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Orange Jacobs: “When I was elected, I do not think there was a single lighthouse, or fog signal, or foghorn, on the waters of Puget…”

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When I was elected, I do not think there was a single lighthouse, or fog signal, or foghorn, on the waters of Puget Sound, and I secured the establishment of quite a number of them.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs recalls the absence of navigational aids on Puget Sound when he was elected and his efforts to establish them.

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