Leavenworth Echo Voices on Railway Courtesy and Snow
The Echo defends its staff after a dispute with Great Northern division superintendent W L Bowen. It credits officials like Louis Hill and Gruber for valuing civility, notes the dispute was personal, and highlights heavy Cascades snow boosting irrigation prospects for local ranchers and fruit growers.
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Leavenworth
W. L. Bowen
Great Northern Railway
Spokane
Echo
Louis Hill
Gruber
Bowen
the Echo
Accredited High School Aims for Full Course and Accreditation
The Echo notes mixed opinions on the public high school in Leavenworth. Principal Moore, praised for leadership, aims to expand to teach the entire high school course and seeks accreditation so graduates can enter the state university.
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Moore
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Railroads expand in 1910 with new lines and feeders
Washington's railroad expansion likely to underperform prior year yet projects add considerable mileage. A key Wenatchee to Pateros gap of fifty miles in Okanogan county is expected to be filled this summer. The North Coast Strahorn road surveys in the Columbia river valley and North Yakima area spur further work by Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific, potentially boosting new track totals into the hundreds and opening new lands for settlement.
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Washington
Wenatchee
Pateros
Okanogan County
Strahorn
North Coast
Columbia River Valley
North Yakima
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Wenatchee Council Sets 25 Year Rail Franchise Limit
The Wenatchee city council rejected a fifty year electric railway franchise for Leavenworth and limited terms to 25 years. They require 2 percent of gross receipts after five years and 3 percent after fifteen, plus maximum rate protections. The paper endorses cautious public rights governance.
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Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Washington Prospects Bright for 1910 Prosperity
Our Exchanges from lumber regions of Washington report rising demand for lumber. Logging firms expect an active summer and mill men foresee strong business. East coast confidence grows as cheap homeseeker rates take effect next month. Visitors from last summer may return with capital to invest in Washington lands. Signs point to a year of greater prosperity and development in 1910 driven by lumber, crops, and high commodity prices.
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Washington
East
State of
City Council Adjourns for Holiday Meeting Proceedings
City council met on a Wednesday night due to a holiday. The Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. plans to remove the old town calaboose from its lot with permission from Jacobsen for the town. A bid was ordered for the building sale. The Tumwater Light and Water Co. franchise discussion was set for next Monday in a committee of the whole. The council approved saloon license limits and billing for various local services. An April 1 uniform policy for the marshal and deputy was adopted. Taxes and maintenance bills were approved. The item on the Moon bridge and sidewalk costs was noted.
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Old Town
Calaboose
Lamb- Davis Lumber Co
Jacobsen
Tumwater Light and Water Co
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Moon Bridge
Weigand
Marshall
Brick from Gypsum Promises Big Returns at Wenatchee
The Squaw Saddle Mining & Milling Co. began selling stock in Seattle after disposing of several thousand dollars of local shares. A Seattle buyer invested 500 dollars in gypsum stock from a rich deposit praised by Pat Healey as the best money-making venture, claiming 80 acres of surface ore and predicting a thriving brick industry that would boost the region.
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Squaw Saddle Mining & Milling Co
Seattle
Pat Healey
Wenatchee World
State Fencibles Protect Philadelphia Street Car Riots
In Philadelphia a private militia named the State Fencibles, about two hundred strong, was deployed in Kensington after regular troops failed to quell rioting linked to street car strikers. They battled a hostile crowd, lost rifles, and had a member dragged from duty as rioters stripped gear and tossed it into a sewer.
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Philadelphia
State Fencibles
Kensington
Fencibles
Redburn
White Race Immunity Theory in Typee Valley Note
Jack London argues in the Pacific Monthly that Marquesans were weakened by disease while whites thrived due to natural selection. He claims leprosy and tuberculosis decimate the valley of Typee, contrasting immunity in whites with vulnerability in the Marquesans, and questions future population recovery.
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South Seas
Typee
Melville
Ho-o-u-mi
Jack London
The
Pacific Monthly
Head Man Taft and Roosevelt in Court Naturlization Reply
In New York circuit court an applicant for naturalization was asked who is the head man of this country. He answered Mr Taft is the head man, but Mr Roosevelt is coming back. The exchange occurred Monday as part of the proceedings.
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Taft
Roosevelt
United States Circuit Court
New York
Country
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Pioneer Bindery and Pty. Co
Guy Hamilton
J. F. Pratt
F. T. Motteler
Frank G. Yama
Cascade Tunnel
Scientific American
Paris
Washington Star
A. A. Tholin
Echo Office
Marmers
Methodist Episcopal Church
North Side
Epworth
J. O. Hawk
F. E. Carlquist
Great Northern Watch
Front Street
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