Republicans clash over state convention and direct primary
Spokane reports on Seattle meeting of the Republican state committee where a state convention for Supreme Court nominations was backed by some and opposed by Progressives. The piece argues the 1909 amended primary law voids such a convention and urges autumn elections after September primaries to keep judges out of partisan politics.
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Spokane
Republican State Committee
Seattle
Tacoma
Supreme Court
Republican State Central Committee
Rufus R. Wilson
Progressive Republican League
Republican Party
Supreme Bench
United States
Jones
Representative Poindexter
Wilson
State Committee
Costly Convention Sparks Rift in State Republicans
The Seattle state central committee called a August convention raising insurgent fears of excluding Progressives from the platform. Old-line Republicans claim the Septembers primary law empowers new committeemen, while insurgents warn the move may provoke a costly party split noted by the Spokane Chronicle.
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State Central Committee
Seattle
Spokane Chronicle
Peshastin bridge project eases Chumstick route improvement
Road Supervisor Griffith completed a major improvement allowing Peshastin travelers to cross the Chumstick via a new bridge and hillside route. He will repair the Chumstick road washed out by spring high water and finish work on Beaver Creek hill, aiming for good conditions before quitting. Himeralda at Wenatchee High School drew a fair audience and favorable response.
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Chumstick
Griffith
Beaver Creek Hill
Himeralda
Wenatchee High School
Opera House
C. Ferris White
Spokane
Fritz
Great Northern plans extensive railroad and telegraph upgrades
The Great Northern outlines summer improvements from Leavenworth to Skykomish including rebuilt telegraph lines with heavier poles closer together, staff and block signaling, 3000 feet of passing track at the power plant, doubled sidings at Chiwaukum Nason Creek Berne and Gaynor, and heavier steel throughout the mountains and in tunnels.
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Great Northern
Skykomish
Leavenworth
Chiwaukum
Nason Creek
Berne
Gaynor
Census T. W. Grove Updates Wenatchee Lake District
T. W. Grove advances the census in the Wenatchee lake district up to the Cascade tunnel. The post office move to the store is underway but crane changes are not yet finished. Local residents report log drivers moving logs down Nason Creek and new purchases include horses and a Shetland pony.
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China
T. W. Grove
Wenatchee Lake District
Cascade Tunnel
F. A. Reynolds
Leavenworth
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Leavenworth, Wash
Deed H. Mayar
Echo
Poindexter
Bush
Waitsburg Times
Colville
A. E. Veatch
Wash
Veatch
Statesman- Index
Hub Clothing
THE
Leavenworth State Bank
Front Street
G.N. Railroad Improvements
L. J. Nelson
Lake Wenatchee
H. B. Smith
Merritt
Mineral Street County Bridge
C. W. Hastings
Howard
F. E. Carlquist
Great Northern Watch
Leavenworth Wash
A. A. Tholin
Manifold Typewriter
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