Four Men Die as Snow Slide Buries Track Crew in Canyon
A Wednesday snow slide in the Wenatchee canyon kills four workers and injures ten. Foreman Robert Ehrensberger and others pull survivors from icy water, with bodies recovered or believed buried beneath snow and ice. The disaster prompts searches, hospitalizations in Leavenworth, and warnings of further slides as warm temperatures threaten the area.
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Robert Ehrensberger
Wenatchee River
Ehrensberger
Komura Gutaro
Leavenworth
G. W. Hoxsey
Tumwater Light & Water Co
Seattle
John Jafiropoulos
Tom Miler
John Thocas
Miler
Rick Stannes
Anest Poulos
Nick Bertsos
Gust Rigas
George Carros
George Kollies
Pete Babbettas
James Hamiles
John Stannos
Agel Neotis
Spokane
Pitter Rapples
Y. Okagawa
Leavenworth Hospital
John Jaffropoulos
John Thomas
Two Women Injured by Falling Building Cornice in Spokane
Two women were severely injured in Spokane last Friday when a brick mortar and galvanized iron cornice detached from a building and fell into a crowded street. Emergency crews responded as bystanders aided victims.
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Spokane
Stanton Company to Build $175000 Storage Plant
Spokane B. H. Stanton Co. plans a storage plant costing 175000 dollars that will provide jobs for 250 men. Fairfield Creamery will install an ice plant, expanding local industrial activity.
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Spokane
B. H. Stanton Co
The
Fairfield Creamery
Death of S. J. Martin in Local Home
S J Martin aged 72 died Monday at 9 45 after a period of poor health since moving from Lincoln Nebraska to live with his daughter Mrs W A Cline. He had hoped the milder climate would aid his condition. Remains embalmed and to be shipped to his old home once railroad service resumes.
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Martin
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. A. Cline
Engineer Cline
Heavy snow to cut apple crop across several valleys
The severe winter snowfall has covered young and bearing trees from Cashmere to Wenatchee. Orchard owners fear extensive limb breakage and long recovery as thaw and rain could devastate fruit yields. A Leavenworth grower predicts a one third drop in his apple crop.
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Cashmere
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Women's Clubs Lead Literacy Drive and National Campaigns
Cora Stewart Wilson founded night schools in Rowan Kentucky in 1911 and expanded statewide with 1200 learners in year one. Illiteracy was said to be eradicated in Rowan by year three as enrollment grew across the state and beyond.
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Cora Stewart Wilson
The
Kentucky Illiteracy Commission
Rowan County
United States
Lincoln Day Banquet Draws Crowd in Wenatchee Saturday
The Lincoln Day banquet at Wenatchee Hotel drew a large audience last Saturday evening. Ed S. Russell presided. Geo R. Fisher spoke on Lincoln ancestry. Lew Bowman shared political history of Chelan County. Rufus Wood of the World closed the program amid republican and progressive attendees.
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Wenatchee Hotel
Ed. S. Russel
Russel
Geo. R. Fisher
Abraham Lincoln
Lew Bowman
Chelan County
Rufus Wood
Congress
Great Northern Tied Up By Bridge Trouble
Last Sunday a small wooden bridge across Crab creek near Wilson creek blocked the Great Northern line. The only daily train for Leavenworth region was delayed twelve hours, and trains have not run through the Cascade mountains since January 31. The line briefly opened on February 3 for two trains, but slides have halted service since then.
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Crab Creek
Wilson Creek
Leavenworth
Cascade Mountains
Questions to Ask Would Be Law Makers
In some counties the granges and farmers unions ask would be candidates for the legislature pointed questions about tax burdens and new offices. Will elected officials create commissions and jobs for themselves. Will you add judgeships to aid lawyers. Will you enact disruptive laws to hamper industries and curb investment. The Republican state convention will meet in Yakima on Friday May 7 with many hotel reservations made.
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Granges
Farmers’ Unions
Yakima
Aeroplane Mail Service Plans to Test in Alaska and U S
The Aeroplane Mail Service is refining plans to establish air mail routes in Alaska and across the United States. The trial aims to test feasibility and train hundreds of men to operate air machines for possible military use, noting their value highlighted by the European war.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association Report
The annual report shows the group handled over one million six hundred thousand dollars in business last year. It lists original capital of 2678 dollars and year start cash of 40 861.38 with assets over liabilities at 105 350.46. Net earnings reached 16 894.61. The piece urges stronger organization and broader activities, citing cooperation as the path to market success and promoting by product conversions to improve keeping quality and freight viability.
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Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers Association
Certified By Public Accountants
Fruit Growers League
Puyallup Valley
Sixteen Operators Laid Off Amid Rail Slide Danger
News notes sixteen station operators between here and Tye have been laid off as the G N is blocked by slides. Doris Dillon walked from Nason Creek to Leavenworth evaluating slides near Drury and a deadly one near town. Operators fear ongoing danger though the railroad company is not deemed negligent.
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Here
Tye
G. N
Doris Dillon
Nason Creek
Leavenworth
Drury
Yearly business of Lewis County Creamery
The Lewis county creamery reported annual business totaling 72 thousand five hundred seventy six dollars and ninety nine cents for the past year.
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Lewis County
Leap Year Drives Little Change In Marriage Industry
The brief notes that a leap year has not boosted marriages, with the article suggesting that payrolls and wages influence marriage decisions more than calendar quirks.
Alaska Railroad Spark Emigration Into Forest Areas
The U of W News Letter reports Alaska national forests are filling with settlers due to the new government railroad. Supervisor W G Weigle notes two reserves total nearly 20 million acres with limited sawmills and sparse transport, water routes being primary and forest rangers using six boats for inspections.
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U. of W. News
Alaskan National Forests
W. G. Weigle
Alaska
High School Faces Threefold Quest for Quiet and Space
A lively note from the High School describes classrooms divided among athletics drama and music causing discord. An elevator proposal is floated to ease movement as seven thirty to ten fifteen p m echoes of workouts concerts and rehearsals spill into every floor.
Liability of School Directors
State supreme court rules school directors are directly liable for injuries to children from swings slides and other recreation devices on school grounds. In damage suits the district is named as the defendant.
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State Supreme Court
Shipping Salts From Oroville Boosts Local Industry
The Stewart Calvert Co of Seattle develops a salt mining operation near Oroville in Okanogan County. An inexhaustible salt deposit in shallow seasonal lakes is mined in solid blocks, ground, bagged, and shipped east, employing about twenty teams and many workers.
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Orovile
Okanogan County
Stewart-Calvert Co
Seattle
Oroville
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S. J. Martin
Wenatchee Valley
Charlotte Rhodus
Chicago
Club Women
Ogontz
Penn
D. T. Lauden
U.S. A
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
New York City
Echo Office
Great Northern
Aeroplane
Puyallup
Miss Platner
Ernest
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