Five Die In Northern Pacific Wreck Near Spokane
Five passengers perished when a North Coast Limited train struck the Walla Walla sleeper south of Spokane at South Cheney. The dead include Professor Elton Fulmer of Washington State College and I J Minnick state oil inspector. Three were seriously injured and many more slightly hurt as dense fog shrouded the collision.
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Northern Pacific
South Cheney
Spokane
Walla Walla
Elton Fulmer
Washington State College
Pull Me
I. J. Minnick
J. J. White
Sammis Monumental Works
L. M. Conroy
N. P. Ry
B. L. Berker
F. T. Spiller
Cashmere
Burlington
North Coast Limited
Seattle
Portland
Worst Winter In Inland Empire Says Methow Resident
Charles Grant of Methow writes to the Pateros Reporter claiming this is the deepest winter in his 31 years in Central Washington and the Inland Empire. He compares snow depths from 1889-90, 1902-03, and the current winter, noting 60 inches on his ranch by February 8 and the Spokane record as the deepest since 1816.
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Charles Grant
Washington
Pateros
Methow
Inland Empire
Yakima
Spokane
Social at Wenatchee school hosted by Dryden group
Dryden Mrs. Charles Linkem and Mrs. Claribel Clay son visited Wenatchee last week. Miss Olive Amos visited Cashmere. Mr. and Mrs. J L Campbell and Miss Taylor hosted a school children party on the 22nd with games music and luncheon. Attendees included Ralph Campbell May Melvin Dortha Gans Florence Mable Erickson Miriam Milton Elizabeth Richard Remley Charley Otis Holly Thelma Buddy Woodruff Winifred Barker Ben Estes Olive Amos. The N Dryden Christian Endeavor plans an old fashioned social at the schoolhouse Saturday evening Feb 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Campbell
Miss Taylor
Ralph
Alice Campbell
May
Melvin
Dortha Gans
Florence
Mable Erickson
Miriam
Milton
Elizabeth
Richard Remley
Charley
Otis Holly
Thelma
Buddy Woodruff
Winifred Barker
Ben Estes
Olive Amos
N. Dryden Christian Endeavor
Birthday Party for Miss Louise Swartz Observed
Miss Louise Swartz celebrated her fourteenth birthday last Saturday with a party at home. Guests included Daisy McIntosh Margaret O Larey Pearl Parkhill Helen Blankenship Myrtle Carlson Ethel Ahearn Marion Hagler Mildred Logan Myrtle Blankenship Minnie Rust Gladys Pinch Dixie Walker Lila Stewart and Mrs Blankenship Mrs Carlson and Mrs Hagler.
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Louise Swartz
Daisy McIntosh
Margaret O’larey
Pearl Parkhill
Helen Blankenship
Myrtle Carlson
Ethel Ahearn
Marion Hagler
Mildred Logan
Myrtle Blankenship
Minnie Rust
Gladys Pinch
Dixie Walker
Lila Stewart
Blankenship
Carlson
Hagler
Gun Club Holds Second Shoot Amid Snowy Day
The Gun Club conducted its second season shoot on a snowy Sunday with poor light affecting scores. A highlighted luncheon followed, hosted by J. A. Hearst and Win Faulkner, serving 32 members and guests. Mayor Day is noted for the event’s convivial mood.
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Gun Club
J. A. Hearst
Win Faulkner
Tharely
Mayor Day
Thru Trains Resume on G N After 23 Day Tie Up
After a three week traffic cessation Leavenworth welcomes the return of general train service with the east route largely open last Saturday and Crabs Creek no longer blocking links. Freight by Spokane and Columbia River route slowed business with Seattle while households miss fresh California produce. Fuel supplies remained adequate with wood plentiful though pricier than fall. Officials anticipate no serious interruptions as warmer weather may bring more slides but at reduced scale.
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Leavenworth
Crab Creek
Spokane
Columbia River
Seattle
Puget Sound
California
Entertaining Honor Visitor Mrs DeLancey in Town
Mrs D C Town hosted a Monday afternoon gathering honoring Mrs R E DeLancey of Kansas City Mo. A large list of local guests attended including Mrs Geo Walker Mrs Chas Eckhardt Mrs Alice Marble and several others. In a separate note Lou Brender working in a blacksmith shop last week lost part of a finger which was amputated after contact with a drilling machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Town
R. E. DeLancey
Kansas City
Geo. Walker
Chas. Eckhardt
Alice Marble
Glen Marble
Robi. Meath
J. Koerner
J. Farrel
Dupslapp
Geo. Hood
J. C. Davis
Featherstone
J. L. Maston
Heatherington
Geo. Hoxsey
Graham
Bert Hagler
A. Blomeke
D. S. More
Beattiger
C. M. Hendricks
R. L. Smith
Horey
McNutt
O. S. Sampson
Percy Adams
C. A. Smith
Dale Marble
Lou Brender
Dr. King of Wenatchee Visits for Professional Business
Dr. D. W. King of Wenatchee spent a few hours here yesterday on professional business and returned home in the afternoon.
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D. W. King of
Wenatchee
Washington potatoes at New York banquet headline
More than eighteen hundred baked potatoes grown in the Palouse and Yakima regions and elsewhere in the inland empire were served at the Far Western Travelers Association banquet in the Astor hotel New York. The event drew over 1000 women observers from balconies above the ballroom. Governor Whitman and Mayor Mitchell attended along with officials from the Northern Pacific.
