G N Agents Meet and Talk Business in Spokane Conference
Some thirty Spokane and Marcus division station agents held an annual conference at the Commercial Club rooms. L W Woodrow presided as two sessions covered passenger and baggage service then freight matters. Lunch at Shaver dining room followed with a menu and remarks on education of shippers to prevent damage claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane and Marcus
Commercial Club
L. W. Woodrow
Association
Messrs
Meldrum
Graham Scherer
Jackson
Shaver
F. W. Bosworth
Peshastin Growers ALS N Close Apple Pool Prices
The Peshastin Fruitgrowers Association reported yesterday the apple prices paid to members by J A Warman secretary. Varieties listed include King Tompkins 70c, Delicious 1.31, Rome Beauty 77c, Jonathan 73c, and others with per box values ranging from 41c to 1.34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshastin Fruitgrowers Association
J. A. Warman
King Tompkins
Baldwins
Pearmain
B. Pearmain
Russell
Snows
Bellefieur
T. Sweets
R. I. Greening
Y. Newtown
Senators
Jonathans
Apple of Com
Delicious
C’s
Staymans
Ark. Black
R. Beauty
Ben Davis
Black Twig
Chicagoes
Hoovers
Stark Spec
Fall Pippin
R. Davids
Miner Jack Carr Returns From Alaska Camps
Jack Carr returns Saturday from Alaska after months away to report on the Thomas Culross Mining Co tunnel near Valdez. He notes hard rock slows progress but shows samples of free gold bearing quartz, including a piece nearly pure gold from a mine recently sold for 110000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Carr
Alaska
Thomas Culross Mining Co
Valdez
Fire destroys Leavenworth building and house
A Wednesday afternoon blaze at the Leavenworth Building and Loan Association property gutted the residence of Italian occupants. Carl Tarlton discovered the fire and rescued two intoxicated men while neighbors and roundhouse workers battled flames to save nearby structures. Insurance stood at 400 dollars with Italian losses of 200 to 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Building & Loan Association
Carl Tarlton
Roundhouse
Streams Stocked With 200000 Brook Trout In Chelan County
Local rod and gun club and county game warden Scheble oversaw a state hatchery shipment of 200000 brook trout to Chelan county this week. About 60000 were unloaded for the Icicle river with the rest sent to Chiwaukum Wenatchee Chewawa rivers and Nason Creek. Geo Hoxey John Brender and Frank Bryant oversaw transfer to pack horses and loaded cans eight miles up Icicle river. Dr Hoxey, president of the Leavenworth Rod and Gun club, says about a million fish will be planted in county streams this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod and Gun Club
Scheble
Chelan County
Spokane
Icicle River
Chiwaukum
Wenatchee
Chewawa
Nason Creek
Geo. Hoxey
John Brender
Frank Bryant
Dr. Hoxey
Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club
Foreign Celebrity Visits Leavenworth Observer
Edward F. de Reymonte a globe trotter and official of several international bodies praised Leavenworth during a Thursday afternoon call. He plans a week to ten days here then to California and says he was impressed by the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. de Reymonte
M. D
The
Imperial Red Cross of
Russia
Academy of High Studies of
Paris
Academy of Psychology of
New York
Board of Regents
Carnegie University
Dover
Del
California
Leavenworth
Great Northern Earnings Rise and Expansion Plans Ahead
The Great Northern shows earnings growth with plans for 5000 box cars 3500 refrigerator and other cars and 60 locomotives this year. It budgets 1 250 000 for Cascades snow sheds and envisions electrification of key Washington lines with water power help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Cascades
Washington
Cascade Tunnel
Chelan Falls
Leavenworth
Cascade Range
Spokane
Contract Awarded for Street Improvement District No 2
The council opened bids for improvement district work with three finalists. Columbia Engineering & Construction Co. offered the lowest bid at 10 284 65 and will receive the contract, with work starting by May 15 and finishing by late June under supervisor Mr Oberg. About 30 to 40 men will be employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Engineering and Coonstruction Co
Columbia Engineering & Construction Company
Weiland
Columbia Engineering & Construction Co
Oberg
Wenatchee
School Notes and May Day Luncheon Recap
