The Locusts by S B Hurst and the Columbia Basin Dream
Excerpted fiction follows Hammond and his daughter amid land seizure tensions in the Yakima basin era. Trials with Japanese landowners and mob violence frame a quest for justice while a dream vision links irrigation costs, law, and value to hope for Jack Carlson.
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Legion
Hammond
Beyong
National Guard
Chorua
Carlson
Lind
Connel
Ephrata
Jack Carlson
Jenkins
Uren Takahira
Uren
Mary Hammond
Altho
George
Jack
Men of the Legion
Daddy
Heirg
Basin
Yakima Valley
Columbia Basin
Hurman
Columbia Basin Project
Takashira
Jack o Lantern Seeks Mother Goose’s Broom in Barn Tale
In a playful exchange at a barn, Jack o Lantern laments losing attention as a turkey enjoys plump corn. The turkey and jack reflect on fickle fame until a voice calls asking for Mother Goose’s broom, revealing Nancy and Nick seeking a missing item.
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Jack O'lantern
Teqene
Aerin
Trereabouta
Jack o’Lantern
Nancy
Nick
Mother Goose
Peggy and David Visit Skagit County Home
The narrative recalls a rainy trip to Skagit County to stay with the region’s first white woman. Peggy’s illness keeps her home while David travels with their parents to Bothell, enjoying spring greens and autumn colors along the way and planning to share a story with Peggy upon return.
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Motherdear
David
Peggy
Daddy
Mother Dear
Skagit County
Davie
Pegey
Grandmother
Bothell
Peg
Pleasant Ridge Visit to Mrs Rudene Sparks Flood Talk
David and his mother travel through Everett and the Swinamish Flats to the home of Mrs Rudene. The scene contrasts pioneer life with a modern large house lit by electricity and hints at Mrs Rudene’s early life in Olympia as recounted by mother dear.
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Everett
Bnohomish
Stilla Guamieh
Swinamish Flats
Davie
Pleasant Ridge
Olympia
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B. H. Hurst
Qoomer Ali
Beattie
Bagduan
Bacon
Shakespeare
Stratford
Galileo
Ben Jonson
Francis Bacon
Pope
Addison
BY Ahern
Mrs. Hoople Te
Doliver Bolgum
Major Hoople
W. WA Tuer
Stanley
Wee - Natant
Saram Peabody
RER CA
Ctey Walker
All
MR. Bailey
Danny
Freckles
BY Blosser
Dvcauuie Ail
Afln
Beattie Star
Kagit County
Everett True
MR. Addum
Tee
Cavughing
MR. Addumm
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