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  1. A Private Canal Scheme Tries to Put a Tollbooth on the Yakima's Water

    A state land commissioner warns that a canal company wants to control a lake north of Ellensburg and charge every future Yakima canal for passage.

    Feb 15, 1904The RanchKittitas Valley, Ellensburg, Kittitas CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

  2. The Great Horticultural Graft

    A scathing editorial from The Ranch magazine accuses the state legislature of creating a bloated, ineffective bureaucracy under the guise of agricultural protection.

    Jun 1, 1903The RanchSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  3. Yakima's Water Was Not for Sale

    A farm paper accuses the Washington Irrigation Co. of trying to monopolize Yakima Valley reservoirs — and of bullying the legislature to get them.

    Dec 15, 1903The RanchYakima, Yakima CountyFollow the Money · City Hall

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