Leavenworth's Spring Boom Promises Record Growth
Indications point to a major development wave in Leavenworth as spring arrives. Plans include a 50 room modern hotel at Ninth and Commercial, new homes, and multi hundred job creation from mills and steel works. Rail improvements and payroll projections of about 75 000 dollars monthly underscore a prosperous year ahead. Watch Leavenworth Grow is the rallying cry as outside arrivals and local investment surge.
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Leavenworth
Paul Weigand
A.C. Barclay
Front Street
Frank
Lamb-Davis and
Robert
Washington Steel & Iron Company
Great Northern Railway
Lister acts to end Higday term on abrupt resignation
Governor Lister demands immediate resignation of Hamilton Higday from the state industrial insurance commission as February 1 departure is rescinded. Higday backed first aid and faced opposition from metal workers and lumbermen employers during Hay’s administration. No replacement named. Corrigan of the state tax commission is removed. E. J. Koors named as temporary successor and described as efficient.
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Ernest Lister
Hamilton Higday
State Industrial Insurance Commission
State Tax Commission
Lister
E. J. Koors
Commission
Koors
North America Ranks Third in Mountain Heights
Since Mount McKinley in Alaska was discovered, North America ranks third among continents in mountain height. Everest stands at 29,002 feet in Asia, Aconcagua 23,080 feet in South America, McKinley at 20,300 feet, while Africa’s Kibo Peak is 19,320 feet. Europe’s Mont Blanc is 15,782 feet, higher than any U.S. peak outside Alaska by over a thousand feet.
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Mount McKinley
Alaska
North America
Asia
Mount Everest
Himalayas
South America
Mount Aconcagua
Africa
Kibo Park
Mont Blanc
Europe
United States
Local Express Office Doing Big Business
Echo reports Great Northern Agent cites freight express and ticket sales growth over the year. Monthly receipts near 15000 dollars with July to December shipping 29 cars of fruit and 3 cars of potatoes, mostly to coast and some east. Parcel post impact minimal. express offers wrapping supplies and lower rates on larger shipments.
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Echo
Great Northern
Lee
Parcel Post
Mr. Lee
Post Office
Post Office Department
University Wins at Cashmere Score 31 to 20
The University of Washington defeated the Athletic Club of Cashmere 31 to 20 in a basketball game last evening. The local high school team is set to play here tomorrow evening and a large crowd is expected.
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Cashmere
University of Washington
California December car registrations exceed two thousand
In December California registered 2,591 automobiles led by Ford with 399 units, followed by Overland with 272 and Buick with 201. The summary notes the top brands in the state showing Ford dominance and a steady ranking of popular makes.
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California
Ford Machine
Overland
Buick
Legislators in Olympia Debating State Bills and Reapportionment
Over two weeks the senate saw 90 bills and the house 117 totaling 208 as bills keep pouring in. The house rejected a senate junket probe bill yet separate resolutions seek investigations of insane asylums the reform school and the state printer. The state federation of labor elected E T Marsh of Everett Raymond to lead the next meeting.
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Senate
House
Chelan County
Houser of King
Seattle
Tacoma
Puget Sound
Chamberlain
Whitman County
Houser
State Reformatory
Office of State Printer
Olympia
State Federation of Labor
Charles R. Case
E. T. Marsh
Everett
Raymond
Rothert Steel Orders From Leeds England and Duluth Deals
Mr. E. H. Rothert of the Washington Steel and Iron Co reports an order for six tons of steel from a Leeds cutlery firm to ship when Leavenworth begins production. In Superior a Michigan plant deal for steel by the Robert process was arranged, with faster completion planned. Rothert notes interest in his magnetite ore smelting method and expects visitors summer. He also bought a box of Wenatchee valley Delicious apples in Duluth.
