenue North Tuesday.
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J, Wilson
Ballard
Joe Fisher
Wilson
Fisher
Mike Flaherty
Boston
Mrs Wade to Render Principal Dress at 2 30 P M
At 2 30 PM Mrs Mary Wade will provide the principal dress for an upcoming event. The notice notes timing and the key participant.
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Mary m Wade
Clendenning Scott manufactory secures tax cut
The Clendenning & Scott Manufacturing Company on Occci Dental Avenue, producing overalls and denim shirts, won a $10,000 reduction on its $25,000 assessment after action by the board of equalization on Monday morning.
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Clendenning & Scott Manufacturing Company
Occcidental Avenue
Board of Equalization
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