Taft Sees San Francisco Welcome on West Coast Tour
President Taft tours Oakland and Berkeley before a three mile San Francisco parade. He reviews students, lays the YMCA cornerstone, and attends receptions at the Union League, the Press Club, and the Hotel Fairmont. He notes homesickness for the Philippines while observing a Philippines tied voyage. He plans to depart for Yosemite Valley after a late-night St. Francis stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Oakland
Berkeley
Taft
San Francisco Bay
Thomas
Philippines
Golden Gate
Philippine Constabulary
Washington
Seattle
President
Captain Butt
White House
Manila
Tropics
Market
Montgomery
Kearney
van Ness
Golden Gate Avenues
van Ness Avenue
Union League Club
Taft Murder Suspect Fined in Portland
Arthur G Wright, arrested during President Taft’s Portland visit for trying to photograph the president, was fined 25 dollars for carrying concealed weapons and released from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Arthur G. Wright
Taft
Roslyn Mine Fire Staunched and Recovery Ahead
P Y Heckman and Dr George Sloan report Roslyn No 1 shaft fire damp explosion stopped and debris being cleared. mine expected to reopen in about two months. Ten miners died in Roslyn No 4 blast. rescue teams unable to reach six entombed as supports weakened and cave-in fears halted entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Y. Heckman
Roslyn
North
Yakima
George Sloan
Mr. Heckman
Enraged steer shot dead near fair grounds after failed roping
A steer in a beef cattle drove to Benoit brothers' slaughter house charged horses and riders injuring a horse. Unable to subdue it, rescuers borrowed a six shooter from police and fired twice, ending the animal's danger late Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benoit Brothers
Millican
Chief Story
Land sale shows rapid value rise in Selah property
Four years after purchasing a Selah tract for 1250 dollars Arthur Vail sold it last week for 19500 dollars underscoring sharp property value gains in the area. He now plans to move all property interests to Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Vail
Selah
Vail
Oregon
Dr Cook Criticizes Peary While Canada Aids Quest
Dr Frederick A Cook pens a letter from Upernavik accusing Peary of hindering relief efforts and using Eskimos for barter, while praising Canada for support. He recounts his polar journey and contrasts Canadian aid with American obstacles. Captain Bernier of the Arctic published the letter dated May 23 and delivered Sept 1.
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Ottawa
Bernier
Arctic
Frederick A. Cook
Upernavik
Whitney
Peary
Murphy
Cook
Pole
Spokane Rate Case Ends Hearings Over Alaska Authority
Attorneys for Spokane rate case wrap arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The panel adjourns to Seattle to review coast shippers lower distributive rates and to decide on commission authority to regulate rail rates in Alaska. Three new questions raised by Spokane's supplemental petition await decision.
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Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Seattle
Interior Territory
Alaska
Chicago
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Spokane District
Old Town Wade Substation Sought for Yakima City Mail
The Business Men's association asks the post office to establish Yakima City as a substation of North Yakima to fix mail delays caused by misdirection via Old Town. Postmaster W. L. Lemon is handling the case with Washington officials, endorsed by the commercial club at Monday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Men’s Association
Post Office Department
Yakima City
North Yakima
Old Town
W. L. Lemon
Washington
Commercial Club
Indians at Bla Pow Wow Endorses Water Rights and Reclamation
Two hundred Yaki ma and Toppenish Indians met at Toppenish Tuesday to approve government reclamation plans and water access. Led by Chief Umptee and leaders such as Charles Wesley and Lancaster Spencer, they passed resolutions to apply timber sale proceeds to water rights, create new Indian allotments, and settle boundary questions. A.C. Draggoo and F.P. Switzer received hunters licenses.
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Yakima
Toppenish
Jack Splawn
Splawn
Umptee
Charles Wesley
Lancaster Spencer
Capt
Billy Wholite
George Meninick
Five Yakima county road contracts let for macadam grading and a bridge
Yakima county commissioners awarded five road contracts on Tuesday for three macadam sections, grading and graveling, and a bridge. W. E. Lum won the Wide Hollow Creek bridge bid at 384 dollars. W. W. Pettyjohn bid 80 cents per cubic yard for grading and graveling near Union Gap. J. H. Clarkson won three macadam jobs on Yakima avenue, east of the fair grounds, and the Wide Hollow road, with prices from 1.30 to 1.60 dollars per yard. The macadamized section now reaches the Johnson ranch.
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Yakima County
Co. E. Lum
Wide Hollow Creek
Winchester Road
W. W. Pettyjohn
Union Gap
Sunnyside
Pettyjohn
J. H. Clarkson
North
Yakima
Yakima Avenue
Snively Hills
Fair Grounds
Bertha RB. Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Round Up of Toppenish Men by Sheriff and Police
Sheriff Lancaster with deputies and Toppenish Acting Chief Cayou rounded up bootleggers Tuesday night. They boarded the Sunnyside train and arrested 10 men by midnight, to be brought for trial. six booked for vagrancy, three for bootlegging, one for selling whiskey.
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Lancaster
Cayou
Sunnyside
Wild Race for Public Land in Columbia River Country
Ten claimants from White Bluffs used steam launch, railroad train, and auto relays to reach North Yakima for land entry, only to find rival claimants ahead. The Weil group led by F. Weil arrived after delays at Kennewick and then sped by automobile to the Miller building, but rivals had already taken spots at the land office. Two additional claimants Sherman Perry and Mrs Fisher walked to the office and did not enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia River Country
North Yakima
H. H. Thomas
A Moon
W. A. Hawes
Max Priebe
A. Boag
Will
F. M.weil
White Bluffs
Columbia River
Kennewick
Northern Pacific
Weil
Land Office
Miller
Auto
Sherman Perry
Mrs Fisher
Mr. Perry
Fisher
Automobile Flips Into Snoqualmie River West of North Bend
A car carrying a Philadelphia Press courier message from President Taft to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition president plunged 30 feet into the Snoqualmie River three miles west of North Bend Washington at 7 pm The occupants were thrown into the water and swam ashore The machine was completely submerged
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Seattle
Philadelphia Press Courier
Taft
Snoqualmie River
North Bend
Wash
Three Teachers Resign Over Illness Forcing Substitutes
Three public school teachers have resigned due to illness. Miss Lillian Mattei, a kindergarten teacher, has returned home to Minnesota. Miss Beatrice Keefe of the Columbia school has gone to North Dakota. Miss Hitz of Summit View school is hospitalized. Substitutes have been hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Mattei
Minnesota
Beatrice Keefe
Columbia
North Dakota
Hitz
Summit View
Yakima Indians Seek Protection and Land Control
Twelve Yakima chiefs petition Secretary Ballinger during a North Yakima visit seeking safety from bootleggers and removal of saloons from the reservation They urge government adherence to the 1885 treaty holding canal lands as private Yakima property and oppose forced sales or leases They ask for allotment provisions for heirs and better agent dealings and request farm housing guidance and health safeguards on the reservation The petition was formed August 2 1909 at the L V McWhorter ranch and signed by Shaw aw way Coot ahy ah and other head men
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Indian Reservation
Ballinger
North Yakima
Yakima Valley
Wapato Canal
L. V. McWhorter
Chiefs and Council of
Yakima County
Washington
Sam
United States Grovernment
Yakima
S. A. M. Young
Yakima Reservation
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Taft Bibs
Presidency
Heckman
United States
General Banking
Apt.bernier
Dr. Cook
WADE
Bla
A. C. Draggoo
Naches City
F. P. Switzer
Sheriff's Force
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