Great Spirits Cup and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Plan
A long allegory explains the Great Spirit's cracked water cup as western water scarcity. The proposed Columbia Basin project would divert water from Pend Oreille at Newport through Spokane to irrigate 2,000,000 acres, boosting wheat and hydro power, costing about 420 million dollars and claiming quick payback.
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Rockies
Montana
Pend O'Reille
Pend O’ Reille
Spokane
Washington
Canada
Columbia
Cup
Columba River
Columbia Basin
Pend Oreille
Newport
Idaho- Washington
Idaho
Columbia River
Grant County
Grand Coulee
Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape’s Diapepsin as the world’s leading stomach regulator, claiming quick relief from gas heartburn and indigestion. It urges keeping a sixty-cent case at home for sudden sour stomach and flatulence, noting dramatic, harmoni- free results.
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Pape
Students protest university library fee
Students oppose a $5 library tax added this winter quarter at the state university. They believed the fall library fee would cover the year and that the annual burden would ease. Revenues dip slightly this quarter. no formal protest is planned, but opposition may resurface in the next state election as the library fee helps raise quarterly tuition from $15 to $20 after legislative cuts.
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Henry Suzzallo
Pioneer Robert Abrams Dies at 85 in Seattle
Funeral services for Robert Abrams 85 pioneer real estate man will be held at 2 p m Friday at Bonney-Watson's under St John’s lodge of Masons. Abrams died Wednesday at his home 44 Roanokeet after 64 years in Seattle. He came to Seattle in 1868 after riding to Portland in 1455 and found coal while hunting near Renton. He later entered real estate including a Second Ave and Washington St lot acquired for horses and $400 cash, held 40 years before selling to Seattle Brewing & Malting Co for $400000. Six children survive Abrams.
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Robert Abrams
Bonney-Watson's
St. John’s Lodge of Masons
Abrams
Roanokeet
Seattle
Portland
Puget Sound
Renton
Second Ave
Washington St
Seattle Brewing & Malting Co
Elks to Visit Everett Lodge on Thursday
More than 600 Bika members of the local Elks lodge will visit Everett lodge No. 479 Thursday, leaving Fourth Ave and Seneca St at 6 p.m.
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ELKS
Everett
Fourth Ave
Sene
A St
Beattie and Gresham Residents Named in Item
Norman B. , RH , and RW. Abrams, Mr. May Lawley and Mrs. J. A. Caldwell of Beattie, and Mrs. M. J. O'Donnell of Gresham Ore. are listed in the readable portion of the article.
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Norman B
RW. Abrams
May Lawley
J. A. Caldwell
Beattie
M. J. O'Donnell
Gresham, Ore
Pyramid based suppositories promise relief for piles
A dubious ad claims Pyramid Pile Suppositories relieve hemorrhoids by easing pressure and restoring comfort. It markets the product at 60 cents a box in IP and Canada and touts a free trial by requesting name and address.
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Canada
Marsnall
G N Planning Double Track Between Bluestein and Lamona
Spokane Jan 6 Hudson double tracking for 22 miles of the Great Northern main line between Bluestein and Lamona twenty miles west of Spokane will cost about 250000 and be accepted in Seattle Saturday Five firms have been invited to bid The double tracking must be completed by July 16 and will require a large force of men with heavy fill work and a battery of steam shovels between Bluestein and Harrington
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Spokane
Hudson
Great Northern
Bluestem
Lamona
Seattle
Great Smith
Coy Martin Woldson
Sims & Carlson
J. J. Hughes & Co
Hates & Rogers
Bluestein
Harrington
Groceryman Beaten by Stranger in City Grocery
Harris Harris, 31, a clerk at 1619 Eighth Ave grocery, was beaten Wednesday night by an unknown man. He was found bleeding on the store floor by a customer and taken to the city hospital where he said the attacker fled after the assault.
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Hanson Harris
Eighth Ave
Harris
Memorial plans assignment and postfight injuries
Harris was thrown through a glass door sustaining deep cuts on his forehead face shoulders and hands. Paul Edwards of Seattle is appointed to the American Nation's national committee on memorials and will oversee the Centralia memorial plans.
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Harris
Paul Edwards
Seattle
American Nlation
National Committee On
Forbes Timber sues U.S. to recover forest fire expenses
The Forbes Timber Company filed suit in district court on Wednesday seeking $2,154.91 for expenses incurred while fighting a forest fire in 1919 against the United States government.
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Forbes Timber Company
United States
Gompers Urges Immediate Action on Jobs
Washington Jan 6 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor calls for solving unemployment at once. He praises Harding's conference but says it must be expanded with additional measures to clear waste and wreckage from unemployment and restore full national employment. He declares labor will back constructive moves to secure work for all and urges rapid action.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Harding
Jem
Ueto
Canadian Bonds to Be Offered in Seattle
The city council of New Westminster has sold a $200,000 debenture issue to Blyth, Witter & Co. at 92 in Canadian funds. This 20-year issue bears 6 percent and is expected to return to par before maturity, though prices may vary. a prior offer reached $5.02.
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New Westminster
Blyth, Witter & Co
Attle
Funda
Canada
United
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Mason County Logging Co
D. D. Fisher
Fisher Filouring Mille Co
Maurice McMicken Hughes
McMicken
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Patrick McCooy
W. Rowley Billings, Montana
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Pacific Steamship Co
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Young's
Como
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Yurefit
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Joshua Green
Union Ret
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