Snowslide Kills Foreman on Tomwater Canyon Line
Joe Teneralli an Italian section foreman was killed when a snowslide struck a rotary and work train two miles up Tomwater Canyon. Engineer Andrews was severely burned but not seriously hurt. The slide covered the snow plow and engine as the train sat near the river bluff, delaying movement for twelve hours before repair crews freed the train and towed the damaged rotary to town.
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Andrews
Spokane
Great Northern Power House
Why it Pays the Farmer to Build Good Roads
A farmer benefits from good roads through lower transport costs and higher property value. Better roads reduce wagon wear, grain loss, and wagon damage, while improving access to markets and perceptions by buyers. The article argues for bonded road funding to repay future generations, with social and moral uplift as returns.
Beechers Awarded Damages in Icicle Canal Ditch Case
S P Beecher and the Peshastin Orchards Ditch Co were awarded 850 damages by a Superior court jury in a condemnation suit by the Icicle Canal Co for a right of way ditch through Beecher s land at Peshastin The ditch will be 33 feet wide about a mile long totaling 4 88 acres and may be widened later to serve other ditches Reeves Crollard Reeves represented the Icicle Canal Co and L J Nelson defended The Icicle Canal Co plans to water a large tract near Monitor
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Orchards Ditch Co
Superior Court
Icicle Canal Co
Peshastin
Becheer
Reeves Crollard & Reeves
L. J. Nelson
Monitor
News Informer Not Liked by Wenatchee World
Fred Hill left Wenatchee on train No 4 after an invitation from Officer Frank Stannard. Johnson accused Hill of lying about a fatal slide report and threatened to thrash him. Agent Piper alerted the railway official, and Stannard warned Hill who then left promptly.
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Wenatchee World
Frank Stannard
Hill
Leavenworth
O. F. Johnson
Johnson
Piper
Stannard
Trains Resume Through Cascade Mountains After Blockade
The Cascade mountains blockade was lifted on Wednesday and trains will run on time. Three freight trains arrived from the west and three were sent to the coast since the track opened at noon. Weather will decide how long the line stays open.
Indians combating tree killers in Black Hills beetle fight
A cooperative beetle control effort on the Tongue River Cheyenne Reservation cut 11017 trees between 1911 and 1912 to stop the black hills beetle threat. The program, funded by the Indian Service and advised by the Bureau of Entomology, reduced costs to 903.53 with an estimated stumpage value saving of 75 000 to 125 000 dollars over ten years. An Echo advertisement claims results.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Tongue River
Montana
Branch of Forest Insects
Bureau of Entomology
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Indian Service
Department of the Interior
Public Library Expands as Demand Grows
The library leaders report rising interest and aim to add more books next year. Currently 200 patrons visit weekly and about 75 books are circulated. This week 20 more volumes were added, including juvenile titles by Louisa May Alcott and Hawthorne along with classics and works by Cameron Connor Oppenheim Burnham Mitchell and others.
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Louisa M. Alcott
Hawthorne
Robinson ,Crusoe
Mrs. Wiggs of
Gulliver
Corporal Cameron
Ralph Connor
Oppenheim
Burnham
Stanley
Mitchell
Peshastin Apples Headed to Washington City
L H Hart, a progressive fruit grower from Wenatchee valley, plans to ship a car of extra fancy apples to Washington D C the first of the week. He previously sent a car with satisfactory returns and will visit his architect brother in the capital while selling remaining apples from his storage.
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L. H. Hart
National Capitol
Wenatchee Valley
Washington City
Hart
Wenatchee Switch Engine Runs Away
A switch engine at the Great Northern roundhouse in Wenatchee escaped its watchman last Saturday night and ran briefly before derailing into ashes at the end of the side track. Another engine hauled it back on the track and it was brought to Wenatchee for repairs. The Jap watchman could not explain how control was lost.
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Great Northern Roundhouse
Wenatchee
Washington fruit crop worth ten million in 1912
Washington produced a fruit crop valued at 10,791,018 dollars in 1912 per Horticultural Commissioner F. A. Huntley. He notes that about two million more could have been obtained if culls or low grade fruit had been saved, with the commissioner's figures listed.
