Leading features of new currency bill
Senator Shafroth of Colorado endorses the new currency law, predicting prosperity with rigid inspections and no bank failures. The plan creates eight to twelve regional federal reserve banks, enables rediscounting, and allows centralized credit mobility while appointing a nonpartisan central reserve board and regional directors.
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Shafroth
Colorado
Federal Reserve
United States
San Francisco
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Senate
Federal Reserve City
Senate Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Central Reserve Board
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Congress
Washington Dispatches
Partizan
Protest Over District Four Assessment Rolls At Council Hearing
Last Tuesday a protest against District Four assessment rolls drew 16 signers alleging work did not meet plans and that costs are excessive. Columbia Engineering and Construction Co. of Wenatchee performed the work, with the roll claiming more than double the contract price. A special council meeting tonight is expected to fuel a lively discussion. L. J. Nelson left for Calgary after learning his mother died suddenly. Weather forecast: fair today tonight and Sunday.
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District No. 4
Columbia Engineering and Construction Co
Wenatchee
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co Factor in Prosperity
The Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. ranks second to the Great Northern Railway in town prosperity and investment value. The saw mill box plant and timber lands amount to seven figures. Last year saw reduced lumber shipments but high payroll and many foremen support a hopeful spring revival.
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Lamb-Davis Lumb’r CO
Echo Plans Sixteen Page Magazine Section For Chelan
The Echo announces a sixteen page weekly magazine section starting January 16 limited to Chelan county readers. It targets agriculture horticulture stock raising dairying poultry raising and related pursuits to benefit local patrons while nearing a thousand new subscribers.
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the Echo
Chelan
Prosperity of Leavenworth Wood Mills Reach Striking Scale
The Leavenworth operation ran April 15 to November 15 with only minor pauses. About 350 workers were employed at peak in the saw mill planing mill and box factory, monthly payroll over 32000 dollars, and total lumber cut reached 31000000 board feet. Of this 500 cars shipped locally and to markets in the middle west and east, 20 percent sold in state. Box mill shipped 250 cars with fruit boxes to Washington state and meat packers in Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Logging employed up to 500 men and monthly payroll over 25000 dollars, with logs totaling about 30 million feet stored across mills and camps along Wenatchee Valley line.
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Leavenworth
Middle West
East
Washington
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Adams & Costello
Geo. McDonald
Company
Theatres Offer Dramatic, Warner Feature for Weekend
The Spokane Dramatic Society presents The Crucible Saturday evening under the Public Library. A Warner feature The Man from the Golden West with James J. Corbett screens Sunday afternoon and evening at the Grand. Corbett stars as a mining camp hero who inherits a fortune, faces peril, and ends in prison before a clever detective resolves all. Various local residents spend Christmas in nearby towns and attend gatherings.
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Warner
Golden West
James J. Corbett
Jim
Important meeting in Peshastin on New Year's Eve
The Peshastin Grange calls the Upper Valley and Jeavsworth to a New Year's Eve gathering at the Grange hall to plan joint action against fruit pests and the Blight. Experts will attend and refreshments will be served. all residents are urged to participate in this community welfare event.
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Peshastin
Upper Valley
Jeavsworth
Vid District No. 15
Peshastin Grange Hall
Rabbit Hunt Draws Grant County Party From Leavenworth
Ed Beasley Sifgy and Knowles left Leavenworth for a rabbit hunt invited by W. H. Bozarth in Grant County. The party arrived by auto to Bozarths farm 15 miles south of Ephrata. Over a hundred rabbits were bagged the next day. One hunter dropped two guns in excitement but recovered them. The road from Ephrata to the Bozarth home was praised as excellent. Beasley and Mrs Beasley planned to stay with the Bozarth family until after the new year.
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Geodngham
Beasley
Sifgy
S. D. Knowles
Ephrata
W. H. Bozarth
Leavenworth
Grant County
Mr. Bozarth
Ingham
Bozarth
Mrs. Beasley
Spokane Dramatic Club at the Scenic Saturday
Under Leavenworth Public Library auspices the Spokane Dramatic Club presents The Crucible at the Scenic Theater Saturday Dec 27. The four act comedy drama features Miss Shirley Barbour in a leading role with 7:30 start and three reels of pictures precede the main show. proceeds aid the library. Chief Bohnsack notes a record quiet Christmas in Leavenworth with no arrests and only two arrests this month so far.
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Spokane Dramatic
Crucible
Public Library
Leavenworth Public Library
Spokane Dramatic Club
Scenic Theater
Simpson
Scenic
Shirley Barbour
Spokane
F. E. Barbour
State Bank
Leavenworth
Bohnsack
Edward Dunbar receives state insurance award for loss of limb
Edward P. Dunbar of Peshastin is awarded $600 by the State Industrial Insurance Commission for the loss of his right leg. Other Eastern Washington awards include Joe C. Lowe of Leavenworth for $9.20 and Bruce W. Garten of Leavenworth for $30. James McCabe, once a locomotive engineer at Leavenworth now a Seattle lawyer, visited Wenatchee to renew old ties. Mr. and Mrs. O S Sampson and Mr. and Mrs. Butler Sampson had Christmas dinner with Will Little in Wenatchee. J G Debord, formerly of Leavenworth and now living in Malaga, Washington, visited the city earlier in the week.
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Edward P. Dunbar
Peshastin
State Industrial Insurance Commission
Washington
Joe C. Lowe
Leavenworth
Bruce W. Garten
James McCabe
Seattle
Mrs. O.S. Sampson
Mrs. Butler Sampson
Wenatchee
Mrs
Will Little
J. G. Debord
Malaga
Wash
Social events span christening and weddings in regional notices
Dr and Mrs Albert McKeown and Mr and Mrs J T McDonald hosted a Sunday afternoon christening for Forest Grue McKeown and Mary Jean McDonald with Rev Davis officiating. The gathering in Council Bluffs featured music, decorated home scenes, and a luncheon for about 35 guests. Also reported are the Tacoma marriage of Lyman Durand and Doris Ring and the upcoming Kringle Hanlon Pardo wedding in January. The I H S Club met at Emily Woodrow’s. future meeting set at Grace Knott’s. Hyman Harris seeks an electric interurban franchise in Cashmere after county approval but city denial over bond.
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Albert McKeown
J. T. McDonald
Forest Grue McKeown
Mary Jean McDonald
Davis
Messrs
Lyman Durand
Doris Ring
Tacoma
Martha Kringle
John Hanlon Pardo
Mrs. M. Kringle
I. H. S. Club
Emily Woodrow
Grace Knockett
Hyman Harris
Wenatchee
Cashmere
Hamiltons Depart After Two Month Visit in town
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hamilton and their sons Gene and Guy left last week for Satsop Washington to spend the holidays with former city residents Mr. and Mrs. R. T. King. Mr. Hamilton Senior plans to winter at the Ross Shire hotel in Seattle and likely return here next summer to make his home.
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C. W. Hamilton
Gene
Guy
Satsop Wash
R. T. King
Mr. Hamilton Senior
Ross Shire
Seattle
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W. W. Wilder
W. A. Marley
E. P. Sharman
Miss Joy Sharman
J. C. Davis
Tom Davis
A. E. James
Eddie
New Westminster
Bachelor’s Club
Rainier Cafe
A. A. Brooks
Dardanelles
Mrs. C. E. Hamilton
Mrs. Hamilton
Mrs. Mercer
Dr. J. S. Newcomb
Charlotte
A. Royal McKeown
Spokane Players
C. H. Warren
Council Bluffs
Iowa
McDonald Home
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