Washington critic decries Home Rule Initiative as reactionary
Chairman C A Reynolds of the Public Service Commission denounces the Home Rule Initiative in The Washington Voter. He says the bill would multiply commissions across counties cities and townships and allow local bodies to supersede the PSC, delaying progress in regulating railroads and utilities.
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C. A. Reynolds
State Public Service Commission
Washington Voter
Reynolds
Light
Reynold
Public Service Commission
State of Washington
California Service Commission
Washington
University finds petrified palm evidence of ancient tropics
University of Washington scientists interpret a petrified palm found near Chuckanut Mountain in Whatcom County as proof the region was once a tropical jungle. The report accompanies other state notes on war readiness and local education.
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Chuckanut Mountain
Whatcom County
University of Washington
Hi Gill
Seattle
Carrie Nation
Gill
U. S
Washington
Naval Advisory Board
School of Education
Library Notice Announces Early Summer Closing
The library will close for the summer on June 10 and urges all patrons to return overdue books. No new loans will be issued after May 27 as the committee aims to have every volume checked in before closing.
Sockeye Salmon Hatch Plan Aims at Columbia Return
The State fish commission will hatch many sockeye eggs on the Chinook river near the Columbia mouth and release the young in Lake Wenatchee. The program seeks the fish to reach the sea and later return to the upper Columbia to spawn. Earlier, Fraser bound sockeye hatched in the Samish river spawned there.
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Columbia River
State Fish Commission
Columbia
Lake Wenatchee
Upper
Fraser River
Samish River
Icicle railroad feasibility linked to Jack Creek mines
Railroad builders arrived from Seattle to survey a potential line from the Icicle river to the Jack Creek mines. Al Van Epps and associates N P Nielsen and James T West will assess route feasibility and cost by traversing the canyon on horseback, with a return to Seattle via Cle Elum Roslyn. A Roslyn route seems unlikely due to a proposed mile long tunnel through the Wenatchee range.
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Icicle River
Vanco
Jack Creek
al van Epps
Seattle
N. P. Nielson
Topeka
Kansas
Jas. T. West
Manhattan
Roslyn
Kittitas County
Wenatchee Range
Cascades
Peshastin Resident John Hansel Dies After 86 Years
John Hansel longtime Peshastin resident near Engalls Creek died aged eighty six last Saturday. The funeral burial will take place in Leavenworth. He and his wife kept a log cabin providing shelter to travelers and his son Geo Hansel lives near Blewett. Local figures discuss Royal Neighbors plans and regional job changes including O H Green moving to Riverside and A J McFarland replacing him.
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John Hansel
Engalls Creek
Leavenworth
Geo. Hansel
Blewett
Sadie Merritt
Royal Neighbors
Everett
O. H. Green
Riverside Wash
Mr. Green
A. J. McFarland
Withrow
Mr. McFarland
Stelzig Family Heads to St Cloud Visit
Joseph Stelzig a machinist at the roundhouse left Wednesday with his wife and daughter for St Cloud Minnesota on a visit to his former home.
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Joseph Stelzig
the Roundhouse
St. Cloud Minn
Adams Announces Candidacy for State Senate District 13
J B Adams declares his bid for the Republican nomination as joint senator from Chelan and Kittitas counties. He cites 22 years in Washington, orchard work near Leavenworth, and leadership of the Grower’s League. He pledges economy in government, road cost reforms, and opposition to any abolition of the state prohibition law.
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Chelan
Kittitas
Washington
Wenatchee Valley
Leavenworth
League
J. B. Adams
Health Office Notice Prohibits Sunday School Attendance
Diphtheria precautions prompt the City Health Officer Dr J S Judah to ban all gatherings of children under 18 and cancel Sunday school on May 28 until further notice.
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J. S. Judah
State Game Farm at Walla Walla Planned for Prison Labor
L H Darwin, state fish and game warden, starts a state game farm at Walla Walla tied to the penitentiary poultry farm. Prison labor will perform the work at no extra cost. Hungarian, Chinese and other pheasants will be raised, with possible turkeys and ducks. Output will be shared with counties proportional to their game fund contributions. The farm may draw on a future $50,000 balance. legislature expected to appropriate funds after a successful start this season. The game fund awaits appropriation before use.
