Destructive Hurricane Strikes Society and Tuamotu Islands
Tahiti reports the worst hurricane on record, hitting February 7 8 with 120 mph winds. Damage in Tahiti near 1 million dollars and similar losses in Taumotu. 75 buildings including the American consulate destroyed. Ships in Papeete harbor escaped, but life loss feared in lagoons. one fatality reported.
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Papeete
Tahiti
San Francisco
Cal
Society and
Taumotu Islands
Tuamotum Islands
Tuamotu
Anna Tuamotu
Philip Michaelli
Anaa
Society Group
Moorea
Huaheni
Raittia
Tohaa
Battle Over Denatured Alcohol Tax Bill Advances
Representative Marshall of North Dakota urged the removal of internal revenue tax on denaturized alcohol to aid farming interests by providing cheaper fuel and light. Dr. H. W. Wiley noted fermentable material remains in stalks. other lawmakers supported the measure. Secretary Shaw endorsed tax repeal, urging Treasury supervision to prevent fraud in grain alcohol before drinking use.
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Washington
Marshall
North Dakota
Committee On Ways and Means
H. W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Murdock
Kansas
Steenerson
Minnesota
Hoar
Massachusetts
Shaw
Treasury Department
Movement to Fix Minot Mayor Salary at 600 a Year
Citizens circulate petitions asking Minot North Dakota city council to pass an ordinance setting the mayoral salary at 600 dollars yearly. The petitions will be presented at tonight’s council meeting. Supporters say there is not a business man in the city.
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Minot
N. v
Maron
City Officials Should Be Paid for Better Municipal Service
The argument states that paying a salary to the office would attract more business men in the city to municipal affairs and enable someone to devote full time to duties without needing compensation from other sources.
Judge Extends TRO Against Union Printers in Fargo
Judge Pollock extended a temporary restraining order against the Union Printers on a Fargo strike. The suit, filed by offices that refused to sign with the union, claims non-union printers were barred from work by illegal means. The case will be watched by printers and newspaper men in the West, especially North Dakota.
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Pollock
Fargo
West
North Dakota
M B A Lodge Initiates Seven New Members
The local M B A lodge held its regular meeting in the opera house last Thursday evening and initiated seven new members, bringing total new members to 20 since January 1906. An entertainment followed with a musical program, lunch, and dancing. Next meeting is set for March 22.
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M. B.A
Opera House
Death of R B Shute Chief at Bovey Shute Lumber Yard
R B Shute, a member of the Bovey Shute lumber firm, died in Minneapolis Sunday night after a long typhoid illness. In mourning the yard was closed all day Tuesday. The company has long operated under its present name.
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H. L. Shuttleworth
Bovey-Shute Lumber Yard
R. B Shute
Uncertain Future of Firm Name Change
The text notes that for many years the status is unsettled and it is not known whether there will be a change in the firm name. It presents ambiguity about future branding and organizational identity.
Williston Welcomes New Lumber Yard By Mr Settle
A new lumber company will open in Williston led by John Settle of Minot. The yard will mirror the Minot operation with a full stock soon, a brick office at the corner near the Great Northern hotel, and several carloads already en route. Mr and Mrs Settle will relocate this week and join Williston society.
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John ‘Settle
Minot
Bovey- Shute Lumber Company
Settle
Hedderick
Hedderick Bros
Williston
Great Northern Hotel
Hills Prizes for Farmers in Three States
Minneapolis, March 2. James J. Hill offers prizes for farming excellence in Minnesota and the Dakotas. Three prizes per congressional district range from 300 to 75 dollars, with an annual outlay near 7000 dollars. Judges award based on rotation, cultivation, cleanliness, yield, and livestock relative to farm size, with farms required to keep cattle and either sheep or swine or both.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Buford Irrigation Work Suspension Reported
The secretary of the interior suspended the Buford Trenton irrigation ditch contract citing Callahan Bros. of Omaha as failing to follow the plans and specifications. The move halts progress on the Buford Trenton project pending remedy or reletment.
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Secretary of the Interior
Buford-Trenton
Callahan Bros. of
Omaha
Transfer of Agent for Irrigation Project in Williston
George M Eba, from the reclamation office in Washington, has been transferred to Williston to act as disbursing agent for the irrigation project.
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Williston
George M Eba
Meridian Tornado Wrecks Meridian Miss Dead At Least Nineteen
A tornado struck Meridian Mississippi on March 6 causing at least nineteen deaths and fifty injuries with extensive building collapse and fires. Rescue efforts are underway as Governor Vardaman leads aid along with a special relief train.
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Meridian
Miss
Jackson
Thoss
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Society Islands
R. B. . Shute
John Settle
Williston Shr. Co
Williston Lumber Company
Bruegger
Bruegger Mercantile CO
President Hill
Buford
Meridian, Miss
Gov. Vardaman
Liveright
Creengard Bros. Co
National Railway Training School
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