Battle Creek Visit Shines Wenatchee Apples Over Yakima Trade
W. W. Robertson of the North Yakima Republic writes from Battle Creek detailing a public apple display incident. He contrasts Wenatchee Jonathans and Spitzenbergs with Yakima stock, noting higher prices and stronger sales for Wenatchee fruit in Michigan and Chicago stores. He urges Yakima growers to adopt better displays and premium fruit to boost eastern markets.
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W. W. Robertson
North Yakima
Battle Creek
Mich
Yakima Valley
Yakima
Wenatchee
Chicago
Michigan
Growers’ Co-Operative Association
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Bozarth Sees Land Changes Near Ephrata Ahead of Irrigation Canal
W H Bozarth long time resident now living near Ephrata Grant county spent the holidays with Leavenworth friends who cheered his prosperity He notes much land changing hands near Ephrata and Quincy in anticipation of a thirty million dollar irrigation canal with an intake near Leavenworth Indications point to an early start on the project.
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W. H. Bozarth
Ephrata
Grant County
Leavenworth
Mr. Bozarth
Quincy
Man Dies After Horse Accident at Wenatchee Races
Thomas Rise, 28, a Wenatchee fruit grower, was run over by a horse at the Wenatchee races Monday afternoon and died an hour later at Wenatchee Hospital. He was unmarried and survived by parents in Bellingham a brother in Wenatchee and a sister in Ashland Oregon. Burial followed in Wenatchee cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
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Thomas Rise
Wenatchee
Bellingham
Ashland
Oregon
Station Hearing On Leavenworth Great Northern Depots
At Leavenworth a hearing on station facilities at Great Northern depots is set for nine o clock morning January 7. State Railroad Commissioner Jesse S Jones A W Perley inspector for tracks and safety appliances L B Kaler official reporter will attend. They arrive on the west bound train due Leavenworth about four o clock Saturday morning.
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Leavenworth
Great Northern
Jesse S. Jones
A. W. Perley
L. B. Kaler
Auction of Airship Brings $105 Under Sheriff Hammer
In Portland the first airship sold under sheriff’s attachment brought only 105 dollars after bids were slow. The craft had been the subject of attachment proceedings with a judgment exceeding 600 dollars entered against it.
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Portland
Students Take Up Socialism in Colleges Across the Nation
The article notes a surge in socialist study among college students and a rising collegiate movement led by the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. It lists speakers at the New York convention and details affiliated campuses including Harvard Yale Columbia Cornell and others. It contrasts this with Chicago University where Rockefeller funds did not extend to the movement.
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New York City
Intercollegiate Socialist Society
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Lincoln Steffens
John Spargo
Albert Sudekum
Reichtag
Florence Kelley
Upton Sinclair
Franklin H. Wentworth
Elizabeth Dutoner
Vassar
Walter Lippmann
Harvard
Harvard Socialist Club
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
Barnard
Wellesley
New York University Law School
New York School of Dentistry
Universities of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Washington
Oklahoma
Stanford University
Clark College
Kansas State Agricultural College
Marietta College
Meadville Theological School
Great
Chicago University
Standard Oil University
Rockefeller
Bennis
Harper
Washington Leads Rhode Island in Population Density
Census bureau figures show Washington at 508.5 persons per square mile, highest density among states. Nevada sits at 0.7, Idaho and Oregon under 10, Idaho rising from 1.9 to 3.9, Washington outstripping Oregon by over 10 and California at 15.2, while density growth also leads with an increase from 7.8 to 17.1 over the past decade.
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Rhode Island
Census Bureau
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
California
State board report details convict counts and labor data
The state board of control reports 901 convicts in the penitentiary as of September 30 1910 with 18 from Chelan county. Chelan sent 2 of 69 escapees in two years. Chehalis training school received 259 boys and 85 girls, only 1 boy and 2 girls from Chelan. The labor department lists 723 establishments in 14 counties employing 12587 women, with average pay 1.57 and day 9 hours. Wenatchee has 33 establishments with 101 girls, 8 hour days at 1.66. Sanitary ratings vary from very good to very poor. A legislature inquiry seeks a South Carolina style liquor dispensary act to centralize control. Proposals also seek consolidating state commissions under a new or expanded framework to replace several agencies, to be debated next session.
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State Board of Control
Chelan County
Chehalis
Charles F. Hubbard
Wenatchee
W. P. Bell
South Carolina
State Railroad Commission
State Tax Commission
Wenatchee Bridge Purchase Battle Heads to Supreme Court
The Washington highway board faces a court deadline to buy the Wenatchee bridge from the Washington Bridge Company under a last legislature act or show cause why the sale should not occur. The state must close the deal before April 1 or the appropriation lapses, while opposition hopes to repeal the purchase bill during the new legislative session.
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State Highway Board
Wenatchee Bridge
Washington Bridge Company
Supreme Court
Wenatchee
Highway Commission
Bell
State Hesitates Over Wenatchee Bridge Sale
State officials question the Wenatchee bridge purchase claiming needless expense and private rights risk. The Wenatchee Canal Company and Washington Bridge Company led by Judge Burke oppose repeal and press for a Supreme Court ruling to force the sale, requiring a legislative majority to reverse the bill.
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Wenatchee Bridge
Staten Island man plans philosophy cabin in Emerson Hill
C G Kolff of Staten Island files unusual building plan in New York City to erect a log cabin on Emerson Hill as a temporary retreat for contemplation. The cabin will have three windows one door an open fireplace and an earthen floor. He invites prominent men to visit and meditate promising a corncob pipe for each attendee to hang under his name afterward.
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New York City
Building Department
C. G. Kolff
Staten Island
Emerson Hill
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Kolff
Town in Adams County Faces Five Year Voters Disfranchisement
In Jefferson township Adams county Ohio every voter was disfranchised for five years after selling votes in the last election. Indictments rise with over 1000 people indicted and most pleading guilty. Judge Blair is asked to rule on temporary legal government until the ban ends.
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Jefferson Township
Adams County
Ohio
Blair
Pioneer Gene Rol J A Larrabee Dies in Chelan
J A Larrabee died at his Chelan home on Tuesday December 29 after a stroke of paralysis on Christmas night. He did not regain consciousness until his death. Funeral conducted by Chelan Valley Lodge No 118 F and A M. The Larrabee family moved to Lake Chelan over twenty one years ago and were prominent in local business and social affairs.
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J. A. Larrabee
Chelan
Chelan Valley
Northwest Reclamation Funds Boost cited for five year use
Taft approves 20 million dollars for federal reclamation projects across the Northwest including Sunnyside 1.25 million Tre ton 655000 Payette Idaho 2 million Umatilla and Klamath Oregon 325000 and 600000. Recall fight against Seattle Mayor Gill leads to court bid challenging recall charter, while Vulcan Iron Works wins big Bon Marche steel contract. Opponents of new lien law argue about credit and home building risks.
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National Capital
Taft
Special Board
Pacific Northwest
Sunnyside
Treton
Payette
Idaho
Umatilla
Klamath
Oregon
Northwest
Vulcan Iron Works
Seattle
Iron Works
Debord Buys Malaga Store Stock for New General Shop
J G Debord formerly of Leavenworth has purchased the Smart brothers stock at Malaga and rented the store building. He plans to open a general store around the first of the year and brings experience to the venture.
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J. G. Debord
Leavenworth
Smart Brothers
Malaga
Mr. Debord
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