Icicle State Road Discussed By Van Epps And McGough
Van Epps and Bob McGough examine a proposed Icicle valley route for a Chelan to Kittitas county state road. They claim the canyon section needs minimal blasting and that a first class road could attract 500 cars daily in summer as a major scenic link to Seattle.
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van Epps
Bob McGough
Tommy
Seattle
Mr. van Epps
Civilization
Cle Ellum
Lake Wenatchee
Mr. McGough
Kittitas
Leavenworth
Kittitas County
Snoqualmie State Road
Logs cascade down Columbia as dam breaks and logs flood Wenatchee
The Columbia River freshet drives numerous logs downstream from Lamb-Davis dam near Leavenworth. Logs pass steadily, cluttering eddies near Simmons ranch and drawing daily wagon removals to Wenatchee. A young man named Elfers reportedly earned 54 dollars by pulling and selling 27 logs at two dollars each.
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Columbia
Lamb-Davis
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Simmons Ranch
Elfers
Wood Trust
Wenatchee World
Waterville Verdict in Freight Car Burglary Case
John Dodson was found guilty in superior court after a 23 hour jury deliberation for burglarizing a Great Northern freight car last summer. Judge Steiner reserved sentence. Dodson, a former freight conductor, and fellow railroad worker Chapman charged in the same case, Chapman pleading guilty to petty larceny. Dodson of Leavenworth was well known among Spokane railroad men.
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Waterville
John Dodson
Great Northern Railway
Superior Court
Steiner
Dodson
Chapman
Leavenworth
Spokane
Odessa Eating Houses Raise Prices and County News
Odessa hotel and restaurant keepers met to set meal prices with regular meals 35 cents and board by month 18.50. The move aims to conserve profits as boarding houses in other towns follow suit. Wheat buyers offer 65 cents on delivery. Spokane votes for initiative and referendum. John D. Atkinson predicted next Washington governor by Rosenbaum. Skagit county officials urged closing country Sunday saloons if towns cooperate. Okanogan county horse shelves revive with Indian Charlie Joe linked to local deals. Judge Steiner and Sheriff Thomas face increased workload. Odessa prides itself as a baby town and a Roosevelt visit would please residents.
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Odessa
Big Bend
Skagit County
Board of County Commissioners
Moody and
Thompson
Okanogan County
Charlie Joe
Steiner
Sherriff Thomas
Sues Secretary Garfield Over Land Title Suit
The Omaha paper reports Peter G. Cox sues Secretary Garfield in the District of Columbia supreme court to force a hearing on a Nebraska homestead land dispute in the O Neill land district. Cox contests Wells’s prior entry and the 1900 act that could allow a second entry, with trial focusing on construction of the law. A local note tells of Victor H. Beckman recounting a freight billing quip about icing a refrigerator car. The Page-Lumber case and a Nebraska battleship Nebraska completion timeline are also mentioned alongside a female homesteader’s fencing trip to town for supplies.
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Peter G. Cox
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Garfield
Department of the Interior
O’ Neill
Nebraska
Cox
Wells
Victor H. Beckman
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Page-Lumber Company
Buckley
Farnesworth Sisters to Open Dress Parlor on Commercial Street
The Farnesworth sisters will occupy the house Mr Mills will erect on Commercial Street. They plan a dress making parlor with potential to add a millinery department later.
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Farnesworth
Mr. Mills
Commercial Street
Fire apparatus and plans for city fire protection
The council has received the new fire apparatus including a hose cart two chemical tanks and about a thousand feet of hose. Equipment will be stored at City Hall and a chemical engine at a Bloom leased lot. Plans call for hydrants near City Hall and the Congregational church and a disciplined small fire company led by a capable chief.
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City Hall
Commercial Street
L. W. Blooms
Bloom
Congregational Church
Inspector of Tracks A. W. Perley Visits City
A. W. Perley of the State Railroad Commission spent a couple of days in the area in his capacity as inspector of tracks and safety appliances. An experienced locomotive engineer, he has resided in Whitman county for twenty years and currently lists Olympia as his headquarters.
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A. W. Perley
State Railroad Commission
Mr. Perley
Whitman County
Olympia
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Geo. Keating
Tumwater Light and Water CO
Emil Frank
Prop
THE
Chelan Club
Walsh & Campbell
OPERA
Tholin @ Smith
Washington
L. Lamb
Clinton
Iowa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
P. Davis
Treas
Mgr
Leavenworth, Wa
Nick’s
Model Meat Market
J. W. H. Nickell
Hotel Franklin
Ed Westbrook
Icicle State Road
Columbia River
John D. Atkinson
State of
Lewis N. Rosenbaum
Roosevelt
Hon
J. J. King
Waterville Press
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