Alberta Rural Municipality Act reshapes local governance
Edmonton reports Alberta plans to organize over a hundred rural municipalities under the Rural Municipality Act of 1913. Elections will be held in several localities this month with plebiscites possible through November. The act fixes tax limits, assesses land at cash value, and directs councils to handle taxation. Edmonton doubles as a model with municipal utilities, streetcar lines, water works, and a planned gas plant amid rapid expansion.
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Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
Department of Municipal Affairs
Charlies Stewart
Dominion Land Survey
John Perrie
Loeb May Quit To Join Theodore Roosevelt Party
William Loeb Jr once Roosevelt's private secretary and New York port collector may leave his post to join the Bull Moose movement. He is linked with plans for factory sites on long terms and favorable tax terms as part of the party's platform. The piece notes local tax rates and manufacturing costs.
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William Loeb, JR
Teddy
New York
William Loeb
Port of
Roosevelt
Commerce and Labor
Colonel
Franklin Auto Sales organized to sell Franklin cars
The Franklin Auto Sales company was organized yesterday to conduct a general automobile sales business in North Yakima and surrounding territory. Officers include John A. Nichols Jr president George C. Arrowsmith vice president Thomas R. Robinson secretary treasurer. Headquarters and salesrooms will be in a new North Third street building opposite the Independent Garage with the agency for Franklin cars. The building leased by Independent S Go rage will be ready for occupancy about September 1. It is planned to be one of the most complete automobile establishments in central Washington.
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Franklin Auto Sales Company
North Yakima
John A. Nichols, Jr
George C. Arrowsmith
Thomas R. Robinson
North Third Street
Independent
Franklin Cars
S Gorage Company
Beveridge Joins Progressive Party Announcement Stirs Chicago
Former Senator Beveridge becomes temporary chairman of the national Progressive convention. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt campaign director, disclosed the move as political realignments unfold. A Beveridge letter to William Holton Bye signals his withdrawal from the Republican Party and backs progressive principles.
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Chicago
Beveridge
Dixon
Roosevelt
William Holton Bye
Indianapolis
History of North Yakima public schools overview
A detailed retrospective of North Yakima public schools tracing growth from 1884 to 1912. It covers early buildings Central and Columbia, high school formation, major principals such as W. F. F. Selleck and D. C. Reed, subsequent expansions including Barge Summit View Garfield McKinley and the current high school, and notes on teachers and notable alumni from the era.
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North Yakima
Central School
Columbia
Kittitas Avenue
Hegman
Old Columbia
Fairview
Lincoln
Summit View
W. F. F. Selleck
Our City
James Beyer
Liberta Brown
Lulu Meeds
Barge Building
Anna Koonts
J. S. Willet
Sitie
R. B. Hawks
Barge
Barge School
Naches Avenue
B. I. Barge
Board of Education
R. K. Nichols
Norman Compton
D. C. Reed
UN All
W. D. Sterling
Rodney Ackley
Central
Carolyn Young
Maud Bowman
Garfield
Grace Bigford
Fanny Smyser
McKinley
Nellisé Rose
Grace Shannon
Sterling
Sugrces
Rence
Alison
Kittitas High Line surveys move to Horlick site
Surveys for the south branch of the five million dollar Kittitas High Line canal wrap up in Ellensburg. Engineers move camp toward Horlick for surveys of the siphon and Yakima river bridge. Six weeks remain to set final location stakes between Easton and the siphon before bonds and contracts proceed. Construction expected to start this fall after government storage water contract is signed.
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Ellensburg
Kittitas High Line
Horlick
Yakima River
Easton
Syphon
Growers Organize to Defeat Consignment Shipping
A petition led by top fruit growers in Granger and Zillah seeks end to outside consignments by ranchers. With 65 cars signed, organizers plan to extend across Sunnyside and Parker Bottom, warning that buyers may use consignments to undermine the grower association.
