City Council Rejects Improvement District 4 Roll and Vetoes Ordinances
At a special meeting the council rejected the $2,527.65 assessment roll for Improvement District No. 4 and ordered a new assessment at $1,673.77. In regular session Mayor Waldenberg vetoed Ordinances 131 and 132 lowering marshal and deputy salaries and changing the police justice pay, outlining why he opposed the cuts.
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Board of Equalization
Close
Jones
Waldenberg
Marshall
Police Justice
Superior Court
S. C. Woldenberg
Jacobsen
J. E. Grayson
Robertson
J. I. Brownlow
B. C. Rutherford
C. E. Tolbert
G N Reduces Coal Rates to Wenatchee
The Great Northern Railway plans to cut fuel freight rates to Wenatchee in carload lots and has notified the state public service commission. The Wenatchee Commercial Club has long pressed for lower fuel rates, and a hearing may be urged if the reductions prove insufficient.
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Wenatchee Republic
Olympia
Great Northern Railway Company
State Public Service Commission
Wenatchee
Public Service Commission
Snow removal on Front Street raises funds
Front Street businesses contributed 13.25 to pay for snow plowing using the city road grader. Two heavy teams pulled the grader. Disbursements listed: Simons and Brender 5.25, L. J. Robertson 4.75, C. E. Talbot 3.25.
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Front Street
Simons & Brender
L. J. Robertson
C. E. Talbot
Clark Re elected President of Wenatchee Valley Growers
W T Clark was re elected president at the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers association annual meeting in Wenatchee Monday. The opposing ticket led by C A Harris was nominated as bylaws chang ed. John A Gellatly attacked Clark while Clark defended his record. District Horticultural Inspector Darlington reported 1913 Wenatchee shipments totaling 4975 carloads with Wenatchee Produce and Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers leading in apples.
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Central Selling Agency
John A. Gellatly
W. T. Clark
Gellatly
Clark
Darlington
Wenatchee District
Wenatchee Produce Company
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
North Pacific Fruit Distributors
Local residents take travel plans and business updates
S. A. Carlquist plans to visit Seattle and possiblyPrairie City Oregon before deciding a new home. W. W. Clark audits city books after recent travels. Forest Supervisor Sylvester predicts Wenatchee forest timber sales near 20000 dollars for 1913. O Namba’s Clifford Hotel sale to Fugiwara takes effect Feb 1. Brender surveys government timber near Wenatchee worth about 6000 dollars. Burmasters travel from Spokane to Blewett for mining interests. Walter Merryweather, Spokane real estate agent, registered at the Barclay.
Water rent payments moved to Koerner's Drug Store
All due water rents for Leavenworth must be paid at Koerner's Drug Store instead of Tum Water Light & Water Co. offices. Rent is due between the 1st and 5th each month and payers should bring their tap number. City treasurer John Koerner notes the change.
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Leavenwoth
Koerner
Tumwater Light & Water Co
John Koerner
City Treas
Cashmere Plans Big Hydro Plant Near City
The Cashmere Water Power Co will start a large hydro electric plant near Cashmere developing 2500 horsepower with an estimated cost around 125000. A dam will be built below Tibbits Bridge. Directors include A J Mills L H Titchenal E F Stowell and O B Hollis.
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Cashmere Water Power Co
Tibbits Bridge
Cashmere
A.J. Mills
Mills Brothers
L. H. Titchenal
E. F. Stowell
Cashmere State Bank
O. B. Hollis
Spokane
Death of T. L. Ross at Cascade Orchard Home
T. L. Ross died of heart failure at his Cascade Orchard home last Saturday afternoon. He had been ill for a year but was improving before his sudden death while splitting wood. Mrs. Ross had been in Portland and only arrived with her mother last week to plan their future on the orchard. Funeral services were held Monday at Cascade Undertaking parlors with Rev. Nicholas officiating, and burial followed in the local cemetery. Mrs. Ross and her mother will return to Portland to stay indefinitely.
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T. L. Ross
Cascade
Cascade Orchards
Cascade Undertaking
Nicholas
Ross
Portland
Wenatchee man invited to Seattle banquet speech
The Seattle Commercial Club invites W. T. Clark of Wenatchee to attend a Seattle banquet and deliver a two minute speech on North Central Washington resources. Clark has built irrigation ditches started a bank owned a newspaper planted a 600 acre orchard led a fruit growers association and tackled other projects.
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Seattle
Tie Makers Wanted in Northwestern Montana Forests
Supervisors of the Blackfeet and Kootenai National Forests seek experienced tie makers amid high demand in northwestern Montana. Employers report a serious shortage hindering tie business, offering opportunities with regional operators. Addresses for the supervisors are Kalispell and Libby, Montana.
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Blackfeet and Kootenai National Forests
Montana
Kalispell
Libby
Mont
Fire at Logans Dairy Destroys Building
A morning blaze at Logan's dairy owned by M. O. Logan caused $500 in losses with the building practically destroyed and many milk bottles cans and clothing incinerated. No insurance covered the damage. origin undetermined though suspected from a defective chimney.
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M. O. Logan
Logan’s Dairy
Town Appointed Trustee Takes Over G W Hathaway Stock
D C Town appointed as trustee has taken charge of the stock of G W Hathaway to close out and settle with creditors. The arrangement was made this week and Town assumed control Tuesday. Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs. Herman Stoltze's Cascade Orchards on Thursday Feb 5 with a convoy at 1 30 PM at the LD mill railroad crossing.
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Town
G. W. Hathaway
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Herman Stoltze
Cascade Orchards
LD Mill
Mrs. McCartney Visits With Sylvester in Portland Absence
Mrs. E. L. McCartney of Cashmere visited Mrs. A. H. Sylvester during Mr. Sylvester’s absence in Portland last week.
School Notes and Happenings at the Local School
Luncheons by advanced domestic science students draw praise from teachers and keep expenses low with a small fund balance for equipment. A well received Hiyuskukum program featured a labor discussion led by Emma Schneider and Will Wunder. New students include Japanese pupil Tiche Waki and several new enrollees bringing total attendance to four hundred fifteen. The Quincy team defeated the local team 34 to 12 in a basketball game, with next Monday’s Wenatchee visit shaping up as a likely tight contest on the home floor.
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Hallowell
West
Leavenworth
John Wentzel
Domestic Science
Miss Millers
Wesley
Walter
Frederick van de Grift
Frankie O’larey
Ernest Talbort
Buddy Ault
Milan Atwood
Dorothy Cline
David Robertson
Mary Brender
Stella Williams
Mildred Treadwell
Clara Hale
Zelia Hale
Quincy High School
Quincy McNett
Jonson Anderson
Chamberlain Hoxsey
Dunton Arbogast
Lowery Wunder
Gibson
Leonard Wunder
McNett
Woldenberg
Arbogast
Hoxsey
Anderson
Quincy
Dunton
Chamberlain
Johnson
Curley
Wenatchee
Cashmere
Careless Auto Driver Now in Jail
Harry W. Boswell a former North Central Washington real estate dealer faced manslaughter charges in Seattle for running down Miss Beryl Bill. He was arraigned before Judge Kenneth McIntosh and remanded to jail on $5,000 bail after declaring he did not see her.
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Harry W. Boswell
Washington
Seattle
Beryl Bill
Kenneth McIntosh
Will H. Morse
Boswell
Bill
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