Saving the Salmon Open Letter from Neah Bay
A letter from W. W. Washburn Jr. of Neah Bay urges Washington Governor to block fishing regulations favoring traps and big outfits. He argues current rules hurt small hook and line fishers, purse-seiners, and trailer operators, and notes Canada and Japan fish enter Puget Sound duty free. He calls for equal regulation of all gear and an impartial state policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Cries Board
Pacific Ocean
Strait Juan de Fuca
Clallam County
Owen Point
Vancouver Island
Cape Flattery
Pa Ocean
Fisheries Board
Hart
Seattle
Puget Sound
Professor Smith
W. W. Washburn, JR
Neah Bay
The Other Side by Ruth Arnold ptor
A reader recalls a travel book filled with Indian life images from Calcutta Jain temple and Taj Mahal, then contrasts splendor with vast poverty. The vivid scenes spark questions about social inequality and human suffering behind beauty and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ptor
Calcutta
Badri-Das Palace
Earth
India
Circus Attendance Cited as Real Reason for Break
The speaker claims the true motive for a recess day was to attend a circus. Laughter and taunts from the crowd accompany the remark as observers ask why men cannot enjoy such pleasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Gahn
Parks Profit Probe Threatens Freshments Lease
The Woodland park concession controversy centers on profiteering charges against the refreshment contractors. Park President Fisher defends the ten year lease while urging a clean bill of health and warning against contracts with those who skirt the law. The board may cancel the arrangement to set a public example against profiteers as scrutiny grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodland Park
Fisher
Park Board
Letters to the Star on park prices and a grand hotel site
A reader urges Seattle park officials to stop price gouging at Woodland Park concessions after 15 and 25 cent meals and balloon sales. Another letter supports a grand hotel at Jackson near the rail depots with multiple facilities and asks public input amid other political notes.
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the Star
Woodland Park
Park
Greenlake
Dommix Stoners
Park Commissioners
Chamber of Commerce
Building Company
Seattle
Jackson
Grand Hotel
Fourth Ave
Local Wit Veers Through Quips And Country Phrasing
A humorous voice riffs on women sewing when company visits and a sly line about finding a water source with a peach tree limb leading to a hip pocket flask. The quip captures rustic humor and practical-turned-modest sarcasm.
Record From the Record on Hatters and Sherman Antitrust
A fragment discusses the Danbury Hatters case and the Sherman antitrust law plus its impact on the cost of living. It notes skepticism that Congress can specify how the law reduces prices and whether it imposes duties on lawmakers.
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Congress
Remarkable remarks on youth and war remarks
A collection of quotations includes Dr. Skinner on New York children and mental health, a wartime solidarity note from Industry and the armed forces, Senator James Hamilton Lewis on Europe, and Congresswoman Alice Robertson on fashion.
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New York State
A. Skinner
New York
Thomas A. Idison
United States
Europe
James Hamilton Lewis
Iinois
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn. and
United Press Service i A
The
Seattle Star
State of
Washington
the Star Publishing
BY Ruth Arnold
George E. Cryer
Los Angeles
Great Britain
State Labor Federation
Short
Nazimova
Bryan
T. Law
W. J
Municipal League
Architectural Associations
William Bruce
Altho
Rep
Tincher
Ill
Kana
the Edison
Pomerene
Ohio
Midshipmen
Senator Walsh
Montana
Edison
Seth Tanner
Paserd Sines
Danbury Hatters
the Post-Intelligencer
Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation
Pike
Rossbach
Elliott
Brough
New York City
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Atres
Alcoh
Tobacco
Father Degen
Bayer
Stewarts
Kauffman
Eureka
Johnson's
Autoparts Supply CO
Pike Street
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