City Council Accepts Water System With Conditions
The council accepted the city water system at about 10 947.47 after a vote last week with a condition that contractors employ a monitor for two weeks to survey for leaks. They approved extending mains into Miller's and Fox's additions and granted a skating rink license to E L Potter. An ordinance on electrical wiring inspections was passed along with a salary increase for the City Treasurer to 50 dollars.
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Briskey Place
Miller’s and Fox’s
E. L. Potter
Thomas Store
Remington Typewriter
Mitchell
Leavenworth Land Co
Fox
Red Mountain Road Improvements Progress Report
A. O. Nuetzel reports streams are unusually high and the road and bridges are in poor condition. He and partners plan to complete work on the Red Mountain road with new bridges at Rock Creek and Chewawa river and road work between them. Forest service builds bridges as far as Rock Creek and aims to make the road among the county’s best mountain routes.
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A. O. Nuetzel
Red Mountains
Red Mountain
Nuetzel
Atkinson
Lozier
Rock Creek
Chewawa River
Forest Service
Miracle Cow Survives Log Chute Accident Near Leavenworth
A log rolling down a mountain chute at Leavenworth Lumber Co's mill struck a cow perched on the chute and hurled her about twenty feet. She recovered quickly, stood, and walked away unscathed, impressing witnesses with her resilience against the deadly incline.
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Leavenworth Lumber Co
Miss Cow
Missing witness R C Clark sought by authorities
Question arises about the whereabouts of R C Clark after a disturbance a month ago when he drank and lost 150 dollars. Two companions were arrested in Monroe and jailed in Wenatchee, claiming innocence. Clark may have fled to Portland. prosecutors may drop charges against the youths.
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R. C. Clark
Sorensen
Clark
Monroe
Wenatchee
Portland
Front Street 10 to Welcome New Brick Block Venture
Builders Paul Weigand and William Roach plan a two to three story brick block on Front Street adjoining the Barclay building. Ground floor to house Roach Bros harness and shoe store with upper floors for lodge rooms. Work to start soon though exact date not announced.
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Front Street
Barclay Building
Paul Weigand
Wm. Roach
Messrs. Weigand
Roach
Barclay
Roach Bros.’ Harness and Shoe
The Mills of the Gods at Scenic Theatre July 2
Manager Simpson announces one of the world’s greatest pictures The Mills of the Gods to be shown Wednesday July 2 at Scenic Theatre. The three reel Vitagraph photoplay is paired with two additional subjects for a five reel program. Don’t miss it.
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Simpson
Scenic Theatre
Mills of the Gods
Vitagraph Company
Adams Named to Chelan County Game Commission
J B Adams Percy Scheble and J H Bolin named to the Chelan county game commission by East Side game warden R B Wales after recommendations from the Fish and Game Protection association and county commissioners with final endorsement from the Olympia state officer.
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J. B. Adams
Percy Scheble
J. H. Bolin
R. B. Wales
East Side
Chelan County
Open Top Observation Car Boosts Glacier Line Ride
The Great Northern Railroad added an open top observation car on the day train from Glacier National Park station to Belton. The car runs along the southern boundary of Glacier National Park across the Rocky Mountain division to give passengers the best scenery views.
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Great Northern Railway
Glacier National Park Station
Belton
Glacier National Park
Rocky Mountain Division
Roach and companions finish Columbia River trip
Wm Roach Howard Roach Glen Gilbert Jack Ellsworth and Charley Johnson returned last Saturday after a week spent autoing up the Columbia River and through the Big Bend country.
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Wm. Roach
Howard Roach
Glen Gilbert
Jack Ellsworth
Charley Johnson
Columbia River
Big Bend
Trains to Start Tri Weekly Service Wenatchee to Entiat
Great Northern railroad announces a tri weekly passenger and freight service from Wenatchee to Entiat within three weeks with extension to Chelan Falls soon after. Track laying progresses rapidly on a temporary Entiat river bridge as work continues toward Chelan Falls by August 1 and a Chelan Falls to Pateros link by October 1.
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Wenatchee
Entiat
Chelan Falls
A. A. Piper
Great Northern Railway
Entiat River
Pateros
Man Leaps From Steamer Okanogan Into Columbia River
McMath a deckhand on the steamer Okanogan dies after jumping from the guard of the engine room as the downriver trip nears Wenatchee. Engineer Ben Parish saw him leave and the boat halted to launch a life boat, but the swimmer was lost in the swift current.
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McMath
Okanogan
Columbia River
Wenatchee
Seattle
C. & O. Steamboat Company
Ben Parish
McGrath
Logs Lost as Kellogg Lumber Sells Suspends Work
Kellogg Lumber Co of Entiat Washington suspends operations after a dispute with Geo Gray & Son over river logs. Gray and Kellogg compete for log rights on the Entiat River with hundreds of thousands of feet of mixed timber lodged in Kellogg's pond and no separation possible.
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Kellogg Lumber Company
Entiat, Wash
Geo. Gray & Son
Entiat River
Gray’s
Kellogg’s Pond
Gray
Kellogg
Archie Pinch Builds Five Room Bungalo in Central Addition
Archie Pinch began erecting a modern five room bungalo on his lots in Central addition this week. The project is expected to cost about $2,000.
