Falls From High Cliff Claim Ill. Farmer In Washington
James Brown 67 a wealthy Rock Falls Ill. retired farmer was killed while fishing near Wallula Washington when he fell from a cliff about 200 feet to the rocks. He was with his son in law Edward Latimer and two grandsons. The body was recovered after a difficult ascent and will be shipped east accompanied by Mrs Latimer. Brown leaves a widow and three children.
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Wallula
Wash
James Brown
Rock Falls
Ill
Horse Heaven Country
Edward Latimer
Mr. Brown
Columbia River
Wallalla
Walla Walla
Mrs
Indians Should Pay Taxes on Patented Lands
Olympia Sept 28 Indians may be taxed on lands allotted to them under the 1887 act if Attorney General Atkinson wins a court decision. He offered to aid Ferry County prosecution to test state authority to tax these trust lands. The case hinges on whether improvements on such lands can be taxed.
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Justice Brewer
Harlan
Attorney
United States
Olympia
Atkinson
Ferry County
United States Supreme Court
Attorney General
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Harlan
Horticultural Inspector Praises Toppenish Nursery Quality
W H Brown of Seattle, former King County horticultural inspector, says Washington Nursery in Toppenish has a fine lot of trees and a clean nursery. Brown, 66, has lectured in 22 states on horticulture and entomology and is noted for destroying many infected trees elsewhere. He verified four seasons of shipping carloads from the Toppenish nursery without destroying a tree.
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Toppenish
The
Morning Herald
W. H. Brown
Seattle
King County
Brown
Washington Nursery Company
Washington
Sheridan Beached Near Pearl Harbor After Worsening Stranding
The transport Sheridan lies worse off than after the first grounding near Pearl Harbor. After drifting from Barbara Point toward Honolulu her tow lines parted and she beached. Buford and tugs stand by, with reports of a large hull hole and a predicted total loss.
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Honolulu
Sheridan
Pearl Harbor
Barbara Point
Buford
Manning
Inventor Debuts Water Motor for Irrigation Use
Kennewick reports H Velapine invents a river powered water motor to pump Columbia River water. A small Delarne machine produced 10 horsepower in tests. Delapine travels to Spokane to supervise a larger unit, while Kennewick Land Co purchases half interest for use on a large tract above the canal.
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Kennewick
President Roosevelt Visits Fleet Off Cape Cod
President Roosevelt toured the North Atlantic fleet at Cape Cod and dined with sailors aboard the battleship Missouri. The crew cheered as he departed and he left after receiving a long message from Secretary Taft.
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Barnstable
Mass
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
Cape Cod
Missouri
Jackies
Oyster Bay
Taft
CityHears Lie Prohibition Ordinance Sparks Whimsy
Kirkwold board of aldermen considers an ordinance barring any form of lie including white lies. A jeweler boasting a $350 diamond faced local inquiry led by Marshal Secrest and avoided arrest with a reprimand. Fines for violations were outlined in the proposal.
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ST. Louis
Kirkwold Board of Aldermen
Perley A. Secrest
Kirkwood Anti-Liars Bill Distribues Fines and Jails
A Kirkwood wit mocks an anti-liars bill by listing escalating penalties for different lies. White lie costs $5 and 24 hours to 30 days in jail, while more elaborate falsehoods like yarns and fish stories rise to $10 and $25 and longer terms. The spoof ends with a cap of $100 for imaginary ancestry claims, and a joke about lies being a luxury for kings.
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Kirkwood
Expert nurseryman offers orchard planting and tree guarantees
Ernest A Brown announces services of a trained nurseryman and orchardist to select plant and establish commercial orchards. Customers receive true to name stock, fall planting guarantees a full stand in spring. Prices and estimates on application. North Yakima address and contact details provided.
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Ernest A. Brown
South Sixth Street
North Yakima
P. O
Supreme Court Affirms Yakima County Irrigation Case
The Washington Supreme Court affirm the two Yakima County cases Belgrave R Atkinson et al vs Washington Irrigation Company and Walter G Baker et al vs Washington Irrigation Company. The suits sought to enjoin the company from conducting an irrigation ditch over the lands of the plaintiffs.
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Supreme Court
Olympia
Yakima County
Belgrave R. Atkinson
Washington Irrigation Company
Walter G. Baker
Puzzled Bride Hears Marriage Was Theorized Union
Mrs John Lane formerly Dora Petersen of the Bellingham Salvation Army asks Judge Williams if she is truly married to the man who calls her wife After a January 8 ceremony in the local barracks Lane a Salvation Army member wed under an assumed name The man is a deserter from the U S army and has been sentenced to eighteen months in a Vancouver Washington prison The judge says the record requires a second ceremony to clarify the marriage but confirms the first ceremony was legal.
