Irrigation Ditch Begins Near Brewster Promising Acreage Water
Work on the Brewster irrigation ditch started a week ago under L P Horton with six men. Water from Whitestone Lake seven miles away will reach about 1500 acres by May first. The project plans a 60 foot dam expanding the lake to 240 acres and aims to serve land on Brewster town flats and river lowlands while not affecting the Brewster flat high line scheme.
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Whitestone Lake
Breweter
Brewster
Columbia River
Central Ferry
Brewster Flat
Mary Hartman
Chinks Get Square Deal Under President's Policy
Washington December 28 Secretary Metcalf presses for a square deal for visiting professional Chinese. His personal attention reduces indignities and lowers appeals from immigration officer decisions, improving treatment of high character Chinese visitors.
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Washington
Metcalf
Russian women join the revolutionists
Moscow reports fierce fighting as rebels split into three sections and twenty thousand rebels hold the city. Women volunteers fought bravely while a Red Cross worker in disguise attempted to kill the governor general. Rebels threaten churches as forts and streets fill with casualties amid guerrilla tactics.
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Red Cross
Enbloc
Divinity student kills father to protect mother
In Philadelphia a divinity student named Jones Pollock killed his father to shield his mother. Ministers and church figures urged his release, arguing the act was impulse driven and that his mental anguish justified the outcome. The father had recently been released from the house of correction and had a drinking problem. The family had dinner when the incident occurred.
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Philadelphia
Jones Pollock
House of Correction
Pollock
Arthur Gunn Wins 45 Year Wenatchee Electric Franchise
Wenatchee city council on Tuesday night granted Arthur Gunn of Wenatchee Electric Company a 45 year franchise expiring in 1950. The old clause allowing city purchase in 1915 was removed, enabling uninterrupted operation. The city secured a 25 percent light price reduction during the term while all other terms remained the same.
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Wenatchee
Arthur ,Gunn
Wenatchee Electric Company
Roosevelt Eyes Sharp Blow From Standard Oil Report
Washington dispatch says President Roosevelt plans to use a Garfield drafted report to expose Standard Oil and railroads connections. The document aims to pressure the Senate over the rate bill, with a February timing and intense publicity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Standard Oil
United States Senate
Garfield
Standard Oil Company
United States
Rockefeller
Trust
Senate
Publicty Department
Administration
Mountain slides into lake near Princess Royal Island
Report from Victoria on December 3 describes Mount Peno forcefully sliding into Inlet Lake, creating twelve foot water rise. Passengers on the steamer Tees witnessed the eruption from the north and a Surf Inlet party narrowly escaped while crossing the lake by launch. General Manager Suceeds and crew faced life threatening waves.
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Tees
Princess Royal Island
Mount Peno
Inlet Lake
Suceeds
Surf Inlet
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