Great Northern eyes Pine Creek Scenic route for double track tunnel
The Great Northern weighs a nine mile Pine Creek Scenic tunnel from Pine Creek west of Merritt to Scenic on the Cascades. If built it will allow two tracks and lower grades, potentially shrinking distance and improving winter reliability. Estimates place cost at ten to twenty million dollars with eight to ten years of construction.
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Great Northern
Pine Creek
Merritt
Scenic
Cascade Mountains
Leavenworth
Skykomish
Wellington
J. J. Cryderman
Bellingham
Great Northern Construction Department
Senator Owen Calls for Health Department to Cut Disease
Senator Owen argued that 600000 lives yearly are sacrificed to sanitary neglect and urged a cabinet headed health department. He said concentrated health agencies would prevent contagion and protect water and food to greatly extend life, citing 3000000 annual sick and hookworm among southern children.
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Owen
Senate
Department of Health
Watch Dogs Guard the Treasury
The New York Evening Sun quips at Treasury watchers chasing a $40 000 000 Rivers and Harbors pork barrel while a $1000 fish hatchery skim brings only disappointment. The watchdogs hide behind the barn munching on ham bones as Etna hints at distant volcanic danger.
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Washington
Treasury
Tige
Illinois
Appropriations Committee
Mosquito Inlet
Buster
Jeems
New York Evening Sun
Serious Stabbing at Celebratory Railway Crew Altercation
A bridge gang celebration near Front Street ends in a knife attack as Frank Nelson wounds J R Hamill after an argument over pay day. Hamill pleads guilty in superior court and receives an indeterminate sentence of one to five years in Walla Walla. Night Marshal and Dr Hoxsey report Hamill's condition improving.
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Front Street
Frank Nelson
J. R. Hamill
Nelson
Hamill
Wenatchee
Debord
Samuel Cummings
Pratt
Hoxsey
Echo
Walla Walla
Land Sales Reported in Cashmere Valley Subdivisions
Land sales through A. E. Perkins of Seattle show three Tibbits tracts west of Cashmere sold to Seattle buyers. John F. Sugrue paid 20000 for 15 acres of orchard, with varied ages and raw land, plans to improve. E. J. Hayes bought 734 acres of bearing orchard for 10500, half rich in apples, rest pears and peaches, Hayes to retire in Cashmere. H. G. Bolke paid 22500 for 75 acres raw land in Dalala canyon to develop into orchard. Perkins has sold over 100000 in Tibbits tracts in six weeks.
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Cashmere
A. E. Perkins
Seattle
M. O. Tibbits
John F. Sugrue
Alaska
Sugrue
E. J. Hayes
Hughes
Tibbits
Dallala Canyon
T. J. Henry
H. G. Bolke
Some Reasons for High Cost of Living
An increase of 12 000 000 in the US population during the last ten years and a decrease of about 5 000 000 in available food animals are cited by the bureau of statistics from census and agriculture department reports. The note frames this as a lesson in supply and demand.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Census Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of
Local notes from Wenatchee area and Leavenworth visits
Miss Anna Sumner spent the weekend with home folks in Wenatchee. A A Brooks bought a Jersey cow from the Leavenworth herd. Austin and Mary Reynolds were ill last week and missed school until Friday. Frank Reynolds visited from Leavenworth for a few days. A A Brooks and wife spent Sunday in Leavenworth. Nelson Forsythe traveled to Leavenworth on business and bought a Jersey cow. Lawrence Brooks visited Chiwaukum Sunday. Mrs Homer Mead hosted dinner Sunday for six. F A Reynolds plans to build a brick house on his farm here. H B Smith of Merritt traveled to Leavenworth last week. T W Grove of Leavenworth is building a new house here and plans to move soon.
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Austin
Mary Reynolds
Frank Reynolds
Leavenworth
A. A. Brooks
Nelson Forsythe
Lawrence Brooks
Homer Mead
F. A. Reynolds
H. B. Smith
Merritt
T. W. Grove
Uncle George Persinger Still Answering Hill Call
Since warm weather started the veteran prospector and miner Uncle George Persinger has returned to the hills. Based in Leavenworth, he winters there and owns several valuable mineral claims after 28 years in the region. A Civil War veteran, he keeps the free life in the hills as strong as ever with hopes of realizing returns from his claims.
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George Persinger
Leavenworth
Record price per acre for Wine Sap apples sets US mark
O G France, famed Wenatchee valley grower, reports $2924 earned from a single acre of Wine sap apples, a possible national record. E A Farris of Orondo claims a tree in his orchard will top the record next season after producing 50 boxes last year at $1.25 per box totaling $62.59.
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O. G. France
Wenatchee Valley
Spokane
Denver
United States
E. A. Farris
Orondo
Observant Statesman Critiques Legislator's Note Taking
A wary statesman dismisses a legislator's note taking as foolish while a schemer argues that only cash handling is safe. The exchange frames distrust and cautions about safety in financial dealings.
Measures Not Men A Grange View of Political Action
Ernest M. Smith argues the Grange endorses measures not candidates, urges practical progress through reform, and defends imperfect but evolving political activity. He notes internal inconsistencies and stresses education over party campaigning while praising the Grange as a tool for national conservation and reform.
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The
Grange
Order
So-and-So
United States Senate
Nowise
Roosevelt
Pinchot
Jones
Brown
United States
Order of the Patrons of Husbandry
Ernest M. Smith
Death at Dalquist camp and Wenatchee court rounds
Samuel Peterson died of apoplexy Sunday afternoon at Dalquist's railroad camp near Drury. His body was shipped to Wenatchee for burial. Judge Grimshaw sentenced J. J. Miller for robbery, Walter Levy for fraud, and Bert Faver for horse theft. A Seattle company bought 4870 acres near Mission Creek, known as the Pacific Timber Certificate Company, including 1200 acres of orchard and over 20 million feet of timber valued at 50000.
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Samuel Peterson
Dalquist
Drury
Wenatchee
Sprague & Ruppe
Grimshaw
J. J. Miller
Cashmere
State Reformatory
Walter B. Levy
Mission Creek
Horse Lake
Monitor
Seattle
Pacific Timber Certificate Company
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Great Northern Surveyors
Mile Tunnel
Wilson
Leslie’s
Puget Sound
Olympic National Forest Reserve
Forest Service
Morgenroth
Port Angeles
Solduck River
Clallam County
Globe
Mount Etna
Nason Creek
Anna Sumner
Sorghum
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