Buckingham brings nine miners to Chelan tunnel project
F C Buckingham returned from Seattle with nine experienced miners to replace workers who left last week. The Chelan tunnel, 1300 feet in, shows a four foot ore vein of rich copper, gold, silver and lead. If the main ore body beyond 1000 to 1200 feet proves as valuable, Che lan Consolidated Copper Co. may become a major mine in the United States.
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F. C. Buckingham
Chelan Consolidated Copper Co
Seattle
Buckingham
Chelan Tunnel
Red Mountain
A.Y.P
United States
New York
Davis and McDowell plan mining at Blinn property Blewett
Ray P. Davis and C. V. McDowell have taken a bond on the Blinn property near Blewett with plans to begin operations soon They developed the property in the eighties spending over 50000 Col Blinn’s 1885 death halted work and the estate’s settlement tied up the patent was issued in 1884 Davis and McDowell anticipate a successful mine and may lease the Washington Meteor property McDowell brings extensive mining experience across Colorado Nevada and Alaska promising activity in Blewett in the near term
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Echo
Ray P. Davis
Humbolt County
Nevada
C. V. McDowell
Blinn
Blewett
Messrs. Davis
McDowell
Col. Blinn
Davis
Washington
Blewett Camp
Brush Fire Near Lamb-Davis Lumber Yard Threatened Mill
A Sunday brush fire near the Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. lumber yard nearly set three million feet of dry lumber ablaze. The origin remains unknown but swift action halted the blaze with only slight damage.
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Lamb- Davis Lumber Co
South Side Road Survey Under Way Near Peshastin
County Engineer Berry arrived from Wenatchee with a surveying crew to map a water level road along the south side of the Wenatchee river from this place to Peshastin. The project, approved at the July court term, aims to cut about three miles off the route and improve grade. Commissioner Kinney is credited for pushing the project, which will aid the Wenatchee valley and Peshastin communities.
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Berry
Wenachee
Thomas Place
Wenatchee River
Peshastin
Kinney
Wenatchee Valley
State Capitol Quiet as Political Edges Show
Olympia July 28 1909 Governor Hay seeks resignation of Highway Commissioner Snow naming the move as due to the job’s size. New appointee is a chief engineer, signaling a tilt toward technical qualifications over political fitness. Impeachment trial preparations hinge on a 28 vote count. Also noted are security measures at rock crushing plants and guard camps. Governor’s quiet induction into Olympia W O W contrasts with campaign buzz. Transcript of Spokane grand jury may shape the Shiveley trial with legal challenges anticipated.
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Olympia
Hay
Snow
Commission
Schively
Board of Control
Tacoma
Olympia Camp No
Perkins Press
Spokane
Senate
Shiveley
Insurance Commissioners
Regular Meeting of Council Discusses Street Crossing and Sidewalks
The Leavenworth town council met in regular session Tuesday with McCoy and King absent. Woldenberg reported the W. W. and N. Ry crossing would be upgraded to first class, and a petition to require cement sidewalks and remove ground-supported awnings was approved for ordinance at a future meeting. The fire limit ordinance to be reconsidered, and bills totaling to 77.11 were approved. The next adjourned session would open Whitman street bids Friday night.
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R. T. King
Woldenberg
Wenatchee Council
Leavenworth Fire Department
Front Street
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Lamb - Davis Lumber Co
Guy Hamilton
J. Q. Carrol
J. E. Gatherless
Whitman Street
Peterson to undergo hospital operation in Wisconsin
Oliver Peterson leaves Tuesday evening for Oshkosh Wisconsin to enter a hospital for an operation after months of a kidney ailment. He does not expect to return for several months. F T Motteler of Wenatchee buys half interest in Petersons wood business and will run it and move his family here.
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Oliver Peterson
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
F. T. Motteler
Wenatchee
Mr. Peterson
Mr. Motteler
Merrill
Noted Miracle Picture At Alaska-Yukon Exposition
A silent sermon, Bishop Potter’s phrase, describes In the Shadow of the Cross, a Miracle picture in the Swedish building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. It tours nationwide for charity to benefit Swedish Seattle institutions and honors the artist’s Swedish-born mother.
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Potter
Sweden
Seattle
Henry Hammond Ahl
Christ
Earth
Elliott building to feature glass front in Leavenworth
Work on the Elliott building advances rapidly. Mr Elliott plans a modern front with full glass and no supporting pillars. A deep recess will showcase a large window display.
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Elliott
Leavenworth
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