National Irrigation Congress Set for Spokane Opening
Spokane hosts the 17th National Irrigation Congress August 9 to 14 with 4000 delegates from every state and territory plus Canadian provinces and foreign guests. George E. Barstow of Texas presides as sessions cover forestry, waterways, home building, roads, and water management amid parades, receptions, and exhibits. Public programs feature talks by Gifford Pinchot and Secretaries and governors, with entertainment and excursions planned for delegates.
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Spokane
Wash
National Irrigation Congress
George E. Barstow
Texas
Union
Canada
Europe
Orient
United States Forestry and Reclamation Services
Pacific Northwest
Riverside Avenue
West
E-Nak-Ope
Imperial Kopsane Seabury Merritt
L. G. Monroe
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Pueblo
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Louis
Rochester
N. Y
Charleston
S. C
Colorado
R. Insinger
Board of Control
Barstow
Spokane Choral Society
250 Voices
Karl Riedelsberger
Hay
Pratt
Taft
George C. Pardee
Oakland
California
F. H. Newell
United State Reclamation Service
Joseph M. Carey
Cheyenne
Wyo
E. A. Bryan
Washington State College
Ben J. Viljoen
la Mesa
N. M
Masonic Temple
Welcomes Short Fruit Crop Fielded by Top Yakima Grower
J B Ramerman and wife of Zillah toured North Yakima on return from the A Y P fair. A leading valley fruit grower, Ramerman says he will rest this year after years of ample harvests. He notes his orchard has few apples but expresses satisfaction with the situation. His portrait’s display at the Yakima county building surprised him, yet his reputation remains secure regardless of this season’s yield.
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J. B. Ramerman
Zillah
Yakima
A.Y.P. Fair
Ramerman
Mr. Ramerman
Yakima _ county
A.Y.P
Valley Towns Unite For Irrigation Congress Parade
Prosser Commercial club president H R Watson visited North Yakima to plan valley unity for the Spokane irrigation congress on August 9. Prosser may send a float featuring alfalfa, with potential shared costs for a boys band. Zillah’s C H Furman advances a float idea showing a fruit cleaning apparatus, while committees sign up participants and dusters for parade wear.
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H. R. Watson
Prosser Commercial Club
North Yakima
Irrigation Congress
Spokane
Jamey
The
Commercial Club
Prosser
Watson
C. H. Furman
Zillah
Congress
Fifty Thousand Club to Hold Final Reports Meeting
A second meeting of the Fifty Thousand club will be held within days to receive final committee reports on local work. It is believed a large valley delegation will attend.
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Fifty Thousand Club
Governor delays call for Second district election
Governor Hay says a November 2 election will be issued after legislative consultation on August 11. He aims to respect district wishes, consider direct primary or old convention nomination bills, and notes busy farming and fishing sectors make an early vote impractical. He cites support from J. G. Megler and emphasizes no political bias.
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Olympia
Francis W. Cushman
M. BE. Hay
United States
J. G. Megler
Wahkiakum County
Southwest
Promise Indians Liberal Treatment in Water Rights
A telegram to Chief Clerk Hauke from Commissioner Valentine pledges liberal handling of Indians selling surplus allotments to fund water rights. Proceeds after costs will be paid to allottees for improvements, stock, farming implements, and other investments under strict supervision. This may sway Indians to join water projects under the Wapato ditch.
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Hauke
Indian Department
R. G. Valentine
Valentine
Wapato
Issue Warning to Milliners Over Bird Plume Law
The State Audubon society warns local milliners about the Washington statute prohibiting possession or sale of wild bird parts and plumage. It notes enforcement pressures on milliners and cites the Silz case and general penalties for violations.
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Nellie
State Audubon Society
State
Audubon Society
Oregon
The
Bird Society
Washington
Criminal Code of
Supreme Court of the United States
Silz
Yakima Veterans to Attend Encampment
Meade Post No 9 of Yakima plans to send representatives to the National encampment in Salt Lake City Utah August 9 to 14. A round trip rate of 20.15 has been secured over the O R N company from Pendleton where eastern Washington posts will meet. Comrades Bull and Linse of Yakima and Comrade Hill of Fort Simcoe depart August 5. The post reports strong activity and claims the banner relief corps in the state after winning honors at the department convention in Tacoma.
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Meade
Salt Lake City
Utah
O. R. & N. Company
Pendleton
Washington
Bull and Linse
Hill
Fort Simcoe
Meade Post
Banner Relief Corps
Department
Tacoma
Real Estate Man Encounters Queer Figure in Spokane
July 29 report from Spokane notes O. M. Sparks, a real estate man, encounters a notably queer individual during his city observations. The brief item highlights Sparks’s experience with unusual clientele in real estate ventures.
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Spokane
O. M. Sparks
Electric Bitters touted as cure for malarias in Washington
An advertisement claims malaria spots in the Potomac bottoms cause chills fever and debility and that Electric Bitters destroy all malarial germs. It credits H. M. James of Loudon, South Carolina, and guarantees liver stomach kidney and blood trouble relief and typhoid prevention through C. C. Case, Druggist.
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Washington
Potomac
H. M. James
Loudllen
C. C. Case
Man Returns Lost Handbag Fate Wins Robelin Reward
Long Island Railroad brakeman William Robelin found a handbag with $80,000 in diamonds plus $60 and $40 in cash. He returned it to officials, aiding the owner Mrs. Schwab of Manhattan. Rewards included two weeks vacation, $100 cash, two suits of clothes, and a possible life job at $100 a month.