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Palouse
Yakima
Inland Empire
Far Western Travelers Association
Astor Hotel
New York
Great Ball Room
Northwest
Battery
150Th Street
Bronx
Brooklyn
Northern Pacific
Whitman
Mitchell
Ude
Mr. Titus
D. S. Tobias
Seattle
Peshastin Fruit Grower Dies of Typhoid
Ernest W. Hatch, a renowned apple grower near Peshastin, died Wednesday from typhoid fever. He leaves his wife and a 17 year old daughter Hazel. The family moved from Boston to Peshastin three years ago. Hatch was born in Maine. The remains will be shipped to Boston for burial.
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Ernest W. Hatch
Hazel
Boston
Mass
Mr. Hatch
Maine
County to complete six miles of Scenic Highway in Snohomish
At a Snohomish county commissioners meeting it was decided to finish six miles of the Scenic Highway within the county. Work will start as soon as possible and will be costly due to the heavy construction required, though the distance is modest compared with King county’s recent project costing $150,000.
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Snohomish County
King County
Death of F. W. Crum at his ranch near We natchee
F. W. Crum died at his ranch sixteen miles up the Columbia River from Wenatchee. He was well known in the area and had recent mining interests, including a quicksilver mine on Niger Creek in Blewett district and a copper mine near Butte, Montana. He suffered Brights disease and left a widow three children and a fortune estimated at seventy five thousand dollars.
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Mr. Crum
Columbia River
Wenatchee
Nigger Creek
Blewett
Butte
Montana
Bright
Idaho Mines Add 39 Million to the Nation's Wealth
In his 1915 annual report Idaho State Mine Inspector Robert N. Bell states that Idaho ore and bullion shipped in 1915 were worth about 39 million dollars. He estimates that more than 9 million dollars may have been net profits to operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Spokesman-Review
Robert N. Bell
Church Women Host Chicken Dinner and Concert
The Congregational women hosted a chicken dinner at the church last evening with strong attendance and generous patronage. A very interesting musical program followed, showcasing local performers.
Fire Destroys Cashmere Home
Seven room Cashmere home of Frank Meecham destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Meecham out visiting returned to find fire already well underway near the stove where wet clothing was drying. Much of the furniture lost. Building loss estimated at 1700 dollars with 300 dollars insurance.
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Frank Meecham
Chemical Wonders in Nature s Laboratory
Dr Robt E Rose of the University of Washington described a simple room as a storehouse of chemistry detailing how a cotton frame becomes cellulose via nitric acid and camphor forming celulloid. He noted global labor contributing to materials and described German wartime substitutes for cotton including wood based fabrics.
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Robt. E. Rose
University of Washington
Formosa
Rose
Library Ball Charms Social Crowd and Funds Raised
A Washington’s Birthday library benefit ball drew a large crowd, with red and green decor and colonial costumes. Women of the library committee aided in the event, promoting a festive mood. attendees are urged to buy hand painted cups at Wheeler’s Drug Store as a fundraiser. The Emerson public school is slated to become a home for the unemployed.
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Washington
Wheeler
Tacoma
Emerson Public
Slide wreck near G N power plant derails engine
An engine crew and about fifty men escaped serious injury after a monster slide carried a rotary snow plow into the Wenatchee river and tipped an engine at a G N power plant site four miles up the canyon. Lloyd Durand suffered a minor ankle injury while jumping clear. The rotary and engine were badly damaged. A rail line accident caused brief alarm but no fatalities. Local staff recovered all stolen mint money later deemed worth $800.
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G. N
Wenatchee River
Government coinage and assay: mint purity checks described
The article details annual coin production at Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco mints totaling about 150 million coins, with a U S assay commission testing weight and fineness. It notes rare past deficiencies, security bonds for mint staff, and daily checks to ensure standard coinage.
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Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
U. S. Assay Commission
C.C. Dill
Congress
Assay Commission
Millions of Immigrants After the War Expected
Frederick C. Howe, U S immigration commissioner, warned at a New York meeting that about twenty million soldiers in Europe will seek to migrate once hostilities end. He forecast large arrivals from Russia and the Balkans, plus distress in Britain and Austria Hungary, and a broader exodus of foreign workers homeward.
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Europe
Frederick C. Howe
United States Commissioner of Immigration
National Democratic Club
New York
Howe
Russia
Balkan States
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
United States
Industrial notes from Washington and nearby states
Port Commission plans a $30000 compressor plant in Seattle. Whitman county budgets half a million for roads. Aberdeen bids on a $150000 federal building March 22. Seattle will build three miles of concrete snow sheds. Denny Benton Clay & Coal Co. begins a large warehouse in Tacoma. A new $20000 fireproof garage to rise in Centralia. Benton county fruit crop totals $34519790 for 1915. Ashley and Ruth Holden say the Brewster Review aims at construction.
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Aberdeen
Federal
Seattle
C. M. & St. Paul Ry
Spokane
Denny-Benton Clay & Coal Co
Tacoma
Hanford
Benton County
Ashley
Ruth Holden
Brewster Review
Huge Flour Mill Expansion For Seattle Firm
The Fisher Flouring Mills company of Seattle awarded a contract to add to its plant increasing capacity from 2000 to 5000 barrels daily. The improvements, costing about 500000 dollars, will make the facility the largest flour mill west of Minneapolis.
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Fisher Flouring Mills Company
Seattle
Minneapolis
Brender and Attorney Pearson Travel to Wenatchee
Fred L. Brender went to Wenatchee yesterday afternoon on courthouse business. Attorney Pearson returned yesterday afternoon from a professional trip to Wenatchee.
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Fred L. Brender
Wenatchee
Pearson
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N. P
Dryden
Charles Linkem
Claribel Clayson
F. W. Crum
Ance
Library
U. S
State Industrial News
North Yakima
Grand View
Gibbon
Whitman County
Waverly
Centralia
Chehalis
Chesaw
Orient
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