Car pioneers clear Snoqualmie Pass in early season run
Myrlin C. Haines of Reliable Auto Co and mechanic Harry Faust drove a stripped Ford with a packing case and an old chair over Snoqualmie Pass, reaching Seattle 7:45 a m Monday. They faced eight feet of snow at the summit and seven feet near the Summit bridge, but pressed on, reporting good roads by Kirkland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snoqualmie Pass
Myrlin C. Haines
Reliable Auto Co
Harry Faust
Seattle
Kirkland
P.I
Mr. Haines
Haines
Lake Keéchelus
Lake Keechelus
Summit Inn
Haines and Faust
Summit
Chelan County Sails Debt Free on Cash Basis
Chelan County holds a debt free status with no bonded obligations. County Treasurer George R. Fisher calls warrants maturing June 23 from various funds including game indigent road and bridge school and reclamation districts. Despite a $60,000 smaller general levy this year, the county remains cash based with few districts in the state at the same financial posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan County
George R. Fisher
Game Fund
Wenatceee World
Family matriarch bears invention child record in Washington
Mrs. Frank Robinson of Oakesdale Washington, 38, has given birth to her 12th child a baby girl born last week. She has had triplets twice and twins once and set a big record ten years ago by delivering seven children within twenty months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Robinson
Oakesdale
Wash
Roosevelt
Robinson
Mining Men Return to Red Mountain Prospecting
Mining men from New York City and Butte arrive for talks on Red Mountain ventures. Philip J. Lonergin spent last summer there and hired A S Cook for winter development work. He plans activity again but has not asked locals to finance and has paid all workers, unlike some others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip J. Lonergin
New York City
James Naughton
Butte
Montana
Red Mountain
A. S. Cook
Lonergin
City council names John Love as marshal in secret ballot
After approving about twelve hundred dollars in bills the council held a secret ballot for city marshal. John Love of Tye won four votes to one for Joe Debord, and the mayor approved Love. Waterworks costs rise above three thousand, bid plans reconsidered, day labor continuing. Sam Potter fills Van Brocklin’s council seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teshera
Joe Debord
J. F. Pratt
John Love
Tye
Debord
Love
Sam Potter
van Brocklin
Death of an Old Prospector at Wenatchee
Word arrived that Jas Leland, hospitalized at Wenatchee County Hospital and unconscious, likely did not survive the night. A lifelong Leavenworth resident, he summers in the hills and winters in town, once a printer who claimed to have worked on the Memphis Appeal. He remained the patient, patient prospector forever hoping to strike it rich. Peace to his ashes. Spokane Red Cross applies for base hospital at a cost of 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Leland
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Tom Burke
Memphis
Three Men Take $110 From Swede Sunday Robbery
John Erickson a Swedish lumber camp worker came to Wenatchee after drinking. Jerry Young Hans Schram and R W Blackwood allegedly grabbed his money a silk handkerchief and a $8051 check then fled. All three were bound over to Superior court after an examining trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Erickson
Sweden
Great Northern Lumber
Wenatchee Valley
Eighth Street
Jerry Young
R. W. Blackwood
Hans Schram
Erickson
Schram
Young
Blackwood
Graham Munday
Superior Court
Wenatchee
Cal Young
Jerry
Graham
Government Estimate of Apple Crop
Leon M Estabrook of the Bureau of Crop Estimates explains the June crop report. The agricultural apple crop is 208,251,000 bushels this year versus 202,245,000 last year, a slight rise. The commercial crop is forecast at 25,381,000 barrels of 3 bushels each, down from 25,695,000 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon M Estabrook
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
Directors of Creamery Meet Today
The annual meeting of the directors of the Leavenworth Co operative Creamery will be held at the creamery building today at 2:30 p.m. Directors stockholders and all others interested in the welfare and continuous operation of the creamery are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Co-operative Creamery
Wenatchee River Bridge Proposal For Leavenworth Area
South Wenatchee River residents and Leavenworth business interests push for a new bridge at the south end of 8th street. County Commissioners may seek fall funding after engineer Berry’s survey. Backers promise liberal subscriptions, aiming to replace the current bridge with improved approaches and location.
