Fortunes Seen From Moses Lake Fruit Land Rush
Ephrata Washington December 6. Ten thousand dollars invested now in Ephrata Moses Lake fruit land will yield one hundred thousand within five years says L L Benbow former Puget Sound university president and Tacoma real estate operator. He bought 320 acres near Moses Lake and organized a development company. J D Beard bought 480 acres along the Great Northern right of way and irrigates 20 acres at a cost under a waiter right per acre. Beard netted 200 dollars per acre in onions with profitable fruit trees and sold 460 acres to Holm Wells Nichols of Wenatchee for 46000. he has refused 10000 for the rest.
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Ephrata
Wash
Moses Lake
Grant County Improvement Club
L. L. Benbow
Puget Sound University
Tacoma Real Estate
Benbow
J. D. Beard
Cascades
Ephrata Valley
Mr. Beard
Holm, Wells & Nichols
Wenatchee
Beard
William Tolliver and Son
E. C. Davis
Ira Edwards
Northern Pacific
Big Beaj Land Company
Ler Brothers
Columbia & Okanogan Nursery
Maxwell, Parr & Co
Jake Secrest
William Turner
William Johnson
Charles Gailey
L. F. Clipp
Frank Smith
Dr. McCoy
Otto Garrison
Mr. Clipp
Pettigrew Brothers
Tichaceks
James O'Sullivan
Hiawatha
C. W. McLeod
Quincy
State Board withholds school land near Ephrata
The State Board of Land Commissioners refused all applications for sale of school land near Ephrata and Moses Lake, Washington, finding the state not receiving adequate value for the parcels. The decision follows a recent land sale in which parcels had been appraised by the state.
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Ephrata
Wash
of Washington
State Board of Land Commissioners
Moses Lake
Irrigation Drive Boosts Moses Lake Land Values
The State Board of Land Commissioners expects school lands near Moses Lake to rise in value due to active irrigation development. R. F. Pettigrew plans to irrigate 5000 acres next spring, with a large dam under construction at Moses Lake. The temporary dam raised lake water by one foot, enabling potential irrigation for 40,000 acres once full six foot raise is completed.
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State Board of Land Commissioners
Moses Lake
State University
al Rogers
Waterville
Washington
R. F. Pettigrew
United States
South Dakota
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation to Rise
Portland December 7 The Oregon Railroad and Navigation company and associated lines will disappear on December 24 marking the birth of the Harriman operated Oregon-Washington Railroad Navigation company. R Koehler elected president remains in place temporarily as officers align with the Union Pacific leadership plans.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Harriman Corporation
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Oregon-Washington Company
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
North Coast Railroad
Associated Lines
R. Koehler
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Judge Lovett
Union Pacific System
Homebuyers contrasts in installment plans and life insurance
In 1885 Seattle, William Foresight buys a home on installments paying 30 dollars monthly at 6 percent interest, totaling about 4000 after twenty years with a 3000 life policy. Fonda Glamour rents, dismisses buying, and later faces rising rents and costly insurance on an assessment plan. Both men reflect on costs of renting versus owning and the long view of financial gain.
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William Foresight
Seattle
Wash
Fonda Glamour
Steuben Statue In Washington Unveiled In Lafayette Square
In Washington on December 7 a bronze statue of Baron von Steuben was unveiled at Lafayette Square amid a grand military pageant and German American display. President Taft, cabinet members, diplomats, and lawmakers attended as other monuments to Lafayette Rochambeau and Kosciuszko stood nearby. The statue by Albert Jaegers depicts Steuben as a cavalry general in Continental uniform.
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Washington, D. C
Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Valley Forge
Lafayette Square
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Kosciusko
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court of the
Germany
Taft
White House
Fifteenth Cavalry
Dickinson
Count von Bernstorff
Richard Bartholdt
Missouri
Charles J. Hexmner
Philadelphia
National
Albert Jaegers
Frederick the Great
America
Baron von Steuben
Congress
Washington
Monmouth
Yorktown
Andre
Oneida Co
New York
Apples on Bushes Forecast By Expert Speaker
H A Adrian of Los Angeles told Spokane County teachers that Washington apple orchards will become mere patches in a few years. He supported Luther Burbank's theory that prize apples could be grown on bushes and bear within a year.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
H. A. Adrian
Los Angeles
Spokane County
Teachers’ Institute
Luther Burbank
Adrian
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Hotel
Elman
Wenatchee, Wash
Mr. Fonda Glamour
Steuben
Havele
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P. G. Dickie
Xmas
A. V. Huff
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