Bruff Stakes Claim in Mabton Ties for Tieton Lands
Reports detail a crowded land office scene as Bruff and others jockey for Mabton and Tieton tracts. An agreement to rotate claims and a last minute shift by Bruff sparked contention over priority rights and filing times. Harle’s 30 day preference remains a catalyst in the dispute.
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Bruff
Frank Harle
Prosser
Biggs
Mrs. Slocum
Harle
Central
Land Office
Register
Tieton Lands
Auto Mien Organizes to Push City Speed Ordinance Change
About four hundred attendees at the Washington Auto and Livery Co office formed a new automobile club led by George XN. Tuesley with Frank Bartholet secretary. A committee will lobby the city commission for a revised speed limit and draft bylaws. another group will study sound region clubs for guidance.
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North Yakima
Washington Auto and Livery Company
Automobile Club
George XN. Tuesley
Frank Bartholet
City Commission
A. W. Barr
John Nywening
R. B. Williamson
Earl Gd. Peck
New Potatoes In The Market And Wool Contract Outlook
Potatoes appear in markets at two pounds per quarter with prices from 32 to 40 dollars a ton, pockets of supply and potential public sales ahead. Eggs and chickens shift, with producers noting 13 cents a pound for chickens and low egg prices, while wool contracts remain light and most of Oregon’s 1912 clip is not yet sold before public sales. Bananas signal spring as fruit shipments commence from the east and southern regions.
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Oregon
Portland Telegram
Yakima
Mexico
California
Pacific
West
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Kennewick Best
Wisconsin
Albe Tees
Florida
Trout fishing ban spreads across Yakima county
An April spawning period in Yakima County requires trout protection though the rest of the state allows fishing. A half pound cut throat was caught in the Power ditch illustrating the need for ditch screening. Warden Bryant argues for conservation measures with ditch owners and local groups. The county collects mounted quail for the regional game-bird exhibit.
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Yakima
Bryant
Game Protective Association
April Madness In Harmony With The Young Year
Poem in lyrical verse celebrates April as a time of ecstasy and spring musical gift. It invokes silver flute virelays magic pipe and madrigals to express joy life and love renewed as Jain heart rejoices and drinks the wine of new days.
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Jain
Father Believes Carson Long Still Alive in Disappearance Case
Theodore K. Long of Chicago reports optimism as searchers confirm clues from Ellensburg and Pomona about Carson Long missing since March 6. The father, uncle, Cascade Lumber executives, and investigators head to Seattle to pursue leads and expect the son to reappear of his own accord.
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Theodore K. Long
Chicago
Carson Long
Ellensburg
Pomona
Mr. Long
William Carson
C. W. Lockwood
R. E. Slaughter
Cascade Lumber Company
Seattle
Peach Prospects in Great Britain for Washington and Ontario Fruit
United States Consul Swalm notes earlier warnings about Washington peaches in England compared with Ontario fruit. He highlights recent heavy refrigerated shipments from South Africa to English markets and that Cape plums and pears are packed similarly. Dealers say well packed American fruit could profit in England, urging U S growers to match quality and packing, citing Stellenbosch peach packing as a model.
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Yakima _ valley
Herald
United States
Swalm
Southampton
Eng
Washington
Ontario
England
South Africa
Bureau of Manufactures
Atlantic States
Stellenbosch
Cape Colony
Irrigation Dam Under Construction in Punjab Gorge
In Nimal near the Salt Range Punjab a dam 150 feet high is being built to store water over five square miles. The perennial stream will irrigate the plain toward Mianwali and foundations are completed with rapid progress. More storage projects are expected across Punjab.
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India
Lahore
Nimal
Salt Range
Punjab
Mianwali
Wingfield Buys a Forest Timber Land in Lassen County
Reno Nevada reports that George Wingfield has purchased 1040 acres of timber land in Lassen County California from W G Douglass and R L Douglass for 21000 dollars. Wingfield plans to use the tract as a hunting preserve, bringing his holdings to about 2000 acres with the home place included.
