Lumber rate scare grips Northwest mills and rail lines
A Washington dispatch warns Great Northern and Northern Pacific may raise lumber rates ten cents a hundred to Eastern markets after October 1. Lumbermen doubt such action, fearing closures, idle cars, and loss of Eastern sales across Washington Oregon mills and surrounding states. The report follows a Seattle paper claim tied to Interstate Commerce Commission briefings.
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Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Washington, D. C
Washington
Oregon
Northwest
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Seattle
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Okanogan News Reports Local Advances in Land and People
Dr and Mrs Moore plan Spokane trip for a new Flanders Detroit 20 hp car. W H Noble, arriving civil engineer, suffers appendicitis and is operated on at Moore hospital. F W Ostermeyer plats 28 acres joining townsite. Hamilton house sold for $800. Leigh Richmond Freeman canvasses for US Senate. Frank H Rice visits post office. L H Reid displays Peters cartridges. T J McHugh buys Maple Fifth lot to build home and enter fruit industry. W H Dunham notes demand for flume lumber and berry crates. Deputy Sheriff McLean, infant hospitalized. Pleasant Valley Irrigation notes crew of 14 men. Ditch rights delay due to forest reserve. Pratt Forsyth Lee swap offices with Brown. Charley Blackwell arrives in new car. band dance well attended. Fred Payne reappointed Salmon Creek water commissioner. Toronto memorial dedication for Boer War heroes held with Earl Grey and General French. Memorial on University Avenue cost nearly 40 000.
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W. H. Noble
Okanogan
Moore Hospital
Mr. Noble
Washington State College
F. W. Ostermeyer
Western Union Abstract and Realty Company
Pioneer Realty Company
Hamilton House
First Avenue
H. F. Barton
Wenatchee
Leigh Richmond Freeman
Pioneer
United States
Senate
Frank H. Rice
Railway Mail Service
Washington, D. C
Oroville
Hudson
Johnson Creek
L. H. Reid
Tran Grounds
T. J. McHugh
F. H. Towne
Maple Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. McHugh
Missoula
Mont
Paul
W. H. Dunham
Dunham
McLean
David Townsend
Dr. Moore’s Hospital
Ed. Barker
Pleasant Valley Irrigation & Power Company
Pratt
Forsyth & Lee
Judge Brown
Lindsay
Commercial Club
Charley Blackwell
Riverside
Blackwell
Tacoma
Coast
Fred Payne
Salmon Creek
Festival of Empire Off In Respect for King Edward
The May 23 London festival at the Crystal Palace is canceled except for the colonial exhibition. The exhibit will run through much of the summer, presenting life and industries of British overseas dominions including Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand South Africa and Crown Colonies.
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London
Crystal Palace
Edward
Wisconsin Laundrymen Organize State Association
Leading laundrymen of Wisconsin met in Oshkosh to form a statewide association to protect and advance mutual interests. The group aims to enlist practically all Wisconsin laundrymen in the new organization.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
For the Protection and Advancement
Insurgent Movement Not New in U S History
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, representative from Nebraska, seeks the U S Senate seat. Judge George Gray of Delaware, once named for the Democratic presidential race in 1900 and 1904, recently marked his seventieth birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Congress
Nebraska
United States
Senate
George Gray
Delaware
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EAGLE
Shirley
Business College
Wenatchee Business College
THE
Okanogh
Mrs. Moore
Spokane
Wilbur
Big Bend
Toronto
Earl Grey
John French
Kimberley
University Avenue
W. S. Allward
Bank of the United States
Andrew Jackson
New York
Boston
Charleston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Secretary of the Treasury
Jackson
Barrington Hall Steel-Cut
H. L.wiester
Royal
Worcester
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