Electric motors to replace locomotives on Great Northern line
Everett dispatch reports Chelan Electric Company plans for 80 000 horsepower power from Chelan Falls to electrify Great Northern trains between Leavenworth and Everett. $2 000 000 project aims to eliminate coal burning engines and use motors through the Cascade division. Leavenworth station to gain 4 000 extra horsepower early next year. Also note J L McComas dies at West Chelan after long illness leaving widow and son.
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Great Northern
Leavenworth
Everett
Chelan Electric Company
Great Northern Railway Company
Chelan River
Chelan Falls
Cascade Tunnel
Big Bore
Cascade Division
Eastern
Washington
John T. McChesney
Public School Thanksgiving Exercises Across Eight Rooms
A reporter visited the public school last Wednesday afternoon for the Thanksgiving vacation exercises. Each of the eight rooms presented songs recitations and essays with Miss Noble's third grade among them. The cheerful pupils and orderly program reflect well on Principal Moore and the school’s prosperous, satisfying condition.
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Moore
Prospectors Brady and Peake Target Blewett Gold Field
The article notes Frank Brady and M. F. Peake moved to Blewett six weeks ago, near Leavenworth, seeking gold. Peake previously prospected claims with a hydraulic potential, claiming water abundance for a future plant, while Blewett has long yielded substantial gold including a two million dollar production since discovery.
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Alaska
Frank Brady
M. F. Peake
Blewett
Leavenworth
Mr. Peake
Geo. H. Snowden
Seattle
Snowden
Messrs
Brady
Peake
County taxes near full collection as November deadline looms
County Treasurer Battles reported that of the 290000 dollars in 1908 taxes, about 75 percent has been collected. Delinquents face 15 percent interest after November 30. In Wenatchee, the Commercial Club laid the cornerstone of its new building with 200 members present, a Wenatchee band, an invocation by Dr Stevenson, and speeches by President King and Mayor Gellatly.
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Battles
Commercial Club
Wenatchee
Stevenson
King
Gellatly
Chelan Municipal Election Registration Closes
Registration books for the incorporation in Chelan closed on November 16 with 160 voters registered for the December municipal election.
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Incorporation of
Chelan
Unprecedented Rain Causing Western Rail Disruptions
Torrential rain across the Pacific Northwest triggers landslides and washouts on multiple lines. Freight and passenger trains halted, with lines from Hood River to Spokane disrupted. cleanup and reopening follow a dramatic weather shift as Chinook winds melt snow.
Logging Camp Foreman Killed by River Beds Near Chiwaukum
John Horry in charge of a Nason creek logging camp was crushed to death by moving logs during a high river drive near Chiwaukum. The body had not been recovered and his death is described as a tragic loss for the local logging community. Horry was a nephew of Richard Giblin and a New York native who had worked for the mill company's camp for years.
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Oregon
Columbia
Williamette
Oregon City
Southern Pacific
Scio
Portland
Bonneville
Columbia River
Spokane
John Horry
Nason Creek
Chiwaukum
Harry
Nasan Creek
Wenatchee
Horry
Richard Giblin
New York State
Wenatchee River
Real estate activity boosts Wenatchee valley orchard plans
In Wenatchee area developments, J E Shubert sold 60 acres east of town for 6000 to Chester Smith of Seattle who will plant 20 acres in fruit trees next spring. Day and Wright cleared land and ordered 4000 trees for 200 acres, while 60 more acres sold to a Seattle buyer will also be tree planted. An estimated 300 acres may be set to trees within three miles of Leavenworth next spring, with 100 carloads of apples expected in six years. Carl Smith near Chelan Falls produced wheat worth over 18000 dollars with 9000 sacks threshed from 9 quarter sections.
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Wenatchee Valley
J. E. Shubert
Chester Smith
Seattle
Wright
Schubert
Jacob Foss
Messrs
Wright & Dow
Leavenworth
Carl Smith
Chelan Falls
Mr. Smith
King couple halted by rock slides en route to Seattle
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. King left at 1 15 PM Monday for Seattle but heavy rain caused rock slides near Scenic on the west side of the mountains. The train stalled all night and returned to Leavenworth Wednesday afternoon. They then proceeded to Seattle via Spokane and the Northern Pacific.
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Sound
Scenic
Great Northern
Wellington
Spokane
Limited
Northern Pacific
Northwest
Pacific
Arctic
Old King Winter
E. A. King
Seattle
Leavenworth
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Oe Hub Clothing
Brown
Hub Clothing
The
Mercantile Go
J. L. McComas
West Chelan
Mr. McComas
Hood River
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Ore
Williamette River
Williamette Valley
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