Williamson Named Aide For Sunnyside Water Safeguards
Ralph K. Williamson of Portland appointed assistant United States attorney for the eastern district of Washington. He may file actions to restrain unlawful water withdrawals from the Sunnyside canal and laterals upon the engineer's instruction. The measure aims to protect irrigation and ensure needed collections under the reclaimation act, guarding the arid region against heavy losses.
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Washington
Ralph K. Williamson
Portland
United States
Eastern District of Washington
Sunnyside Canal
Sunnyside Irrigation
Williamson
Sunnyside Reclamation
North
Yakima
Sunnyside
Fruit Tree Shipments Metered in County Inspector’s April Work
The county received 122 nursery stock shipments in April totaling 241099 trees of various varieties. The fruit inspector also inspected 13 orchards in addition to handling the shipments.
Cherry packing shortages hit Snake River growers
In Pullman on May 27, J W Offield near Wawawai is recruiting girls and boys to pack the ripe early cherry crop. Offield currently ships 40 boxes daily, with output rising only if more help can be found. Cherries sell for $1.50 per box at the orchard and about $2 per box retail in Pullman.
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Pullman
Snake River
J. W. Offield
Wawawai
Offield
Philippine Tariff Upheld Again by Supreme Court
Washington May 28 The Supreme Court ruled against C A Heinszen & Co German subjects who paid 16827 in duties on imports to the Philippine Islands during 1899 1901. The decision sustains McKinley’s 1898 executive order imposing duties as a military contribution and reverses a Court of Claims verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
C. A. Heinszen & Co
Supreme Court
McKinley
Philippine Islands
Heiszen
Germany
Manila
United States
United States Court of Claims
Spain
Philippines
Justice White
Court of Claims
Father Seeks Missing Daughter After Portland Marriage Notice
John L. Robinson, a former Lost Valley farmer, searches for his daughter Lizzie who left home two years ago after a disputed spanking. A Portland marriage notice to Lizzie Robinson and Jos E Simpson appears, but the couple has vanished leaving the father and his wife hopeful yet unsure of a match.
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Portland
Ore
John L. Robinson
Lost Valley
Oregon
Robinson
Lizzie Robinson
Jos. E. Simpson
Oaks Lodging House
John Robinson
Mrs. Simpson
Empress of India Brings Cadbury Death To England
The Empress of India, mid-ocean during a May gale, carried the body of Mrs Richard Cadbury wife of the chocolate maker. She fell on May 21 and died. embalmment completed. Accompanying four Misses Cadbury are en route to England aboard the liner with 146 saloon and 602 steerage passengers.
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Victoria
Richard Cadbury
Ocean
England
Cadbury
Mexico
Cuba
Demerara
United States
Ice Delivery and Labor Ads From Local Bureau
An advertisement notes ice delivery by Arrow Livery from Mountain Spring ice, with a Tuesday Thursday Saturday wagon schedule. It also lists job openings: 3 loggers at $3.00 and 12 farm hands at $40 per month through K. J. Cummins Employment Bureau. Contact numbers 1421 and 440.
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Arrow
K. J. Cummins Employment Bureau
Sultan accedes to French demands over Morocco settlement
Paris reports the sultan of Morocco agrees to all French demands. The plan includes dismissing Marrakech Pasha for inciting mob violence that killed Mauchamp, an inquiry by the Mogador consul, punishment of assassins and assailants, payment of indemnity, and immediate formation of an international police under Algeciras conference terms.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Tangier
M. Regault
Morocco
Marrakech Pasha
M. Mauchamp
Mogador
Dr. Mauchamp
M. Charbonnier
M. Lassalles
M. Gironcourt
France
International Police
Algeciras
Benton County Fruit Tree Count Surges in Washington
In Benton county, April figures from Fruit Inspector L. D. Lape raise the count of fruit trees and vines to 418,313, far above prior estimates of 300,000. With ongoing orchard plantings, Benton is poised to become the state’s leading fruit producing area.
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Prosser
Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Schedule
Effective November 1 1906 steamboats run Wenatchee to Brewster on a daily up river trip leaving at 5 00 a m and down river departures from Brewster at 4 00 a m The schedule lists intermediate ports Orondo Entiat Chelan Falls Pateros and Wenatchee with arrival and departure times plus a note to ask for folders on the Okanogan irrigation project and Lake Chelan district.
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Wenatchee
Orondo
Entiat
Chelan Falls
Pateros
Brewster
Okanogan Irrigation Project
Lake Chelan District
Priest River Lands Promising for 1908 Water Rights
D. Gensinger of the Hanford Irrigation and Power Co advertises 3 200 acres at Priest Rapids with soon to be irrigated land. Maps, townsite, prices available in the Columbia Valley Barn Building office. A land tour departs June 4 as canals near completion and spring water delivery begins 1908. Also lists other farm and city property.
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Hanford Irrigation and Power Company
Priest Rapids
Columbia Valley
D. Gensinger
East Wenatchee
Columbia Valley Bank
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C.W Jorgensen
Wenatchee Ave
Nero
Black Hawk
Castle Rock
George H. Farwell
Wenatchee, Washington
Wenatchee Business College
Crystal Spring Fruit Land
Entiat Valley
Frank E. Knapp
Wash
McCoy’s Hospital
Wenatchee, Wash
Old Strong Bank
Act
M. O. Merrill
Mission Street N
Chelan County Abstract Co., Inc
Palouse and
Mission Streets
Farm's
Pacific States
John Bennett
Paradise R. F. D
Cashmere
Ross Bros
Ira Thomas
W. T. Rarey & Co.’s
C. G. Hall
E. F. Sprague
Farmers Phone
P. S
Rock Island
J. S. Mooney & Co
Merrill's
Mission St North
Mission Streets N
Harlin Meat Company
New Copying Press
Remington
P. O
E. H. D. Webb
Methew Street
Columbia Hotel
Cyphers
Wenatchee Drug Co
H. W. Russell
Wenatchee Hotel
Chelan Avenue
Wenatchee Avenue N
M. Hanley
Sultan
Daily World
Benton
Orchard County
Wenatchee Bazaar
Wenatchee Avenue
Lewis-Clarke
Chelan County
H. C. Littlefield
Little & Wetsel
Drayage and Express
Eagle Livery & Transfer CO
G. F. Slocum
Lilly’s Garden Seeds
Central Produce Co
Lillis
Columbia and
Okanogan
Bridgeport
Priest River
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