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Archie Pinch
Central Addition
Freight prepayment required for fruit shipments in northwest
Transport firms notify fruit growers that freight must be prepaid or guaranteed by a responsible person or bank. Railroads act after last season’s losses where market prices did not cover transport costs. Growers balked at paying without proceeds while commission men avoided responsibility, leading to strained relations and a tightened policy for the coming season.
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Northwest
Novel scheme to buy rooming house by Japanese resident
A Wenatchee World report claims O Namba, a Japanese resident, filed a contract with Chelan county auditor to purchase the Clifford house in Leavenworth for 5000 dollars from Miss Mary Ralston. The deal, set to complete in May 1917, uses escrow to shield title while remaining risks and state actions are discussed.
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O. Namba
Wenatchee World
Chelan County
Mary Ralston
Ralston
Leavenworth
Clifford House
Namba
Wenatchee
East Wenatchee
New Telephone Rates and Local Reactions Across State
A statewide change in long distance rates takes effect July 16 unless complaints are filed. The new airline tariffs charge a half cent per mile per minute with a 5 cent terminal fee and 50 percent uplift per minute. Bell has filed tariffs with the public service commission, prompting anticipated complaints as communities weigh if rates are fair. Mrs G W Hoxsey recovering after Spokane surgery for appendicitis, not expected home until mid July.
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Bell Telephone System
Public Service Commission
Scenic Highway to Open Next Year in Snohomish County
A writer in the Index News asserts Snohomish County will complete the Scenic Highway by 1914 with about 5 miles remaining and an estimated cost of 35000. The project promises major economic gains, drawing travelers and settlers and boosting Puget Sound communities along the route.
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Index-News
Snohomish County
Puget Sound
Chelan County
United States
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Coast
Mill Worker Seriously Injured in Lumber Yard Accident
W W Hatmaker of Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. slipped last Saturday at five o clock, his right leg caught in a belt and dragged. He suffered multiple leg fractures and serious lacerations, was treated by Drs Hoxsey and Judah, and sent to Wenatchee Chelan hospital, where amputation was feared but later feared unlikely. He is reported to be doing well.
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W. W. Hatmaker
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Hospital
Cashmere Marshal Arrested in Liquor Case
Cashmere marshal William Lessinger was arrested last Friday on a charge of giving liquor to an Indian prisoner two months earlier. He was jailed, then released on $500 bail. Lessinger admits the act, claiming the Indian was ill and the liquor was medicinal. He is the son of pioneer George Lessinger.
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William Lessinger
Cashmere
Sorenson
Lessinger
George Lessinger
Tumwater Hotel Sold to R L Parker of Cashmere
W C Roach closed a deal with R L Parker of Cashmere taking over the Tumwater Hotel after several years under Roach. The 20 room building plus furniture sold for about 5000 dollars and Parker will take possession next month.
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W. C. Roach
R. L. Parker
Cashmere
Tumwater
Chelan Veterans to Join Gettysburg Fifty-Year Reunion
Two Gettysburg veterans from Washington state boarded the Great Northern Gettysburg special in Wenatchee this morning for the fiftieth anniversary reunion at Gettysburg. Al mond G Pennell of Chelan county and Richard O Hudson of Methow will travel on a 12 coach train with about 200 aboard. A doctor and nurse will accompany the trip with veterans’ needs provided both ways.
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Gettysburg
Wenatchee
Almond G Pennell
Chelan County
Chelan
Richard O. Hudson
Methow
Okanogan County
Great Northern
Dog Tax Collection Urged In Leavenworth Editorial
The piece urges residents to pay dog licenses promptly, noting many dogs roam the streets without ownership or payment. It cites state law and city ordinances that allow action against nonpaying owners, and suggests a dog catcher may be appointed to enforce fees.
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Leavenworth
Polly of the Circus reading by Mrs. Vera Dayton Cook at Scenic Theatre
On Monday evening June 30 at Scenic Theatre Mrs. Vera Dayton Cook will give a reading of Polly of the Circus. Local papers praise her debut and Everett readers commend her performances. Skykomish schools principal Varney Shumaker lauds her Virginian reading.
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Vera Dayton Cook
Polly
Everett
Wagner Pacts 15000 Apple Boxes for Harvest Season
E. Wagner departs for a two week business stay in San Francisco and signs a contract with Leavenworth Mill Co for 15 000 apple boxes to be delivered by rail to Wagner station for use in this year’s apple harvest.
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E. Wagner
San Francisco
Leavenworth Mill Company
Wagner
Wenatchee
Martin Johnson Celebrates Birth of Daughter Last Friday
Martin Johnson has spent the past week receiving congratulations from friends after the arrival of a daughter at his home last Friday.
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Martin Johnson
Kenyons Arrive From California to Spend Summer in Leavenworth
Mr and Mrs O E Kenyon arrived here at the start of the week from California and will spend the summer in Leavenworth.
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O. E. Kenyon
California
Leavenworth
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F. C. Riggs
M. A. Marley
S. A. Burce
Harry Wall
Mr. Barrett
Wenatchee Lodge
Columbia
G. W. Hoxsey
Spokane
Employe
Cashmere Marshall
Tumwater Hotel
Bob Smith
Waterville
M. O. Titus
Salmon
Idaho
Wm. Titus
Fred Marble
Polly of the Circus
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