Coming City Election Draws Wide Interest
The city faces a contentious race with a mayoral contest and council vacancies shaped by wet and dry issues. Socialist S. C. Woldenburg eyes a comeback, facing Dr. A. G. McKeown and F. T. Motteller, while ten council candidates contend for five seats.
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S. C. Woldenburg
Carlquist
A. G. McKeown
F. T. Motteller
Woldenburg
Judah
E.C. Booth
Echo
Booth
Potter
Reynolds
Big Blast Blocks Great Northern Coast Trains
Rail workers report a massive blast at Windy Point that destroys part of the mountain, halting through service on the Great Northern for at least 36 hours. 3500 pounds of powder per shot and 12 coyote holes were used as two steam shovels clear the line. All through trains reroute via the S P and S Ry with one Spokane to Cascade tunnel run and return. interurban service remains unaffected.
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Great Northern
Windy Point
Spokane
Cascade Tunnel
Wenatchee Men Plan Electric Interurban Franchise
Hyman Harris of The Wenatchee Department Store filed an application with the county commissioners for an interurban electric franchise between Wenatchee and Colockum. He asserts backing from several millionaires, aims to start within three years, and to fund the line without bonds or local debt, with engineering by Fred Berry and a one year data preparation period. He will also seek a city franchise next Tuesday night.
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Hyman Harris
Wenatchee
Colockum
E. J. Felt
Wenatchee Valley Power & Electric Co
Harris
Wenatchee Valley
Daily World
Fred Berry
Board of County Commissioners
Seventeen Bridges Repaired On Blewett Road Run
In Wenatchee Commissioner Hickey reports Blewett Road improvements include seventeen repaired bridges over seven to eight miles. The road, a key link to Kittitas county, sees year round traffic with elevation to the Wenatchee range at 4000 feet. About $3,000 will be available next spring from federal timber and land rental funds, enabling further work.
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Kittitas County
Blewett
Wenatchee Range of Mountains
Chelan County Officials Praised by Inspector
Chelan County commissioners were praised by state inspectors Matt Gormeley and J. L. Dittemore for handling public funds with care. The audit cost 36 dollars and the session focused on setting next year’s tax levies, with road taxes hotly debated. Frank Taylor faces grand larceny charges after burglaries at the Leavenworth hotel rooms.
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State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision
Matt Gormeley
J. L. Dittemore
Chelan
Chelan County Good Roads Association
Matt Hickey
Third District
Local Notes on Town Residents and Health
Dr Hoxsey reports J L Close on the sick list with a threatened severe pneumonia. Close, yardmaster for the Great Northern By and conductor, was recently promoted to inspector. P H Graham moved his family into town and occupies a cottage on River Front avenue. Graham took a job in Charles Roach’s shoe and harness store. Paul Weigand went to Seattle Wednesday afternoon and expects to be absent until week’s end.
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Hoxsey
J. L. Close
Close
Great Northern By
P. H. Graham
River Front Avenue
Mr. Graham
Charles Roach
Paul Weigand
Seattle
Clan Sampson Reunion Bid Farewell to Killams
The Clan Sampson held a farewell dinner for Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Killam last Monday as they depart for home via Spokane to Albany Missouri. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Sampson Mr. and Mrs. Butler Sampson Mrs. Will Little of Wenatchee and Mrs. Fred Miller of Pine Flat with their husbands and children. Music and dancing followed the meal and a general merrymaking.
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O. S. Sampson
S. C. Killam
Spokane
Albany
Missouri
G. W. Sampson
Butler Sampson
Will Little
Wenatchee
Fred Miller
Pine Flat
Sampson
Boy Stabs Marshal After Father Arrested in City
Jerry Young 17 or 18 stabbed Marshal Pratt in a box car near the depot after Pratt tried to arrest Cal Young for disorderly conduct. Cal Young and another son Ben were later released on $300 bonds as their hearing was postponed.
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Jerry Young
Cal. Young
Superior Court
Grant
Marshal Pratt
Ben
Marshall
Young
Overland
Youngs
Spokane
Mr. Young
Pratt
Cal
Billy
E. P. Savidge
Cal Young
City Water Deemed Pure After Laboratory Tests
Dr. Judah reports water samples from Wenatchee river Icicle river depot tank mill pond and city tank show negative typhoid and colon contamination except a broken roundhouse tank. He links recent typhoid to lack of sewer system and contaminated tap water near the depot. City water labeled a safe beverage by the health officer.
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State Board of Health
Judah
Wenatchee River
Icicle River
Roundhouse
Fires Lightens as Forest Patrols Step Up
Forest Supervisor Sylvester says fire fighting costs this year are among the lowest in five years at 13.50 for outside help. A mild season saw 38 fires, mostly on private lands, burning 990 acres with little damage. Beav er hill fire confined to private lands. Over ten thousand people visited the Wenatchee forest, 35 miles of new trails built, 20 miles of telephone line strung, and 12 million feet of timber sold through the local office.
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Sylvester
Beaver Hill
Mr. Sylvester
Forestry Department
Wenatchee Forest
Bonding Firm Files Suit Over Wenatchee Bid For Bonds
Wenatchee sued by George H. Tilden & Co Seattle bond buyers for 1275 dollars claiming a forfeit on a bid to supply 42 500 dollars in municipal bonds. Bid accepted but bonds allegedly defective. city says none. Attorneys Ballinger Battle Hurlbert Shorts Seattle and Reeves Crollard Reeves Wenatchee represent plaintiff.
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George H. Tilden & Co
Seattle
Wenatchee
Ballinger, Battle, Hurlbert & Shorts
Reeves, Crollard & Reeves
School notes report strong progress and exams week
State High School Inspector Edwin Twitmyer visited and praised the school while urging library and laboratory upgrades. Teachers and pupils are busy with exams. report cards out next week. Seventh graders won the basketball game 14 to 9 over the eighth graders. New arrivals include the OLearys and Emertons from Utah and Canada. Columbus Day caused bank closures.
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Edwin Twitmyer
Upper Wenatchee Valley Apples Grow In Domestic Display
Apple displays in Leavenworth show fruit from the Upper Wenatchee Valley. Orchard notes: last year ten car shipments. this year forty to fifty cars expected. Local figures list Adams seven cars, Cascade Orchards five, other orchards two to three cars, with growth projected to four to five hundred cars in five years.
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Wenatchee Valley
Adams
Cascade
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al Finch
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Wilson Creek
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Cashmere
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