Improvements Ordered for Stations by Washington Rail Commission
The Washington Railroad Commission after a state tour orders over 200 improvements at passenger and freight stations including better lighting and a new building in Leavenworth. The Great Northern must choose between a new station with two waiting rooms and flush toilets or modify the existing depot to provide two waiting rooms and a baggage room with modern amenities. Plans and timelines are set for construction or alteration, with provisions for a new freight shed, running water, and electric lighting in waiting rooms and platforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Railroad Commission
Leavenworth
Great Northern
Leavenworth Forms New Juvenile Band Under Veteran Organizer
J. McDaniel, a veteran band leader with 35 years of experience, plans to settle in Leavenworth and organize a new band here. He reports the group will meet Monday night and includes members such as Edwin Hoxsey, Chas Wescott, Tom Smith, and others. Also note Apple Show dates moved to November 15 to 20 to better showcase fruit for winter trade.
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J. McDaniel
Leavenworth
Mr. McDaniel
United States
Vern Davis
Tom Smith
Hathaway
Hagler
Lyman Durant
Fred Smith
Waldenberg
George Hoxsey
Harry Maston
Meeker
Tom Davis
Fred McDaniel
Harry Ahearn
Bert Brown
TWENTY FIVE JAPS ON STRIKE AT ROUND HOUSE
General Foreman Phelan came to town to recruit workers after twenty five to thirty Japanese laborers employed at the round house and coal bunkers for years walked out seeking higher pay. They earned $1.15 a day, a wage low by American standards but balancing three laps to two Americans. Outcomes unclear as labor demand grows with railroad work and eastern Washington harvests. Phelan may secure enough men but doubt remains.
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Phelan
Round House
Washington
Domestic Euclid and a Death at Eagle Creek
A Kansas girl sends a mock Euclid excerpt from Vassar as a light note. The paper records the death of Mrs. A L Mitchell near Eagle Creek from parturition, with funeral details. It also covers wood use trends, forest service work, and Spokane Interstate fair attractions and plans.
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Kansas
Vassar College
Kansas City Journal
A. L. Mitchell
Eagle Creek
Iowa
Mitchell
Congregational Church
W. V. Davis
Leavenworth
Apple Trees Bear Fruit Years After Planting
In a recalling of apple trees planted years ago on the Rawlins ranch now owned by Dwight Darling, F A Drebis set trees that later bore fruit. L J Nelson found trees bearing apples in regular rows showing irrigation. Mrs Olaf F Shintaffer of La Center burned hands handling a meteor fragment days after it fell.
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F. A. Drebis
Rawlins Ranch
Dwight Darling
L. J. Nelson
Olaf F. Shintaffer
la Center
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Geo. Keating
Capital Stock
One Million
Harper
Pacific Beer
J. G. Fritz
AL. Pesch and
P. N. Nielson
Cashiers
Leading Brand
Old Crow
Taylor
Hermitage
Florsheim
The
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Echo
Coal Bunker
Massachusetts
Pine Tree
United States Forest Service
Spokane
Strobel
Paiis
Gregory Fireworks Company
Jerico
Vesuvius
Apple Country
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