Tacoma offers $75,000 purse for Jeffries Johnson bout
Col. Andy Mulligan proposes a $75,000 purse for the Jeffries Johnson fight to be held in Oregon or near Tacoma on or before October 15, 20 rounds. A $5,000 forfeit is placed with Biddy Bishop as the stake, with a larger sum to be posted once the match is agreed. Authorities note the deal could spur major money and require full-time commitment.
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PAYS TO KILL COUGAR Bounty Rises to Twenty Dollars
Local sportsmen hail a new law that increases the cougar bounty from five to twenty dollars and allows hunters to preserve the entire skin, potentially boosting trapping and hunting across Washington as cougars prey on deer.
First Japanese laborers arrive in Bridgeport Washington
About 15 Japanese workers appear on Bridgeport streets to work on the Bridgeport Orchards irrigation project. More are due soon as Bridgeport experiences boom with active milling and lumber shipments. Entiat Power company votes to raise capital from 50000 to 200000 and plans expansion.
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Bridgeport Orchards Company
White Girl to Marry a Jap Sparks Public Opposition
In San Francisco Mrs. Emery and her daughter Helen Gladys Emery arrived by train with Gunjiro Aoki, a former Japanese servant, facing Arch Deacon Emery’s continued opposition. In Portland reports say the couple may wed there, though law blocks such marriages and the district attorney warned of possible arrest for public pairing under a nuisance statute.
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