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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1914

Page

4

Washington fair to boost hog raising prizes

Statewide news notes Yakima fair plans large hog prizes to spur hog raising profits. Also report on industrial insurance commission finances up 55.95 percent, with expenses rising only 4.25 percent. Washington minimum wage talks, hearings on utility rates, and state agency actions are outlined.

Yakima State Fair Industrial Insurance Commission Commission Washington Industrial Welfare Commission The Welfare Commission Olympia

Washington Sees Heir Tax On Weyerhaeuser Estate

The state tax commission estimates inheritance taxes from Frederick Weyerhaeuser’s Washington property will exceed $30,000. The lumber magnate left substantial holdings in the state.

State of Washington Frederick Weyerhaeuser State Tax Commission

Chelan County Seat Idea Sparks Talk Of New County

The Chelan News reports a proposal to form a new Chelan Methow county with seats possibly at Pateros or Chelan. Prominent Methow residents back the plan for better access and shared tax base, noting tourism ties to Lake Chelan.

Chelan Pateros Methow Valley Methow Okanogan Bollinger Chelan Valley Lake Chelan Okanogan County Methow County

Rail work advances at Chelan depot site amid freight plans

State and county crews prepare the Che lan railroad depot as Great Northern to offer freight and passenger service in weeks. Isenhart brothers finish eighteen acres of apricots east of Che lan with frost‑safe soil and location.

Norway Austria Chelan Station Great Northern Isenhart Brothers Chelan Chelan Butte Mabel Thomas Littleton Lakeside Thos. Miller Seattle Littleton

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State OF Washington Miles M. Dawson New York City North Yakima Pacific Power & Light Company Yakima Cowichee Telephone Company Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Department of Agriculture State Prison Board Walla Walla State Reformatory Board Monroe Wenatchee Milling Co Wenatchee, Wash Lamb Davis Lumber Co Reiter Gold Bar Leavenworth Everett Sutton Spokane Portland Tacoma Northwest Northwestern Tourist and Travel Bureau Chicago J. 8S Newcomb Cariquist’s P. A. Snyder Ww. M. McCoy Columbia Valley Bank Building G. W. Hoxley Leavenworth, Wash DR. J. Stillson Judah Koerner A. G. Mickeown P. Hammer Architect Cedar St P. O Leavenworth, Wa Yagu Leav. Floral & Seed Co Fernstrom & Schmoker, Props C. E. Briggs King’s Drug Store Chelan County Chelan County Abstract Co J. A. Gellatly President W. W. Gray Secy Wenatchee Wase Thos. Nolan City Drug Store City Drag Line Rainier Beer Lee J. Howerton Echo Hant Uae Knights of Pythias W. V. Davis A. R. Brown Attorneys AT Law Wm. A. Reneau G. G. Hannan Ira Thomas Reeves, Crollard Reeves Reeves Building Farmers B. J. Williams A N. Corbin Williams Corbin Whitney & Hughes Lawyers Columbia Valley Bank Wenatchee Wash Lewis J. Nelson Elliott Block J. B. Adams E. H. Fox Smith Building Carlquist’s Jewelry Leavenworth, Washington John E. Porter Attorney At Law Notary Public Edmund K. Barnum, C. E Ww. H. Amos Hotel Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated R. W. Vermilya Mgr Columbia Vally Bank Bldg Wenatchee, Washington Barclay A. C. Barclay Prop Auto For Manifold Typewriter Paper
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