Great Northern Lumber Co to Run Big Mill Under New Management
The Lamb Davis Lumber Co reorganizes and relocates leadership with Lafayette Lamb retiring. Gardner returns as general manager and the Great Northern Lumber Co plans to run the mill at least ten years, possibly fifteen, starting in spring. Logs estimated at six hundred million feet plus options ensure supply. Plan includes two extra engines, seventy logging cars, a ten car boarding train, and 400 mill workers. Jas S Quigley to head logging operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Gardner
Lafayette Lamb
Echo
Jas. S. Quigley
Florence Lumber Co
Florence
Wash
Washington
Geo. L. Gardner
Great Northern Lumber Co
City Council Meeting Approves Bills and Elects Officials
Regular council session reviews bills including auto supplies printing rent and drayage. Mayors protests over Reynolds payment noted. New ordinance on alcohol permits reads. mayor to decide. Canvass declares Hale as mayor and other city officials. potential contest threat from defeated mayoral candidate. Sugar beet seed production and Spokane bricklayer wage talks also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Featherstone
Hale
Kugelman
Miller
Reynolds
Marshal Teshera
W. L. Hale
L. W. Woodrow
A. R. Brown
L. J. Nelson
W. T. van Brocklin
H. H. Warner
Jas. T. Wunder
W. W. Wilder
S. A. Potter
Nelson
Altho
Wilder
Diplomacy and the German Peace Proposal Debate
The piece argues that Germany's peace terms serve both home and allied audiences. It says entente powers stall for time seeking a bill of particulars that could alter the terms, otherwise the war will persist. It predicts continued fighting during diplomatic sparring.
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Germany
Washington Steel & Iron Co Moves to Sedro Woolley
Mr. O. P. Moore secretary and director says crews dismantle the Leavenworth plant to relocate to Sedro Woolley on the west coast to access cheaper iron ore. Machinery will be used to produce pig iron, ending Leavenworth’s hopes of becoming a steel center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Moore
Washington Steel & Iron Co
Sedro Wooley
Moore
Leavenworth
Pittsburg
Complimentary Dance and Shower for Prof. McDaniels
Prof. McDaniels who lost his home and belongings in a recent fire received a complimentary dance in Firemen's hall last Saturday. Organizers Mesdames Davis Hegler and Hoxsey were joined by the Degree of Honor and the Maccabees, with whom the family is affiliated. Friends attending donated useful household articles as a gesture of support.
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McDaniels
Mesdames
J. C. Davis
Bert Hegler
G W. Hoxsey
Degree of Honor
The
Maccabees
McDaniel
O. E. S. Elects Officers in Cascade Chapter
The Cascade chapter of the O. E. S. held a Wednesday meeting electing Worthy Matron Mrs. R. B. Field Worthy Patron Frank Motteler Matron Mrs. Anna Geerds Secretary Mrs. Frank Motteler Treasurer Mrs. J. D. Whegler Conductress Mrs. John Ewing Associate Conductress Mrs. Wm. Tegtmeier.
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Cascade Chapter
The
R. B. Field
Frank Motteler
Anna Geerds
J. D. Whegler
John Ewing
Wm. Tegtmeier
One Point Settled by Peace Move
The article notes peace talks impact on foodstuffs especially wheat and munition shares, asserting peace would blunt shortages and prosperity linked to continuing war. It reflects the newspaper tone of war and market effects and mentions a local ad for flowers from Milet Mills Wenatchee Washington.
Hold up or Rutabaga Party Row Engulfs Town
A murky Tuesday morning tale centers on a Monday night hold up near Leavenworth and Rutherford Mercantile Co. Berry says he was attacked by three men who fled with cash and a diamond pin. A hotel incident and later arrests unfold as officers pursue the trio and Berry displays a calm front amid the chaos.
No Nobel Peace Prize Awarded This Year
The Nobel committee has decided not to award a peace prize following the 1913 precedent. For two years past prizes have gone to those who contributed to war destruction, with the idea that war’s devastation promotes peace by deterring conflict.
