Fourth of July Celebration Ends Peacefully in Wenatchee Region
The July Fourth festivities featured speeches by county candidates in the opera house and a day of races and fireworks. Firemen’s and foot races ended with Leavenworth and Wenatchee performers earning wins, while a Wenatchee Military band impressed locals. A Wenatchee gypsum deposit was announced by C. R. Brown and associates as the basis for a planned plaster plant.
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Opera House
Messrs
Frank Reeves
M. P. Spencer
Arthur Bousget
Wenatchee
W. M. Emerson
Chelan
Sam Sumner
R. C. Osborn
Lakeside
E. C. Bowersox
A. G. Bowie
Chelan Falls
F. M. Berry
J. W. Sussex
F. A. Warren
F. A. Drebis
Leavenworth Boys
Wenatchee Boys
Dave Gellatly
Dave
John D. Atkinson
D. T. Rockwell
Spokane
Congress
Atkinson
Leavenworth
Our Boys
Wenatchee Military Band
Northwest
Louis Crollard
Crollard
Wenatche Band
Lake Wenatchee
Bates
Lake View Hotel
D. R. McCambley
W. O. Atwood
Jack Ruth
Sadie Skirving
S. A. Burce
H. H. Banks
L. H. Hartman
Burce
C. R. Brown
Bear Attack Wounds Man Near Saddle Mountain
Tony Nev and his brother tended a flock near Saddle Mountain when a mother bear attacked after being wounded by Tony. The bear and cubs were killed. Nev survived with severe injuries including a damaged chin and eye, fractured skull, and a chewed leg. He was treated by Dr. Hoxsey and regarded lucky to live.
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Tony Nev
Hendricks
Kahlotus
Wash
Tony
Portugal
Saddle Mountain
Entiat River
Here
Nev
Dr. Hoxsey
Address by Mr Rockwell at flag day observance
Mr Rockwell gave an attentive and appropriate address at the flag observance marking the occasion. The remarks were fitting for the ceremony and well received by attendees.
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Mr. Rockwell
Vancouver Bridge Opens Over Columbia River
The Vancouver bridge across the Columbia River is completed at a cost of two million dollars and will carry traffic for two major trans continental railway lines. A correspondence over bitter Portland Seattle exchanges draws attention to mutual criticism in local papers and calls for cooperative growth of both cities in Washington and Oregon. The piece highlights dairy opportunities, fruit yields, and improving lumber prospects amid a favorable wheat belt rain pattern, signaling strong regional opportunity.
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Columbia River
Vancouver
Rocky Mountains
United States
Portland
Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Great
Pacific Northwest
Grain crop estimate and postal notice in Wilson Creek World
The Wilson Creek World reports local grain men estimate the wheat crop at forty percent. Also in post office notes for July 6 1908 uncalled letters include Allen E G Anderson August Bender Arthur Dryborough Nor Haallquist W man 2 Lammey J W 2 Lammey Maud Ludwick H Spotts A L Wilks John please say J C Davis Postmaster.
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Allen E G Anderson
August Bender
Arthur Dryborough
Nor- Haallquist
Maud Ludwick
H Spotts
L Wilks John
Wilson Creek World
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Geo. Keating
J. G. Debord
General Merchandise
M. F. Peake
F. R. Peake
M. F. Peake & Son
General Agency
Timber Lands
Puget Sound
F. E. Carlquist
J. E. Grant
ADAMS
CARR
Post Office
A. A. Tholin
the Samantha
WM. Herder
Front Street
Woldenberg Hang
F. S. Taylor
Echo
Echo Ofice
Icicle Tiver
Wenatchee Lake
J. C. Davis