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E. H. Rothert
Washington Steel and Iron Co
Duluth
Superior
Wisconsin
Leeds
England
Leavenworth
Robert
Michigan
Wenatchee Valley
Spokane Awards Record Hotel Contract to Brayton Portland Firm
The Brayton Engineering Company of Portland, Oregon won the Spokane hotel superstructure contract for the Davenport hotel at 1,100,000 dollars. Work starts March 20 with completion for furniture ready by May 1, 1914, and includes over twenty subcontracts under the bidder. Excavation and foundation handled by Engineering Construction Company, to finish by March 20.
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Davenport
Spokane
Brayton Engineering Company
Portland
Oregon
Engineering Construction Company
Spokane Plans Big Annual Inland Empire Carnival
Prominent Spokane men propose an annual June carnival to entertain the Inland Empire. A smaller edition of the Olympic games may travel to Spokane with towns sending top athletes. The Spokane Chamber of Commerce backs the plan with a stadium project west of Monroe Street and events led by the Mystic Order of Enakops.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
William S. McCrea
Seattle
Portland
New Orleans
Mystic Order of Enakops
J. J. Schiffner
Imperial Kopsan
Monroe Street
Assessors Endorse Continuance of State Tax Commission
County assessors meeting in Olympia on January 20 urged that the state tax commission is essential. They warned abolition would seriously hamper work and harm the state, and they went on record in favor of its continuance.
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State Tax Commission
Olympia
Northwest auto show to open in Seattle Armory
Public interest runs high as the first big Northwest automobile show opens February 10 at the Seattle Armory. The entire week will feature crowded exhibits from multiple makes with elaborate electrical displays and attractive evening programs.
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Northwest
Seattle Armory
Big Crop of Fruit Expected This Year
Fruit Inspector Darlington estimates the Wenatchee valley fruit crop for 1913 at about 6 082 carloads of apples and 432 carloads of peaches, based on 1 377 546 bearing apple trees and 174 629 peach trees after losses. He notes prior years show variable crops due to winters and tree aging.
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P. S. Darlington
Darlington
Tom Thap Eadh
Wae
Wenatchee
States consider land sale plan on small payments
Legislature examines bills to clear logged off lands with a 1 million dollar mill tax levy, then sell the lands in long terms to settlers. Other measures include loaning the permanent school fund on first mortgages, paying convict wives, and supplying powder to aid small landholders.
Brakeman Dies After Collision Near Wenatchee
G N Brakeman Guy Fisk, 21, fell victim Wednesday morning when he was crushed between an engine and a freight car at Rock Island. He died four hours later in Wenatchee hospital. Funeral planned in Hillyard where his parents reside.
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Guy Fisk
Rock Island
Wenatchee Hospital
Spokane
Wilson Creek
Wenatchee
Hillyard
Quality of Boxes Will Equal the Best Made
George L. Gardner of Lamb-Davis Lumber Co reports strong box and lumber output sold months in advance. He notes a large box order for a Washington meat packing house and says new box making machinery will boost quality. Mill superintendent Mr. Riggs plans to start boxes this month with the saw mill likely ready by March as snow clears.
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George L. Gardner
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Wenatchee
Spokane
Washington
Riggs
Twenty hunting houses this week
J. R. Strick, new Worland, Montana arrival, spent two days hunting lodging in Leavenworth. He found twenty locals also seeking housing, sharing tales with workers as he weighed a permanent move, drawn by Leavenworth’s prospects and milder climate.
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J. R. Strick
Worland
Montana
The
Echo
Strick
Leavenworth
Death of Mrs John King in Peshastin
The community mourns Mrs. John King wife of John King of Peshastin who passed away last Friday after a brief decline following the arrival of a baby girl two weeks earlier. She leaves a husband three children and was known in both towns where the family resided. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Barker of the Peshastin church and she was buried in the local cemetery.
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Barker
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Local Express Office
F. M. Lee
Rothert Steel
Rothert
Big
G. N. Brakeman
Lamb- Davis Lumber Co
John King
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