Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ngton, through thecommissioner of public lands and the governor, hadentered into a contract with the company for fillingin of the tide lands of Elliott bay, the excavation ofthe waterways and the Lake Washington canal fromthe harbor to the lake. The directory for the fol-lowing year speaks of the interest still maintainedin the government canal and states that the privatecanal had behind it a company organized a littleover a year ago, with $7,000,000 of Missouri this company Gov. Semple gave the energy of hislast years. The government
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ngton, through thecommissioner of public lands and the governor, hadentered into a contract with the company for fillingin of the tide lands of Elliott bay, the excavation ofthe waterways and the Lake Washington canal fromthe harbor to the lake. The directory for the fol-lowing year speaks of the interest still maintainedin the government canal and states that the privatecanal had behind it a company organized a littleover a year ago, with $7,000,000 of Missouri this company Gov. Semple gave the energy of hislast years. The government canal is about private canal is not, but the waterways are im-proved and wide areas of tide lands are redeemedand filled, ready for use. The governors broadvision was thus in great part realized when he wasstricken with paralysis in the summer of 1908. Hewas hurriedly removed to San Diego, Cal., to regainhis strength, but he died in that city on August28, 1908. MILES CONWAY MOORE MILES C. MOORE Fourteenth Territorial Govern*r 1889. NO. CONWAY MOORE The last territorial governor had a brief term,but that term was important, and, moveover, theman himself is a very useful citizen, with an inter-esting1 history. When Benjamin Harrison succeededGrover Cleveland in the presidency on March 4,1889, the principal appointive officers in the terri-tories beg-an soon to be changed from Democrats toRepublicans. It was during- that year of changethat Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla, was appointed,in April, governor of Washington territory. It wasexpected that the territory would soon become astate, and this added a sort of sentimental value tothe office, since the man who held it during- the birthof the state would always be remembered. As it turned out, Gov. Moore was chief executivefor seven months. He took to the office a certaindignity of character and charm of personality thatmade his brief administration a very acceptableone. The great event was, of course, the
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