Seattle Commercial Club hosts hundred members on excursion
A large Seattle Commercial Club delegation gathered at the depot to meet Wenatchee business visitors. The article lists many local firms represented by participants and notes Louis W. Hill and Geo. B. Harris arrived in private cars for an irrigation canal tour, with speculation on links to a Wenatchee Leavenworth electric line and possible franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wenatchee
Commercial Club
Sound City
O. S. Sampson
Deed H. Mayor
Great Northern
Union Depot
Tacoma
G. A. Virtue
J. W. Godwin & Co
Wholesale Commission
A. M. Nelson
Purcell Safe Co
W. S. Personius
C. H. Chapman
C. H. Lilly & Co
O. W. Meilke
American Paper Co
J.C. Gaffney
Gents’ Furnishings
J. A. Whalley
Insurance
Mr. Harrison
J. Holmes
Stewart- Holmes Drug Co
A. C. Fry
Wholesale Com
L. J. Corbin
D. B. Morgan
Lee Mellen
A. T. Rantenburg
Elec
A. Grindall
Eilers Music House
J. A. Miller
W. Ross
H. A. Kimball
F. W. Graham
J W Maxwell
R R Wilson
A Rhodes
Gen Supt Nor Ex Co
E Silvester
Whle Grocer
J Douglass
Carnival Association
J A Pease
M D Mainwright
Fisher Flour Mills
E Roberts
Imp Candy Co
H Barnes
Motor Trucks
V White
White Advertising Bureau
P Constantine
T Hunter
Empire Life Ins
E Well
Pantorium Dye Works
A Behrens
Real Est
J Schaefer
J C Biegert
McHry
A Kjos
Western Dry Goods Co
W Green
Northwestern Shoe Co
H Merritt
Dexter Horton Ntl Bank
D Hall
Grote Rankin Co
W Yandell
O Woods
Schwabacher Groc Co
R Ramaker
Sherman- Clay Co
H Benson
L Gomoll Co
Tom Bean
Trade Register
J Irving
Tailor
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Geo. B. Harris
C. B. & Q. Railway
W. T. Clark
Wenamatchee
Leavenworth
Council of
Liquor Consumption Totals Reach Records in 1910
Bureau of statistics reports total distilled spirits at 133 538 684 gallons for 1910 an increase of over 13 million from 1909 and second only to 1907. Wine and malt liquors show high consumption as well with per capita totals of 1 43 gallons spirits 65 wine and 19 80 malt liquors, amid Prohibitionist critique of dry movement gains.
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Bureau of Statistics
United States
The
National Prohibitionist
Seattle Chronicle: Potlatch pageantry and land value surge
A Seattle dispatch reports the Golden Potlatch will feature grand pageantry with floats designed by Finn Frohlich and directed by H. Stoddard, plus air displays by Glenn H. Curtiss. Separately, farm lands in Washington rose 419 percent in value from 1900 to 1910, now totaling about 515.9 million, with 6.35 million acres cultivated. The Lake Washington canal locks construction begins June 1, funded at 2.25 million, as Ballard hosts a celebration. Noted legal and political notes include the King County grand jury session and Rev. M A Matthews admitting involvement in Burns cases.