Miss Ruth Horn of Peshastin visited the school Wednesday. High school pupils plan a May 3 picnic up the Chumstick, the last social event of the year. Congregational church ladies provided nine dozen banbury tarts for the May Day luncheon and the joint society program Friday evening drew good attendance. The progress made by the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Congregational Church
Former City Engineer Returns to Hillyard to Plead Guilty
Former city engineer of Hillyard and Spokane R E Brown agrees to return to Spokane to plead guilty to a conspiracy charge after physicians warn a trial could cost his life. Extradition costs have topped six hundred dollars as Brown faces a habeas review and settlement of fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Brown
Hillyard
Spokane
Brown
Vancouver
B.C
D. E. Heil
Fred Witt
William J. Mahar
John A. Carabin
Stone
D. B. Heil
F. M. Goodwin
Stork Delays Great Northern Train in Wenatchee
Great Northern No 1 halted an hour and a half in Wenatchee for the birth of a girl named Wenatchee aboard. Mother Mrs. T. H. Potty, accompanied by nurses, was transported to hospital. baby and mother later reported as doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Great Northern No. 1
T. H. Potty
Ephrata
F. E. Culp
Great Northern
Culp
Everett
Mother
Babe
Mt Stuart Mining Co to Start Development
Mt. Stuart Mining Co with deposits of asbestos in the Peshastin valley plans development. Secretary Mark Bartlett says asbestos could become a leading Chelan county industry as 92 percent of U S supply comes from abroad. Cost to mine is low with transport the main expense. experts deem the resource inexhaustible and high quality at depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Bartlett
Mt. Stuart Mining Co
Ingals
Allen Creek
Peshastin
Chelan County
Uncle Sam
Quebec
Mt. Stuart Co
Portland
Robert
Washington Steel & Iron Co
M. Bartlett
A. J. Mills
Mills Brothers
Apple Day Statistics Reported for April 5
Apple Day proved a statewide celebration with an estimated twelve carloads of apples consumed. Noah N. Brown based the figures on reports from state commercial clubs, noting an average of one apple per resident. The west side saw seven carloads while the east side consumed five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Noah N. Brown
Inland Empire to Send Princesses for Spokane Pow Wow
Dozens of cities including Moscow Idaho Rockford Washington and Pendleton Oregon plan to elect princesses and send bands floats and delegations to Spokane for the Pow Wow June 16 to 21. Butte Montana will send a Princess and a 11 coach special train load. The event will be photographed by Pathe Freres for national viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Empire
Spokane
Butte
Montana
F. M. March
Pathe Freres
Moving Picture
Rockford
Wash
Moscow
Idaho
Palouse
Garfield
Oakesdale
Wilson Creek
Reardon
Fairfield
Sandpoint
Weston
Oregon
Pasco
Coeur d’Alene
Colville
Ephrata
Kettle Falls
Waterville
Zillah
Pullman
la Crosse
Wenatchee
St. John
Pendleton
Ore
Milton
Grand Forks
B. C
Kellogg
Dayton
Nelson
Quincy
Pleasant Valley
Attalia
Conconully
High Line Overhaul and New Snow Sheds Planned
Several hundred men work on the G N line overhauling old snow sheds and building new ones. A tunnel from Alvin to Tye will be dug with preliminary work underway. A F Daley, cousin of James McDaniel, bought three acres in Darling Land Co.'s addition from F W Hoffman Wenatchee. Twenty three votes in school election authorize bonds for teachers salaries. two voted against. N R Lloyd of Seattle arrived to supervise Barclay building erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N
Alvin
Tye
A. F. Daley
James McDaniel
Oklahoma
Darling Land Co
F. W. Hoffman
Wenatchee
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the Transportation and Other Departments
C. W. Meldrum
Seattle
F. W. Graham
W. D. Stokes
Wsta
Spdékane
Amos Johnson
Edwall
J. A. Rabasse
Harrington
W. L. Moseley
Odessa
E. J. Hillier
F. L. McCrea
Columbia River
A. A. Piper
J. H. Sheffield
D. E. Robertson
Als’n
Chicago
Insurance
State Hatchery
Featherstone
Sauer
Schubert
Hamilton
Seaman & Quigg
Berry & Monary
Columbia Eng. & Const. Co
Scaman & Quiggweeneree
Scaman & Quigg Eatewesee
Berry & Monary Weereeees
Ruth Horn
J. S. Judah
Wenatchee Hospital
McCoy
H. F. Hartman
Wenatchee Meat Co
Walter Plough
Plough Hardware Co
Mr. Hartman
STORK
County Seat
Cashmere
Princess
N. R. Lloyd
Barclay
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