City Council Postpones Final Action on Paving and Streets
A large crowd attended the Tuesday council meeting as remonstrances against paving were to be heard. The G N railroad asked for one more week to decide, so final action was postponed to next Monday night. Several approvals and petitions were discussed including street lights, crosswalks, and the city paper designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Railroad Company
Brown
Morse
Commercial
Cascade
Birch
Orchard
Tumwater Light & Water Co
The
Light & Water Company
Adams
Max Jeffords
Robertson
Woldenburg
A. Lindblom
F. A. Reynolds
Wenatchee Plans Record Fourth Of July Celebration
Chelan County and Wenatchee announce the largest Fourth of July event in the city with a three day program. The May state and county school apportionment totals 3673 dollars distributed to district schools. Mrs Ora B Spallinger sues Ball and McNerney for 20000 over her husband’s sewer trench death two years ago.
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Wenatchee
Commercial Club
Villetta Guthrie
Leavenworth
Chelan
Lakeview
Monitor
Pedastin
Ora B. Spallinger
Ball & McNerney of
Consideration of Paving Delayed by Low Attendance
The Commercial Club postponed street paving and road improvements due to lack of attendance. Only about a dozen members were present at Monday's meeting, with a few stragglers staying briefly before adjournment. Tonight’s session will readdress paving and specific roads including Commercial Street east end to the steel bridge and the Ball Park to Chumstick bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Sharman
Commercial Street
Ball Park
Chumstick Bridge
More Books for the Leavenworth Public Library
The library committee has arranged with the State Traveling Libraries for a quarterly book case. The first consignment of sixty books arrives soon and will be circulable by late next week. About fourteen fiction and juvenile volumes, with the rest in history biography essays and domestic science, will be free to the public under library rules. Open Wednesday and Saturday 3 to 5 p m in the Commercial Club rooms.
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Leavenworth Public Library
Peshastin Road Project Opens Bids for 1912
County commissioners authorized sealed bids June 5 for the southside road between Leavenworth and Peshastin known as Highway No. 2. The route starts at the Peshastin steel bridge on the Wenatchee river and runs 6560 feet northwest, with Highway No. 3 from the Leavenworth steel bridge running 11842 feet southeast. Plans are in the county engineers office and project must be completed by September 1, 1912.
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Gellatly
Leavenworth
Peshastin
Peshastin Steel Bridge
Wenatchee River
Leavenworth Steel Bridge
Leavenworth Triumphs in Fourth Win over Wenatchee
Leavenworth defeats Wenatchee 4 to 2 in Wenatchee last Sunday extending their series lead. Ames scored both Wenatchee runs on walks and errors, while Stevens limited their bats and allowed two safe hits. Next game in Leavenworth promises a hard fought rematch with Wenatchee as visitors and several roster changes anticipated.
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Leavenworth
Red Apple
Wenatchee
Red Apple Bunch
Ames
Miller
Stevens
Hpoa E
Connors
Watkins
Fuller
Crum
Stanley
Ruste
Heid Warren
Kile
Starting A Zoo In Town Park Delights Residents
S. E. Ritchie has placed several wild animals in the town park. He built a small building with four to five compartments containing a monkey a bob cat a couple of coyotes a badger and two cub bears expected soon. Joe Teshera was a business visitor in Wenatchee Tuesday.
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S. E. Ritchie
Joe Teshera
Wenatchee
Injured Stranger Fritz Falls from Front Street Rail
A man who gave his name as Wm. Fritz, a blacksmith, fell from the Front street railing Monday night striking his head and shoulders on a vacant lot below. Paralysis followed. he aged about thirty, drank recently, and is under care at the fire hall with little hope of recovery. Relatives in St. Louis have been notified.
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Wm. Fritz
Front Street
Hoxsey
St. Louis
Fritz
Bids Called for South Side Road Construction
Bids invited for building a permanent highway between Leavenworth and Peshastin known as permanent highways No 2 and 3. The 18 402 foot road runs about three and a half miles in township 24. Plans are in County Engineer Berry's office. completion must occur by September 1, 1912.
