Goethals Completes Survey of Columbia Basin Project
Spokane reports Maj. Gen. George W Goethals has finished a survey of the Columbia basin project and will review data in Seattle and New York before deciding. His last stop was Grand Coulee where a dam would lift 16 000 second feet of water 420 feet high and pump it 70 miles to irrigate the basin.
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Spokane
Columbia Basin
George W Goethals
Seattle
New
Goethals
Columbia River
Grand Coulee
Ephrata
Panama Canal
Washington Monument
Columbia Dasin
Lecturer to Speak to Seattle Plumbers Association
Col. W. G. Archer of the National Trade Extension Bureau Branaville Ind will deliver a lecture at 2 p m Friday February 17 in the hall at 1032 Henry building under the auspices of the Seattle Master Plumbers and Heating Engineers association The talk will cover the plumbing and heating industry and be free to all interested.
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Seattle
Chronic Grouch Named New Disease in Chicago
In Chicago on February 9, Dr Hedward MH Ochaner described a new ailment among business and professional leaders called the chronic grouch. He blamed fatigue generated polions and noted symptoms including insomnia, downturned mouth corners, and deep facial furrows. The condition, he said, affects only the most active and successful individuals.
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Chicago
Hedward MH. Ochaner
Ochaner
Asylum Murder Mystery Stuns Northern State Hospital
In Sedro Woolley the murder of patient John Shelleck at Northern State Hospital remains unsolved. He was found with his throat cut in an ante room, a bed sheet wound improvised. Officials suspect another inmate, provoked by coughing, may be responsible. 60 nearby patients were examined with no leads.
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Sedro-Woolley
John Shelleck
Northern State Hospital
Shelleck
Shellock
Trade totals for Washington customs district rise in October 1971
The October 1971 report from Millard T. Hartson, collector of customs, shows the district's total trade at 25.5 million dollars, an increase from a 1920 October figure of 140 million dollars, reflecting gains in overall business activity.
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Washington Customs District
Millard T. Hartson
Customa
Noted Theft Report From Chicago Butcher Shop
Bruno Bortwoaky asked for lamp chops at a Chicago butcher shop. The clerk wrapped a pint of whisky instead, which Bruno later returned to police, saying the whisky did not match the sample. He explained he spoke up only because the liquor tasted off.
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Chicago
Bruno Bort Woaky
Karol Euler
Bruno
Elevator Conductor Job Open in Seattle
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a competitive examination to fill a vacancy as elevator conductor custodian service in Seattle with a salary of 720 dollars a year. The examination date is March 11 1922.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Seattle
Labor to Aid Coal Miners
AFL President Samuel Gompers says the miners must be supported in a possible nationwide coal strike and urges joint negotiations with operators to restore rail and mining service. He warns a strike would harm both workers and coal consumers and cites wage and profit inequities.
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United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Railroad Labor Board
Dean Miller Addresses Seattle Grocers on Business Purposes
Dean Stephen I. Miller of the University of Washington gave a talk on the purposes of business organizations to the Seattle Retail Grocers Association. The address was delivered at a Wednesday night meeting in the Masonic club rooms.
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Stephen I. Miller
College of Business Administration
University of Washington
Seattle Retail Grocers’ Association
Round Table on Foreign Trade Set for Thursday Night
The university extension service class will host a Round Table in the Chamber of Commerce assembly room at 8 p m Thursday. The event aims to discuss foreign trade topics and is open to attendees.
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Chamber of Commerce
Orlando declines to form Italian cabinet
Former Premier Vittorio Orlando says he cannot head the next Italian government as groups remain hostile. He informed King Victor Emmanuel that he was forced to decline the royal request to form a new cabinet.
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RCMP
Vittorio Orlando
Victor Emmanuel
Seattle Residents Hurt in Camping Tour Blaze
Seattle residents Mr and Mrs W G Frederick were severely injured Tuesday night after a blazing tent fire near Rockville Missouri during a camping tour. Advices say they were returning from a visit with friends at Quincy. Volcanic activity at Mount Redoubt 80 miles south on Cook Inlet worries natives along the inlet.
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Rockville
W. G. Frederick
Seattle
Mra. Frederick
Quincy
Mount Redoubt
Here
Cook Inlet
L. C. Grove
Kenal
Bank robber released on bail then rearrested on disposal charge
James II. Hallett, freed on $1,000 bail after a sun picion release, faces a new charge of unlawful disposal of mortgaged property. Marshal advice led Sheriff Matt Starwich and deputies to a Poulado boat with a search warrant seeking $6,000 in gold and $600 in currency plus other loot from a Poulabo bank burglary Monday night. Hallett was accompanied by others during the incident.
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James II
Hallett
Liberty
Poulsbo
Matt Starwich
Poulabo
Police arrest suspect in pharmacy robbery and property sales
The report notes a man, his wife, and two children were arrested. A bag containing his luggage yielded no incriminating items, while a warrant charged the sale of fixtures from Heacon Hill Pharmacy at 2017 14th Ave to Edith Hareen of 1212% First Ave, served on Hallett.
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Heacon Hill
14Th Ave
Edith Hareen
First Ave
Hallett
Traveling salesman clothing dance in February scheme
A traveling salesman plans a February 22 event at an auditorium in Australia featuring his wives and customers with unusual entertainment for attendees.
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Washington
Ruary 22
Tralia
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