Hard cider seized at Pastime pool room and fines levied
A young man found with a jug of what officials called hard cider led to police action at the Pastime pool room. Marshal Teshera confiscated five one gallon chemijohns, plus three barrels, and the hall holds the cider awaiting court. Hutchings pleaded guilty to selling hard cider and was fined five dollars plus costs totaling 15.85 dollars. the case was deemed a lack of intent to violate the law.
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Day
F. A. Reynolds
Talbert
Marshal Teshera
Washington University
Youthful defaulter jailed for bogus check in Leavenworth
Tom Shannon, about twenty, passed a bogus check on the Leavenworth Mercantile Co last Saturday. Arrested in Everett Saturday evening and brought back to Leavenworth Sunday, he was tried before Magistrate Graham on petit larceny Monday and sentenced to forty one days in the county jail. Shannon had worked for C W Hastings at Nason Creek and claimed Hastings owed him ten dollars. He said he intended Hastings should pay the check. The court gave a lenient view and imposed a light sentence.
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Tom Shannon
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Everett
Leavenworth
Graham
Shannon
C. W. Hastings
Nason Creek
Hastings
Royal Arch Degrees Conferred by Wenatchee Officers
Twelve officers and members from Wenatchee Chapter No. 22 R A M traveled here last Saturday to confer the Mark Master and Past Master degrees on E. V. Nelson of Leavenworth and R. T. Jones of Wenatchee. A social session followed with refreshments served.
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Wenatchee
E. V. Nelson
Leavenworth
R. T. Jones
Club Meeting At Mrs Mc Keown Home Proceedings Noted
The Kumlux Club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. A G Mc Keown's home. After the business session, papers were read and tea was served. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Guy Hamilton in January on the second. North Yakima reports Yakima hop growers moving to beet sugar acreage.
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Kumlux Club
A. G. McKeown
Guy Hamilton
Yakima
Rabies Quarantine Extends Over Nine Washington Counties
The State Board of Agriculture issues a wide rabies quarantine to Yakima, Benton, Kittitas, Grant, Franklin, Adams, Lincoln, Douglas, Chelan, and Spokane counties. All dogs at large must wear muzzles. moving dogs outside the quarantined area requires permit. Violators face up to 250 dollars fine or 90 days in jail. Effective December 16, 1916, H. T. Graves announces.
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State of Washington
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
I. H. T. Graves
Yakima
Benton
Kittitas
Grant
Franklin
Adams
Lincoln
Douglas
Chelan
Spokane
Northwestern Fruit Exchange remits for 1552 cars of fruit
The Northwestern Fruit Exchange shipped up to December 1 and has remitted in full to growers for 1552 cars, about 75 percent. The average remittance time from shipment to payment was 27 days. The exchange is gaining a reputation with Chelan and Okanogan fruit growers.
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Chelan
Okanogan
Booth heads to England to rejoin service in Britain
Mrs. E. C. Booth reports her husband who left last spring for Calgary to join the American legion now travels to England. He will spend Christmas at Dundee Scotland with relatives of Mrs. Booth as part of his wartime service.
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Great Northern Lumber Company
Council Proceedings
A. T. Eichmeyer
Wm. Cahail
Art Franklin
Ethel Maston
Dorothy Hawk
Mutual Merc. Co
Williams Transfer
L. J. Howerton
Shera
United States
Coast
Sedro Woolley
Prof. McDaniels
O. E S
Mills Wenatchee, Wash
Mutual Mercantile Co’s
Carlquist’s
Bingtown Howler
E. K. Berry
Rutherford Mercantile
Berry
Oxford
Lester Shipley
Mr. Berry
Oxford Hotel
Judah
Front Street
A.C. Barclay
Teshera
Mallee
Thompson
Superior Court
Huff
Pearson
Clark
Crossman
Jularchus
State Board of Health
H. T. Graves
Olympia
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
E. C. Booth
England
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