Larned Named Secretary of Washington State Railway Commission
Francis M. Larned, former Sunday editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is appointed secretary of the Washington State Railway Commission. The National Apple Show plans a Pacific Northwest clearing house for growers and handlers with bulletins to track market conditions. A stump-pulling contest near Seattle will test clearing-work methods with prizes for participants and land supplied by J. W. Brown. Washington leads in lumbering and fishing with high wheat productivity and strong port tonnage. political primaries loom for the United States senatorship next year amidst multiple candidates. President Kane reports record enrollment at Washington State University with new mine rescue and forestry courses. the state Grange will host the 1911 national meeting.
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Francis M. Larned
Washington State Railway Commission
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Larned
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Washington
J. W. Brown
Puget Sound
America
Ping Aguante
United States
S. H. Pilesé
Thomas Burke
Althe
John E. Humphries
John L. Wilson
Kane
Washington State University
C. B. Kegley
Des Moines
Kegley
Spokane
North Yakima
Tacoma
Lympia
State Grange
Atlantic City
Newtown
J. L. Dumas
Dayton
Wash
New York City
Dumas
Steinhardt& Kelly
New York
J.L. Dumas
State Horticultural Society of
Apple
Produce Bulletin
N. Y. City
Sagebrush Turns To Profit In West's Desert Lands
The article outlines sagebrush as an economic resource with experiments yielding high profits. It notes a Chicago company formed as the Chemical Produce Company to extract wood alcohol, tar, creosote, pitch, acetic acid and charcoal from sagebrush, reporting a 4000 pound sample producing about 282 dollars in net profit. It also mentions railroad construction activity in the Okanogan region and a domestic separation of Parker and his wife, including details of a six month cook arrangement.
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United States Congress
San Francisco
Nevada
Thomas Edison
Virginia City
Thomas Wein
P. B. Ellis
Chicago
Chemical Produce Company
Editor in a Winthrop Feud Fires Winchester and Seizes Paper
The Winthrop Eagle faces a bitter local option clash as editor and part owner Goode is ousted by majority partners. He responds by taking a Winchester to his printing shop, blocking the weekly issue, and seeking a court order to regain control amid the dispute.
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Winthrop
Winthrop Eagle
Goode
The
Eagle
Okanogan Record
Artesian Water Strike at Wilson Creek City Well
The Wilson Creek World reports a large artesian water flow now found while deepening the city well, with water rising 15 feet in the old shaft and flooding the new bore. Initial drilling reached 70 feet for supply, later extended to 16734 feet, yielding a strong vein expected to provide ample service.
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Wilson Creek
Wenatchee Area News and Court Calendar Summary
Fay Needles freed after being charged with obtaining money by false pretenses. books arrived, charges dropped. Wenatchee plans a 60 room three story brick hotel on Wenatchee avenue and Orondo street, leased to operate as a hotel by M J Taylor & Son. Farmers seek settlement with Pacific Hawaiian via union warehouse for fruit price advances. Wenatchee to host six week horticulture course led by R E Trumble. January Che lan county jurors drawn for a likely brief term with two criminal cases on docket.
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Fay Needles
Wenatchee
Chehalis
Montesano
Miss Needles
Messrs
Seaman
Olive and Quigg
Wenatchee Avenue
Orondo Street
M. J. Taylor & Son
The
Great Northern
Pacific-Hawaiian Company
Union
Cashmere
Hawaiian Company
Superior Court
Chelan County
J. O. Ostby
Brewster
J. G. Fritz
Leavenworth
R. A. Tedford
Henry Schubert
Thomas Ross
D. L. Peters
George W. Steinaker
P. H. Sherbourne
Jacob McMillen
Felix L. Lester
Charles E. Flood
John Isenhart
William Isenhart
F. C. Funk
Chelan
J. A. Thenson
Frank Smith
Archie Smith
M. W. Starks
Victor Hawkins
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Evanston
Ill
Lons
Pateros
Oroville-Pateros
Okanogan Country
Columbia
Okanogan
Swainsen Brothers
Riverside
Parker
I. E
R. E. Trumble
Wenatchee High School
San Jose
Trumble
Washington State College
Wenatchee Valley
M. F. Peake & Son
Ninth Street
Harrington
Graham
Cormadden
Ine
Bickmore
Siiribeieeeianmebeinanmanenibis
Adimeniaiar
A. Co UU. W. Leavenworth Lodge No 12
Odd Fellows Hall
Elsie Anderson
H. Alice Marble
Reeder
Ida Bauman
F. O
F. Hamilton
F. Hall
F. Hartman
N. G
Morrison
Secretars
Woldenberg
Chelan County Abstract
J.B. Adams
A. B. Care
Adams
Carr
Leavenworth Wengtchee
Sprague & Ruppe Undertakers
A. J. Martin
Leavenworth, Wash
Riverside Avenue
Ninth St
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