Dam Break At Hauser Lake With 250000 Loss
Enormous Hauser dam on the Missouri river near Helena buckled under pressure causing about 250000 in damage. The structure 490 feet long and 70 feet high, completed last year, produced 25000 horsepower powering Helena and Butte mines Amalgamated smelters at Anaconda. No deaths and power supplied from Canyon Ferry dam continued. Five dwellings and an office building were washed away as water surged through the river bend.
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Helena
Hauser Lake
Missouri River
Hauser
Anaconda
Canyon Ferry
Butte
Construc
Gerry
Yakima Valley Wakes From Frost Affected Spring
An early spring in Yakima Valley saw cold nights slow fruit bud growth and damage uncertain, though recent days of sun have spurred rapid development. Trees bud and foliage green up as weather moderates after late frosts.
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Yakima Valley
Taft Backed by Representative Jones for President
Washington April 14 Representative W L Jones becomes the first member of the Washington delegation to openly back Secretary Taft for president. He argues Taft best embodies the policies Roosevelt supporters favor and possesses high ability, experience, and integrity for the office.
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Washington
W. L. Jones
Congress
Taft
Jones
Republican Party
Roose
McKinley
Philippines
Cuba
Panama Canal
War Department
Great Project For Drainage of Nob Hill Lands
Dolph Barnett won first in oratory and Hazel Durall second in a church tryout and both will represent the school in competitions at Pullman or Walla Walla. Miss Dorris won first in declamatory and, with Barnett and Durall, will attend the Yakima valley event on April 25. The church was packed. Contestants included Gene Murphy, Irma Dorris, Hazel Duvall, and others interpreting works by Demosthenes, Wendell Phillips, Tennyson, and more.
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Dolph Barnett
Hazel Durall
Erma Dorris
Barnett
Pullman
Walla Walla
Duvall
Yakima Valley
the Greater
Republic Not For
Beveridge
Dolph Barne
Patrick Henry Ernest Wiley
Crown
County’s Great Drainage Project Reaches Completion
The Nob Hill ranch drainage scheme on Yakima County finishes after four years of work by Leach brothers under L D Luce and H H Cummings. It diverts water from hubourd ditches, uses over 8500 feet of tile, covers about 4500 acres, costs $3 per acre, and promises major savings for farmers.
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Ontiet
L. D. Luce Nob Hill
Yakima
Hubouid
Ongdon
Leach Brothers
Nob Hill
L D. Luce
H. H. Cummings
Settlement Aims to End Ahtanum Creek Water Fight
Indian and white claimants await a conference in North Yakima with Government official Code to resolve long disputed riparian rights over Ahtanum Creek. The visit is billed as a permanent settlement after years of litigation and threats of federal action on behalf of the Indians.
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Ahtanum Creek
High Department
North Yakima
Code
Jury box fills in Ruef case in San Francisco
Twelve men are in the jury box in the Ruef case before Judge Dooling in San Francisco. Tomorrow the defense will get a chance to use peremptory challenges and about four jurors may be excused through those challenges.
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San Francisco
Ruef
Dooling
Yakima Clearing House Opens with $34 817 in First Day
The Yakima clearing house launched on Monday with a first day total of 34 817 8s. Banks involved include Yakima Trust, Yakima National, First National, and Yakima Valley. Officers are George Donald president W L Steinweg vice president C R Heath secretary treasurer and H C Lucas manager. The system opens at 11 29 every morning and tardy members face fines.
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Yakima
Yakima Trust Company
Yakima National Bank
First National Bank
Yakima Valley Bank
George Donald
W. L. Steinweg
First Naional Bank
C. R Heath
H. C. Lucas
Spokane
After Reserve Saloons In Yakima Territory Suit Imminent
Toppenish lawyer G G Lee studies the Yakima Indians treaty to see if Nez Perce liquor provisions justify action He plans injunctions to halt saloon liquor sales during litigation and says strong local and national temperance support backs him Other county lawyers await treaty copies to decide on court involvement
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Toppenish
G. G. Lee
Yakima
Lee
Yakima Valley
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Wyman
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William H. Taft
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A B. Cline
C.R. Donovan
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