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Leavenworth
Peshastin
South Side Road
Township 24
Berry
Death of F S Malan at Yesler Apartments Seattle
The sad news reports F S Malan died in Seattle at Yesler apartments about six oclock from heart failure. He was 36, leaving a wife and daughter, with two brothers present. Malan had worked for Little Wetsel Co in Wenatchee and had come to manage the Wenatchee market here two months ago. Arrangements for the funeral are not announced and burial will likely be in Seattle.
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F. S. Malan
Yesler
Seattle
Mr. Malan
Little Wetsel Co
Wenatchee
Malan
Forest Supervisor Receives Rail Line Supply Requests
Kit titas Railway and Power Company applies for 32 000 ties 40 000 feet of piling and all trolley poles for an electric line from Cle Elum to the Cascade summit in Kittitas county. Chelan county timber prospects encouraged. 1 000 cords sold near Chiwaukum to Japs cutting wood locally.
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Sylvester
Kittitas
Chiwaukum
Taylor Yokum Secures School Grounds Grading Contract
Three bids were filed with the school board for grading the grounds around the new high school. Taylor Yokum won at 200 dollars, with C. W. Wallace at 215 and Wm. Rice at 225. Work starts immediately to grade and sow the area. Also, Cascade orchard owner Mr. Schneider reports his young orchard bearing and expects at least 500 boxes of apples this year.
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Taylor Yokum
C. W. Wallace
Wm. Rice
Schneider
Cascade Orchards
Briskey sues for damages over Icicle river flooding
George W. Briskey files a new action against Leavenworth Logging Boom and Water Power Co seeking 32000 in damages for 1910 and 1911 flooding of 75 acres along the Icicle river. He claims land, crops, and fords were harmed by logs and debris. Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. also named as a defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Briskey
Leavenworth Logging, Boom & Water Power Co
Supreme Court
Wenatchee Daily World
Icicle River
Briskey
Martin & Barrows
Lamb- Davis Lumber Company
Water Bonding Debate in Leavenworth Press
A Leavenworth reader criticizes town water plans and candidate positions. He argues against paying over forty thousand dollars for a water system using Wenatchee river water and mill pond sources, urges alternative Icicle river sourcing, and stresses water purity over cost. The letter questions a local figure's stance on the impending vote and calls for clarity on public ownership.
Leavenworth Bond Fight and Corcoran’s Water Claim
A 1911 Leavenworth water dispute is revisited as the article recalls Mr. Corcoran’s warning that a municipal distribution system would burden the city with fixed charges and risk bankruptcy without ownership of supply. It questions why he did not again address the issue amid a forthcoming vote.
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Leavenworth
Local Social News Highlights From Eagle Creek
Mrs. John Love visited Friday with Mrs. Anderson. Ross Ramage enjoyed Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sharpe. A. L. Mitchell and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Leary Sunday. H. A. Anderson and family called at the J. H. Sharpe home Sunday. P. W. VandeGrift attended church Monday morning. H. A. Anderson has helped I. A. Kenyon this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Love
Anderson
Ross Ramage
Ray Sharpe
A. L. Mitchell
Leary
H. A. Anderson
J. H. Sharpe
P. W. VandeGrift
I. A. Kenyon
Judge Grant Named Justice of the Peace in Leavenworth
Judge J. E. Grant was appointed Justice of the Peace for Leavenworth commissioners last Saturday. C. J. Flannigan, formerly in charge of the White Star Market, visited from Wenatchee on Tuesday.
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J. E. Grant
Leavenworth
C. J. Flannigan
White Star
Wenatchee
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Council
A. Linblom
Hay
Lamb-Davis Co
Leav. Furniture & Hdw. Co
L. C. Brender
Roy Robertson
Pia Vanmehess Ce
Yama Tumwater Light & Water Co
Chelan County
Peshastin Road
Jimmy Clark
Vancouver
Kerry
Fred Hockingbottom
Robert Wells
Ross
Warren
Moore
McIntosh
Larkin
Burnstein
Everett
Hemingway
Charley Keppler
Kelchner
Los McIntosh
Mazurie
Mahoney
Arnold
Asec
Forrestry
Icicle
Wash
Echo
Corcoran
Great Northern Railway Company
Snow Creek Water Co
Fe Creees
Eagle Creek
Echos
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