City Treasurer Implements New Notice System for Property Assessments
City Treasurer George Russell adopts a new practice to notify property owners of district improvement assessments. A court clerk copies from treasurer records the last tax payers to identify current owners who should receive notices. This reduces misaddressed notices and ensures owners learn of assessments, exemplified by the Second Avenue regrade condemnation district with 800 lots sold for taxes.
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George Russell
Court House
Seconday Regrade
Mount Vernon State Bank Opens with Local Officers
Mount Vernon state bank begins operations with temporary officers. Stockholders include Scandinavian American Bank, George H. Batley and Ferdinand Freeman of Seattle, and R. L. Davis and F. G. Pickering of Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon State Bank
Scandinavian American Bank
George H. Batley
Ferdinand Freeman
Seattle
R. L. Davis
F. G. Pickering
Agrarian Disorder Flares In Orel District
June 20 dispatch reports agrarian disorders concentrated in the Orel district. Officials deny unrest among the populace as authorities struggle to control spillover from rural tensions in this Central Russian region.
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T. Petersburg
Orel
Olympia
Supreme Court
Seattle Lumber Firm Wins Judgment for Materials
Homnsey affirmed the King County Superior Court ruling awarding Seattle Lumber Company a judgment for materials furnished to Ho Sweeney. In North Yakima attorneys F Blaine and Ralph Williamson work on the Sungnyarde title abstract since last Wednesday. Port Townsend granted franchises to Coleman Ballinger and Port Townsend Journal to lay railroad tracks into the city. In Walla Walla a woman with many dogs faced an officer’s attempt to kill one, leading to her restraint and jail on insanity charges.
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Homnsey
King County Superior Court
Seattle Lumber Company
Ho Sweeney
North Yakima
F. Blaine
Washington Irrigation Company
Ralph Williameson
Reclamation Department
Port Townsend
Coleman & Ballinger
Walla Walla
Amelia Harsch
Senate Advocates Win Lock Canal Support
In Washington on June 20 advocates of a lock canal celebrate a Senate poll showing 46 or more lawmakers ready to oppose the sea level proposition when it comes up tomorrow. The lock bill has cleared the House, and tomorrow Senator Morgan will speak for hours in favor of the canal on his second birthday.
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Washington, D.C
Senate
House
Morgan
Dairymen Set Meeting with Condensers Report
The dairymen of Seattle will meet Monday in Auburn at 1 30. The committee appointed to confer with the condensers will present a report.
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Seattle
Auburn
Woodland Park Urged as Expedition Site by Club
The Interlake Improvement club held a meeting last night and urged selecting Woodland park as the expedition site.
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Interlake Improvement Club
Woodland Park
Court circle hints at Pacific accord between United States and Japan
In Berlin on June 20, observers in court circles believed a secret agreement between the United States and Japan settles joint Pacific interests and removes friction between the nations.
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Berlin
America
Japan
Pacific
Richard Tying Execution Stay Denied by Supreme Court
The high court refused to intervene as Richard Tying awaits execution for the murder of Mrs. Henele Hollister. Thomas Cale, Bundbanks county nominee for congress, has broad backing from the Miners' Association and local Republicans and Democrats in the district. Dr C A Hasell of Fairbanks arrived from the north saying Cale will win the nomination unanimously and Tanana country voters favor Alaska self government.
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Apringfield
Richard Tying
Henele Hollister
Thomas Cale
Pairbanks
Congress
Miners’ Association
C. A. Haseall
Fairbanka
Cale
Tanana
Alaska
How Dunlap Crossed the Plains in 869
Veteran real estate dealer George W. Dunlap recalls his 1869 journey from Council Bluffs Iowa to Seattle Washington as a boy of twelve. He details wagon trains across the California and Oregon trails, encounters with Kit Carson and Pawnee war parties, and the early Seattle frontier including Dunlap station and first shops.
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Seattle
Haller Building
George W. Dunlap
Couneil Hmiuffs
Iowa
California Trail
Halt Lake City
Brigham Young
Missouri
Fort Carney
North Platte River
Kit Carson
America
Gold
California
Indiana
Monahan
Cascade Mountains
Barlow Pass
Willamette Valley
Portland
Montesano
Olympia
Liew Anderson
Alaba
Yester's Wharf
Mill Street
Dante Crane
Madteon and
Young Avenues
Schwabacher Bros
C. P. Stone
Charlie Hurnett
Dunlap Station
Enoqualmie Trail
Dutch Ned
Milla
Frisee
Veusele
P.O
Denny Boye
Austin Hell
J Andrews
Hrooke
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Aussell
State News
Anacortes
John Wagner
Vernon
Wagner
Tacoma
Washington Bankers’ S Association
Oating
Carey L. Stewart
Favor Woodland Park
Prairies
Pittsburg
Credit Housec
Prederick & Nelson (Inc
Erngoy Ote
Wilton
Axminster
Ordina
Ge Art Bauaren
Beattie Selling
Huastic Hickory
Genuine Scotch Madras
Dyson
Chinaware
Beattie
Rederton
Nelson Avenue
Madison and Spree Streets
Crockery
Lee Water
Abe
Bbc
Ibe
Asc
Thun
I Bec
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