City Council Considers Salary Cuts and City Savings
The council introduced monthly salaries for police roles and eyed saving options totaling about $1140, including moving the clerk’s office to city hall and consolidating offices. Plans also proposed a subway study, sewer district formation, and appointment delays for police positions while billing and project costs were reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
F. S. Jacobsen
C. E. Hamilton
M. G. Jones
Police Justice Department
Woldenburg
J. F. Pratt
J. E. Grayson
Main Street
9Th
Division
L. W. Bowen
Great Northern
Clifford Hotel
Leavenworth
Leav Supply
Tolbert
Te' Maat
Esate
Roy Robertson
Brendar
Tobe
Mutual Mere Co
Crane Co
Arthur Kringel
The
Echo
Wheeler Couple Arrive to Open King's City Drug Store
Mr and Mrs E G Wheeler arrived in Seattle with Mrs Wheeler's mother to establish their home above King's City Drug Store. Wheeler is the new proprietor and recently took over the business after moving from Ketchikan Alaska. The couple plans to reside above the store and host friends once settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Wheeler
Ketchikan
Alaska
Seattle
Mr. Wheeler
Mrs. Wheeler
Motteler Buys Rutherford and Burns Feed and Fuel
Motteler, a leading local wood and coal dealer, purchases the Rutherford and Burns feed and fuel business. He plans a new brick or concrete warehouse next spring, adjoining the current site, and will operate it with his other city interests. Rutherford’s future plans are unconfirmed though rumors hint at a major spring enterprise. W. E. Moore of Leavenworth Lumber Co. reports promising fruit and box outlook for Wenatchee valley and hopes to see baseball revived locally this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Motteler
B. C. Rutherford
Rutherford & Burns
Motteler
Motteller
Leavenworth
Rutherford
W. E. Moore
Wenatchee
Leavenworth Lumber Co
Socialist miners strike demand congressional inquiry and state control
A Leavenworth Washington Socialist Party petition calls for a federal investigation into copper region strife and abuses against workers. It urges immediate congressional inquiry and for the government to seize and operate copper mines under union conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
United States
Congress of the United States
Socialist Party
City of
Leavenworth
Washington
Farm land seen as best path for poor urban residents
C. J. Blanchard of the government reclamation service told a Manhattan club audience that the poor man in a city should seek a government farm in reclaimed public areas. He noted farm values rising and said cheap government sites allow small savers to establish homes, with hundreds already nearing independence or wealth on these projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Blanchard
Government Reclamation Service
Manhattan Club
New York
Blanchard
Estimates of living costs for working girls set at ten dollars weekly
Employers across the state submitted estimates of living costs for a working girl to the industrial welfare commission. The composite weekly living cost averages ten dollars, with annual meals at 191.61 dollars or 18 cents per meal for three meals daily. Room averages 86.77 dollars per year, and other items include shoes rubbers 10.25 hats 10.94 gloves 3.08 street car fare 25.68 vacation 17.37 amusements 11.86 church contributions 7.47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Welfare Commission
Railroad notes on Mansfield run and new Great Northern engines
Ed Lenz on Mansfield run takes a short layoff. Dr Elmer says T H Adams is improving from blood poisoning. R D Hawkins of St Paul G N Railway on annual inspection in private car. Two Wenatchee gravel trains sidelined by broken plows. G N orders 15 new locomotives for Cascade and Rocky Mountain divisions to replace double headers on mountain grades.
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T. H. Adams
Elmer
R. D. Hawkins
St. Paul
Great Northern Railway Co
Wenatchee
L. W. Woodrow
Great Northern
Cascade
Rocky Mountain
Eastern Star installs officers at Masonic Hall ceremony
The Eastern Star lodge held a public installation of officers at the Masonic Hall last Wednesday after the lodge's business. Mrs. J. E. Gatherless served as installing officer and Mrs. C. E. Andrews as marshal. About forty friends attended for a program of music and readings, followed by a luncheon.
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Eastern Star Lodge
Masonic Hall
J. E. Gatherless
C. E. Andrews
Cremony
W. O. Atwood
Charlotte Newcomb
Evans
Ducks and geese hunting barred after the 15th in Washington
Leavenworth hunters and state residents face a federal conflict over open duck and goose seasons. Federal law prohibits hunting after January 15, conflicting with local practice of ending February 1. Hunters risk penalties for violating the federal statute.
