Reclamation Progress Report Outlines Interior Department Highlights
Secretary James R. Garfield releases the annual interior department report for the year ended June 30 1908 detailing administration reforms. It covers bureau work territories parks and reservations discusses attorney disbarments patent frauds land classification irrigation and Indian land patents.
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Washington
James R. Garfeld
Department of the Interior
Territories
National Parks and Reservations
District of Columbia
Irrigation Projects Across the West Advance
The survey details multiple irrigation schemes from Idaho to Washington. It covers a 60 000 acre Snake river diversion near Minidoka with gravity and pumping systems, Payette Boise storage on Deer Flat reservoir, Umatilla's 50 000 acre-feet reservoir, Okanogan's Salmon river storage with Conconully dam, Sunnyside canal upgrades, Mabton area deliveries, and the Tieton project diverting water through a canyon with tunneling and concrete lining, slated for completion in 1909.
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Snake River
Minidoka
Idaho
Payette-Boise
Payett-Boise
Payette
Boise
Boise River
Nampa
Deer Flat
Umatilla
Cold Springs
Okanogan Project
Washington
Salmon River
Bettween Alma and
Riverside
Okanogan River
Conconully
Okanogan
Sunnyside
Washington Irrigation Company
Reclamation Service
Mabton
Yakima River
Zillah
Kachess
Kichelus
Cle Elan
Tieton
Tieton River
Tieton Canyon
Cowiche
Naches
Printers on the Naches to Join New Lake Reservoir
A new lake reservoir project is planned with storage of printing materials at Naches. Construction is set for next year and a road to the reservation is nearly finished, signaling progress on the site access.
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Naches
Forgotten Blast Kills Six at Shafter Nevada
Explosion in the Western Pacific tunnel near Shafter Nevada killed or injured six workmen. A laborer’s pick struck an un fired heavy blast, blowing him apart and causing multiple injuries. One man died en route to Salt Lake City hospital. Two blinded, one lost an eye, two lost arms. Of the six workers, all but one were Greeks.
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Shafter
Nev
Western Pacific Tunnel
Salt Lake City
Hains Tells Story On Stand In His Defense
Thornton Jenkins Hains testified for hours detailing his version of the shooting of Annis and the end of the Hains family troubles. He asserted Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. acted first, and he claimed he rushed to protect his brother from threats after going to Bay Side on August 15. He denied aiming his revolver at Mrs. Annis and indicated he did not know Annis was at the Yacht club.
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Flushing
Thornton Jenkins Hains
Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Hains
Bay Side
John Tanning
Mrs. Annis
Italian PM says US fleet arrives too late for aid
The Italian prime minister believes the American battleship fleet will reach the disaster zone too late to help. Conferences are under way to adjust sailing plans as their visit to Italian ports may be cancelled due to the circumstances.
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Washington
Italy
Washington Leads in Apple Production Despite Fewer Bearing Trees
A Saturday Evening Post article notes Washington ranks seventeenth in bearing apple trees but second in production. It cites pests and neglect elsewhere, calls for research in Spokane, and compares 1896 apple output of 69.67 million barrels to 1908 total U.S. crops of 25 million barrels, highlighting growing fruit importance.
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Washington
Saturday Evening Post
Pacific
Middle Western
Spokane
Union
Federal Department of
The Apple Growing Industry in the Northwest
The article traces apple production from 1895 to 1909 with yields in the tens of millions of barrels, notes declines in 1897 and 1898, and highlights a post 1900 rebound. It cites Washington Oregon and Idaho orchard expansion, export potential to England Germany and the Orient, and projected 64 million bushels by 1912. It frames apples as America’s national fruit and urges continued investment and discipline.
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Department of Agriculture
England
Germany
France
Denmark
Auustralia
Orient
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
British Columbia
Northwest
United States
Ida A
America
Arbitration dispute over Yakima farm sums unsettled
Rev. Arthur C. Vail sues Lee M. Lampson and wife in superior court for $245.12 plus interest, claiming an arbitration panel awarded $287.62 to Vail for hay, irrigation, pasturing, and damage on a Yakima reservation farm near Wapato, with only $42 paid since 1906. Also notes six tons of hay valued at $4.75 per ton and improper work by Lampsons. Moxee ranch sale: George Landree sells 50 acres near Yakima to John Nelson for $10,500. property includes house, orchard, hop yard, and equipment.
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Lee M. Lampson
Yakima
Wapato
Arbitration Board
Arthur C. Vail
Selah Valley
North Yakima
Superior Court
Lampson
Frank A. Luse
Lampsons
Vail
Gahan
W. W. Robinson
W.N. Luby
D. F. Kerall
Moxee Ranch
George Landree
North
John Nelson
Moxee Valley
T He City
Saloon arson case ends with Eaton's admission
In Wapato Justice Coust court on Saturday Elmer Eaton admitted setting fire to George Smith’s saloon to collect $3000 insurance. Eaton implicated Smith by testimony. Smith was discharged. Eaton bound over to February term. defense attacked evidence against Smith. Eaton remanded for lack of bail at $2300.
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State of Washington
George Smith
Elmer Eaton
Justice Coust
Smith
Wapato
Eaton
Smi
W. M .Thompson
Keith W. Dunlop
Thompson
Doudt
Gilbert Apples Fetch World Best Price at Show
A box of 112 Winesap apples from H. M. Gilbert’s prize car load sold in Spokane for display at 60 cents each, totaling 67.20 dollars, taken by a Chicago man. The price, likely the highest ever paid for apples, drew much comment on Saturday.
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H. M. Gilbert
Sam Haines
New York
London
Haines
Chicago
Northwest
Gilbert
Spokane
State Farm Experimental Farm Needed Near North Yakima
Washington State College officials consider establishing a state experimental farm in North Yakima if land is provided. Professors Melander and Thornber urged local support, noting existing stations at Garfield and Connell as models and inviting community letters to President Bryan for a new sub-station. Local miners are filing proof of work on claims in Gold Hill and Summit districts.
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Patent Office
Commissioner of Patents
Garfield
North Yakima
Washington State College
Pullman
State College
North Yakim
Farmers’ Institute
Melander
Yakima
Garfield and Connell
Wenatchee
aWe Ft
Thornber
Bryan
Arcade Range
Gold Hill
Summit Districts
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Yakima Valley
General Land Office
Department
Minidoka, Idaho
Umatilla Project
Sunnyside Project
Tieton Project
Pick
Lee Me
S. van Vliet, Prin
Trump
Nob Hill
Favor State Farm
Pullman College
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