Banker's League Holds One-Day Session and Excursion
The North Central Washington Banker's League met in the Commercial Club rooms last Saturday, with addresses on banking and rural opportunity. Officers were reelected for six months, and a banquet followed. an excursion to the Chewawa divide was held Sunday.
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Chewawa River
North Central Washington Banker’s League
Commercial Club
W. B. Vincent
Old National Bank of
Spokane
J. W. Brewster
Citizens State Bank of
Wilson Creek
Geo. P. Wiley
Waterville Savings Bank
Aberdeen
J. W. Maxwell
Seattle National Bank
Seattle Commercial Club
Great Northwest
League
State Bankers’ Association
Leavenworth Commercial Club
J. J. Browne
Lamb-Davis Company
Wenatchee Valley
Spokane Interstate Fair features nursery care and Dry Farming expo
The Spokane Interstate Fair will host a free nursery for babies run by Spokane club women from the Spokane Day nursery. Inland Empire mothers can enjoy the fair while infants are cared for, fed, and guarded in clean cots. The Dry Farming Exposition will display grain and fruit exhibits with cars from Alberta and Oregon. Oregon and California breeders plan strong livestock showings, with a sale by D'Hondt and Vanhaverbeek of Sprague. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorialized on Republican unity ahead of September 13 primaries led by Miles Poindexter.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Spokane Club
Australia
Alberta
Oregon
D’hondt & Vanhaverbeek
Sprague
Wash
Ocean
California
Seattle Exposition
John L. Wilson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seabury Merritt
Congress
Taft
Roosevelt
Ballinger
Pinchot
Miles Poindexter
United States
Washington State
Sue F. Vernon
Fires Hit Town Amid Looming Hazard and Loss
Two fires in rapid succession devastate properties in a small town. The Mason livery barn and homes burned years ago, followed by the Leavenworth Steam Laundry with no insurance. Debord warehouse fire consumed hay and aimed to spread before extinguished. losses totaling about 1300 to 1500 dollars. A later vineyard oasis story details Californian colonists guarding green vineyards amid famine conditions and soaring feed prices.
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Mason Livery Barn
Hill Hotel
Leavenworth Steam Laundry
F. B. Cahill
Debord
Los Angeles
San Diego
Anaheim
J. M. Quinn
Pacific Monthly
The Great Drought on the Pacific Calvary
The article recounts a severe California drought from 1863 to 1865, noting losses of cattle and horses, plummeting values in Los Angeles County, and the absence of insurance or salvage. It describes record-low rainfall, sun-baked plains, widespread starvation, and desolate herds wandering for sustenance.
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California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Poindexter to Speak in Leavenworth Friday
Hon Miles Poindexter of Spokane will address Leavenworth voters on Friday September 2. He draws large crowds as he speaks on issues that caused political upheaval in Iowa Nebraska and Kansas for the Republican cause and the common people.
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Miles Poindexter
Spokane
Leavenworth
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Poindexter
Senate
Aldrich and Cannon
Coulee City Dispatch
Poindexter Speech Draws Large Lynden Crowd
The Lynden Tribune reports about a Woodmen picnic on Saturday August 6 where about a thousand people heard Poindexter speak. He was cheered like historic Republican speakers and many attendees, including children, shook his hand and discussed his remarks afterward. The piece notes west side voters prefer Poindexter for the senate if Lynden reflects the region.
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The
Lynden Tribune
Poindexter
Lynden
Lincoln
West Side
East Side
Senate
Orchard Sales Roundup Near Monitor Cashmere Area
The Record reports last week that A L Burke sold six acres near Monitor to E C Simonson of Seattle for 1500 per acre and Simonson and family occupy the property. Al Hudson sold ten acres of a young orchard two miles west of Cashmere to H M Kenyon of Grandin North Dakota. J F Diamond sold his 33 acre fruit ranch east of Cashmere to R A Moore and Charles Simpson of Wichita Kansas for 40000.
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A. L. Burke
Monitor
E. C. Simonson
Seattle
Charles Simpson
Wichita
Kansas
Mr. Diamond
Cashmere
Peaches Show Rich Harvest in Upper Wenatchee Valley
Reader J A Wilson of Peshastin sent specimens of Alexander peaches, a late summer white flesh semi free fruit with pink flush. Five peaches nearly twelve inches long in a row. trees heavily laden requiring propping. Wilson notes Crawford and Elberta varieties but says Alexander best fits the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
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J. A. Wilson
Peshastin
Wenatchee Valley
Alexander
Crawford
Elberta
Poindexter Backed by Spokane Labor Groups Across State
The Spokane Sectional Central Labor Union with about 8000 voters endorses Miles Poindexter for the U S senate citing his stand against corporate control and his labor record. Everett Labor Journal also backs Poindexter praising his consistent anti Cannonism votes and labor-friendly record. C H Dow, a Seattle real estate man, visited Wenatchee valley fruit land interests.
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Spokane
Washington
Congress
Central Labor Council
Miles Poindexter
Labor Journal of
Everett
Poindexter
United States
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Brotherhoods
Organized Labor
C. H. Dow
Seattle
Wenatchee Valley
Lew Duncan Reels After Severe Leg Break at Roller Rink
Last Friday evening Lew Duncan sustained both leg bones broken between the knee and ankle during a roller rink accident. He was treated at Dr. Judah’s office and sent by night train to Dr. McCoy’s hospital in Wenatchee, where he is recovering as well as expected. Duncan, a Wenatchee resident, held a plasterer’s contract for the fireman’s hall and planned to start work soon.
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Lew Duncan
Judah
Duncan
Sheep Grazing Lauded as Fire Prevention in Forest Reserves
Following destructive summer fires, officials advocate grazing sheep on forest reserves to reduce underbrush and keep grasses short. They claim sheep trails form effective fire lines and may curb future blaze spread limiting loss of vast natural wealth in the northwest.
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Northwest
Wilson Son Chooses Pacific Northwest Fruit Growing
Jasper Wilson son of James Wilson secretary of agriculture plans to develop 20 acres in the Pacific Northwest. The move is described as a strong endorsement of the region offering significant opportunities in horticulture.
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Jasper Wilson
James Wilson
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
United States
Lumbering interests form selling bureau for rail shipments
Grays and Willapa Harbor lumber districts establish a selling bureau to streamline rail shipments and stabilize prices. The move mirrors fruit growers and other groups and aims to secure typical benefits of organization.
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Grays
Willapa Harbor
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Frank Case
Wenatchee
F. S. Jacobson
Tumwater Savings Bank
Okanogan County
L. L. Work
Commercial Bank
Conconully
Chelan County
George R. Fisher
First National Bank
Douglas County
George P. Wiley
Waterville
Grant County
John W. Brewer
Citizens State Bank
Frank D. Case
Columbia Valley Bank
P. C. Kaufman
Tacoma
Pacific
Poindexter IN
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Skagit County
Juneau
San Juan Islands
Puget Sound
Astoria
Wireless Telephone
Swift
T. P. Revelle
Will E. Humphrey
Revelle
Judge McCredie
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