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L. H. Darwin
Walla Walla
Penitentiary
Auto Accident Near Peshastin After Dance Trip
Eight carloads returning from Blewett to a dance collided near Wenatchee bridge in a sharp turn. Lou Brender’s Ford overturned, pinning him. Leo Ahearn and others injured with minor to serious injuries. Brender and Ahearn hospitalized, scene noted as high speed racing prior to the one o'clock Sunday morning crash.
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Blewett
Wenatchee Bridge
Lou Brender
Ott Brender
Leo Ahearn
Miss Roberts
Art
Too Many Aunts Coming to Scenic Next Week
Wenatchee high school students Tom Halbert and Cyril Nutley arranged a Leavenworth showing of the college town farce Too Many Aunts. The Wenatchee presentation drew a capacity crowd and the organizers promise full details for Scenic. Also noted are travel notes about Mr and Mrs Fred Reeves and a casual rumor about their plans.
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Tom Halbert
Cyril Nutley
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Preparedness Parade in Seattle June 10
A massive Preparedness Parade is planned for June 10 in Seattle organized by the Northwest Business Men's Preparedness League with broad civic support. An expected 25 000 to 50 000 citizens will participate in a citywide pageant aimed at showing unity for national defense and persuading Congress.
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Northwest
Seattle
Northwest Business Men’s Preparedness League
City Council Meeting Reacts to Finances and Street Repairs
The Tuesday session led by Mayor Day and Featherstone approved bills totaling 552.69, including city employee salaries. A gasoline pump permit was granted for Cascade Garage on Eighth Street and a small Front Street ground vacating was approved. The Rainier restaurant frontage will be shortened by 41 inches. Donation of a building for clothing drives was accepted, with Tolbert to arrange cleaning. The band stand will be painted and a new flag bought, funds allowing. park committee may handle further action. City finances appeared solid in April, per Treasurer Woodrow. The clerk will inquire about Seaman and Quigg suit progress. Four council members inspected the water line near the surface to assess snow and rock damage. braces were undersized and the pipe out of line, with repairs planned to prevent future losses and expense.
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Day
Featherstone
Kugelman
Miller
D. M. Thomas
Forestry Office
Tolbert
Park Committee
Woodrow
Whitney
Seaman & Quigg
Hale
Seeley
Art and Mrs Brown Return From Seattle Trip
Mr and Mrs Art Brown came back from Seattle after eight days where Mr Brown served as delegate to the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
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Art Brown
Seattle
Sound Metropolis
Mr. Brown
Grand Lodge of the
K. of P.’s
Death of Wm W Stephens in Seattle Hospital
News reached this week that William W Stephens died in a Seattle hospital on the 19th due to general debility. He had been ill since February and moved to Seattle for care two weeks earlier. His wife, living near Los Angeles, arrived in time to be with him. Remains were sent to Los Angeles for burial. Stephens had lived on a ranch near Leavenworth for twelve years and was well known locally.
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Sam Humphries
Mr. Stephens
Seattle
Los Angeles
Cal
Leavenworth
Delegates to Convention Leave for Chicago June 1st
The Washington state delegation to the Republican National Convention will leave for Chicago June 1. Delegates show no firm presidential nominee preference and plan to act for the state's best interests. Names like J. E. Chilberg and Robert B. Albertson are mentioned, but none pursue a senatorial bid. The state convention attendees expect no new candidates to enter the race.
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Washington State
Chicago
Seattle
James A. Wood
State Committee
E. A. Sims
John W. Weeks
Weeks
Will E. Humphrey
Miles Poindexter
United States Senate
J. E. Chilberg
A-Y-P Exposition
Robert B. Albertson
E. A. Bryan
Pullman College
Hiram Gill
Senate
Woman Over 70 Murdered Near Wenatchee
A brutal killing occurred last Sunday near Wenatchee. Mrs. Erma Smith, an elderly homesteader on Badger Mountain, was shot in her cabin and beaten. Robbery is suspected. no suspect is yet found. A brother of the victim lives nearby.
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Wenatchee
Erma Smith
Badger Mountain
Local figures drive commerce in small town
Al Pesch, formerly a Leavenworth resident, now a Tye-based humorist, visited this week and helped grease the wheels of local business.
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al Pesch
Leavenworth
Tye
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Icicle
Peshastin
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Chelan County
Health Office
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Fred Reeves
P Dowr
Echo Office
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Wm. W. Stephens
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