What is presumably tho largest sign in the State of Washington or the world, was recently constructed on the east bank of the Columbia River, just Above the town of Beverly. From the wi'idnws of passing trains it catches tho. .oyo of the traveller, and may be easily seen for a distance of several miles. Tho sign is nearly a quarter of a mile long; tho letters are 40ft. wide and 100 ft. high. One of tho most singular, strikes on record is. now in progress at the ■Stato penitentiary at. Sing-Sing , , on tho Hudson, iu consequence of which 250 convicts who have struck work are locke<l up in their cells. 'A sort of prisoners' uniou has been formed in tho penitentiary. Tho convicts complain that tho warders of the prison havo aoted in an offensive and
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 5
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137Page 5 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 5
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