Votes Count Delayed In Princess Contest After Ballot Box Theft
The Leavenworth princess contest stalls as a ballot box is stolen from the post office entrance by Tom Burke. Police traced the box to Burke’s basement, he admits taking it thinking it forgotten, prompting organizers to burn the votes and resume counting next Wednesday. Contestants must be 17 and live within ten miles. new subscribers earn 50,000 extra votes each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Burke
Steinborn
Tumwater Light & Water Company
Burke
Spokane
Leavenworth
Couple to Photograph Glacier National Park Tour
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Marble plan to move to Glacier Montana next week where he has secured a government concession as photographer in Glacier National Park. He may also work with the Great Northern railway as the company operates several tourist hotels in the park. The region drew many visitors with twelve thousand touring the area last year and is expected to grow. The Marbles, long popular in Leavenworth, will be missed by local friends.
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R. E. Marble
Glacier
Montana
Marble
Glacier National Park
Great Northern Railway
Leavenworth
Bids Opened for Cascade Street Work and City Clerk Change
Two bids for Cascade Street improvement were presented Seaman & Quigg at 2056.57 and Columbia Engineering & Construction Co at 2021.20. Bids were laid over for next meeting due to extra costs. Hamilton resigns as city clerk effective June. A R Brown appointed to take his place with pay raised to 75 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Street
Seaman & Quigg
Columbia Engineering & Construction Company
Hamilton
Aster
A. R. Brown
Tumwater Light & Water Company
Clark
State Auditor’s
Leavenworth Land Company
Asbestos Property to Be Developed Near Nigger Creek
W E Bartlett reveals Mt Stewart Mining Co plans to develop asbestos beds near Nigger Creek with Cashmere investors ready to fund summer shipments. An eight and a half mile tram end, aerial train equipment, and a wagon road from the tram to Blewett road are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Bartlett
Nigger Creek
Bartlett
A. J. McCarty
Blewett
F. O. French
Peshastin
Peshastin Lumber Co
Two Occupants for New Business Block
The corner of Ninth and Commercial Streets will host a new 80 by 105 foot building with Seattle pressed brick. C F White of Spokane designs the structure to be ready for builder inspection by early next week, featuring a glass Ninth Street front and three entrances on Commercial Street. The corner room will house Golden Rule stores from Palouse, Washington, while the alley-facing room will house Wenatchee Meat Co to open a meat market. Long term leases have been signed for these two spaces. two additional 25 by 80 foot rooms remain unleased but are popular with applicants, signaling more commerce on Commercial Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weigand
Ninth
Commercial Streets
Echo
C. F. White
Spokane
Seattle
Ninth Street
Palouse
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Wenatchee Meat Co
Motorcycle race from Wenatchee to Leavenworth and back
Motorcycles race through Wenatchee today with prizes totaling 48 dollars. C E Warren of Red Apple Auto Repair Co sponsors the event starting at 11 a.m. in front of Strahler's cigar store, looping via Rock Island Cashmere and Leavenworth, with a 68 mile route and a 3 hour 45 minute total time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Warren
Red Apple Auto Repair Co
Wenatchee
Strahler’s
Rock Island
Cashmere
Messrs. Burce & Fox
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Motorist Injured In Serious Bike Crash
A. C. Mattison of Wenatchee, an employee of the Columbia garage, was badly injured last Sunday when his motorcycle struck an obstruction, overturned, and slid sixty feet while he stayed astride. Taken to Wenatchee General Hospital, doctors found a fractured skull. The crash occurred near Huff's club on Wenatchee avenue, about a half mile west of the city. Mattison remains in very serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Mattison
Columbia Garage
Wenatchee
Mattison
Wenatchee General Hospital
Huff's
Wenatchee Avenue
Henry McGarry Sues for Divorce and Custody in Chelan
Henry McGarry files for divorce from Mrs. Wendla McGarry in Chelan county superior court. He states they wed in Norristown Pennsylvania in August 1897 and that she deserted him in this city on Christmas day 1911. He seeks custody of their 14 year old daughter Mary and title to a quarter section of land near the city. Attorney L J Nelson represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McGarry
Chelan County
Wendla McGarry
Norristown
Mary
L. J. Nelson
Prisoner John Gordon Sets Jail Fire in Wenatchee
A stranger named John Gordon, jailed for fighting, attempted to burn his cell then ignite more flames while in custody. He claimed drunkenness but witnesses dispute him. He faces arson charges and possible five year prison time after a hearing. Gordon, 19, said to be from Louisville Kentucky, was moved to Wenatchee for trial.
