Leavenworth Eyes Active Baseball Season And Grounds
Fans anticipate a busy baseball year in Leavenworth with over 500 dollars raised and more pledged to improve grounds build a fence and grandstand. J W Elliott praised for leadership and likely to manage again. A possible inland league along the Great Northern could bring more games and revenue. Washington headlines note the new federal penal code affecting liquor shipments to dry areas and federal aid to enforce laws in sparse regions.
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United States
Sixtieth Congress
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Railroads claim victory in switchmen strike disarray
Day by day reports conflict over the switchmen strike with three imported breakers arriving in Leavenworth and fifteen more sent west to ease freight congestion. The railroad press says normal traffic, union bulletins insist the roads remain blocked, while Spokane dispatches note a partial return to work for about thirty trainmen and conductors. Freight movement remains severely limited in Leavenworth.
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Leavenworth
Spokane
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Work on new depot shows upraised frame and larger size
A week of work on the new depot reveals a larger 32 by 58 structure with a 14 foot ceiling. The building sits farther from the tracks, doubling platform space to 16 feet for traffic, and includes plans for separate waiting rooms. Officials may install running water electric lights and modern toilets.
Spencer Marries Grace Furman in LaGrande Oregon
M P Spencer and Grace T Furman wed on Thursday November 25 at the home of Rev F M Canfield in LaGrande Oregon. The groom long-resident in the county plans to remain here and has histories as Wenatchee Advance publisher and two term county assessor.
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Spencer
Martin P. Spencer
Grace T. Furman
LaGrande
Oregon
F. M. Canfield
Major Lindsey
Wenatchee
Death of Great Northern's Oldest Engineer Al Smith
Engineer Charles A. Smith receives word of the death of his uncle Al Smith in St Paul. Al Smith was the railroad's oldest engineer, dying from blood poisoning after a scratched hand. He began with the Great Northern in 1865 and remained in service thereafter.
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Whitefish
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Chas. A. Smith
al Smith
St. Paul
Great Northern
City candidates worn heavy shoes and socks on election day
Several candidates in the city election last Tuesday were seen wearing heavy shoes and German socks on the day of the election, evidently they had cold feet.
Election results reflect snow day turnout and council choices
On a snowy day 175 of 217 registered voters cast ballots with 150 not voting. Mayor results show J E Gutherless 8 votes and F J Brady 97, Treasurer Charles A Anderson 157, Councilmen split between Citizens and Peoples tickets with Hathaway elected on the Peoples slate.
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Anderson
Gatherless
Wenatchee
Brady
J. E. Gutherless
F. J. Brady
Charles A. Anderson
Citizens
J. D. Wheeler
F. E. Carlquist
Paul Weigand
R. T. King
Peoples
Theodore Bresch
R. F. Templin
G. W. Hathaway
S. C. Woldenberg
Mr. Hathaway
Great Northern pays 14500 for Lake Chelan shore rights
Olympia reports the Great Northern's Lake Chelan Electric Co paid 14500 to the state land board for perpetual overflow rights on Lake Chelan shore lands. The board views surface level maintenance as beneficial, though about 115 acres of valley lands would overflow permanently, possibly raising compensation demands. The dam aims to power the Cascade division of the railway system.
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Olympia
Daily Press
Great Northern
Lake Chelan
Cascade
Thoughtful neighbors could prevent winter slips
A plea to residents near icy sidewalks to sprinkle ashes or cinders to reduce slips and falls. The writer argues that careful winter maintenance can spare neighbors from pain and suffering during slanting walks covered with snow and ice.
Newborn Babe Found in Snow Near Scenic Hot Springs
A German girl named Georgette Raeth, about 19 or 20, was taken from a train by Dr. Hoxsey for childbirth. A newborn boy was found in the snow near Scenic by a track walker and cared for by hotel workers. The mother and infant appear healthy. the father is said to be Bertlolf of Germany.
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Hot Springs
Georgette Raeth
Hoxsey
Scenic
Germany
Schaber
Seattle
A. Schaber
Bertlolf
A. Schaaber
Hood River Apple Prices From Growers Union Sale
Hood River apple growers union releases actual prices paid for this year. Fancy Spitzenbergs to Steinhardt & Kelly of New York at 3.35 per box, choice to Page & Son Portland at 1.75, Newtons 2.40 for large sizes, Newtowns 1.75, Jonathans 2.00 fancy and 1.75 choice, Baldwins 1.90 fancy and 1.50 choice, Ortleys 2.25. Union handles 90 percent of valley crop and claims to secure top prices.
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Hood River Apple Growers Union
Steinhardt & Kelly
New York
Page & Son
Portland
Oregon
Hood River
Apple Growers Union
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