Unusually Large Crowd Attends Leavenworth Smoker Meeting
An unusually large Commercial Club smoker in Leavenworth featured the annual officers election with H. E. Carr as president and E. P. Sharman as vice president. Audit of the ball club finances and talks on Alaska and baseball followed, ending with plans to boost membership and a banquet led by Col. E. H. Fox as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Carr
E. P. Sharman
Joseph Gangler
R. B. Field
O. S. Sampson
A. G. McCoy
E. H. Robert
John Koerner
Overland Cafe
Col. E. H. Fox
Deed H. Mayor
J. A. Hearst
Mutual Mercantile Company
Alaska
W. E. Moore
Connie Mack
L. J. Nelson
Leavenworth
Cascade Range
Everett
Seattle
Mr. Nelson
Col. Fox
Maud Tamblin Seeks State Land Commissioner Post
Maud E. Tamblin, ten years with the state land office and current secretary of the State Land Board, announces her candidacy on the Republican ticket to succeed E. W. Ross as state land commissioner. A 21-year Olympia resident from Wisconsin, she is a widow and formerly a court reporter. Her work earned praise from a legislative committee, and she spoke at Tacoma's women’s good roads meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud E. Tamblin
State Land Office
State Land Board
State Land Commissioner
E. W. Ross
Land Office
Women’s Good Roads
Tacoma
Sam Daly Residence Sold to Iowa Brother-in-Law
Before leaving for Seattle last week Sam Daly sold his West Commercial street residence to Mr Schenken from Iowa. Schenken, cashier of the bank in his hometown, arrived two months ago and claimed ownership of the house with furniture and fixtures in a deal exceeding three thousand dollars. He is considering other local real estate deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Daly
West Commercial Street
Schenken
Iowa
Sam Knowlton
Deadly Beetles Threaten Pacific Timber Losses
A 1911 bureau circular notes insect damage to standing timber in National Parks and forests, detailing beetle-caused deaths of yellow pines and giant sugar pines. It highlights wasted timber from insect kill and urges preventive control for park officials and private owners. Prosecuting Attorney Sorensen was in the city on business.
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Pacific Slope
Rocky Mountain
National Parks
Bureau of Entomology
U. S. Department of Agriculture
National Park Superintendents
Secretary of the Interior
Wawona
Glacier Point
Yosemite Valley
Vaneo Mining Co Heads Icicle River Prospect
A Seattle letter describes the Vance Mining Company formed from 29 claims totaling 580 acres at the head of Jack Creek in the Icicle River region 23 miles from Leavenworth. Plans include an electric railroad to the mines and a Tacoma smelter, with development and smelter tests already showing promising ore values.
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al van Epps
Seattle
Jack Creek
Icicle River
Vance Mining Company
van Epps
H. McGough
A. Ohlsen
Leavenworth
Icicle Valley
Tacoma
Vance
Pickwick
Eureka
Wenatchee Invites Leavenworth People to Exposition
Wenatchee plans a February 1923 exposition to showcase North Central Washington. The event features grand street illuminations demonstrations of foods electrical and mechanical innovations and musical programs with free admission and discounted rail rates for visitors from Leavenworth Wilson Creek Mansfield branch and surrounding counties.
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Wenatchee
Washington
Douglas
Okanogan
Grant
Chelan
Columbia & Okanogan Steamboat Company
Great Northern Railroad
Leavenworth
Wilson Creek
Mansfield
J. B. Adams Opens New Garage with Pullman Cars
J B Adams announces a first class garage in the new building at Commercial and Eighth streets. He will handle Pullman cars and has ordered three 1912 models to stock, arriving around April 1. Many locals plan summer car purchases and the Pullman is popular in this region. P G McClure of Peshastin visited Leavenworth last Friday. his daughter Erma was taken to a Spokane hospital for appendicitis surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Adams
Icicle
Icicle River
Corporation
Mr. Adams
Adams
Leavenworth
Commercial
Eighth Streets
Pullman Cars
Pullman
P. G. McClure
Peshastin
Miss Erma
Spokane
Governor considers Good Roads Day for April 12 in Washington
Gov. M. E. Hay seeks county opinions on designating April 12 as Good Roads Day to follow Arbor Day on April 11. He plans to join Sen. Stewart of Kelso in Cowlitz county road work and urges citizen help with shovels spades and teams to improve highways while promoting tree planting in schools. The move aims to engage schools and public in the roads program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Dewey
Hay
F. L. Stewart
Kelso
Cowlitz
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the Commercial Club
City
J. W. Corcoran
E. H. Fox
J. S. Judah
E. Mohler
F. T. Motteler
Uncle Dickinson
A. L. Haines
F. A. Reynolds
J. E. Gatherless
J. Koerner
S. Humphries
J. McDaniel
J. Trowe
G. A. Daly L. J. Nelson
L. W. Woodrow Guy
Sam Daly
E. A. Schenken
Keystone, Iowa
Sorensen
Vaneo Mining CO
Rich Kleesattle
Butte
Montana
Vanco
State Capital News Service
Public Service Commission
South
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
H. A. Fairchild
J. C. Lawrence
Jesse S. Jones
Jones
Supreme Court
Lawrence
Board of Fire Underwriters of
Pacific Coast
W. V. Tanner
State Tax Commission
Chelan County
Victor C. Martin
Martin & Barrow
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