Political Pull Governs Census Clerk Appointments
Washington reports that 3000 census clerks and staff will be filled by congressional patronage rather than nationwide competitive exams. The Senate committee, led by Senator Long, backs a bill distributing appointments through lines of senators and representatives with a director prescribed test. Preference goes to those who worked on prior censuses. a local note adds pharmacist J A Howson at Economy Drug Store.
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Senator Long
Senate
Census Bureau
F. F. Starcher
Ripley, W. V
Chamberlain
Alaska farming drawbacks and a local market move
William Bense, recent Klondike Fish Market owner, sold his Wenatchee business and plans to return to Alaska. He warns on Alaska farming challenges including coarse soil needing stamp mill processing, high up altitude, erratic climate, and short growing windows. He cites frost, windrows, and costly land prep as major obstacles despite some arable ground on dumps.
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William Bense
Alaska
Klondike
World
Bense
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Week of News Forecast From Washington and Beyond
Holiday recess slows Congress while gossip lingers in Washington. Cabinet meetings and Ways and Means hearings continue. Two murder trials draw public attention: Mrs Catherine Erb and her sister face charges in the Erb case. Andrew McGrath stands trial for the Ammon shooting. Financial closures occur from Thursday night to Monday morning for Christmas. International events include a Pan American congress in Santiago with U S delegates from Yale Harvard Wisconsin and others, and the Japanese Diet convenes. The Atlantic battleship fleet is noted as returning home.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
House Committee On Ways and and Means
Catherine Erb
Beisel
Santiago
Chile
United States
Yale
Harvard
University of Wisconsin
University of Pennsylvania
Smithsonian Institution
United States Army
Atlantic
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J. A. Howson
Economy Drug Store
Wenatchee Bakery
F. A. Mechtel
Prop
Geo. E. McCann
Wenatchee
the Pearl Grocery
Burns l
Jeffries
Andrew Norman
Chas Kuhlman
Walter Smith
East Wenatchee Telephone Co
Frank Bromiley
John Mitchell
Long Beach
California
Kiser
Betty
The
Wenatchee Drug Company
J. A. Gellatly
Span
Malaga
London
the Buckeye Grocery
B. E. Lowe
Mgr
Santa Claus Headquarters
Kodaks
Chelan County
L. E. Water
Zines
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