A Paterson landowner warns of a massive bond election, citing conflicts of interest and a lack of reliable engineering data.
“To vote these bonds means to put in the hands of three men $18,000,000 worth of negotiable bonds... and the only protection the land owners have is the integrity of directors.”
As irrigation transforms the desert, Benton County ranchers pivot from livestock to poultry, forming a new association to stake their claim in the Thanksgiving market.
“The good people along the Columbia river... recognizing that they had ideal climatic conditions for raising turkeys, and being a class of people who are awake and know an opportunity when they see it, have proven that the turkey is fast becoming one of our dependable resources.”
While the nation mobilizes for the Great War, the remote community of Paterson sets a local sales record for War Savings stamps that eclipses larger towns.
“The little river post office, however, is slightly over this figure.”