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Bellingham
Wash
John Lane
Dora Petersen
Bellingham Salvation Army Corps
Williams
Lane
Lord
United States Army
LaFleur
Vancouver
Major Waite
Portland
Huts for Refugees Plan in Frisco Quake
Victims of the San Francisco quake plan winter shelter in Golden Gate park and adjacent squares. Park commissioners approve seven tier block quarters facing Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets to house homeless refugees in Altaplaza Lafayette square and Alma square.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Park Commissioners
Golden Gate Park
Altaplaza
Lafayette Square
Alma Square
San Francisco Refugees to be Moved to New Winter Quarters
Superintendent John McLaren explains city plans to relocate refugees from park areas to 600 by 240 foot blocks near Golden Gate Park and to Sunnyside 600 acres, citing better shelter, milder winds, and urban beautification. Unmarried able-bodied men in parks have been weeded out and will be housed elsewhere.
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Golden Gate Park
Presidio
John McLaren
Mr. McLaren
Sunnyside
McLaren
Stensland's Sentence Draws Credit and Punishment Contrast
The Chicago banker Paul O. Stensland faces up to ten years in Joliet with good behavior time off. Histories of other Chicago financiers show about $5,000,000 stolen by bankers in ten years and combined penitentiary time around twelve to fifteen years, averaging just over a year each.
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Chicago
Paul O. Stensland
Stensland
Joliet
Engineer Catches 22-Pound Salmon at Hover
Branch L. Dale, a locomotive engineer in Hover, caught a 22 pound silver salmon, 34 inches long, while walking the shore on Saturday morning. He spotted the fish sunning in shallow water, hauled it onto the beach with a rush, and celebrated with a dance.
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Hover
Branch L. Dale
New Meat Inspection Law to Begin Monday
Washington officials from Secretary Wilson to inspectors prepared for the act taking effect Monday. A thousand new inspectors were appointed with hundreds more to follow, rising from nearly a thousand on the old law. About forty plants operating under the old system had not yet received inspection under the new law due to noncompliance.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Wilson Down
Wilson
Jin
Meat Trade Faces Interstate Ban Pending Compliance
The department will deny admission to interstate trade for certain products starting Monday. Officials refuse the list but expect most items to comply and be inspected within days. In large cities the situation is dire, and a New York meat dealers delegation pleaded for leniency, saying they were unprepared to meet the law. They were dismissed to return home and begin preparations.
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New York City
How to Be Happy Ends Sixty Years of Marriage in Chicago
Sixty years of wedded life marked by harmony as Mr. and Mrs. John B. Blakesley celebrated their anniversary at their daughter's home. Mrs. Blakesley urged couples to avoid quarrels by feeding and humor, and living within means, noting lasting happiness comes from unity.
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Chicago
John B. Blakesley
John
Chicago area wedding ends in sudden assault
Charles F. Schmittler, after a marriage ceremony with Josie Hagerty of Princeton Indiana, whipped his wife as soon as the justice pronounced the union. The bride knocked the wedding book aside and doused the certificate with ink before the judge fled as the husband seized a cane and struck.
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Carmi
Charles F. Schmittler
Josie Haggerty
Princeton
Ind
Alfred Pennell
Orchard's Sanity Not Lacking, Boise Reports
A Boise correspondent dispatch to the Associated Press states that rumors of Harry Orchard losing his reason are without foundation and based on a false story.
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Salt Lake
Associated Press
Boise
Harry Orchard
Colusa Leonard Copper Mining Company Forms in Butte
New York backers finance a new $5,000,000 Colusa Leonard Copper Mining company. The venture, launching in Butte, controls five nearby mines and aligns with the Boston and Montana district.
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Butte
Butte District
Colusa Leonard Copper Mining Company
Boston and Montana
New York Capital
Canadian Wins Illinois Athletic Club Marathon Record
Dennie Bennet of Hamilton Canada won the Illinois Athletic Club Marathon forty kilometres in 2 hours 41 minutes 33 seconds setting a new west record. 8S H Hatch of River Forest Ills finished second in the field of forty two starters.
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Chicago
Dennie Bennet
Hamilton
Canada
Illinois Athletic Club
H. Hatch
River Forest
Ills
Prosser To Have Sanitarium In County Building
Dr. D M Angus buys Riverside hotel in Pross er for 7000 dollars with ten lots. Building now serves as county courthouse. Upon lease expiration he plans to convert it into a sanitarium and hospital.
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Prosser
D. M. Angus
Nelson Rich
Riverside
Dr. Angus
Runaway Yonkers Line Car Slams Down Hill Fatality Report
A runaway car on the Yonkers line broke a brake chain and plunged into a steep incline at the hill foot tonight, killing a child and injuring about twenty people including five or six in serious condition.
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New York
Yonkers
Freeman to Marry Publisher in Seattle
Freeman Miller Freeman publisher of the Ranch and Pacific Fisherman in Seattle will wed on October 15 or thereabout. The notice notes his wealth and a past entanglement with tidelands and mud costing about 150000, and states this is not a paid notice with a lighter touches.
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Miller Freeman
Ranch
Seattle
Mr. Freeman
Freeman
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