City Water System Troubles Spark Council Battle
Mayor Woodrow supported a resolution to sue Contractors Seaman and Quigg and bondsmen over the city water project. After a council deadlock and procedural changes, the measure passed directing the city attorney to sue only if settlement fails. The session also discussed seven to eight thousand dollars for repairs amid economy aims, with a frog story cited to illustrate concerns about water quality.
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Seaman & Quigg
Woodrow
Snyder
Miller
Seeley
Woldenburg
Wheeler
Schubert
Featherstone
Pearson
Barnum
Bull Frog
Terra Firma
City to appoint police judge next Tuesday night
An ordinance setting a $750 bond for the city attorney was read for the second time. The council also plans to appoint a police judge next Tuesday night.
Man Acquitted After Wenatchee Jury Deliberates Six Minutes
Frank Neff is acquitted in the Wenatchee Superior Court after a six minute jury deliberation. State charged him with mayhem for an December incident in which Neff and John Inglis from Blewett fought during a livery barn uncoupling, Neff biting Inglis’s ear and finger. Both men testified they never quarreled and remained friends.
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Frank Neff
Wenatchee
Neff
John Inglis
Blewett
Inglis
U S Employment Bureau Established in Seattle
Formal announcement by Henry M White Commissioner of Immigration Washington State details the creation of the Federal Employment Bureau in Seattle The bureau aims to unite employers with job seekers including farmers railroad workers and all industries It will distribute blanks through post offices and offices of the U S Immigration Service Seattle with no fees for employers or employees
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Seattle
Henry M. White
Immigration
Washington
Department of Labor
Post Office and Agricultural Department
Department
Information
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Immigration Office
White
Immigration Service
Lawrence Wood
Smith’s Cove
Wash
Fruitgrowers Union Forms Four-State Marketing Board
The Tacoma gathering of fruitgrowers from Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana completed a plan to market northwestern fruit. The new organization splits four states into ten districts with a central board. An executive committee of Paulhamus T Haskill and Truman Butler will run selling operations with salaries. Clifford Chase represents Wenatchee district. J B Adams named secretary. Roddy chaired Wenatchee delegation.
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Echo
Tacoma
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
J. B. Adams
Wenatchee Valley
the Echo
Wenatchee
Board of Control
Clifford Chase
Paulhamus
Puyallup
T. C. Haskill
Truman Butler
Hood River
Association
F. F. Roddy
Apple Sizing Machine Draws Interest at Peshastin Exhibit
Apple raisers in the Peshastin valley show interest in an apple sizing machine exhibited at the Association warehouse. Invented in North Yakima by Mr Price the device may save five cents per box, about 250 dollars for a 5 000 box crop, while costing 290 dollars and needing ten laborers to operate.
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Association
The
Echo
North
Yakima
Price
Sizer
Guy
Peshastin Valley
Road Law On Bridges Prompts County Enforcement Notice
Chelan county roads department posts reminder of Washington 1913 road code Sec. 388 penalizing speeds on bridges over thirty feet. Fines range five to ten dollars, money to county treasury for school funds. No bridge notices required. Also notes US mineral value totals to Jan 1 1914: gold $3.55 billion, silver $1.71 billion.
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Washington
Chelan County
Coming Country Enthusiasm From Pa Visitor E A Wood
E A Wood of Pennsylvania arrived in Oroville via the G N railway Monday afternoon. He praises the Okanogan country as thrifty, with solid business in the upper area and prospects for growth with spring. He notes stock raising and dairying as new profitable industries and says fruit raising, while possible, faces apple industry slumps.
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E. A. Wood
Pateros
Oroville
G. N. Railway
Okanogan
Northwest
Wenatchee
Columbia River Valley
Infant Care pamphlet issued by U S Children Bureau
The Children Bureau of the U S Department of Labor released Infant Care, a second in the Care of Children series. It guides mothers on feeding, clothing, bathing, sleep, exercise, and health from birth to age two, with emphasis on whooping cough and measles and a tropical care note.
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Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
Tropics
Julia C. Lathrop
Bureau
Max West
Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
Family Socials and School Campaign Highlight Local News
Fagle Creek echoes Susie Cahill visiting sister Mrs Christensen while attending school. E A LaBare and J H Sharp couples share Sunday with friends. H A Anderson hosts seventh wedding anniversary with cards music and luncheon. Attendees include La Barre Sharp Christensen Cahill Otto Anderson and Berger. Centralia public schools launch home industry campaign.
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Susie Cahill
Mrs. Christensen
H. A. Anderson
John Bjork
C. LaBare
Leavenworth
la Barre
J. H. Sharp
Martin Christensen
Otto Anderson
Harry Berger
Mrs. Anderson
Directors Inspect Creamery Machinery In Leavenworth
Directors of the Leavenworth creamery company survey machinery and suppliers Seattle visits. Chairman Mr Adams travels coastward to study methods. A full board meeting is planned later this week to push plans, with ranchers near Peshastin Dryden and Cashmere showing strong milk—creamery demand.
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Leavenworth Company
L. W. Woodrow
Seattle
Adams
Peshastin
Dryden
Cashmere
Auto Tire Prices Fall Across The Board
Tires have dropped about 27 percent with Ford tires priced around 10.50 plus 2.50 for inner tubes. Industry officials cite output and crude rubber costs but note dealer price cutting caused market demoralization and is now being corrected to restore profit and price stability. Salt Lake jitneys issue scrip tickets enabling most riders to travel free.
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Ford
England
Salt Lake
Printer’s Evil Directive Sparks Church Leader Flight
A church society president overheard the boss printer command violent acts including killing a grandchild and desecrating works. The blanched church leader fled the composing room as the scandalboarded printing shop faces a moral crisis and questions arise about accountability.
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Billy
William J. Bryan
Big Shipment Cavalry Horses From Inland Empire Move Toward Jersey City
About 500 horses filling 25 cars began a cross country journey from Walla Walla to Jersey City for dispatch to France for artillery cavalry and other army uses. Purchased through W L Russell they were inspected at Walla Walla Tekoa and a further 10 car loads merged with the outbound train. French agents will inspect this region again and another train is hoped to be ready in spring. Early figures say 1000 horses have been sold to warring nations in the northwest with farmers paid around 100000 dollars.
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Walla
Jersey City
N. J
France
W. L. Russell
Walla Walla
Tekoa
Russell
Northwest
Paralytic Stroke Strikes Local Figure Neil Thompson
Neil Thompson, known for running the Wenatchee Lake stage between the railroad and the lake, is hospitalized at the Oxford Hotel after suffering a paralysis stroke. Doctor McKeown gives little hope for recovery. Brother W W Thompson and Mrs Thompson have stayed with him. Mrs Thompson has returned home. Nine years ago he suffered a similar affliction and his brother fears another valley from this attack.
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Neil Thompson
Wenatchee Lake
Oxford
Scarlet Fever Quarantine Managed Without Citywide Closure
The health officer reports scarlet fever remains confined to one family in Leavenworth with no new cases outside the quarantine since the 9th. He notes avoiding citywide closures to spare hardship and costs, and recalls prior measles warnings and limited reporting on outbreaks. Industries in Centralia and lumber regions resumed at Mayton Little Rock Rochester and Black Hills.
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Leavenworth
The
Echo
Centralia
Mayton
Little Rock
Rochester
Black Hills
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U. S. Employment Bureau
Inau
Everett
Apple
T. W. Parrish
Supervisor
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U.S
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E. A. LaBare
J. H. Sharpe
Centralia Public Schools
Consid
Dokies
el Mabaras Temple No
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Firemen’s Hall
Judah
Pluto
Europe
Inland Empire
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