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Seattle
King County Grand Jury
M. A. Matthews
Queen City
Wappenstein
Matthews
Burns
Finn Frohlich
H. Stoddard
Hudson
New York
Carnival Association
Glenn H. Curtiss
Washington
Federal Census Bureau
Lake Washington Canal
Ballard
Congress
King County
France treads long view path to forest restoration
Consul General Skinner outlines France's century scale plan to reforest vast denuded areas. Four thousand foresters and many municipal workers drive the effort, aiming to restore water supply and timber while decades pass. In the Heures Alps reforestation has improved land and prosperity, despite slow progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Republic
R. P. Skinner
Colbert
Louis XIV
United States
America
Skinner
Heures Alps
Wenatchee Whitewashes Leavenworth In 5 0 Victory
Wenatchee Tigers defeated Leavenworth 5 to 0 at Wenatchee ball park. Brown earned 12 strikeouts for Wenatchee while Roberts struck out 2 for Leavenworth. Quigley and Fuller delivered two base hits for Wenatchee. game featured three failed squeeze plays and a crowd noted for size and excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Brown
Wenatchee Bunch
Leavenworth
Roberts
Quigley
Fuller
Leavenworth Bunch
Red Apple
Ames
Kelso
Keppler
Heidrich
Riley
Starks
Green
Baseball in Hades Keeps Losing Games Daily
A humorous Life quip describes a newcomer to Hades learning that the afterlife features daily baseball with the home team perpetually losing. The back-and-forth highlights the endless green of sport as punishment or entertainment for the doomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hades
Earth
Ginger
Taft urged to act on Alaska coal crisis with executive order
William T. Prosser argues President Taft bears sole blame for Alaska coal problems and could swiftly relieve Alaskans by issuing an executive order. He envisions opening coal and oil lands to employ 5,000 workers to build the Alaska North ern railroad into the Mata nuska fields, support Copper River & Northwestern and another line into the Bering Lake district, plus power plants using Tanana coal to power dredges and mills. He predicts Northern gold output rising from 20 million to 100 million dollars annually and stresses oil from Katalla and existing flows aiding Pacific Coast industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
William T. Prosser
Alaska
Taft
Tannana
Northern Territory
Katalla
Pacific Coast
Eastern financiers visit Wenatchee area led by Hon. Arthur Gunn
A party of eastern bankers and business leaders headed by ex state senator Arthur Gunn toured Wenatchee valley attractions from Wenatchee through Cascade Orchards to Icicle valley. Gunn, manager of Wenatchee Valley Gas and Electric, eyed local resources and power potential while noting the region’s prosperity. The Philadelphia bankers list includes L. H. Oliver, John B. Fasset, H. P. Read and others, with accompanying ladies in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
Cascade
Icicle
Gunn
Leavenworth
Chelan County
Philadelphia
L. H. Oliver
John B. Fasset
H. P. Read
Wm. A. Neff
John Moore
H. B. Hagg
E. R. Thomas
A. W. Herman
W. J. Daub
James A Medlar
D. W. Snyder, Jr
Ancient beliefs split realms with upper and under worlds
The text notes that Egyptians and Greeks viewed an upper world and an underworld, and observes that in modern times the underworld is often imagined as dominant or on top.
Mothers Day Proclaimed. tax changes and exams noted
Olympia dispatch details Governor Hay declaring May 14 Mothers Day, Washington tax shifts on fish trap locations, auto license revenue efforts, and revised school supervision under the 1911 law. It also reports bar exam results including Lulu Shakespeare and Wilden Whitney, plus appointments and cross‑state comparisons on public instruction and conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Washington
Union
Hay
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
H. B. Dewey
Edward Twitmeyer
Bellingham
Seattle
Twitmeyer
Eberhart
Minnesota
Alaska
Lewis
Clausen
W. R. White
Chehalis
Meskill
Lewis County
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Seattle Commercial Club
Golden Potlatch
William Randolph Hearst
San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles Examiner
Hearst
John L. Wilson
Post- Intelligencer
Associated Press
Champs
Skykomish
Leavenworth Miller
AB Mahoney
Tholin
Souder
Deacesae
Raymond
PO EK Marney
Rf Fuller
Rile
Soaeke Winney
Wiarren
Perry
Packenham
Echo
State Capitol
Mas
Howell
John B. Murphy
J. A. Easterday
P. M. Troy
Olmpia
Supreme Court of Washington
Wilden F. Whitney
Lulu J. Shakespeare
Everett
Spokane
Pomeroy
Colville
Oakville
Vancouver
New York Supreme Court
Washington Supreme Court
Tanner
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