Adjourned Leavenworth Meeting Debates Saloons Water Plan
Citizens gathered for an adjourned town council session in Leavenworth Washington to discuss closing saloons from midnight to five AM and the pool rooms. The council also addressed water system plans and questioned city printing contracts and graft allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney Nelson
Engineer Brown
Spokane
Leavenworth
Wash
P. H. Hutchings
J. B. Violett
Wm. C. Roach
Churchill & Ritchie
Mischke & Blake
J. B. Tholin
C. H. Green
Carlquist
Mischke
Campbell
Weigand
Brown
Icicle
J. W. Corcoran
Deed H
Three Men Die in Premature Explosion Near Chelan Falls
Three workers John Sheenan 42 Arthur Smith 25 and T Sorensen 35 were killed in a premature explosion at Mile 32 near Chelan Falls while blasting rock for Clifton Appelgate on the Columbia River railroad project. Blount and Sheenan tamped powder as a spark from a wire is suspected. Smith and Sorensen died from blast injuries. Foreman W M Mitchell stood nearby unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sheenan
Arthur Smith
T. Sorenson
Mile 32
Chelan Falls
Clifton & Appelgate
Columbia River
Blount
Sheenan
Smith
T. Sorensen
W. W. Mitchell
Columbia
Blewett Mining Trouble Leads to Not Guilty Verdict
Leo Fawcett versus C W Harris ended with a not guilty verdict in Judge Rice's court on Monday after Harris allegedly pointed a gun. Harris later faced burglary charges by Fawcett and associates, but those were dismissed. The dispute centers on the Washington Meteor mining property long tied up in litigation as each side seeks control. Dr Hoxsey treated Miss Mary Burgess who was thrown from a horse near Beaver Creek. she suffered bruises with no broken bones and is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Fawcett
C. W. Harris
Blewett
Hoxsey
Beaver Creek
Mary Burgess
Cashmere
W. W. Burgess
Miss Burgess
Chelan County Road Funds and Bridge Costs Overview
Chelan County reports annual road funding since 1900 divided into state, road district, and road and bridge funds. Total public road mileage totals 640.65 miles across three districts, with growth in 1910 1912 adding miles and increasing drain on funds. The note emphasizes bridges across Wenatchee Entiat and Chelan rivers, rights of way, and new road construction, underscoring funding limitations and long-term needs.
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Chelan County
Wenatchee
Entiat
Chelan
Wenatchee-Malaga
Sunnyslope-Clockum-Swakane
Cashmere-Leavenworth- Monitor-Dryden
Peshastin
Wenatchee Lake-Merritt
Chelan-Entiat-Stehekin- Antoine
Cashmere High School Students Pay For Attack On Teacher
In Cashmere a group of about 17 year old high school boys including Russell Haverstick Clement Williams Bunny Wilder George Van Sutton Robert Mustell and Harold Pinkerton attacked teacher Paul T Prentis after a theater incident. They paid 2.80 each for damages and the charge against Prentis was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Haverstick
Clement Williams
Bunny’? Wilder
George and
van Sutton
Robert Mustell
Harold Pinkerton
Cashmere High School
Paul T. Prentis
Pinkerton
Opera House
Cashmere
Prentis
Batchelors
Washington State College
Road and Bridge Funds Explain Heavy 1904–1910 Drain
Fred Berry the County Engineer notes that large road and bridge expenditures in 1904 1905 1907 1908 and 1910 left the fund $30 000 in the red at the start of 1911. By 1912 the fund is nearly debt free though a future bridge study is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Fred Berry
Wenatchee Building Room Operations Rise with Year End
Wenatchee building activity grows as the season advances and year end adds fifteen more store rooms in the city. E T Mauk begins a one story brick store building on Orondo avenue, while O B Fuller buys land on Wenatchee avenue to build a two story brick store building already leased. The Y M C A aims to finish its new $40 000 building with the remaining funds this month.
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Wenatchee
Ffteen
E. T. Mauk
Orondo Avenue
O. B. Fuller
Wenatchee Avenue
Leavenworth Wins Exciting Wenatchee Baseball Clash
A small Wenatchee crowd watched Leavenworth edge Wenatchee 6 to 4 after a ninth inning rally. Hickey earned the win with 13 strikeouts as Leavenworth improved to 13 left on base and Mahoney Ketchner and Hickey stole bases, while Kile walked four. Umpires Cummings and Starks called the two hour game.
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Wenatchee
Hickey
Wenatchee Bunch
Moore
Leavenworth
Hickingbottom
Smith
Kile
Hikey
Mahoney
Ketchner
Cummings
Starks
Leavenworth Mercantile Co Building Reopened With Glass Front
The Leavenworth Mercantile Co adds a 60 by 100 foot extension with a new glass front. The woodwork uses native fir and presents a handsome appearance. H F Bryant handles the finish work and contractor Ryan completed the addition rapidly, earning local praise for workmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Washington
H. F. Bryant
Ryan
Brender Attends Wenatchee Superior Court Quit Title Suit
F. L. Brender traveled to Wenatchee on Wednesday to attend the Superior court where he has a suit to quit title to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Brender
Wenatchee
Superior Court
Delegate Dan Shafer Heads to National Democratic Convention
Dan F Shafer leaves Sunday for Baltimore as a delegate at large for this state. He travels with Northwestern delegates on a special train with multiple stopovers. The Washington delegation and Shafer back Champ Clark for president. Shafer, longtime resident, has never been east of Wallace Idaho before and will be away a month or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan F. Shafer
Baltimore
Shaser
Washington
Champ Clark
Wallace
Idaho
Asbestos Property on Ingalls Creek Moves Toward Tram
Mt. Stuart Mining Co secretary Mark Bartlett reported headquarters will be in Peshastin as a tram for the three hundred acre asbestos claim near Ingalls Creek is planned. Development since last October proceeds with a hoped operative basis and ready markets for chrysotile and talc. John Scott, a major stockholder, recently sought tram cable prices in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Bartlett
Mt. Stuart Mining Co
Peshastin
Ingalls Creek
Leavenworth
Quebec
Canada
Mr. Bartlett
E. H. Robert
United States
Vermont
Bartlett
John Scott
Seattle
Largest Grange building in world at Cashmere
The Cashmere Record reports Cashmere will boast the largest grange building in the world with a three story structure under construction. Seventeen candidates received third and fourth degrees in husbandry at Saturday’s meeting and a popular grange banquet followed. H G Bohlke urged funds for bonds as subscriptions to stock rise, reflecting strong local pride and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashmere
H.G. Bohlke
Contractors At Work On South Side Road
A. J. Cook from the County Engineer's office arrived to supervise the South Side road project. Contractors have set up camps on J. B. Adams land south of the Wenatchee river with a rock crusher located there and another near the rock cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Road
A. J. Cook
Wenatchee River
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Monitor
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Peshastin Creek
Sanders
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Tom Henry Ranch
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Warner Flat
Millers Place
Cascade Orchards
Sherman's Spur
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Chumstick Ok
Sunnyslope
Lake Wenatchee
Mission Creek
Entiat River Ericksons
Clockum Creek
Red Apple Town
Wenatchee AB
HPOA
Watkins
Hickn
Ames
Ssand
Bradley
Fuller
Foster
Wells
Stanley
Biot
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Simpson
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Miller
Eeenews ‘Parks
Byler
Semith
I. Ten Brown
Arnold
Wenatchee Ae-Ee
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