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New York
William Robelin
Long Island Railroad
Robelin
Hammels
Long Island City
A. Schwab
Manhattan
Bertha Kutser
Maiden Lane
Indians Press Fair Treatment on Yakima Allotments
Chief Clerk Hauke of the Indian Service says Washington now understands conditions on the Yakima reservation and aims to settle matters to benefit the Indians. He notes water rights will cost at most 30 dollars per acre on twenty acres, with payments spread over ten years, and receipts from the rest of the allotments to be used for land development. C B E Roblin, a former Yakima lease clerk, will canvass Indians next week to gauge their wishes on disposing of part of their allotments.
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Hauke
The
Indian Service
Yakima Indian Reservation
Washington
National Capital
Indians’ Service
Yakima
C. B E. Roblin
Yakima Reservation
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold Ad Claim
A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana praises Foley's Honey and Tar for curing a summer cold with hay fever symptoms that resisted other medicines. He notes his wife also saw the same results. The ad states it is unmatched for chronic coughs and lung trouble and urges refusing substitutes through North Yakima Drug Store’s A D Sloan, proprietor.
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A. SS. Nusbaum
Batesville
Ind
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Hand Injury at Sam's Cafe Meat House
Tom Chim a Chinese cook on the night shift at Sam's Cafe sustained a painful wound to his right palm Monday morning while hanging a side of beef. His hand was caught between the meat and the hook, causing injury as the meat weighed down.
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Tom Chim
Sam's Cafe
Chim
Accident at meat hook shocks onlookers to Confucian ideals
A worker forced a hook through a carcass amid a tense scene. The incident left Chim viewed with disgust by countrymen who expect precision in handling meat and limbs, reflecting cultural expectations of correct conduct.
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Chim
Confucius
Governor Hay Grants Pardon for Theodore Adams
Spokane July 26 Governor Hay pardons Theodore Adams the young bandit who was shot during a Cannon hill street car robbery on January 1. Adams paralyzed for life, a helpless cripple, will be taken to his sister’s home in Anaconda Montana.
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Hay
Spokane
Theodore Adams
Cannon Hill
Adams
Anaconda
Mont
Libby and Ford Plan Central Yakima Auto Garage
Architects draft a two story 59 by 182 foot garage between Naches avenue and Fourth street for the Yakima Auto company. Libby and Ford own the building with workshops and show rooms on the second floor, placing the garage in the residential east side for a more central location.
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Naches Avenue
Fourth Street
Yakima Auto Company
Auto Company
Libby and
Ford
Wreck Kills Many in Idaho Coeur d'Alene Train Crash
A head on collision between two Spokane to Coeur d'Alene electric trains near LaCrosse Idaho killed 12 to 15 and injured 60 to 70. Dozens crowded Coeur d'Alene hospital as automobiles and wagons move victims to Spokane. Names of dead and injured list numerous towns and individuals across Idaho Washington and Indiana.
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Spokane
Wash
LaCrosse
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
la Crosse
Spokane and
Spokane and Inland Railway
Coeur Walene
Caldwell
William Ward
Wenatehese
A. PP. Whigley
Memphis
Tenn
Ef. Campbell
Coeur
G. A. Lunceford
Frances Golden
John Browley
Nettie Jordan
John Glenn
W. L. Perry
J. C. Krause
W. EE. Brown
James
H W. Butler
Pat Loughan
Gus Beciinski
W. Mitchell
Lewiston
Ida Beck
William Beck
Amelia Beck
Edwin’ L Dixon
Northport
Neb
al Gordon
Elgin
Ore
Ed. Crell
John J. Ward
Seattle
Nix L
Gorhausen
Marcus
D. Bd. Jalman
Weston
J. FP. Gibbon
Ove
Charles Osborne
Wife
Freeport
B. S. Wilson
Williams
May Claire
Wis
J. A. Elkhorn
Tacoma
Peter M. Waters
Pleasant Lake
N. C
Gus Benson
Potlatch
Neil Patterson
Greenacre
CC. F. Noyer
Arnica Salve Adverts At C L Case Drug Store
Injured readers urged to use Buckien's Arnica Salve to curb inflammation and pain. Ad touts it as earth's supreme healer for ulcers fever sores eczema and bites. Distributed by Druggist, C L Case.
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Buckien
Case
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BIG Irrigation Congress
Monster Parade
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forester
R. E. Campbell
Forestry Department
George S. Long
F. W. Mulkey
E. T. Allen
Portland
N. Kaumanns
Imperial German Agricultural Attache
John Barrett
International Bureau of South American Republics
W. J. McGee
Washington, D. C
J. N. Teal
Joint Conservation Committee
Alex McPherson
Boise
N. W. Harriis
Samuel Hill
Washington State Good Roads Association
Samuel Lancaster
Francis C. Newlands
Nevada
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Liberty Hyde Bailey
New York State College of Agriculture
D. C. Henry
United States Reclamation — Service
Frederick H. Griswold
Miles Poindexter
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
F. R. Gooding
Clarence Johnson
Wyoming
Samuel H
Helburn
W. K. Kava
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
W. D. Lyman
Walla Walla
T. R. Waring
Brady
Norris
Montana
Gilchrist
Florida
Frear
Hawaii
Shallenberger
Nebraska
Curry
New Mexico
Spry
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
E. H. Libby
Washington State Conservation Association
E. J. Watson
ColumbusmGndation
Columbia
Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries of
South Carolina
Zillah Man
Prosser and
Furman
Nez Perce
Sparks
Effie
Spokade
Pryor
Tam
Mr. Sparks
Spalding
Show- His-Gun
Show-His-Gun
Lillian Russell
Valentine Wires
Bull
Linse
Buck Heap
Alladin
Libby & Ford Erect Building
West Side
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