Leavenworth Lumber Co sets up box mill with $50,000 capital
Local capitalists form the Leavenworth Lumber Co with a $50,000 capitalization. F. S. Jacobsen is president and GM, N. Coleman vice president, and W. E. Moore secretary treasurer. The plant, to be built at Front and Fourteenth, will produce boxes and lumber and employ 20 to 40 workers starting in spring. The company has secured stumpage and plans a saw mill on the river’s south side.
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Leavenworth Lumber Co
F. S. Jacobsen
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
N. Coleman
L.D. Co
W. E. Moore
Burce & Moore
Front
Fourteenth Streets
Beggar Prince revival eyed as season social highlight
Beggar Prince at Scenic Theater tops the season’s comic opera lineup with Woodward and Moseley producing. The management promises top talent and a high quality staging, marking a planned Nov 26 performance as a premier event in the eastern arts scene.
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East
Woodward & Moseley
Woodward
Mr. Mosely
Fatally Injured Worker in Railroad Yard Incident
Joe Schneider an engine watcher at Tye was crushed between an engine and car last Tuesday evening with severe injuries and little hope for recovery. Dr Hoxsey hospitalized him in Everett on Wednesday for surgery. Oregon Washington RR announced a 35 mile Yakima Valley branch next year to reach Hanford and extend toward Wenatchee and the upper Columbia country.
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Joe Schneider
Tye
Hoxsey
Everett Hospital
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Yakima Valley
Hanford
Wenatchee
Columbia River
Forger Sentenced to One to Five Years in Wenatchee
Thomas Haxford, who forged a $7.75 check on Mert El fers at City Meat Market, was sentenced in Superior Court to serve from one to five years in the penitentiary. Walter Green received thirty days in jail for stealing an overcoat and gloves.
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Thomas Haxford
Mert Elfers
Wenatchee
Walter Green
Cashmere orchardist ships apples stores large future crop
Tom Henry living above Cashmere is in the city today. He has shipped 19 carloads of apples and plans to store 5000 to 6000 boxes in his storage house. The Cashmere Union handles the apples and returns have been satisfactory. Henry owns a large orchard tract near Cashmere and yearly harvests a big crop.
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Tom Henry
Cashmere
Mr. Henry
Cashmere Union
Postal savings system nears self support with $28 million
The postal savings system faces a need for federal support to break even after just over a year of operation. Director Odore L. Weed says deposits must reach $100 million to be self sustaining, noting the U S system uses fewer clerks than Japan and aims for efficiency with passbook removal.
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Theodore L. Weed
Postal Saving System
Treasury
Post Office Department
Pa Cers
Weed
Hitchcock
Washington
Mr. Weed
Japan
United States
Wenatchee to get city fair ground from Lang land
It is practically assured Wenatchee will have a fair ground with W F Lang agreeing to sell 50 acres two miles from town for 45000 dollars or stock in a new company capitalized at 75000. If the deal goes through a large annual fair and apple show is planned in Wenatchee. John Kuelles of Cashmere was in the city on Wednesday.
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Wenatchee
W. F. Lang
Tony Dealmo
Icicle Canal
McCoy
Improvement Work Delayed Until Spring by City Council
The council decided no street improvement work would be done this year to allow drying ground for better results in spring. Bids on Improvement District No 3 were rejected, with three districts remaining. contracts to be let early next spring. Crosswalks on the track north side deemed unnecessary compared to board walks, costing about 90 dollars each.
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Weigand
H. C. Peters
L. F. Heidrich
Cascade Orchards
Carlquist
Seaman & Quigg
Messrs
Seaman
Campbell
Wenatchee Valley Wins Big At Spokane Apple Show
Wenatchee valley tallies included 1375 trees, $1659 in cash prizes, and multiple gold and silver medals. The district claimed top honors in carload, ten box, and five box contests with numerous firsts, seconds, and plate prize wins totaling dozens of awards.
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Wenatchee Valley
Board of Judges
Great Northern Railway
Wenatchee
Rome
Great Northern
Uncalled Letters at Leavenworth Post Office
The week ending November 18 1912 lists uncalled letters for Goodwin W D Barrett Brown Mrs Ralph Calkins O R Green Mrs Walter Hart W P Irwin Sandy W Moore Hiram Noling Clarence Plummer Royal Ross Mrs E M Thompson Ed Walsh Will Wood A W J Gull and Mrs Avis Ogden left for Pomeroy Washington to visit relatives in Dayton until after Christmas. J W Elliott returned from the coast and plans to open a picture show in Anacortes.
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Leavenworth
Goodwin
Barrett
Brown
Ralph
Calkins
Green
Walter
Hart
Irwin Sandy
Moore Hiram
Noling
Clarence
Plummer
Royal
Ross
E M, Thompson
Walsh Will
Wood
W. J. Gull
Mrs
Avis Ogden
Pomeroy Wash
Mrs. Ogden
Dayton
Statewide Boosting Plan Considered by Washington Manufacturers
A Spokane based Buying at home league official says state manufacturers favor cooperative advertising to boost each other without harming their own business. He notes coast industries support the idea and that a formal state organization may not be needed for a practical boost plan.
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Washington
G. A. Raymer
Spokane
Raymer
Daly Family Relocate to Victoria For Milling Plant Post
An address card reveals Geo A Daly and family moved from Klamath Falls Oregon last spring to Victoria British Columbia. Daly accepted a Victoria lumber mill superintendent post with a flattering offer and will reside there.
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Geo. A. Daly
Klamath Falls
Oregon
Daly
Victoria
Predict Open Winter at Wenatchee
High water in the Columbia about Wenatchee shows seven feet eight inches on Wednesday morning. Water levels are four feet higher than last year and ease navigation. River men forecast a very open winter with conditions similar to 15 years ago when no ice formed in the Columbia or Lake Chelan.
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Columbia
Wenatchee
The
Lake Chelsa
Wenatchee Club Defrauded in London Financier Bunko
A Wenatchee commercial club fell for a scheme by Bryne who promised London financiers would back a railroad to Beverly. The plan collapsed when Bryne asked the club to fund half of a $500 survey, and he was arrested in Seattle on similar charges of obtaining money by false pretenses.
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Wenatchee Commercial Club
Milwaukee Railway Company
Beverly
Bryne
Wenatchee Boosters
Seattle
Great Northern to Span Mountains to Belingham Route
Great Northern will extend its line from Pateros across the mountains to Belingham. The road will run up the Methow valley with work expected soon. Officials say the move aims to beat Milwaukee road into the region, with Rainy Pass favored as the feasible route due to lower altitude.
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Great Northern Railroad Company
Pateros
Bellingham
Methow
Great Northern
Milwaukee Road
Rainy Pass
Chelan County Officials Back State Association Reforms
E M Gillette was elected president of the state association at the Everett meeting. It backed changes in state law including appointing highway superintendents by county commissioners with salaries not above 4000 dollars, oversight of highways and bridges, and abolishing the county engineer's office with records moved to the auditor. The group plans to meet next year in Wenatchee.
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E. M. Gillette
Chelan County
Wenatchee
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Beggar Prince
John Kuelles
Council
Mr. Pratt
J. C. Davis
J. W. Elliott
Mr. Elliott
Anacortes
B. C
Wwe
Commercial Club
R. B. Field
Sewing Club
P. A. Snyder
Wm. McIntosh
W. A. Tegtmier
O. S. Sampson
Eugene Hamilton
D. H. Mayor
C. R. Rothen
Mr. Rothen
J. T. McDonald
Everett
S. A. Potter
E. H. King
A. H. Sylvester
Anna Stearns
Bellingham, Wash
Charles West
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