Pe Ell Renamed Northwest Spotlight for Publicity
The town of Pe Ell in Lewis county votes to adopt the initials P L as its name pronunciation to gain quick notoriety in the Postal Guide. Eight million feet of fir lumber are ordered from Port Blakely Mill Company for Grand Trunk Pacific, boosting regional shipments as rail traffic grows. Stricter rules for national bank charters are proposed by the comptroller of the currency to curb speculative starts.
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Pe Ell
Lewis County
Puget Sound
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad
Port Blakely Mill Company
Grand Trunk
Municipal Power Plant Vote For Yakima Bonds
North Yakima to vote on a bond issue of 250 000 to 300 000 for a municipal power plant. Pacific Power and Light pressured for lower rates, offering 10 cents per kWh if the city drops the project. Council delays decision until June 5. election likely June 26.
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North Yakima
Yakima Valley
Pacific Power and Light Company
New Pool Hall and Lodging House to Open in Central Washington
S. A. Burce formerly with Lamb-Davis Lumber Company leaves his sales post to start Burce & Moore in Wenatchee. They will operate a top furnished billiard and pool hall with a first class lodging house in the Fitz building, about June 20, 12 rooms upstairs.
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S. A. Burce
Lamb-Davis Lumber Company
Wenatchee
Mill Company
W. E. Moore
Chikamin
Messrs
Clyde Davis Kills Bear in Icicle Country Hunt
Clyde Davis led a four man hunting party that traveled to the Icicle country last Sunday. Early the next morning Davis fired the first shot and killed a bear with a heart shot while the others followed different directions. Davis previously killed two deer in the Chumstick valley last autumn.
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Messrs
Davis
Hale
Motteler
Burgett
Mr. Davis
Icicle
Clyde
Brain
Mr. Bear
Chumstick Valley
Town Council Purchases Road Grader and Plans
An adjourned meeting approved the purchase of a road grader and a plan for town use. G A Hamilton was qualified as councilman in place of W W Rice who resigned last meeting. A regular session is set for next Tuesday with new business expected.
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G. A. Hamilton
W. W. Rice
State Capital News Letter Twenty Million Log Drive
Olympia reports the annual Chelan county school fund apportionment at 22 187 32 dollars as part of a 1 447 170 statewide total. The 30 to 35 man log drive on Wenatchee and Chewawa rivers yields up to 20 000 000 feet of lumber with no mishaps and a successful six week campaign led by J B Adams.
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Chelan
Chelan County
Olympia
George A. Lee
Commission
Howard L. Hindley
Spokane
H. B. Dewey
Okanogan County
Douglas County
Kittitas County
Skagit County
Snohomish County
King County
Dewey
J. B. Adams
Adams & Costello
Wenatchee
Chewawa
Adams
Leavenworth Debates Fourth of July Celebration
Leavenworth weighs a July observance for the nation’s birthday with Wenat chee opting out. Chelan plans a celebration, and local organizers fear tight timelines. It’s been two years since Leavenworth last held the event.
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Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Chelan
Sweetzer discusses road surfacing oil and Saturday registration
State Engineer Sweetzer and City Clerk Hart discuss graded streets and dust control using a cold apply oil made from heavy tar oils. Sweetzer aims to emulsify tar for cold application with an estimated cost of about 4.50 a barrel. Hart offers Saturday night office hours at the King building over the City drug store.
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Sweetzer
Hart
Sweetser
King Building
City Drug Store
Air meet ends with crash postponing aerial wedding plan
A Wenatchee aviation meet ended badly when Aviator Walsh struck a telephone pole during a landing, delaying the mid air marriage planned for Judge Grant and Mabel Bowen. Two Saturday flights impressed crowds despite Sunday accident and a potential air wedding at Seattle during the upcoming Golden Potlatch week.
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Wenatchee
Walsh
Squillchuck
Judge Grant
Mabel Bowen
Mr. Grant
Seattle
Lumber railroad survey links Ellensburg and Cashmere region
Irvine Waston leads a surveying crew from North Yakima for a new lumber railroad connecting the Northern Pacific at Ellensburg with the Great Northern near Cashmere. The 55 mile route climbs about 4000 feet and then descends 3000 feet, passing through an untouched timber area and expected to carry general freight once built.
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Yakima
Interstate Commission to Hear Case on Epsom Salt Rates
The interstate commerce commission will take testimony on July 14 in Spokane regarding allegedly excessive rates for a shipment of Epsom salts. The Spokane Drug Company shipped the salt from Okanogan Valley to Spokane, passing through British Columbia. jurisdiction shifted to the ICC as the matter involved interstate commerce.
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Interstate Commission
Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Railroad Commission
Spokane Drug Company
Okanogan Valley
Oroville
British Columbia
Viola Muse Found Dead In Bed At Home
Viola Muse, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Muse, was found dead in bed Monday. Dr Hoxsey and Coroner May conducted a thorough examination but could not determine the cause of death. The text includes stray ad lines about love and home ownership.
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Viola Muse
Frank Muse
Hoxsey
May
Senator Bourne Attacks Recall Critics of Judges
Senator Bourne denounces Wilson and Roosevelt for opposing recall of judges and asserts recall preserves independence. He argues critics insult the American electorate, cites Oregon experience, and urges adoption of initiative referendum and recall to promote accountable government.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Wilson
Roosevelt
Oregon
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Convention of
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O. P. Moore
Washington Steel and Iron Company
Echo
Great Northern Railway
Clyde Davis
Bear
Attorney General
State Insurance Department
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Laura Anvil
Inez Bowie
Jennie Branham
Margaret Brown
Ethel A. Chapman
Cornelia E. Collins
Warren O. Dow
Herbert B. Ellison
Robi. M. Fallis
Esther Gahringer
Cornelia Gilbertson
Carl Gusler
Ethel Hamilton
Ethel F. Horn
Hazel Johnston
Lulu Livingston
Eda Long
Edna E. MacDowell
Mabelle M
William F. Pool
Jean Skiles
Mrs
Harriet Skiles
Nettie M. Sutton
Etta Taylor
Anna M. Vernon
Myrtle L. Webber
Frances Hainer
C. W. Moore
Paul H. Pederson
Jessie A. Warren
Myrtle M. Whaley
Geo. W. Seevers
Lillian Murray
Sarah Peterson
Winifred Smith
Aviation
Ellensburg
Cashmere
Irvine Watson
Senator Bourne
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