Snow Creek water supply seen secure from snow slides
Citizens surveying the Snow Creek conduit line say the route from the mountain circle to the Snow Creek intake shows little risk from snow slides. Inspectors report extensive earth and rock work completed with minimal trestle risk and abundant pure cold water ready for spring construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Creek
Companys
McKeown
J. D. Wheeler
Harry Osborne
Mr. Beecher
Mountain Home Ranch
Beecher
Snow Creek Water Co
Wheeler
Osborne
Globe Mining & Milling Co Plans Rich Cinnabar Ore Development
Globe Mining & Milling Co organized by Dee Fisher plans rapid development of cinnabar ore near Nigger creek twelve miles away. George Persinger prepared the site with about two thousand feet of tunnels. Engineer Roberts reports rich ore worth 100 to 300 dollars per ton. A ten thousand ton furnace and road to the site are to be completed within three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Mining & Milling Company
Dee Fisher
Nigger Creek
Blewett Road
Ingles Creek
George Persinger
Roberts
Walt Meyers
Fisher
Scott
Tax Levy Totals and County Shares for 1911 State Taxes
The state board of equalization set the 1911 levy at 13 mills lower than 1910 while total taxes to be raised rise to 5 092 167 dollars. Chelan County pays 70 994 dollars, including railroad taxes, with King County at 1 262 000, Spokane 679 000, Pierce 463 383, Snohomish 201 000, Whitman 199 000, Yakima 186 000, and Chelan 163 000. Island County pays 7 231 dollars. The three largest counties King Pierce and Spokane cover nearly half of the state levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Chelan County
State Tax Commission
King County
Spokane
Pierce County
Snohomish
Whitman County
Yakima County
Chehalis County
Island County
King, Pierce
Mass Meeting Debates Water Bond Question at Opera House
A large turnout at the opera house heard clashes over water supply plans. Opponents argued for municipal ownership and questioned bond feasibility, while officials defended the council's plan and cost estimates amid graft accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Governor Hay’s Northwestern October Tour Schedule
Governor Hay plans a late October tour through Washington’s northwest visiting Leavenworth Cashmere Wenatchee Entiat Chelan Lakeside Pateros Methow Valley Twisp Brewster Riverside Okanogan Conconully Loomis Oroville Molson Curlew Republic and Spokane before returning to Olympia. The itinerary includes stops each day from October 20 to October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hay
Leavenworth
Cashmere
State Good Roads Association
Wenatchee
Okanogan Valley
Entiat
Chelan
Lakeside
Methow Valley
Twisp
Brewster
Riverside
Okanogan
Conconully
Loomis
Oroville
Molson and Curlew
Republic
Mayor Splawn to Combine Roles in North Yakima
Mayor A J Splawn discharged the street commissioner and plans to assume the duties without pay. He also intends to abolish the chief of police position and act as head of police. The city would save 3000 dollars annually by dissolving the offices. He says he will oversee policing as commissioner of public safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Splawn
North Yakima
Splawn
Marshal Fitz Drives Hobos From Town in Canyon Hiatus
Marshal Fitz persuaded two hobos to quit town during a Wednesday talk and they were last seen hiking toward a canyon. He vows to crack down on undesirables, and the streets show cleaner results after one misstep with excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Fitz
Leavenworth
Marble Quarry to Open With $250000 Bond Sale
Onyx Marble company president John L. Atkinson plans winter work at Red Mountain district quarries and a Wenatchee Valley & Northern railway extension to reach the mines by spring. $250000 in bonds sold funds development and a lime cement plant, with Everett and Leavenworth roles, promising hundreds of jobs and countywide industrial growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Atkinson
Onyx Marble Company
Red Mountain District
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway
Atkinson
Everett
Leavenworth
Chelan County
Forest Homestead Law Survey Costs Reduced in National Forests
An agreement between the Interior and Agriculture departments ends the need for two surveys by permitting Forest Service surveys to be accepted as final by the Surveyor General. Field survey costs stay with Agriculture, while applicants pay only for checking and platting. The move simplifies procedures, cuts duplication, and lowers settlement costs within national forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Forest Service
Surveyor General
General Land Office
National Forest
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Orchard Prosperity Looms Over Peshastin Farmlands
The Stark ranch near Peshastin is a 152 acre apple enterprise with 85 acres in top varieties. Hal Stark projects yields of up to 10 000 boxes next year and 50 000 to 60 000 in five years, signaling a booming Wenatchee valley apple industry and rising land prices as emigration pushes settlers toward Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Wenatchee Valley
Peshastin
W. M. Stark and Son
Stark Ranch
Jonathan
Spitzenberg
Hal Stark
The
Echo Man
Stark
Leavenworth
Graft Rumors Surface in City Council Meeting
The Echo reports a Wednesday night discussion in the Opera bar where Councilman Davis and others allegedly talked of a five thousand dollar graft in the water bonding proposal to be shared by Councilmen Carlquist and Weigand. Davis claims Corcoran named others. Watson confirms the claim and adds Hamilton’s name. Accused councilmen threaten criminal prosecutions and civil suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Corcoran
Woodrow
Woldenberg
Echo
Leavenworth
Tumwater Light and Water Co
Weigand
Carlquist
Field
Davis
Nelson
Tumwater Light and Water Co’s
C. E. Booth
W. J. Watson
J. W. Corcoran
Hamilton
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. M. Lee
G. N
Dick Simons
William Brender
Mr. Lee
Mr. Simons
William Bender
Light
Globe Mining & Milling CO
Robert B. Field
Columbia River
Orchard
W. M. Stark
Apple King
Upper Wenatchee Valley
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