Olympia Gossips on Legislature and City Boom
Special to the World from Olympia on December 26 notes dramatic changes since the last session with fire proof business blocks new hotels and improved residences. It reports a near capitol area expansion including a potential Uncle Sam site and pending Root investigation updates. Palmer’s return and a potential speakership offer are mentioned along with state office familiarity and a shifted legislature balance due to the direct primary.
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Olympia
Telephone Company
Capitol
Sam
Capitol Park
Hee
Mitchell
United States
Olmypia
Carlyon
Root
Fire devastates Brooklyn block leaving over 1000 homeless
A massive blaze destroyed a whole block of apartment houses between Second and Third avenues and Forty-fifth streets in Brooklyn today. More than 1000 occupants fled half clad into the snow as a fireboat protected the Bush terminal docks. Several residents were carried from the buildings unconscious by late and firemen. The related story notes Lewie Williams a Wenatchee student at the University of Washington leaves for Pittsburgh to attend the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity congress alongside fellow members Thomas Lail Vachon and Crollard. Williams is a senior law student and a noted athlete and leader at the university.
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New York
Second and
Third Avenues
Forty-fifth Streets
Brooklyn
Great Bush Terminal
Lewie Williams
Wenatchee
University of Washington
Pittsburg
Alpha Tau Omega
Williams
Wenatchee Valley
Law
Big Red Apple
Thomas
Lail
Vachon
Crollard
Postmaster General approves new dark green special delivery stamp
Washington announces the approval of a radical new dark green special delivery stamp by Postmaster General Meyer. The stamp, patterned after French designs, features an diagonal illustration symbolizing peace and haste with leaves and the Mercury motif.
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Meyer
Washington, D. C
United States
Fruit Industry Prospects Lift Chelan County Outlook
An interview cited by the Seattle Post Intelligencer estimates Chelan county fruit croppings in 1908 at about one million dollars with future growth to ten bearing acres in four years and state-wide potential reaching ten million dollars. Intensive agriculture, small diversified farms, and irrigation create steady markets for fresh, dried, canned fruits and related products.
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Wenatchee World
Chelan County
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Wenatchee
Valliere
Yakima
Wild Goose Enterprise Captures Patterson Resident Interest
A. J. Thompson of Patterson Washington pursues a wild goose breeding venture. He is raising a fowl from wild goose eggs, after a nest found on a river bank yielded a brood hatched under a common hen. The geese later fled to the wild, complicating the effort, which Thompson hopes to domesticate in future hatchings.
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A. J . Thompson
Patterson
Wash
Sie
Northwest
Thompson
Beware of Frequent Colds Prevent Chronic Catarrh
A warning against recurring colds leading to chronic catarrh and the need to treat each cold. Promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, citing Mrs. M. White of Butler Tennessee who was relieved and restored after use. Sold by all dealers.
Using Beet Sugar Refuse as Fertilizer in Washington
Article notes Daniel C. Corbin, wealthy Spokane International Railway president, tests lime refuse from beet sugar curing as fertilizer at his Waverly plant and crops in Spokane valley. Also mentions Lake Chelan Crust Growers' Association selling 100 boxes Fancy Delicious apples and local hints on Washington social costs and cabinet prospects.
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D. C. Corbin
Daniel C. Corbin
Spokane International Railway Company
Waverly
Wash
Spokane Valley
Lake Chelan
Messrs
Olds & Arnold
Cannery
Electric Line Aims Spokane To Miles Wheat Belt
Three million dollars will be invested by the Big Bend Transit Company of Spokane in building an electric railway from Spokane into the Big Bend wheat belt to Miles, Washington. Spokane and Eastern capitalists back the project with work slated to start next spring. Forty miles of right of way secured with amended grant rights and terminal facilities on Indian Reservation and government land. Officers and directors listed including Wiliam A. Nichols and J. W. Fry. No engineering difficulties anticipated.
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Spokane
Wash
Big Bend Transit Company
Big Bend Wheat Belt
Miles, Wash
Columbia River
Eastern
Wiliam A. Nichols
Frederick E. Goodall
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Fry
Lincoln County Bank
Davenport
Isaac W. Anderson
Walla Walla
J. W. Man
Francis J. Finucane
Bourne Pushes $100,000 President Salary Rise
Senator Bourne of Oregon champions a bill to raise the President’s pay from 50,000 to 100,000 and the Vice President’s from 12,000 to 25,000, aiming for passage before March 4, 1909. He asserts salaries affect eligibility for top federal posts and cites past presidents’ finances as context. He notes vacancy in the vice presidency and cabinet attracts wealthy candidates.
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Washington
D. C
Senator Bourne
Oregon
Taft
Sherman
Congress
Bourne
McKinley
Harrison
Cleveland
White House
Cummins and
Dolliver
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Carolina
W. W. Sherman
Raymond
Lewis
Cosgrove
Palmer
King
Chamberlain
Malott, Okanogan Co
City of
Okanogan
Jonathan
Spitzenbergs
Chiliwhist Creek
RED Apple Real Estate CO
F. H. Brand
Columbia Valley Bank
Roslyn Coal
EAGLE
Daily World
Wild Goose” Enterprise
J. A. Howson
Economy Drug Store
Spooner
Electrig
Miles
Ols Golden
Baggate
Hines of Fish
Klondike Fish Market
E. W. Dodd
Prop
J. S. Young
Wetsel
W. M. Rice
Leavenworth
Chelan
Cu Tomers
Union Dye Works
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