Chelan County to Sell Road Machinery Hearing Planned
The Chelan County Board of Commissioners Washington proposes to sell road machinery including a ten ton road roller a three ton Avery truck engine and boiler double drum friction hoist Aurora steel crusher and Port Huron dump wagon A hearing to determine the advisability of the sale will be held April 6 1917 at 2 00 P M at the County Commissioners office Courthouse Wenatchee Washington Anyone interested may testify in favor or against the sale Dated March 6 1917 Clerk of the Board T L Ross
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Board of County Commissioners
Chelan County
Washington
Aurora
Port Huron
County Commissioners’ Office
Wenatchee
A. D
Y T. L. Ross
Mutual Creamery Company outlines profits and farmer stock program
The Mutual Creamery Company describes a fixed 3 percent profit on sales with surplus sharing to producer stockholders at one share per two cows milked. Dividends in 1916 totaled 8 percent on stock plus 2 percent of product value paid to farmers. W. F. Jensen serves as president and E. W. Ellis as manager.
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Mutual Creamery Company
W. F. Jensen
E. W. Ellis
Engineer Views on War Impact on Railroads and Wages
J E Kline, a longtime railroader on the Northern Pacific, says war will affect engine men, extend the fireman age limit, and test railroad capacity as troops and supplies move. He notes crop delays in Montana and the Adamson act that regulates wages, warning higher freight costs ultimately fall on the public.
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Seattle P. I
J. E. Kline
Northern Pacific
Livingston
Butte
Montana
Seattle
Kline
Congress
Salt Lake Herald Republican
Railroads Facing High Costs and Barrage of Regulation
Julius Kruttschnitt, header of the Southern Pacific, told Congress the railroads face rising wages and material costs while revenues are constrained by law. He urged a unified federal regulation to stabilize expenses and revenues, noting potential 1918 rail bankruptcies without relief.
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Washington
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Company
Joint Congressional Committee On Interstate Commerce
Wenatchee Building Start Planned Within Ten Days
Chelan County news notes Wenatchee will begin work on a new government and post office building within ten days at a cost of 74500 dollars. The Phil H Miller orchard near Cashmere sold for 18600 dollars to H B Canby. Nine acres planted to twelve year apple trees. March vital stats show ten births and five deaths in Cashmere. Fire statistics warn of high living costs from preventable fires with 214 percent of fires preventable and 407 percent unknown but likely preventable.
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Wenatchee
Phil H. Miller
Cashmere
H. B. Canby
Waterville
Illinois
Labor Shortage Plans Harvest Help for Wenatchee Valley
The agricultural committee of the League for National and Home Defense, formed at the commercial club, asks Governor Lister to provide harvest labor by sending soldiers to Wenatchee. They estimate three regiments or about 3000 men may be needed as young local enlistments rise.
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Lister
Wenatchee Valley
Army
Wenatchee
Agricultural Committee
League For National and Home Defense
Commercial Club
Quiet Title Battle Over Chelan County Land Described Property
Wenatchee Valley and Northern Railway seeks to quiet title on a long described Chelan County land strip and its adjacent parcels. Plaintiffs name M L Freeman and Eliza Freeman as defendants in a 1917 Washington Superior Court summons with multi-curve land descriptions and coordinates.
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State of Washington
Chelan County
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway Company
Iowa Corporation
M.L. Freeman
Marion L. Freeman
Eliza H. Freeman
M. L. Freeman
Eliza Freeman
A. D
Chelan
Township
Willamette Meridian
Washington
Willamette
Skuse & Morrill
Peyton
Aiding
Spokane
Wash
L. J
Nelson
Leavenworth, Chelan Co
Plaintiff
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Board of County Commissioners of
F.A. Reynolds
Pioneer
Life Insurance
Henry Weinman
8Th St
Dr. Hoxsey
City Dray Line
Auto For
L. J. Howerton
Ty Hi
Third Ave
Cherry ST
Do. Swift & CO
D. Swift & CO
Washington, D. C
Mutual Creamery Co
United States
West
Kruttschnitt
Congress Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Chelan County News
Rutherford Mercantile Go
Crescent Manufacturing CO
Seattle, Washington
Og Roas Pay
Wenatchee, Wash
Great Northern Lumber Co
Leavenworth, Wash
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth
Echo Office
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