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Leavenworth
Wenatchee River
8Th Street
Berry
South Side
Will Develop Marble Property near Chikamin Creek
Hon J D Atkinson arrived from Seattle for the balance of the summer and rushed to his marble property on Chikamin creek with Charley Shugart. The war era tightens capital, yet he believes the marble quality matches the best and is inexhaustible. We share his confidence and hope activity begins this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Atkinson
Seattle
Chikamin Creek
Charley Shugart
Blewett Road Improvements Announced By Officials
Road Supervisor Parish reports Blewett road between the mills and Peshastin is in good shape after a week of work by his crew. Blewett mills paid half the cost and the rest of the summer the road will be sprinkled daily with costs shared by the county and local lumber companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blewett Road
Peshastin
Parish
Blewett Mills
Game Wardens prosecute two violators in state laws
Warden Ross Watson rounded up two violators last week. Amos Campion a sheepherder was fined 22 dollars plus costs in Justice Graham's court for possessing a gun in violation of game laws. Jack Loomis paid 10 dollars plus costs for fishing without a license on Mission creek.
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Ross Watson
Amos Campion
Graham
Jack Loomis
Mission Creek
Portland Sheep Market Receipts Show Weakening Prices
Receipts at the Portland Union Stock Yards are light with weak demand. Best spring lambs bring 12.75 to 13.00, culled lambs around 6.00, prime shorn yearlings up to 10.75, common yearlings 9.50 to 10.00, Willamette Valley ewes about 8.00 to 8.50, and heavy ewes largely unsold. Also notes a marriage in Winton and Wenatchee with Father O Rafferty officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Oregon
Union Stock Yards
Willamette Valley
Leavenworth Forms Red Cross Chapter
Leavenworth will organize a Red Cross chapter following a meeting at the High School building led by E O Dalton from San Francisco. The group outlines chapter privileges and duties while stressing lawful use of the Red Cross symbol and fundraising rules. Peshastin and Blewett to join, auxiliaries planned, officers to be elected at a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Dalton
Pacific Division
San Francisco
Dalton
The
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
Leavenworth
Peshastin
Blewett
Ex Mayors sue over $5,000 damages in arrest case
N B Day and his wife sue Mayor Hale City Marshal Jos Teshera and a bonding company seeking $5,000. They allege arrest and liquor search harmed their reputation after Day was stopped on a Wenatchee trip and a bottle found in his car. The case, tied to the mayoral actions, draws wide interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Day and Wife
Hale
Jos. Teshera
Day
Wenatchee
Hughes & Adams
Blewett Summit Camping Planned For Travelers
Will Make Camp at Blewett John Brender reports the government will fix a camping area at the Blewett Pass summit. The rest stop aims to offer lunch facilities and a sweeping high view, appealing to tourists who want to claim they camped at the summit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brender
Wenatchee World
Blewett Pass
Blewett Summit
Separated From Wife Reunited After 14 Years
Mrs S A Tamane, wife of a local Japanese man, arrived in Seattle from Japan via the Panama Maru and met her husband for the first time in 14 years. He had sailed from Nippon promising to return or send for her within three years, but could not. She came after receiving word and the couple are now reunited in America and content.
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S. A. Tamane
Seattle
Tamane
Japan
Nippon
Mrs. Tamane
Free America
Leavenworth Raises 1850 for Red Cross Stirs Local Support
Leavenworth surpassed the thousand dollar goal for Red Cross relief, raising 1850 from a benefit effort at Scenic theater and multiple donors. A partial list shows contributions from Leavenworth Mercantile Co, J B Adams, Leavenworth State Bank, JC Penny Co, and many individuals offering various amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
J B Adams
G L Gardner
Leavenworth State Bank
JC Penny Co
W D Starbird
M A Marley
F T Motteler
Wm O’rourke
G Smythe
P A Snyder
LO Taylor
Margaret C
E G Wheeler
C W Wallace
Geo Woodruff
Guy Hamilton
J W Elliott
W B Baker
F E Carlquist
the Club Inc
Ross Irwin
Albert G McKeown
Thos Nolan
the Toggery
T Fukuba
I W Faulkner
H Graham
B Grusmacher
F B Lenzie
T A Lovell
Alex McLeddon
Contin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Council
Spokane Red Cross
Creamery
New Wenatchee River Bridge
Marble Property
Portland
Jennie Dillon
Winton
Roswell C. Eaton
Father O’rafferty
RED Cross Leavenworth
Friends of the Movement
N. B. Day
United States
Scenic Theater
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