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Leavenworth
Uncle Samuel
United States Congress
Washington State
Evergreen State
Northwest Commonwealths
Bachelors Form Riverside Club In Leavenworth
A group of ten marriageable bachelors in Leavenworth has organized the Riverside Club at the We natchee Valley Northern depot. Ah Sing, a descendant linked to Bret Harte lore, will act as chef. A $100 fine is imposed on members who marry, and rumors say one member may soon desert for government service or the wild call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Depot
Ah Sing
Bret Harte
Riverside Club
F. E. Carlquist
Clarence Norberg
F. C. Riggs
Harry Hull
S. A. Burce
Mr. Osborne
Edwin Massie
Ice house expansion doubles storage near depot
Grant Smith & Co. won the contract to enlarge the Great Northern ice house at the east end of town. A sixty four foot extension at each end will broaden a 40 by 200 foot building, nearly doubling capacity for ice mainly for passenger trains. The Wenatchee ice house also will be enlarged as fruit refrigeration grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Wallace
Grant Smith & Co
Great Northern Railway Company
Wenatchee
Dinner Party at Hart Home Brings Leavenworth and Peshastin Guests
A social dinner at Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hart in Peshastin brought together Leavenworth residents and Peshastin guests. Attendees included E Brugette Courtney Wingate Rice Mazurie Barrett Fitzpatrick Mayor and others. The evening featured hospitality, a bountiful meal, and a moonlit sleigh ride home.
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Peshastin Creek
Peshastin
E. Brugette
Courtney
F. A. Wingate
Leavenworth
W. W. Rice
J. W. Mazurie
W. J. Barrett
Fitzpatrick
Deed H. Mayor
Peshastin News Highlights Local Visits and Road Talk
Residents and visitors including Mrs. Marcia Hammond and F. A. Wingate arrived from Leavenworth and Spokane. J. J. Griffith returned from Montana and Gerald Stage from Seattle. Roads to Leavenworth open but rock fills on the south side cause trouble. The M E revival led by Rev. Moore continues. Star mail route to Blewett ends, Cashmere path used. locals hope for daily service to Peshastin.
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Leavenworth
Theatres Tonight Show Big Western and Crime Thrillers
At Theatres Tonight an Imp Fixing the Fakirs promises a clever underworld drama with con men. Snowball and his Pal offers a 101 Bison western featuring Snowball the horse. Buncoed is a big laugh comedy. Wahetas Sacrifice is a two reel dramatic western love story with thrilling perils. Three Men and a Girl a boarding house comedy. Sunday adds a three reel Warner feature Auto Bandits of New York with gang history and a brave girl. Both matinee and evening shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underworld
Snowball
Warner
New York
AT THE SCENIC PROMISES A GOOD SHOW EACH NIGHT
A local theater invites patrons to enjoy a pleasant evening with four reels of pictures and live piano on the Chickering Grand. The announcement notes they cannot reveal the full program in advance but guarantee nightly entertainment.
Doctor returns from Seattle after aiding patient
Dr. Elmer came back Wednesday from Seattle where he accompanied Victor Nichols a Cashmere youth operated on by a nerve specialist in that city earlier in the week Nichols injured by a childhood cartridge explosion has been treated by Dr. Elmer for weeks and the doctor says he will stay on the coast for several weeks and is nearing full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Drake
Spokane
J. J. Griffith
Montana
Gerald Stage
Seattle
Dr. Elmer
Victor Nichols
Cashmere
Mr. Nichols
Elmer
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Council
Grayson
Raleigh McCann
M. L. McCormick
W. M. McClusky
W. A. Ryap
W. Platt
John Engall
C. A. Freeman
C. A. Smith
A. Moore
Rebekah Lodge
Burns
President and Congress of the
United States of America
Ed. Lenz
Mansfield Run
Eastern Star
Mary Motteler
W. M
W. P
Jessie Mohler
A. M
M. Sampson
Ida L. Davis
Treas
Anna Geerds
Emma Irwin
Emma Walker
M. B. Bollman
Marshal
Valera van Brocklin
Frances B. Field
Adalt
G. N
H. L. Hart
Mrs Hart
Mr. Hart
Marcia Hammond
Ernest
Colville, Wash
Roy Earnest
J. N. Hobson
J. B. Duncan
Rev. Moore
M. E. Church
Moore
G. B. Kinney
Mr. Kinney
Star
Blewett
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