State News Highlights From Washington and Beyond
A handcar accident near Wilsoncreek injures two men with four section men aboard. The state issues bids for 4000 bales of jute for the penitentiary grain bag factory in an $80,000 contract. Testimony gathered on Great Northern and Northern Pacific labor cases over sixteen hours. W. C. Cunningham’s Tacoma disappearance with $700 on his person raises foul play fears. Silk farming by Wm. Baines in Okanogan shows cocoons with 1200 to 1600 yards of silk each. An indian reservation hunt ban stops white hunting on Colville lands to protect ducks. Two baby sisters born in Douglas county on July 29/30 weigh 7 pounds 4 ounces each. Vickery farm near Stratford destroyed by fire. Spokane women clerks discuss a union for wage parity. Douglas county grain harvest predicted at three million bushels with higher prices expected. Spokane travelers’ drownings near Bridgeport under investigation with missing bodies and search efforts ongoing.
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Vern Wilcox
Robert D. Mitchell
Spokane
Columbia River
Bridgeport
Wash
Okanogan River
Mitchell
Wilcox
Youthful Depravity on Railroad Tracks Endangers Boy
On a west town railroad track last Sunday evening two boys aged eight and nine fought over a gun. The eight year old fired, wounding Conrad Hein in the leg. The weapon was a 22 calibre rifle. The Schmidt boy had previously fired at his companion and neighbors warn their parents of his danger. Doctors located and removed the bullet in Spokane using an X ray. Authorities consider the parents negligent and may sue for damages. The eight year old is described as unsafe at large. Odessa Record notes printer W. E. Montgomery leaving town after payday and Wenatchee Milling Co begins loading ten flour cars for Hong Kong.
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Jacob Schmidt
Conrad Hein
Gauson
Spokane
Cunningham
Schmidt
Odessa
W. E. Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Sacrament to Be Administered at Methodist Church
At the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday morning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. All Christians are invited to join us in the service. Meeting at Library Hall as usual.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Library Hall
Help 10 Beautify the Town in Leavenworth
An editorial urges rapid beautification of Leavenworth noting hurried growth harms town charm. It proposes a Front Street park near the depot with a fountain, grass, trees, flowers, and a Welcome sign to attract investment and raise property values. The piece calls for swift action to align aesthetics with development.
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United States
Republic
West
Leavenworth
Front Sreet
Great Northern Railroad
Richest Gold Mine Still Hidden in Northern Legend
The Alaska Yukon Exposition plans to showcase famous northern mines in Seattle 1909, but the richest mine remains undiscovered. An Indian tribe visiting Dawson once boasted of a stream with gold chunks and a cliff where gold stood out like moss, yet they refused to reveal the site. Prospectors failed to trace it as they followed the tribe back to the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Dawson
Paleface
Committees Take Lead at Reading and Recreation Room Meet
A Wednesday evening gathering discussed feasibility of a reading and recreation room. Rumohr was named chairman, Thompson secretary pro tem, and the group adopted permanent organization. Carr, Mayor, and Mead form a constitution committee. DeBord, Overdorf, and Mead head the fundraising panel.
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Rumohr
Mr. Thompson
H. C. Carr
D. H
George Mead
J. G. DeBord
Jack Overdorf
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Emil Frank
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Star Livery
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Front Street
Joe Massie
the Opera
Tholin @ Smith
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L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
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Treus
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W. M. McCoy
Great Northern
Wilsoncreek
State Board of Control
State Penitentiary
State Railroad Commission
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
W. C. Cunningham
Tacoma
Wm. Baines
Okanogan County
John Webster
Colville
Douglas County
John Hochstatter
J. B. Vickery
Stratford
Columbia
Wenatchee Milling Co
Hong Kong
China
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