Great Northern Improves Cascade Route with Snow Sheds
The Great Northern Railway spends 1,203,000 building three miles of timbered snow sheds in the Cascade mountains and 602,000 per mile for concrete sheds. About 1,000 workers, contracted crews, labor mainly west of Scenic Horseshoe tunnel. Timber from Everett mills and half the workers' food supplies sourced there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Mountains
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern
Scenic
Horseshoe Tunnel
Alvin
Windy Point
Everett Saw Mills
Flies blamed for disease and danger to town
A reel of stark claims portrays flies as purveyors of illness and death. The list cites epidemics disease hookworm and high costs while urging the public to view flies as a serious local threat.
Colville Reservation to Open for Settlement by 1915
The Colville Indian reservation, 50 miles north of Wenatchee in Ferry and Okanogan counties Washington, containing 1 313 280 acres, will be opened to white settlers by July 1915 under a congressional act. About 250 whites live there now, with 319 280 acres set for sale to bona fide settlers at not less than 1 25 per acre after allotments. The Great Northern railway's new branch will open up the district this fall.
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Colville
Wenatchee
Congress
Ferry
Okanogan
Washington
Great Northern Railway
Washington a Real Wonder in Prosperous State History
The Seattle Sun reports Washington's 1912 farm and industrial outputs totaling 422 million dollars with crops, dairy, lumber, and flour supplies. Foreign trade rose from 1911 to 1912, exports climbed, and per capita wealth reached about 2050 dollars. Population growth shows Seattle surging since 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Washington
Washington
Seattle
Seattle Sun
Doctor Hobson's Eczema Ointment Promises Cure
Bath Ill resident J C Eveland claims twenty five years of eczema vanished after using Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Pfeiffer Chemical Co markets the ointment at 50c with a guaranteed formula. W V Tanner and Clark V Savidge travel to Washington to press federal action on freeing 700000 acres of forest reserve land valued at 20000000 for state schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Tanner
Clark V. Savidge
Washington, D. C
Causes of Stomach Troubles and Remedies
A historical health notice cites causes such as sedentary habits lack of outdoor exercise insufficient mastication constipation torpid liver worry and anxiety overeating and unsuitable foods. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy and notes they are for sale by all dealers.
McMinville Mayor Fined and Imprisoned in Oregon Case
Judge William Galloway of McMinnville Oregon fines Mayor William T. Vinton 300 dollars and sentences six months in the county jail without bail for contempt. Sheriff Henderson places him in custody in Yamhill County, but Vinton is released after three hours to face habeas corpus at Salem. Background centers on an injunction against the mayor and city recorder over a paving contract and subsequent mandamus actions by Oregon state authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Galloway
McMinville
Oregon
W. T. Vinton
Henderson
Yamhill County
Vinton
Salem
State of
A. C. Chandler
William T. Vinton
The Lazy Husband and Mothers Pension Law Take Effect
The Mothers Pension law starts June 12 and is expected to aid about 1000 mothers within a year. The Lazy Husband law also begins June 12, with projections of 500 men working for the county in six months as their families receive 1.50 a day while the men serve time for neglect.
State Improper Rentals Revealed in Land Leases
A review of state leases since statehood shows 15 000 tracts leased with 22 000 dollars in back rents due. Officials expect the total to reach at least 100 000 dollars. The 30 000 dollar appropriation for auditing was vetoed by Gov. Lister, with Commissioner Savidge directing the audit by his staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lister
Savidge
Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised for skin and digestion
An old newspaper ad claims sallow skin and blemishes come from liver and bowel inaction and promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy. It purports to regulate stomach and bowels, purify blood, and clear complexion with 35c Tea or Tablets at City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
City Drug Store
Rocky Mountain
Cost of Collecting Chelan County Taxes
Taxpayers benefit from improved county treasurer operations as state figures show declining costs per $100 in taxes. Chelan County paid 1.32 in 1910, 0.75 in 1911, and 1.13 in 1912 to collect each $100, with Chelan’s 1912 tax take reaching $540,773 and total office costs rising to $6,140.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Inspection
Lewis County
Ferry County
King County
Skamania County
Wahkiakum County
Chelan County
Kicking Horse Pass Tunnel to Reache Longest Mile
The Canadian Pacific railway will bore a sixteen mile tunnel through Kicking horse Pass in the Rocky Mountains. The project, planned to take seven years, costs about 14 million dollars and will be the longest tunnel in America, surpassing the Simpson bore through the Alps. It aims to cut dangerous snowsheds and ease winter travel.
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America
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kickinghorse Pass
Rocky Mountains
Alps
We Make His Clothes and the Man of Good Taste
A promotional line extols tailored garments as signs of good taste judgment and ability. It asserts such men succeed and attract business, framing clothing as a reflection of personal caliber and reliability.
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Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Cascade
Wm. C. Roach
Front Street
Leavenworth State Bank
G. N
Cascade Tunnel
United States
Wallac Barn
East End
Front St
C. W. Wallac
Broadway
New York
Echo Office
Kicking Horse Pass
Nolan & Jones
Attorneys AT Law
Lewis J. Nelson
Elliott Block
Leavenworth, Wash
J. B. Adams
KE. HH. Fox
Smith Building
Carlquist’s Jewelry
Leavenworth, Washington
John EB. Porter
Attorney At Law
Notary Public
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Wash
Wm. A
E G. G. Hannan
Ira Thomas
Reeves, Crollard
Reeves
Farmers
B. J. Williams
A N.corbin
Williams
Corbin
Whitney & Hughes Lawyers
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
W. Hoxley
DR. J. Stillson Judah
Koerner
A. G. Mickeown
P. A. Snyder
W.W. M. McCoy
Columbia Valley Bank Building
Wenatchee, Wash
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Congregational Church
H. N. May
Arthur J. Cook
Leavenworth Wash
HOTEL
Elman
Depot
Court House
Leavenworth
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Leavenworth Hand Laundry
The
Cascade Undertaking Company
Town & Kuelbs
Mrs. D.C. Town
Mgr
N. L. Brown
Echo
Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated
R. W. Vermilya
Columbia Vally Bank Bldg
Chelan County Abstract Co
J. A. Gellatly President
W. W. Gray
Wea
Venworth
City Drag Line
Rainier Beer
Lee J. Howerton
Cascade Aerie
Order of Eagles
A. M. Johnson
Worthy
W. Faulkner
Knights of
Pythias
Chickamin Lodge
C. Fy Hall
Sachem
T. C. Thompson
Art Johnson
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