Cashmere to Open September 13 Amid Dry Town Vote
County voters favored dryness in Cashmere by 77 to 46 and Rockford by 74 to 57. Superintendent Esalhost resigns as Water and Light head. no successor named. Wenatchee registration records show 834 voters for the August 24 booze election. County teachers’ institute set for September 8–10. two marriage licenses issued in three weeks.
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Cashmere
Rockford
Wenatchee
Chelan County
John Godifred
Impressions of a Stranger on Leavenworth Civic Apathy
A pamphlet style appeal urges Leavenworth residents to boost the town through active engagement. It questions citizen dedication, urges Commercial Club participation, and promotes advertising local advantages including water, soil, shipping, and markets from Seattle to New York.
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Leavenworth
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Spokane
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
New York
Europe
China
Miners News From Northwest Regions And Spokane Fair Promises
Reports cover the United Mine Workers convention in Seattle set for August 23 with about fifty delegates. Ed Kingery and partners panned ten dollars in gold from Yakima river in three hours. Samuel Fournier leads development on the Jumbo claim in Chelan butte and eyes exploitation through investors. Spokane Interstate Fair promises extensive mineral displays viewed by hundreds of engineers and Eastern visitors. A tale from Emerson school in Seattle recounts the dog Dandy chasing a rabbit, ending with a staged tableau titled A Close Call. Twisp is incorporated with new town officers listed.
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United Mine Workers of America
Yakima River
Ed Kingery
W. T. Lewis
O. O. Felkner
Samuel Fournier
Everett
Chelan
Chelan Butte
Fournier
Spokane
L. K. Armstrong
Emerson School
Seattle
Dandy
Bunny
Shriners Parade to Highlight Exposition Day
Some 25,000 Masons from the Pacific coast will march at the A Y P exposition on Shriners Day, Wednesday August 25. The procession features costumes valued at over half a million dollars. Camels elephants and diverse animals will participate with a later burlesque parade and fire effects at Pay Streak.
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Pacific Coast
Galloways Enter Spokane Interstate Fair From Meadow Lawn
C E Clarke of St Cloud Minnesota enters twelve Galloways from Meadow Lawn stock farm for the Spokane Interstate fair. The entry marks the first livestock show this year with a larger exhibit expected in the Northwest. Okanogan county fair runs September 29 and 30 and October 1 with good prospects for a fine exhibition and race meet.
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C. E. Clarke
St. Cloud
Minn
Spokane
Meadow Lawn Stock Farm
Northwest
Okanogan County
Northwest changes and new settlers rise throughout Washington
Walla Walla county moves up to class seven and Northern Pacific doubles tracking Tacoma to Kalama. A large influx of settlers is expected via a low one way fare from eastern points. The Stevens County fair is slated for September at Colville. Monroe may become a county seat with proposals to divide Snohomish and King counties. Suffrage work expands, aiming for a 1910 constitutional amendment. New cement mill planned for Lyman, Skagit County, and land clearings cost more in Jefferson County’s School District 25.
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Northwest
Northern Pacific Railway
Monroe
Snohomish
King
Court House
Washington Suffrage Association
Bellingham Herald
Lyman
Skagit County
State Tax League
Jefferson County
Bogachiel
Seattle
Post Office Listing and Chelan Wins Winesaps Prize
Post office awaiting uncalled for items dated August 16 1909 lists Adams Nellie Brown Ella Bennington Earl Harris Gordon Kelly Wm McDonald David Talbert C E Wells Bessie Walace Chas In calling please say advertised J C Davis Postmaster Chelan county takes first prize for Winesaps Tuesday with a score of 496 six points ahead of Yakima Subscribe to The Echo.
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Adams
Nellie Brown
Ella Bennington
Earl Harris
Gordon Kelly
Wm McDonald
David Talbert
C E Wells
Bessie
Walace
Chas
J.C. Davis
Chelan County
Yakima
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William Esalhost
Coeur d’Alene
Scott Kirkland
John Greenwell
Peshastin
Cynthia Langley
C. L. Upwood
Langley
E. Messerly
Order of Elks
Polk Directory Company
Elks’ Lodge
Association and
Union
S. H. McCarl
Brookings
S. D
E. H. Talcot
I. E. Delong
T. Gagnon
A.Y.P
Wenatchee Valley
State Railway Commission
Great Northern
Upper North Fork
Index
Twisp
J. M. Risley
Ww’. R. Hewlett
W. Ruark
Lon Risley
Tom Long
Rick Burke
E. F. McGee
Minnesota
News OF
Pacific Northwest
Walla Walla County
Kalama
Gertrude Herke
Fort Simcoe
Stevens County Producers’ Association
Colville
North Yakima
Washington
The
Echo
Keating
Debord & McCoy
Graham
Fis
Eighth Street
Surravd OD Mane
Bickmore
Cascade Orchard
M. F. Peake & Son General Agency Business
Harringtons
Harrington
Morning Glory
Leavenworth Mer. Co
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