Adjourned City Council OKs Water Mains and Street Plans
The council adjourned with all members but Phelan present. Phelan’s resignation was accepted and J. D. Wheeler was appointed. The Tumwater Light and Water Co. was granted permission to extend mains and furnish lights for city hall on a meter basis. Street work on Ralston Street, Whitman street improvements, and a crosswalk at Front street were approved. A water cost study was started with Hill Bros. hired for a Snow or Icicle river project. Several bills were approved and a Sunday meeting set to inspect garbage dumps.
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Phelan
J. D. Wheeler
Tumwater Light and Water Co
Council Chamber
Ralston Street
Ralston
Central Addition
McCoy
Woldenberg
Farrel
Whitman Street
F. S. Jacobsen
A. E. Dickinson
Front Street
Prowell Engineering Co
Wenatchee
Hill Bros
Seattle
Marshal Platt
Treas
Placer Mining at Blewett Nears Start with Cardwell Deal
Major B A Cardwell of Seattle along with associates closed a deal with M F Peake Sons for several Blewett placer claims. An experienced miner and a crew of eight to ten will begin work immediately likely expanding to twenty five. Blewett expected to become an active mining camp this summer.
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B. A. Cardwell
Seattle
M. F. Peake & Son
Blewett
M. F. Peake
Echo
Major Cardwell
Kile
Peake
Legislature Approves Bounty for Destructive Wild Animals
The statute allocates a bounty for killing cougars lynx wild cats coyotes and timber wolves in Washington with set payments per species. It requires intact hides and bones for proof and imposes felony penalties for fraud or out-of-county killings. Wenatchee visitors Mrs John Tholin and daughter Miss Anna were noted.
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State of
Washington
John Tholin
Miss Anna
Wenatchee
Abdul Hamid May Abdicate as Turkish Crisis Deepens
Revolt by Young Turks and Salonica soldiers threatens the Ottoman throne. Asia Minor uprising has killed more than 1000, including two missionaries, with Christians seeking refuge at consulates. Moslem forces sweep across the region as a British warship heads to Alexandretta amid Armenian farm destruction.
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Constantinople
Abdul Hamid
Committee of Union and Progress
Young Turks
Salonica
Asia Minor
Supreme Court limits recovery in furs theft case
Olympia notes the state supreme court ruled Maurice Windmiller may recover only $50 cash and 19 old copies of Everybody's Magazine from Northern Pacific for $1920 worth of furs stolen en route to New York. The release signed by the shipper fixes liability at $1 per pound. Philadelphia reports a new fast torpedo boat destroyer Smith launching. Avalon, Catalina Islands, records a beard-mrowed nine inch fish caught by a seine man.
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Olympia
Wash
State Supreme Court
Maurice Windmiller
Northern Pacific
New York
Seattle
Windmiller
Secretary Dickinson sails on Mayflower to Panama
Secretary Dickinson and his party departed on the President s yacht Mayflower for Panama from Charleston arrival back in Washington is expected by mid May this year.
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Charleston
D. C
Dickinson
Panama
Washington
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L.D. Lbr. Co
Pioneer Bindery & Printing Co
W. O. Plat
Frank Brady
G. W. Hoxsey
Geo. P. Rice
Leav. Merc. Co
Ndse
J. W. Teshera
L. J. Howerton
H. H. Meeker
F. A. Losekamp
Chas. A. Anderson
L.D. Store Co
Chas A. Anderson
Frank Sutton
Chas. Lilligren
Leavenworth
J. W. Beasley
Bedford
Iowa
Bleweit
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Smith
Avalon
Catalina Islands
Cal
Edgar Leavenworth
Co. Booth
A. A. Tholin
King
THE
J. E. Gutherless, Prop
Garret
Debord & McCoy
Middleman’s
Eagle Dale
Orchard Hopes
Chelan County
A. L. Mitchel
Tanemirror Hhmung
Harrington
Leavenworth Mer. Co
L. Peterson
Keating
Deve Brossel
Wenarenee
M. Ling Gu
L.D. Store Co., Agts
the Olympia
J. M. Duffy
F.S. Taylor
Europe
Polk’s Gazetteer
Oregon
R. L. Polk & Co., Inc
Leavenworth Market
Martin Christenson
Packing House
Emil Frank
Prop
Tumwater Savings Bank
L. Lamb, Prest
M. A. Marley
F.S, Jacobsen, V. P. & Sec
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