Investors Drive Extensive Improvements at Crescent Bar
Neely & Young own 417 acres at Crescent Bar in the Columbia River valley twenty five miles below Wenatchee. Land is to be cultivated with 28000 fruit trees and 41 acres of grapes and alfalfa. Water supplied by a river pipeline and a natural spring for domestic use. Two hundred seventy acres have sold to Seattle buyers who will form five acre tracts with down payments. Prices average 267.50 per acre totaling 53500 per tract. Buyers include F. C. Mintia and W. R. Crawford. Great Northern plans a 100 mile survey along the river’s east bank to Pasco connecting with Portland & Seattle.
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Seattle
F. C. Mintia
W. R. Crawford
West
Great Northern
Columbia River
Pasco
Portland
H. S. Simmons
Wenatchee Valley
Messrs
Elbert Burke
H.A. Parry
The
Republic
Squillchuck
Pullman Summer School Opens at Washington State College
The annual session of the Pullman summer school at Washington State College opens June 24 and runs six weeks to August 4. Tuition is free for state residents and dormitory board is 21 dollars for the period. Sessions will be led by college faculty with several state and local supervisors and Miss Mary E. Hanna directing domestic economy.
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State College
Yoder
Tacoma
Reed
North Yakima
F. O. Kreager
Olympia
W. J. Huntley
Spokane
Mary E. Hanna
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
H. C. Sampson
Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office
Postmaster J C Davis notes remaining advertised letters as of May 6 including Anderson Charley Duffy John Gighart C H Jald Dave McCoy Frank Shate Dan In calling for some please say advert is ted The Gunn bill exempting money and securities from taxation has been declared fatally defective.
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Anderson
Charley Duffy
John Gighart
C. H. Jald
Dave McCoy
Frank Shate Dan
J. C. Davis
GN railroad orders 150 engines and ginseng garden plans
Reports state the Great Northern Railway ordered 150 new engines. Anton Christensen and partners with A J Anderson plan a large Lake Campbell ginseng garden growing 50 000 seeds 2000 one year plants and 1300 two year plants with soil deemed ideal by Anderson.
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Great Northern Railroad Company
Anton
Hans Christensen
A. J. Anderson
Lake Campbell
Anderson
Lazy Day Poem Reflects on Slothful Mood
The Washington Star prints a short verse about an industrious person who loses momentum on a sunny lazy day. A sparrow on the sill mirrors the speaker's stalled effort as time slips by.
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Washington Star
Three-Headed Man for Smithsonian Secretary Post
Trustees at the Smithsonian in Washington offered the secretaryship to a Columbia University scientist, a post Langley held. The offer was declined amid the daunting scope and responsibilities of the job, which would oversee adjoining national institutions and the zoological garden and national museum. The piece reflects on the duties of leadership and cites Rousseau on parental duties as a broader ethical aside.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Langley
Columbia University
the Smithsonian
America
Smithsonian
Zoological Garden
National Museum
Free Gold Discovery Sparks Prospecting All Across Chelan
The Chelan county area buzzes as free gold discovery excitement continues with two weeks of active prospecting. Original locators believe they found a true vein of gold bearing quartz and samples have been sent for assay with results pending. Frank Ketchum bought the Dr Saunders tract on Wenatchee Avenue for 3500 dollars through Keller and Belser, describing it as a good buy with young fruit trees.
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Chelan
the Republic
Frank Ketchum
Dr. Saunders
Wenatchee Avenue
Keller & Belser
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L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
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G. E. Lamb
P. Davis
Treas
Mgr
Leavenworth, Wa
Nick's
Meat
Hotel Franklin
Ed Westbrook
Columbia Valley
Cresent Bar
Neely & Young
Columbia River Valley
Wenatchee
Columbia
Pullman Summer School
Representative Davis
Douglas Co
Waterville
Ephrata
Daggett
Rousseau
Steiner
Walla Walla
Fred Barron
E. G Spencer
J. C. Wallace
Bear Creek
Mr. Wallace
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