Wenatchee Valley News and Local Developments
Reports from Indianapolis and Lancaster praise Wenatchee Valley fruit grown by irrigation. A committee may visit Washington to explore settling a colony. Mr and Mrs W H Williard celebrate their fiftieth anniversary in Cashmere. Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers plan a January meeting to boost capital stock to 50000 dollars. A H Brunson’s five acre Cashmere ranch sold for 1100 dollars per acre. Cashmere club ships boxes of apples to Seattle for display. Wenatchee to begin free city delivery June 1. post office gross last year was 14511 dollars. Rev F B Utter to pastor Waterville First Methodist Church. fruit ranch to be managed by M G Jackson. Wenatchee to build a new high school costing 25000 to 30000 dollars. A million dollars sought to improve the Columbia River between Wenatchee and Kettle Falls. Enterprise trip with U S engineers hailed as successful. data point to vast untapped Okanogan territory ready for development.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Lancaster
Penn
Wenatchee Valley
Washington
Columbia River
Wenatchee
Kettle Falls
U. S
Okanogan
Wenatchee World
Fire destroys Roy Manley home at Lake Samish
A Saturday dispatch reports Roy Manley’s Lake Samish residence was ruined by a blaze started when a child heated a celluloid comb over a lamp. Mrs. Manley tried to smother the fire with a towel, but the lamp exploded and oil set the room ablaze.
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Bellingham
Daily Press
Roy Manley
Lake Samish
Leavenworth Needs One Badly Says Spokesman Review
The Spokesman Review praises the Cashmere Commercial Club for running a reading room with books magazines newspapers and a well lighted comfortable space. It notes the club displays valley fruit products, serves the public and provides an inviting information hub for visitors and a wholesome gathering spot for local youths.
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Spokesman
Cashmere Commercial Club
Colonist Rates First March to Boost Washington Immigration
Statewide rail colonist rates for 1908 run from March 1 to April 30 with $30 from the middle west and $35 to St Louis, $38 from Chicago, $55 from New York, plus a $2.50 cut to Wenatchee and Ellensburg. Washington press campaigns urge immediate local efforts to attract eastern farmers, noting the large immigrant flow depends on concerted publicity.
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United States
Pacific Northwest
United
Washington
Oregon
Great
Middle West
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Kansas City
St. Paul
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
New York
Wenatchee
Ellensburg
Japs Hold Prisoner in Work Train Car Row
A disturbance on a work train led to about twenty Japanese men beating a bound, undressed captive who had allegedly stolen goods during a prior foraging. Sheriff Logan intervened, urging the group to stop and release the prisoner.
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Jim Hill
Rancher dies after horse bite and throat injury near Monroe
J. H. Adams a Novelty rancher south of Monroe Washington died last week in a peculiar accident. He was bitten in the throat by a horse causing his windpipe to crush and he suffocated before any doctor could reach him.
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J. H. Adams
Novelty
Monroe, Wash
Waterville Gun Club Receives Pheasant Consignment for Release
The Waterville Gun Club received 40 pairs of Chinese pheasants placed in a pen at H. J. Laymance's property. The birds will be released when weather allows, funded by hunter licenses or the game fund. The arrival reflects ongoing wildlife management efforts.
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Waterville
Barber in Indiana City Delivers Wounding Shave
A patron recounts a barbershop incident in Indiana where a late night out left a barber with a shaky hand. He cut the customer cheek four times and joked about carelessness. The victim, silent during the shave, later tested his mouth with water to prove it would not leak. The quote comes from the Philadelphia Record.
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Indiana
Philadelphia Record
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W. H. Williard
Cashmere
A. J. Mills
A. H. Brunson
Seattle
Commercial Club
F. B Utter
First Methodist Church of
Daniels
Utter
M. G. Jackson
Builders Hardware
Leavenworth
Geo. Keating
Ritz & Dunn Shoes
Tan Noto Siting Co
Bast Fio
Harrington
Morning Glory
The
Leavenworth Mer. Co
J. E. Grant
Vienna Bakery
Desor
Will McGlothlin
F. E. Carlquist
Frank Sutton
Leavenworth, Wash
Great Northern
Tumwater
L. Lamb
P. Davis
M. A. Marley
Chewawa
Wenatchee, Wash
Austin & CO
Star Livery
East End
Front Street
Lake
J. A. J. Fleming
Woldenberg
Echo
Logan
Ephrata Journal
Washington State Horticultural Association
Walla Walla
Wash
C. L. Smith
Spokane
Stewart
Superior Portland Cement Co
Baker
Bear Creek
Skagit Co. Courier
Carl L. Clemans
Snohomish
Des Moines
Iowa
Dosh
Clemans
Dash
Chamber of Commerce
Snohomish Land Co
Sultan Star
Columbia Tramway
Columbia
D. C. Corbin
Richard Greenwood
Supreme Court
Corbin
Greenwood
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