Irrigation project contemplates local canal operation with gates across canals
Water users along each lateral may arrange to operate their own canal sections and install gates across canals for riders. If a lateral is self run, water delivery remains continuous and charges are assessed by user-provided quantities. Officials warn charges reflect higher early construction costs and partial project completion but expect reductions as the full project operates.
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Reclamation Service
A. P. Davis
Old Charlestown Homes Claim Rich Local History
Charlestown, Indiana, hosts numerous brick houses dating from the early 1800s. Notable properties include the Louis Badger house built by Isaac Selby once occupied by Gov. Jonathan Jennings and retired nearby. Other early structures include the Capt. Dally and Chris Badger houses, the Alpha home by Faulkner, and a Rangers barracks era house, reflecting Charlestown’s elevated, healthy site and high land values.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Charlestown
Clark
Louis Badger
Isaac Selby
Jonathan Jennings
Capt. Dally
Chris. Badger
Andrew McKeever
Rangers
James Garner
Alpha
Faulkner
Louisville
Sisters Appeal for Ten-Cent Aid to Save Brother
Postmaster Hale in Minneapolis reports a handwritten plea from two Kent sisters asking readers to send ten cents each to fund an appeal to the Supreme Court of Olympia Wash. They claim their 27 year old brother faces a life sentence and hope for emergency funds via an appeal. Hale questions potential fraud but will not post the letter in office corridors.
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Minneapolis
Minn
W. D. Hale
Supreme Court of
Olympia
Wash
Kent
Hale
Congress May Halt Interstate Liquor With State Power
Washington reports reveal five judiciary committee members differ on liquor transport in interstate commerce and state prohibition laws. Senators Nelson and Bacon argue Congress can bar liquor entry into prohibition states, while Knox Fulton and Rayner dispute this. Nelson’s opinion is praised as luminous and heavily sourced from Supreme Court references.
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Washington
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Liquor Legisla
Senate Judiciary
Nelson
Minnesota
Bacon
Georgia
Seastors
Knox
Pennsylvanis
Fulton
Oregon
Rayner
Maryland
Train Hold Up in Minneapolis Spurs Robbery Plot
Two daring robbers boarded Northern Pacific sleeper No. 9 in Minneapolis and robbed passengers at gunpoint, taking cash and two gold watches before jumping off near Twenty-fifth Avenue North. Victims include W. S. Smith Fargo $7 L. M. Perkins Fargo $11 BR F. Wilson Mayville $6 Amegar Gyhesem Minneapolis $15 and gold watch William Parsons Minneapolis $5. Police and railway men pursued but description unavailable due to excitement.
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Minn
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Twenty-fifth Avenue North
Smith
Fargo
L. M. Perkins
BR. F. Wilson
Mayville
N. D
Amegar Gyhesem
William Parsons
Parsons
Minneapolis Y. M. C. A
Prairie fire claims Louis Orian family near Cogewell
A prairie fire twelve miles west of Cogewell destroys Louis Orian and his wife with five children, leaving no clues about their whereabouts. Dozens of farms lose barns and hay. livestock perishes on several properties under a strong forty mph wind.
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Forman
WN. D
Louie Orian
Cogewell
Contests Filed Over Homestead Entries in Williston
The Department of the Interior Williston land office reports two contest affidavits against homestead entries. Harriet Metz contests entry 30070 for section 24 township 158 range 101, alleging abandonment and nonresidence beyond six months, with notice to appear April 10 1908. Arthur Reagan contests entry 32918 for section 29 township 159 range 100, alleging abandonment and lack of cultivation, with appearance required. A Williston Water Users Association directors meeting is announced for April 11 1908 at 2:30 PM.
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Harriett Metz
Henry Moe
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Spain
Celock &. m
Arthur Reagan
Minot N D
William Harrison Kontestee
Uni
Williston Water Users’ Association
E. R. Brownson
Williston
N. D
Notice Water Users Meeting in Williston North Carolina
Notice announces a water users meeting on April 27 1908 at the United States Land Office in Williston NC. It states that after proper affidavit filings and notice attempts the contestant has shown insufficient notice and the publication is due and proper. Attorney Geo A Gilmore represents the contestant and Williston Realty Company promotes land claims by McKenzie and Williams County lands and offers location assistance.
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United Ae Land Office
Willison
N. D
United States Land Office
Williston
N. C
Murao
Geo. W. Wilson
Register
Geo A Gilmore
Bennkeec
Williston Realty Company
McKenzie
Williams County
Brownell Drug Company Promotes Formaldehyde Prices
The ad notes ample formaldehyde stock with a slight price decrease for the coming season and unchanged quality. It guarantees product quality and mentions the Brownell Drug Company located one door north of the old stand.
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Brownell Drug Company
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Buford-Trenton
Secretary of the Interior
Buford
Charlestown, Mnd
Brother
Ware
the New
Harrison
NM. P
Louis Orian
Stillwater
Gouth
Bix
Corn Palace
Corn
William M
J. Merrow
Mr. Smith
Robert Burns
W. Seaman
John Michels
J. M. Avia
Armeours
Simon Pure” Leaf Lord
Asbury Cocery CO
B. J. Schoregge
C. E. Davidson, Jr
A Ross
Cata
First National Bank
North
Department of the Interior
Williston, N. D
Victor Chaffee
W B
Overson
EG Greenupee
Atty
Wil
Brookbank
W. Gibb & Sons
Brookbank P. O
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