King County to vote on logged-off land district plan
King County officials plan a December special election alongside port measures to form a logged-off land district and elect three unpaid commissioners. The district may issue bonds to acquire and clear tracts with price limits of 20 dollars per acre beyond 20 acres per seller, and up to 100 dollars per acre for clearing.
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Bill Creates Separate Agency To Issue Long Term Rural Bonds
A proposal envisions a distinct government agency with power to issue 20 year bonds to aid settlers. It would assist settlers on logged off lands to develop them and offer newcomers a path to farm life, transforming thousands of acres of waste land into productive soil. A coalition from local business groups will educate voters ahead of the election.
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Locked in Room Without Food by Demented Father
Chicago report details six children found in a tenement room three days without food. Detectives burst in as the crying children revealed a demented father, Lawrence Stortz, while the mother was hospitalized. Children said they had nothing to eat for three days. North Yakima Hop Picking Opens with 64 Seattle Pickers arriving yesterday.
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Flirting Hurts Eyes Says Optometrist
An Elkhart optometrist warns flirting injures the eyes after a young man suffers vision problems from admiring pretty girls. The doctor prescribes early curfew and staying home for a week, and the patient later no longer needs glasses.
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South Bend
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Elkhart
Time to Rid Ugly Spots In Anacortes
Harry Lawrence suspected fish pirate died yesterday from wounds after being shot by Nightwatchman Ruth Olympia. F Wesenberge aged 20 died here from injuries in a Shelton logging camp.
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Harry Lawrence
Ruth
Olympia
F. Wesenberge
Shelton
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