Basin League Prepares Final Fund Drive for Basin Irrigation
Plans were set for a final whirlwind campaign to raise 209000 to advertise the Columbia Basin irrigation project across the United States. The week of May 9 to June 3 was chosen for the windup, with district allotments including Washington and Oregon districts. Endorsements keep coming in from leaders such as Louis W. Hill, chairman of the board of directors of Great Northern.
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Columbia Basin Irrigation
United States
Columbia Basin Irrigation League
Washington
Oregon
Great Waterless
Louis W. Hill
Great North
Hurdles Obstacles of Fate to Success
Los Angeles May 22 Jim Tully author of Emmett Lawler rises from orphan asylum in Ohio to 1922 celebrity, fighting odds and hustling through factory work, hobo life, circus tricks, and prize fighting. A drab muse, a girl’s words spur his ambition as he urges readers to kick fate’s limits.
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Los Angeles
Jim Tully
Tully
Emmett Lawler
Jim
Ohio
Northwest Rail Project Enthusiasm Grows Among Giants
General Goethala praised the Columbia River Basin project after further study, urging federal action. He noted the plan excites Great Northern and other railways and stressed the need to engage more people in the East, in a letter to Prof. O S Waller of Washington State College.
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Ern Railway
Spokane
Northwest
Great Northern
O. S. Waller
Washington State College
Gen. Goethala
Columbia River Basin
Wallet lost by John J. Pelstrup in Melont area
John J. Pelstrup reports a wallet lost near 1719 West 67th Avenue around Saturday night or Ballard Beach car line. It contained $25 and PD A V dance tickets. Pelstrup is a World War II veteran.
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Buddy
John J. Pelstrup
Ballard
Pelstrup
Hardware Man Hails Seattle Versus Other Cities
John S. Moss of Lee Hardware Co. Salina Kan praises Seattle for trade and scenic appeal while visiting the Pacific coast to gather first-hand information on local conditions.
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Seattle
John S. Moss
Lee Hardware Co
Salina
Kan
Pacific Coast
Emmett Lawler tale of a street-born tramp who rose
The piece recalls Jim Tully's account of a boy with no schooling who taught himself to read and write under hardship. He battled ringsters, penned verse, and forged a life as a dreamer and fighter, turning crippling odds into a triumph of youth and resilience.
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Jim
Rattling Shultz
Johnny Sinclair
Holdie Conway
Emmett Lawler
Ures
Jim Tully
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