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Wingfield
Reno
Nev
George Wingfield
W. G
R. L. Douglass
Lassen County
Cal
Poultry Institute Plans Backed by Development Commission
The development commissioners in London propose to ask the treasury to grant 8500 pounds to the provisional National Poultry Institute committee to establish and equip a poultry farming institute. They also suggest 2000 pounds yearly for upkeep as the scheme seeks a 50 acre farm with teaching buildings laboratories and classrooms at a total near 17,000 pounds.
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Great Britain
London
Treasury
National Poultry Institute
Seattle chicken raisers plan mass meeting protest
In Seattle chicken raisers weigh a mass meeting to oppose an ordinance feared to ban keeping chickens within city limits The real aim appears to be stopping roosters from crowing during early morning hours as a result of the proposed measure.
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Seattle
Skeleton Found on Harvey Young Ranch in Wide Hollow
Coroner Fred Shaw reports a well preserved skeleton found on a hillside at the Harvey Young ranch Wide Hollow fourteen miles from the city. The body lies three feet below ground with feet westward a reversal from the usual eastward burial. The aged bones suggest a young large man perhaps a soldier from an old Simcoe Wenus trail burial site.
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Fred Shaw
Harvey Young
Wide Hollow
Shaw
W. J. Davis
Harold White
J. P Rush
Mr. Young
Simcoe
Wenus
New Steamer for Yaquina Bay Run
The G C Walker shipyard in Toledo Oregon has begun building a steamboat for Captain G M Marshall of the Newport Transportation Company. The boat will operate on the Newport Yaquina Bay run after this season and serve as a barge to be towed by the steamer Newport during summer. Machinery to be installed next winter. length 85 feet and 18 feet beam, slightly larger than the Newport.
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Yaquina Bay
Toledo
G. C. Walker
G. M. Marshall
Newport Transportation Company
Newport
Yaquina
New York donor gifts $1500 to Seattle YMCA building fund
Mrs Russell Sage of New York sent a check for 1500 to the Seattle YWCA building fund. The gift followed her friendship with Mrs Elizabeth Champney of the local association.
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Russel Sage
Seattle
Russell Sage
New York
Taft Proposal for International Inquiry on Costs of Living
Berlin reports Taft calls for an international study to explain rising food prices and craft relief. Prof Julius Wolf argues natural limits and rising land costs drive costs, not policy alone. European trade shifts and German steel trust concerns temper outlook for 1916.
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Berlin
Taft
Germany
Julius Wolf
University of Breslau
United States
Wolf
England
France
America
Europe
New World
Trade unions defended by Dr Delbrueck in Reichstag speech
Dr Delbrueck secretary of the interior department argues in the Reichstag that trade combinations or syndicates are a necessary and useful development in modern industrial life. He says combining production and regulating sales yields steadier prices and wages, and especially stabilizes coal related interests as Prussia acted wisely in a temporary arrangement with the coal syndicate.
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Dicate
Delbrueck
German Steel Trust
Interior Department
Reichstag
Germany
Post Office Banking in Germany Shows Large Growth
The German post office banking turnover last year reached 5.98 billion dollars, up 36 percent from 1910. Open accounts rose to 62 450, with 71 percent more holders in two years, mostly business firms. Deposits stood at 33 million dollars, over double two years prior, as government seeks Reichstag approval to formalize the department on a legal basis.
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Germany
Reichstag
Department of Post Office Banking
Good Roads Benefit Farmers and Towns Alike
A persuasive piece argues that good roads are essential for farming beyond cotton and corn, noting farmers depend on roads while towns need them less. It warns that taxes on farm products to repair bad roads are excessive and will exceed the cost of proper roads, urging timely action before the next bad road experience.
Turned it to Profit Gas firm’s light response to complaints
A committee criticized the gas company for poor service and poor handling of complaints. The response was dismissive and treated seriously issues were downplayed. The exchange highlights tensions between residents and utility providers.
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