Regular meeting of council ends with grade decision and claims
Council settled a Front street grade from Eighth to the Clifford hotel by hiring Engineer Sussex to report next meeting. A resident asked to delay moving his Front street house. he was told to move in 30 days or the town would relocate it at his expense. Bills totaling several dollars were approved. Ordinance No. 49 for Front street sidewalks passed second reading and adoption. The Commercial Club asked for use of a city hall room as a permanent headquarters. permission granted. A street crossing at Tenth street was ordered. A pest house dispute with M. G. Thomas yielded $25 damages claim threatened to be pursued in court. Balcony permit granted to Weigand. Treasurer noted $900 balance. Volunteer fire department organization urged. Jail ventilation study assigned. A Mississippi embezzlement case involving Arthur Bender surfaced as a local man sought extradition. Local authorities expected Mississippi officers next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Street
Eighth
Clifford Hotel
Sussex
L. H. Turner
Division
Tumwater Light and Water Co
Lee Howerton
J. R. Ramsey
Eighth Street
City Drug Store
Leavenworth Echo
L. J. Nelson
J. H. Bohnsack
Ninth
Thirteenth
Commercial Club
City Hall
Tenth Street
Congregational Church
M. G. Thomas
J. B. Adams
Weigand
R. T. King
Hamilton
Police Committee
Entiat rancher predicts Holm leads in legislature race
F W Cowan, a noted Entiat valley rancher, told Wenatchee World that Holm leads in legislative preference while Grimshaw is favored for judge. C A Huston elected mayor of Cashmere to finish out Jones term. Columbia River rising rapidly with high water expected. Wenatchee Commercial Club to host Fourth of July with Leavenworth. Yakima and Wenatchee fruit car shipments forecast at 3000 and 2200 respectively. Mrs Elmer visits Seattle then Walla Walla to assess fruit land for sale.
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F. W. Cowan
Entiat Valley
Wenatchee
R. F Holm
W. A. Grimshaw
C. A. Huston
Cashmere
Jones
Canada
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Leavenworth
Yakima
Commercial Club of
Fire Damages Puget Sound Pipe Co Plant and Shed
A major blaze at the Puget Sound Pipe Co plant near the railroad in eastern town section burned a boiler vat of heated dipping mass used for iron pipe. The shed housing the process was destroyed and other materials were damaged in the multi-day fire scare. The incident follows repeated alarms and the local fire department’s frequent calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puget Sound Pipe Co
Great Northern
Ballard
Old Timer Proves Up On Land At Wenatchee Lake
J S Barnard, an early Lake Wenatchee settler aged 80, filed on land he first settled in 1890 with his son in law Oliver Bates. He has fenced cultivated and built on about twenty acres, plans to prove up in two months, and notes the historic Hudson Bay site nearby. Reflective commentary on the fate of Native peoples closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Barnard
Lake Wenatchee
Barnard
Oliver Bates
Leavenworth
Mr. Barnard
North Adams
New York
Wenatchee Lake
Ellensburg
W. F. Blankenship
California
Nevada
Washington
Hudson Bay Fur Company
Telephone Service Improves in Tumwater
The Tumwater Telephone Co expands its network with taller poles and longer cross arms to handle more wires. The system now reaches the north side of the tracks and central has moved to the bank rear room under Roy Searing and Willa Dee Martin. Office hours will be 7:30 to 8 on weekdays and 12 to 4 on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tumwater Telephone Co
Central
Roy Searing
Willa Dee Martin
Contractor Moon Praises Wenatchee Lime Use
Moon, a contractor, reports good satisfaction using Wenatchee lime on two brick buildings under construction. He recently received a car load of materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Also Mentioned on This Page
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. BE. Grant
ADAMS
CARR
Postoffice Building
A. A. Tholin
the Samantha
WM. Herder
Alfalfa Hay
Old Adam Emig Place
Lamb-Davis Lbr. Co
Woldenberg
F. S. Taylor
Mississippi
Debord
New Albany
Southern Express Co
Miss
Arthur Bender
Missouri
Alabama
Bender
Columbia River
Horan
Chelan County
Wenatchee Valley
Mike
Losekamp
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