Preserving Fence Posts with Creosote Treatment
Cheap woods can last twenty years when creosoted using an open tank system. Absorption rates vary by species, with cottonwood and willow among the best, and costs range from 4 to 15 cents per post. The Forest Service notes lodgepole pine durability gains and promotes replacing cedar, urging readers to obtain Circular 117 for detailed methods.
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East
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain States
Forest Service
Idaho
Washington
Roosevelt praises relief and defends square deal in trial report
An opinion piece lauds President Roosevelt as the people’s ally against Wall Street robbers while noting the Gertie Griffin murder trial in Ritzville. It mentions 165 jurors drawn and witnesses traveling long distances, highlighting the high cost of the proceeding for Adams County. W E Southard of the city assists the state in the prosecution.
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Feller
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Boston
Gertie Griffin
Ritzville
Adams County
W. E. Southard
Wilson Creek World
Washington logging and mill activity in early 1908
Loggers and mills resume work across Washington. Snohomish and Tacoma facilities restart, employing hundreds. Articles of incorporation filed for Naches Valley Fruit Company. Dynamite blast injures workers near Sprague. Douglas County population reaches 17,000 with wheat output data for 1907.
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J. L. Stephens
J. L. Irvin
Daniel Brand
Naches
Snohomish
Douglas County
Waterville
Quincy
Ephrata
Wilson Creek
Krupp
Hartline
Coulee City
Bridgeport
of Washington
Douglas
Whitman, Lincoln
Adams
Walla Walla
Chelan County Tax Rolls 1907 and Census Update
The Chelan county treasurer holds the 1907 tax rolls showing a total assessed value of 4,985,881 for real and personal property and taxes of 204,516.89. The consolidated state and county tax stands at 24 mills. Great Northern Railway pays 39,165.10 on real property and 11,772.24 on personal property, about a quarter of the county tax. Commissioners order a census next year after the 1905 count placed Chelan at 10,059 inhabitants, likely raising its class with a new tally.
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Chelan County
Great Northern Railway Company
511 Wanted to Attach 108 Suits for Divorce in Snohomish
In Snohomish county last year there were 511 marriage licenses granted and 108 suits for divorce filed against them.
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Snohomish County
Real estate transfers and contracts across Washington towns
A listing of real estate transfers in Chelan Wenatchee and Leavenworth areas includes buyers such as B Stillwell, A Sto Albert W Tigard, R H Nowlan, U S, Ira E Gleason, and J W Provance. Amounts range from 300 to 5000 dollars with properties in Stillwells First add Chelan Nob Hill add Wen Grandview add Wen Ralston's add Leavenworth and G N plat Wen. Includes a real estate contract: Ben F Smith to O F Dickson for lots 12 to 17 in Smiths First add Chelan for 2500 dollars.
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Usto
Henry J Gur
Stillwell
Obula
Stillwells
Chelan
Albert W Tigard
R H Nowlan
Burns Yocom
Nob Hill
U S
Ira E Gleason
Butler
A C Detwiler
E W Emmett
Frank C Smith
L H Breese
J W Caldwell
C F McMullen
Charles J Cushing
E L Brunston
W H_ Dorr
Brunstons
Lakeside
J G Peters
C Dalloch Et al
Jennie B Hauber
P W Kent
J J Burner
A Murdock
Ben F Smith
O F Dickson
Smiths
King of Throat and Lung Remedies Endorsed
C O Eldridge of Empire Ga urges use of Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles He says it cures his children s croup quickly and has used it seven years The remedy known worldwide as the King of throat and lung aids is sold at City Drug Store with guarantees and trials offered
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City Drug Store
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The
Chelan County Abstract
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Leavenworth, Wash
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Ira Thomas
Wenatchee
A.N. Corbin
Fred Kemp
Corbin & Kemp
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Wenatchee, Wash
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M. F. Peake
F. R. Peake
M. F. Peake & Son
General Agency
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Puget Sound
Tumwater Light and Water CO
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Front St
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Echo
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Portland, Oregon
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Clinton
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PINE
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Tholin @ Smith
the Samantha
WM. Herder
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J. D. Langdon
Joe Massie
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Scientific American
New York
AN & Co
Broadway
York Day
Miss Cecile Brown
Mason
Woldenberg
Justice Court
Taylor
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Tumwater Lodge
L. H. Laden
M.W
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O. G. Bjork
Fraternal Brotherhood
Bloom's Hall
Dora Daly
ER. C. Booth
Leavenworth Lodge No. 22
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Carrie Turner
Anna Goerger
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Geo. Blocksedge
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J. D. Morrison
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