Washington poultry plant expanding at Wilson Creek
The Wilson Creek World reports Tom Moore is building the state’s largest poultry operation in Wilson Creek with a new 14 by 120 foot breeding house and plans for seven incubators to hatch 28 560 fowls yearly. He currently runs two chicken breeds and will add more next year while focusing on eggs and meat for market. The article also notes cement from Concrete for Seattle, a Mary Bruce milk goat venture in Franklin County, labor shortages on wheat harvests, and local beekeeping finds along Icicle River and Peshtin Creek.
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Washington
Wilson Creek
Tom Moore
Moore
Portland
Concrete
Skagit County
Seattle
Mary Bruce
Franklin County
Columbia Flats
Connell
Miss Bruce
Bruce
Franklin County Register
Chelan Council Raises Saloon License and Bans Screens
Chelan town council increases saloon license to 1000 dollars and prohibits door and window screens. One license issued under the rule. J G DeBord and a deputy sheriff brought in a man from Leavenworth for examination after erratic behavior linked to a Fourth of July whisky spree. L E Brown, a knife card writer, faces further medical review as sheriff Webb plans more tests.
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Chelan
J. G. DeBord
Leavenworth
McCoy
Culp
Wenatchee
Rock Island
L. E. Brown
Sheriff Webb
Brown
Wenatchee World
Eight Thousand Horsepower Plant Under Rapid Construction
A large electric power plant project in Tumwater canyon advances with 84 foot pipeline excavation begun this week. The three mile pipeline will cross the river on a steel bridge two miles north to the plant site. The contract requires completion by January first, necessitating a rushed schedule.
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Tumwater Canyon
Pullman College Develops New Wheat Hybrid in Washington State
Pullman College reports success in creating a hybrid wheat by crossing blue stem and turkey red varieties begun in 1903. The hybrid shows mixed traits with blue stem straw and turkey red leaf, and up to 17,000 plants now growing for evaluation in eastern Washington. A parallel dispatch notes Priest Rapids Railway, a $1,000,000 Seattle firm project to build a ninety mile line from Wenatchee south through Garfield and Yakima to connect with Northern Pacific, aiding Hanford Irrigation and power interests.
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State College Experiment Station
Washington
Lawrence
Olympia
Daily Press
Wenatchee
Priest Rapids
Hanford
Priest Rapids Railway Company
Seattle
Douglas County
Garfield
Kittitas
Yakima
Benton
Northern Pacific
W. R. Rust
Tacoma
H. K. Owens
Manly B. Haynes
E. H. Guie
Hanford Irrigation & Power Company
The
Irrigation Company
Railway Company
Columbia River
Kiowa
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee
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Geo. Keating
Tumwater Light and Water CO
Emil Frank
Prop
Eagle
Buck & Hatton
Front St
Leavenworth, Wash
OPERA
Smith
L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
P. Davis
Treas
Mer
Leavenworth, Wa
Wenatchee, Washington
W. M. McCoy
Henry Zang
Molson
Zang
Jones
C. H. Atkinson
L.S. Chambers
Icicle River
Peshastin Creek
Prospect Mining & Milling Company
Peshastin
John Olden
G. B. Kinney
Echo
John Bjork
Royal Anne
California
G. N. Milwaukee
N. P
Canyon
Pullman College
Wash
Ington
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