Mining activity signals Leavenworth as future mining hub
The Leavenworth district near Blewett and other camps shows rising mining activity with ore deposits of gold silver copper zinc lead mercury mica and marble. Local prospectors like Joseph Warner Jay Buttles Ed Tholin and Al Van Epps report new mills projects and assays topping 100 per ton, while calls for railroad links and capital rise.
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Echo
Leavenworth
United States
Blewett
Jay Buttles
Indian Creek
Cascades
Mr. Buttles
Index
Tacoma
Buttles
Ed Tholin
Red Mountain
Railroads Face Ten Day Notice Before Timetable Changes
State public service commission acts to curb timetable changes by railroads by requiring ten days notice at all affected stations. Railroads commonly include notice that schedules may be altered without notice. A hearing will occur if objections are filed within 20 days. otherwise the order takes effect after 20 days.
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State Public Service Commission
Mrs E L Potter Dies at Fish Lake
Mrs. Isabelle Potter, 50, died at Fish Lake near Lake Wenatchee after entering the water with friends. Initial reports of drowning gave way to heart failure as the cause. her body recovered by Mr. Burgess. Survived by husband, son, and two children Ernest 15 and Bessie 10. Funeral at Methodist church. interment Leavenworth Cemetery. City council to set next year’s taxes at a special meeting next Tuesday.
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E. N. Burgess
Fish Lake
Lake Wenatchee
Public School Opens Pending Health Review August 30
City Health Officer Judah warns that whooping cough cases may delay the start of public school on August 30. If spread continues, the school may close temporarily. teachers and staff are listed, with J. H. Osborne as superintendent and several new hires in high and grade school departments.
Icicle Ditch Breaks Again Damaging Orchards
Ditch break near the L D dam occurred Sunday between 8 and 9 am for the second time in 30 days. It washed two to three foot wide breaches through land at several points, damaging A B Westcott and Daring Land Co tracts, with sand and gravel spread over fields up to a foot deep. The water ran for about seven hours before headgates shut. A prior break in late July damaged J B Violette J Hartman and James McDaniels properties.
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L.D. Dam
A. B. Westcott
Darling Land Co
J. B. Violette
John Hartman
James McDaniels
Old Timer A W Munden Finds Tacoma Home Since 1909
A W Munden, longtime resident of the Upper Wenatchee Valley, visited Peshastin after arriving in 1884 to claim 140 acres near Wright saw mill. He sold the property in 1909 to A A Hanna and has lived in Tacoma since, making two trips to Norway, his homeland, during which time the European war began and brought hardship back home.
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A. W. Munden
Wenatchee Valley
Peshastin
Wright
A. A. Hanna
Tacoma
Norway
Leavenworth Women Honor Miss Margaret Miessen in Wenatchee
Mrs Wm Rothgeb and Miss Regina Miessen hosted an informal evening at Mrs Hugo Hartman 621 South Mission Wenatchee for sister Miss Margaret Miessen of Minneapolis visiting California and Washington The guest list included Mrs Hugo Hartman Miss Marnie Walsh Miss Ruth Walsh Miss Mollie McMahon Miss Elodie Smith James Duffy Eugene Rumboltz Dutton Clark Earl Rothgeb Dick Simons and Arthur Babst all from Leavenworth.
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Wm. Rothgeb
Regina Miessen
Hugo F. Hartman
South Mission Street
Margaret Miessen
Minneapolis
California
Washington
Marnie Walsh
Ruth Walsh
Mollie McMahon
Elodie Smith
James Duffy
Eugene Rumboltz
Dutton Clark
Earl Rothgeb
Dick Simons
Arthur Babst
Leavenworth
Wenatchee World
City Council Reduces Salaries of Officials
The council cut salaries in a regular session, boosting the clerk to 100 dollars monthly and trimming other posts. Health officer and attorney see reductions. marshal and water commissioner receive new monthly pay. Mayor will delegate judge and clerk appointments to ward councilmen.
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Seaman & Quigg
Marshall
Woodrow
Workmen Safety Guide to reduce factory and mine hazards
The quarterly Workmen's Safety Guide is distributed by the state labor commissioner to promote safety first in factories shops and mines. The publication aims to reduce hazards and protect life by encouraging careful study and adherence to safety rules. Forty bankers from Cheyenne Douglas Okgnogan and Grant counties traveled to Wenatchee for a Monday session and a Lake Wenatchee banquet with lake sports and accompanying wives. Mrs James Miller left on No 1 for Seattle yesterday afternoon.
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Chedane Douglas
Okgnogan
Grant Counties
Wenatchee
Lake Wenatchee
James Miller
Seattle
Employment Office Opens in Wenatchee
The Federal Employment Bureau will open an office in Wenatchee this week in the Harlin block on Mission street. Inspector Wood said a Seattle manager will be sent to run it and C. A. Harlin provides the room free of charge. The city will supply a telephone. The bureau will supply labor for ranches stores railroads and any work as demand proves.
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Federal Employment Bureau
Wenatchee
Harlin
Mission Street
B. T. Duncan
Wood
Seattle
C. A. Harlin
Washington
Public Service Commission Ends Advance Deposits by Phone Firms
Washington State Public Service Commission bans deposits as unfair practice, orders 12 companies to return over 100000 dollars to subscribers within 20 days. New rules let advance bill collection up to two months on installation not exceeding five dollars, and set 10 day payment deadlines after due date. Bell companies held about 58000 dollars in deposits.
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Public Service Commission
Bell Companies
Washington
Commission
Public health notice on whooping cough in Leavenworth
City Health Officer J. S. Judah warns that whooping cough is present in Leavenworth and reports of cases are not being made to physicians. He states public schools should not open on August 30 until cases are reported and precautions are taken to isolate and prevent further spread.
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Judah
J. H. Osborne
Elsie Meier
W. F. Bickel
Myrtle Danby
Donald Lanefield
Reed College
Portland
Goldie Platner
Washington University
Wanda Warren
H. B. Ellison
Francis Haas
Clara McNabb
Lulu Dahl
Norene Costello
Maud Hinman
Gertrude Geerds
Josephine Kenfield
M. W. Hyde
S. T. Hayden
Leavenworth
J. S. Judah
Hale Family Visits and Travel Plans Mentioned
Mr. Joseph Hale arrived by train yesterday to visit the exposition and plans to remit to Los Angeles where he resides. He has been staying several weeks with the family of his son W. L. Hale. Harry Beam will depart next week for Oil City Pennsylvania to spend the winter.
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Joseph Hale
San Francisco
Los Angeles
W. L. Hale
Harry Beam
Oil City
Pennsylvania
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Icicle
Jack Creek
Mr. van Epps
Vance Mining Co
van Epps
E. L. Potter
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