Washington projects on canals and orchards expand state growth
Reports from George Kendall and others indicate the Washington and Columbia railroad contract from Oroville to Wenatchee is awarded with sub contracts for Oroville to Riverside and construction to start within 30 days. Washington orchard value nears $60 million with annual fruit crop potentially over $50 million.
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George Kendall
Riverside
Okanogan
Naylor and Norwin
Chicago
Milwaukee and St Paul
Brewster
Washington & Columbia
Oroville
Wenatchee
Okanogan River
Iron Horse
Washington
Washingtons
Oklahoma Depositors Guaranty Fund Proves Popular in State Banks
An Oklahoma observer notes the Depositors Guaranty Law has shown strong early success with 466 state banks insured and 26 denied certificates. Of 309 national banks, 29 secured certificates and 73 examined banks await stockholder ratification. Deposits at the Bank of Commerce Shawnee rose from 230,544.54 to 270,324.89 in 17 days under the fund.
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Oklahoma
Bank of Commerce
Shawnee
Okla
State of
Degree of Honor Visit to Cashmere Lodge
Twenty two Degree of Honor members and about six guests rode to Cashmere Monday for a joint meeting with Cashmere lodge members and initiated new sisters. They returned Tuesday morning amid praise for Cashmere hospitality and gallantry. The lodge also earned a $50 prize from the grand lodge for largest membership gain last year.
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Cashmere
D. of H. Lodge
Grand Lodge
Fun in Advertising told by Lillian Hill in Chicago
Lillian Braythwaite Hill spoke at a Chicago business men dinner on Fun in the Ad. She shared a humorous anecdote about an editor's claim that advertising pays, citing Sands the cash grocer who advertised for a boy and soon after Mrs Sands bore twins, both boys.
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Lillian Braythwaite Hill
Chicago
Chicago Post
Miss Hill
Shelbyville
Sands
Big Mill Runs Full Blast Through Winter Mill Improvements
Geo A Daly millwright at Lamb Davis Lumber Co reports 150000 feet of lumber output per day after remodeling the saw ing department. Only one double cut band saw operated until Monday when both saws started. Logs arrive by rail and on hand supply is growing. if it lasts, the mill will run continuously until next fall.
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Geo. A. Daly
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Tax Money and Credits in Tax Disregard Notice
Olympia dispatch reports the state tax commission instructing county assessors to ignore Chapter 48 Laws 1907 exempting moneys and credits from taxation The attorney general advised and the commission notified assessors to assess all property under the old law and exempt no personal property
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State Tax Commission
Virtue Has Its Own Reward by a Nine Year Old
A western schoolteacher shares a prize story written by a nine year old. It tells of a poor man who refuses a bribe to become a drunkard, discovers a million dollar pocket book, then wins the daughter of a rich candy store owner and marries with a grand wedding and twins the next day.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Rock Demolition Supports Short-Term Jobs for Local Men
Demolition of a large rock and removal of fragments provide work for eight to ten men over ten days to two weeks. Sufficient rock remains to build foundation walls for about six to eight buildings.
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Builders Hardware
Leavenworth
Geo. Keating
J. G. Debord
General Merchandise
M. F. Peake
F. R. Peake
M. F. Peake & Son
General Agency
Timber Lands
Puget Sound
F. E. Carlquist
Leavenworth, Wash
J. E. Grant
Smoker's Goods
McCall
G. W. Hathaway
ADAMS
CARR
Postoffice Building
A. A. Tholin
the Samantha
WM. Herder
Front Street
Bon Ton Cafe
P. Co
Opera Bar
Weyerhauser
Everett
State Highway Commission
Deception Pass
Snohomish Valley
Rocky Point
Monroe Monitor
S. A. Osborn
Wilson Creek
Bellingham
China
Snyder
Tacoma
Grace Parker
Miss Parker
F. C. Bowersox
Lillian
State Tax Commissioner
Olympia
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