Roosevelt era speech on homes and land policy in Spokane
The speaker urges national irrigation to build permanent homes and empower landowners, stresses equality of opportunity, and warns against trusts. He praises Roosevelt policies, calls for plain American citizenship, and argues for using law to serve the public good while resisting concentrated capital. He links home ownership to national strength and warns of water power trusts advancing control.
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United States
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Water Power Trust
General Electric
Train trip marks Moses Coulee rail progress
M W Russell of the Moses Coulee Fruit Land company visits the city. The Moses Coulee branch of the Great Northern is nearly to Douglas, fifteen miles above Palisades, with a depot at Palisades and a water tank station house. The line features twenty seven bridges in nine miles, a record for railway construction. Rails delays and bridge work slow progress, but operation is expected by October.
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M. W. Russell
Moses Coulee Fruit Land Company
Moses Coulee
Russel
Great Northern
Douglas
Palisades
EGAN ACQUIRES HOMESTEAD INTEREST AT WINCHESTER
Captain Thomas J. Egan of Wenatchee has bought Peter Spabergs improvements and filed on the homestead relinquishment. Local threshers report yields of 18 to 25 bushels per acre, better than expected. At Orchard Vale changes include Mr and Mrs Weimer moving to Wenatchee as Mr Weimer pursues carpentry for the revenue on the new orchard.
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Winchester
Thomas J. Egan
Wenatchee
Peter Spaberg
Egan
Orchard Vale
Mrs. Weimer
Mr. Weimer
Peters Purchases 107 Acre Hall Property Near Town
Mrs Nick Peters nee Sophia Terria ult formerly Wenatchee closed a real estate deal to buy J H Hall Burns homestead ranch. The 107 acre parcel includes 25 acres under ditch seven acres alfalfa four acres orchard five acres other crops with improvements valued around 1000 dollars. Located on the town north edge the bargain price is 6000 dollars with possession in thirty days.
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Nick Peters
Sophia Terriault
Wenatchee
J. H. Hall
Burns
Peters
Methow Valley News
Will Pay For Apples at National Apple Show
Louis W. Hill president of the Great Northern offers ten dollars a box for the 100 best apple boxes at the National Apple Show this fall. He bought a thousand dollars worth last year and will duplicate the order, selecting boxes personally from first prize winners.
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St. Paul
Louis W. Hill
The
Great Northern
Hill
Old Wenatchee settler Philip Miller visits Seattle
Philip Miller, longtime Wenatchee valley resident now living in Seattle, arrived yesterday on a business trip.
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Philip Miller
Wenatchee Valley
Seattle
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