Leavenworth Town Council Adopts Several Measures
Mayor pro tem elected as Hoxsey was absent and all councilmen were present. The board approved bills for May and June and deferred others while considering liquor licenses and enforcement actions. An eminent domain bid against the Great Northern railroad was approved to secure a 60 foot wide right of way at Ninth street.
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Hoxsey
Hathaway
Woldenberg
Hutchings & Kern
Gray & Tholin
Great Northern Railroad
Ninth Street
Marshal Debord
East Railroad Avenue
Mill Street
Dr. Shore
Forest Service Warns Red Cedar Shortage In Pencil Making
The Forest Service reports over 150 cords of wood used daily for U S pencils and notes red cedar shortages with no good substitute found. It cites that every educated American over ten uses about six home made pencils annually and calls for renewed supply planning.
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Forest Service
United States
The
County to weigh bids on two bridge projects across Peshastin and Nason creeks
The county commissioners in session will review multiple bids for constructing bridges over Peshastin creek and Nason creek. Estimated total county cost for both bridges likely around $5000.
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Wenatchee
Peshastin Creek
Nason Creek
Cashmere Bank Buys Corner Lot In Record Price
The Cashmere State Bank purchased the corner lot north of the G A R hall for 2000 dollars, the highest price for a single lot in town. A brick or stone building is planned on the site at an early date.
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Cashmere State Bank
G. A. R. Hall
Frank Dorn
Stowell
Cashmere
Five offenders sentenced by Judge Steiner in Ogonagan County
Judge Steiner sentenced five social delinquents from Ogonagan County last week to prison terms ranging from four years to life for Johnny McClain the half breed.
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Steiner
Okanogan County
Johnny McClain
Yukon Coal Lands Rules Limit Leases and Prices
The Canadian government imposes strict coal land rules in Yukon to curb speculation. Leases run 21 years max with 1 per acre upfront. up to 2560 contiguous acres. no assignment without ministerial leave. Settlers may buy coal at the pit for personal use up to 1.75 per ton plus a 0.05 per ton royalty to inform government mining volumes.
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Yukon
Drug story quotes Corker Weeks on pure drug law
In Denver an address by Corker Melton C Weeks on a new pure drug law includes a tale of a miner in Santa Fe who asks for the total price of medicine and bottle, ending with the bottle price and the miner urging the price be set and the worst revealed.
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Melton C. Weeks
Denver
Old Almanac Predicts No Summer in 1907
An Aberdeen Washington reader unearthed an ancient almanac foretelling no summer in 1907. Locals recall a previous season of cold rain with scarce sun, attributed to the Indians of the reservation.
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Aberdeen
Wash
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Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
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P. Davis
Treas
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Model Meat Market
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Hotel Franklin
Tumwater
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Long Fire Apparatus Company
Leaven
Seattle
F. A. Warren
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
L. N. Wilcox
Leavenworth
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Chelan Valley
Mission Creek
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Sutton
Pullman Tribune
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Spokane & Inland Railway Co
Earth
P.I
Canada
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