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As requested, Glenn N. Ranck is sending Theodore Roosevelt a copy of his booklet, “Pictures from Northwest History,” about U.S. settlers in the Pacific Northwest. Ranck hopes Roosevelt will enjoy it and recommends he read the articles about Esther Lucy Clark Short and B. F. Shaw.
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1911-12-20
President Roosevelt informs Edward Henry Harriman that there are several matters concerning trusts and politics that they need to discuss after Roosevelt returns from the northwestern trip.
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1902-09-15
President Roosevelt is interested by the letter from Robert S. Winslow, and while he knew the phrase “Bostonian” is used in the Northwest, he is not sure when it was first used in Illinois.
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1908-03-13
President Roosevelt wishes a happy New Year to the Portland Commercial Club, along with all of the Pacific slope, the Rocky Mountains, and the country.
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1907-12-31
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus of the recommendation by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to lay adequate fuel supplies for all federal offices in the Northwest before winter.
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1907-06-11
President Roosevelt informs Secretary of War Taft of the recommendation by Howard Elliott, president of the Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the Interstate Commerce Commission to lay adequate fuel supplies for all federal offices in the Northwest before winter.
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1907-06-11
President Roosevelt congratulates Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane on his attention to detail, and is sure that his visit “had a most helpful effect on the fuel situation in the Northwest.”
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1906-12-21
President Roosevelt congratulates Henry W. Goode, President of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, and hopes that the celebrations will be a fitting memorial to the Lewis and Clark expedition. He sends his greetings to the various dignitaries and representatives present at the exposition.
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1905-06-01
President Roosevelt regrets that he cannot go on the hunting trip with James M. Ashton. If he travels to the Pacific Coast next year, Roosevelt will look forward to seeing Ashton and his family.
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1901-10-18
Congressman Andrews writes President Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb, in support of the president’s policy in New Mexico and believes that Governor George Curry should follow suit.
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1907-07-09
This article praises President Theodore Roosevelt for his conservationist efforts, and as a result, protecting western forest lands from politicians such as Senator Charles William Fulton of Oregon and Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn of Idaho. Rich men with interests in the timber industry claim that they oppose forest reserves for the sake of poor settlers needing land, but the forest reserves do not negatively impact settlers.
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1907-03-06
Lawrence F. Abbott writes to President Roosevelt to note that Democrats in the U.S. northwest are in disarray but the Republicans are solidly in support of Roosevelt. Abbott further suggests that the Post Office be used as a way to distribute important public documents.
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1904-02-02