Lands of Valier Montana Impress Investors and Homeseekers
J J Keegan of Keegan and Bowman Wenatchee reports a large homeseeker group toured Valier Montana. He praises the Valier irrigation project with 140000 irrigable acres and rapid land entry, noting strong crops, good roads, and growing town amenities including hotels banks and a depot.
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J. J. Keegan
Keegan & Bowman
Wenatchee
Wash
Valier
Mont
Montana
United States
Northwest Development League
Jim Hill
Iowa
Illinois
Nebraska
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lake Francis
Bell Telephone
Western Union
Montana Western R. A
Montana Land and Water Power Company
Conrad
Great Northern
Montana Western
Toys as Education Tools and Christmas Tree Industry Trends
The article argues that toys are essential for child education and maternal development, guiding activity through careful selection. It also notes Christmas tree farming across northern forests, where top and branch pruning sustains parent trees, with shiploads moving to the Christmas trade via the Great Lakes each winter.
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Great Lakes
Council Meeting Quiet With Absent Mayor Delays
The council met Tuesday evening with three members absent including the Mayor. Little business was transacted as Massie served as mayor pro tem and urged disposal of items before holidays. Bohnsack recommended E A Woods for night marshal. petition on sidewalks presented. bonds for water system arriving. snow shoveling ordinance laid over. water rates and commissioner discussed. Sam Wilhelm seeks water commissioner post. meeting adjourned to Friday evening with invitations to absent members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Ritchie and Davis
Cooke, Holtze & Co
Nelson
Sam Wilhelm
Wenatchee
Mr. Mischke
Grab Bag Fun for Christmas Night
A nostalgic guide describes a festive grab bag game using a muslin bag or pillowcase hung from a chandelier. Players blindfolded with a cane strike the bag to grab small trinkets wrapped in paper, providing lively, shared holiday amusement for siblings and cousins.
The Mistletoe Tradition Story
A Christmas superstition held that a girl not kissed under mistletoe would not marry that year. In some towns kissing was seen as a kindness, and one damsel even wore mistletoe on her hat to ensure a kiss.
Eastern Counties Form Highway Association
Representatives of twenty eastern Washington counties will meet in Spokane at 10 am on December 23 to organize the Eastern Washington Highway association. The plan aims to distribute state road funds equitably for trunk highways in eastern Washington.
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Washington
Spokane
Frank W. Guilbert
Spokane County Good Roads Association
Eastern Washington Highway Association
Chelan
Stevens
Whitman
Garfield
Asotin
Walla Walla
Columbia
Franklin
Adams
Lincoln
Ferry
Okanagan
Pend Oreille
Douglas
Benton
Klickitat
Yakima
Kittitas
Grant
Guilbert
Potatoes Growers to Contest with State Grange Prizes
The Pomona contest will be decided by Pomona and local judges under a state wide framework. The executive committee offers a grand prize of a full scholarship to Washington State College for the top male and top female performers based on points.
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Pomona
State Grange
Washington State Grange
Washington State College
Bakery Changeover in Vienna and Overland Cafe Manager
Percy Allsop sold his stake in the Vienna Bakery and assumed management of the Overland Cafe. S. H. Knowlton becomes sole owner of the bakery.
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Percy Allsop
Vienna
Overland Cafe
S. H. Knowlton
Personal Guarantee to Skin Sufferers by Local Family Shop
Local merchants promote D D D Skin Remedy with a no pay guarantee and offering a full size prescription bottle. They claim quick itch relief and permanent cures for eczema psoriasis rash or tetter, backed by an iron clad guarantee and in stock.
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D. D. D. Laboratories
Chicago
No Snow Trouble Expected in Cascades Summit
Railroad officials report scant snow disruption in the Cascades this year due to new snow sheds at drift-prone passes. In prior seasons the summit stretch often iced over, delaying trains and even blocking for a week despite rotary plows and crews.
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Cascades
Railroad sheds planned to prevent Wellington slide repeats
The railroad company aims to add several sheds next year after the Wellington slide of 1910 which claimed over a hundred lives and nearly a million dollars. Dr Langdon arrived to stay at the Anchor livery barn until Monday and is noted for his veterinary work in the Big Bend country. Charles Freytag of Chumstick valley left for Pasadena to seek relief for kidney trouble.
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Wellington
Langdon
Anchor Livery Barn
Big Bend
Charles Freytag
Chumstick Valley
Pasadena
California
Freytag
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Soo
Canada
Milwaukee
Great Falls
Walier
East Wenatchee Boulevard
Philosphy OF Toys
Papal
Wii
Koerner’s
Koerner Drug & Variety Stores
Eastern Counties
Christ
Wheeler’s
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