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John Gordon
Gordon
Marshall Woods
Marshall
Grant
Whitney
Louisville
Kentucky
Wenatchee
17 000 000 Feet Log Drive Near Leavenworth
Adams and Costello begin the Lamb Davis Lumber Co spring log drive. Logs from Nason Creek Chewawa and upper Wenatchee rivers move toward Leavenworth, totaling about seventeen million board feet to keep the mill running into next fall unless snowfall ends the season. The firm may do one or two more drives before summer, but this will be the main 1913 cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Adams
Decoration Day Observed With Early Closings
Businesses shut at 1 PM to mark Decoration Day. Nick Bauer, an elderly man, was beaten and robbed near the round house last Friday night, losing about $40. Police found no trace of the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Bauer
Round House
Objection Raised to Great Northern Train Timetable
Delegates from commercial clubs between the city and Mansfield oppose the proposed timetable. They urge delaying the Mansfield train to 8 a.m and adding Wenatchee valley local service, with Leavenworth visits all day and a return at 10:30 to 11. Sunday service is requested. They warn the Mansfield main line schedule could not be kept due to delays.
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Mansfield
Great Northern Ry
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Valley
Brakeman Fights Hoboes at Wilson Creek
Great Northern brakeman M. R. O Hara was shot in the right shoulder during a confrontation with three hoboes at Wilson Creek after recognizing them from his train. He disarmed one assailant, helped by officers, and was hospitalized in Spokane with a non serious wound. A lynching attempt was deterred by Night Marshal Radley and the prisoner was moved to Ephrata that evening for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. O’ Hara
Great Northern
Wilson Creek
O’hara
O’ Hara
Sacred Heart Hospital
Spokane
Marshall Radley
Ephrata
Mayor Carlquist Visited Seattle Earlier This Week
Mayor F. E. Carlquist spent part of the week in Seattle, conducting official duties and meetings. The trip included engagements with city administrators and discussions on municipal matters.
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F. E. Carlquist
Seattle
Death of Thos Nolan's Little Son James Nolan
The body of young James Nolan, whose mother died last summer, traveled to Quincy for burial beside his mother and brother. He had been in a Seattle boys’ school after his mother’s death. his father, tailor Thomas Nolan, learned of the illness Friday evening and died en route but reached the station before learning of the death. Uncles M J Carr of Dryden and James Carr of Cashmere accompanied the body. the family endures further affliction as Mrs Nolan lies with her three sons in Quincy Cemetery.
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James Nolan
Quincy
Seattle
Nolan
James
M. J. Carr
Dryden
James Carr
Cashmere
M. J
Mr. Nolan
Inland Empire Princesses Prepare Busy Pow Wow Week
The Inland Empire princesses plan a full week during the Pow Wow June 16 to 21 in Spokane. Hostesses welcome them at informal receptions and provide chaperones and escorts. Highlights include a children’s parade with 4000 schoolchildren, a community float parade, stadium seating for interscholastic games, a theater party, masquerade balls, and a floral auto parade with a blossom show reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Marguerite Molle
Inland Empire
Spokane Carnival Association
Armory
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Snowda Smith
Susan Smith Opp
Nettie Davis
Harriett Hathaway
Inez Castleberry
Martha Kringler
Edna Featherstone
Wees
Mary Briskey
Louise David Bertha Will Ee
Ada Bartlett
Mt. Stewart Mining Co
Echo Office
Decoration Day
Railroad Co
M. R. O'Hara
Thos. Nolan
Soo
Ier
Poe
Po Ieran St
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