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State of
Washington
F. A. Huntley
Washington Fruit Orchard acreage soars in 1912 report
The commissioner states that 14,987,082 fruit trees were in Washington at year end 1911. In 1912 growers added 2,288,190 trees and 36,971 acres, bringing total fruit acreage to 275,557 acres with an estimated value of 165,334,200 dollars. Acreage by fruit type includes apples 217,840, pears 13,279, peaches 17,072, plums and prunes 10,927, cherries 6,104, and apricots and nectarines 1635 acres.
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State of
Washington
City Council Approves Bills and Sets 3-Ward Plan
Regular session completes bill approvals including Anchor Livery, contractors, and insurance costs. Peters tract right of way accepted at 250 dollars. Printing bid goes to Leavenworth Echo. A five year lighting contract is renewed. Ward division committee named to report next Tuesday.
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Tumwater Light & Water Company
Leavenworth Echo
Carlquist
Featherstone
Cook
Quincy irrigation project before Wash legislature plan
A proposed bill would submit to voters at the next general election a plan to fund the Quincy irrigation project. It aims to raise 40 million dollars in bonds backed by the state to irrigate over 400000 acres in Grant, Adams, Chelan and Douglas counties. Bonds would total 40 million, mature in 20 years, with no more than 5 percent interest, issued by the state treasurer at public auction. The act would take effect December 31, 1914, and follow expected post Panama Canal immigration to the coast.
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Quincy
Grant
Adams
Chelan
Douglas
Panama Canal
Washington
Quincy Project Aims to Spur State Land Development
The Quincy project offers the largest amount of presently unused land and functions as authorization for the state to promote this major initiative.
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Quincy
Sumner and Flummerfelt Named to Key Committees
Senator Charles Flummerfelt of Chelan and Kittitas counties was named chairman of the Committee on Irrigation and Arid Lands and will serve on Educational Institutions Mines and Mining State Library Roads and Bridges and Insurance. House member Sam R. Sumner was named to Appropriations Constitutional Revision Judiciary Railroads Rules and chairman of the Municipal Corporations committee outside the first class.
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Charles Flummerfelt
Chelan
Kittitas
State Library
Sam R. Sumner
Local post office shows big business growth in 1912
Leavenworth’s post office reports a 14 percent rise in the last quarter of 1912 over 1911 with receipts of 1 799.80 versus 1 557.74. Post parcel service now handles six or seven times more parcels, totaling about one hundred thousand pieces of mail monthly. Money orders reach eight to ten thousand dollars monthly.
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Leavenworth
Davis
The Biting Dog Is Killed After Attacks
The vicious dog owned by L. C. Brender terrorized the eastern town for days, biting eight people in several incidents. Marshall Bohnsack located the animal yesterday and promptly dispatched it. The dog, of the airedale breed, reportedly behaved well at home according to Brender.
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L. C. Brender
Marshall Bohnsack
Mr. Brender
Dice Shaking Ends in Leavenworth
Marshall Bohnsack serves notice to poolrooms saloons and other dice gambling venues that gambling must cease. Most operators welcome the change and say they are glad the habit has ended.
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Leavenworth
Marshall Bohnsack
University of Washington property value totals listed
Inventory from the state board of accountancy tallies UW holdings at 11 445 877 with real property 10 859 194 equipment 586 683 and site buildings 876 334. A Danish resident asks the Olympia National Forestry Service about Washington fir seeds and reforestation success.
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State Board of Accountancy
University of Washington
National Forestry Service
Olympia
Denmark
Washington
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Forman
Joe Teneralli
S. P. Beecher
S. P. Beecher and
The
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Fred Hill
Washigton D. C
City Council
Tumwater Light & Water Co
Peters
Anchor
A. J. Cook
Gabe Rawlins
Sam Wilhelm
J. E. Grant
J. A. Whalley & Co
Yakima Bindery
Industrial Insurance Commission
Seaman & Quigg
Wash
Sumner
Flummerfelt
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