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Granger
Zillah
Fruit Growers Association of
Seed Expert Prepares For Fall Demonstrations In Seed Work
Miss Louis M. Allen state seed analyst travels North Yakima to plant beds and showcase tested seeds at the fall state fair. Her six week lead aims to improve demonstration work while ranchers in the lower valley grow more dairying and seed knowledge. She notes women lag in development but some take up scientific farming tasks with strong results. Washington shows early awakening to scientific training in farming.
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Louis M. Allen
Yakima
Miss Allen
McDonald
British Columbia
Washington
Brakeman Killed Near Satus Station On Yakima Reservation
Carl Knowlton a new Northern Pacific brakeman was killed near Satus station on the Yakima reservation early Thursday. His body was cut in two as the train passed over him after he was last seen riding the engine pilot. The coroner Fred Shaw investigated and Knowlton’s body was to be sent to Columbus Ohio for burial.
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Carl Knowlton
Northern Pacific Railway
Satus Station
Yakima
Knowlton
Northern Pacific
Illness grips Japanese royal family in Tokyo
Reports from Tokyo state the Mikado's condition worsens with his death expected within hours. Crown Prince Yoshihito, heir to the throne, is sick with chickenpox and unable to attend his father's bedside. The emperor Meiji was born in 1852 and began his reign in 1867. The crown prince, born in 1879, is married with three sons.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yoshihito
Matsuhito
Physician Killed In Auto Train Collision Near Riverton
Dr. Edmund M. Rininger of Seattle died when his auto was struck by a Tacoma bound electric train at Riverton seven miles south. Nurse Luella Davis was fatally injured and Olive Rininger seriously hurt. chauffeur W. Brodnix escaped uninjured. The crash occurred at a crossing where southbound trains emerge from a bluff. the car stopped on the track but the train could not stop in time.
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Seattle
Edmund M. Rininger
Luella Davis
Olive Rininger
Rininger
Tacoma
Riverton
Here
W. Brodnix
Brodnix
Sheppard Leads in Texas Primary for Senate Seat
Midnight returns from the Texas primary show Congressman Morris Sheppard leading to succeed Bailey. Other candidates include Jacob F. Wolters Congressman Randall and Matthew Zollner.
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Dallas
Texas
Morris Sheppard
United States Senate
Bailey
Jacob F. Wolters
Randall
Matthew Zollner
Sixty Thousand Apple Boxes Sought for Australia Market
Northwest apple growers eye Australia as 60 000 boxes are needed this season with early fruit including Jonathan Winesap and likely Missouri Pippin. Wenatchee may supply most of the quantity while Yakima and others weigh in, though time will prove the extent. A Wenatchee resident connected with California and Seattle houses is among buyers.
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Australia
Yakima
California
Seattle
Vancouver
B.C
West Side
British Columbia
Wenatchee
What Makes a Woman One Hundred Twenty Pounds Strong
A vintage health ad extols Electric Bitters for women lacking energy. It claims the tonic builds strength, cures faintness and nervous weakness, and improves backache and tired feeling. A testimonial from Huva Pool of Depew Oklahoma praises the product. The ad notes a 60 cent price and Red Cross Pharmacy guarantee.
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Huva Pool
Depew
Red Cross Pharmacy
Progressive Republicans Choose Delegates and Electors
In Baltimore the Maryland Progressive Republicans meet in mass convention and pick 16 delegates with half votes for the Chicago national convention on August 5. They empower a seven member committee to select eight electors independent of the Taft ticket and require resignations from any elector to switch. Six Roosevelt loyalists currently hold Republican electors.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Chicago
Roosevelt
Army orders lights for rear men in moving detachments
An automobile in England struck several soldiers marching at night, prompting the army to require rear personnel in moving detachments to wear lights for visibility and safety.
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England
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John Shull
Tom Goodwin
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Walter Granger
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Eadie Ward
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Kittitas High Line Survey
W. W. Black
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