City Council Adopts 1916 Expense Budget
At a special meeting the city council adopted the 1916 budget for the coming year. A laboratory test was ordered for ice purity after complaints. Samuel Sampson resigned after word of alleged issues. Mull the barber faced theft rumors over a ham sale. Thomas Walsh received 63 days jail and a $100 fine for stealing underwear from Leavenworth Mercantile Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Seeley
Marshall Sampson
Sampson
Ham theft at Leavenworth store ends in jail term
An employee caught a stranger with a 17 pound bacon slab in the Leavenworth Mercantile Co. back room. The man, named Harry Jones, resisted and was jailed 63 days with a $100 fine. The case led to the arrest of a second hobo who sold a ham to Jesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Walsh
Jones
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Rice
Mr. Rice
Butler Sampson
Butler
Graham
Harry Jones
Jesse
Logging Operations Closed and Saw Mill to Shut Down
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. announces all logging camps closed on Wednesday and the saw mill will close by week end. Planer and box mills continue to run. Over four million feet shipped in August with orders to push September output to over five million feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. L. Gardner
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
The
Echo
Subdividing Unsurveyed Lands at Head of Icicle River
Hugo Price of the U S Land Department led a party of fourteen in the hills since June 20 to subdivide 72 sections at the head of the Icicle River. They report rough terrain and snow limit, but they have made progress and expect to cover more than the target. Much land is timbered with high quality cedar and little arable ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Price
C. E
U.S. Land Department
Echo
Icicle
Bears seen on hill near town and the forest station
Reports describe a black bear and cubs sighted on the hill north of town near the forestry station. Will Brender, Lew Brender, Henry Miller and John Moody fired at a bear family but did not hit. A Japanese labor union is being organized in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Lew Brender
Henry Miller
John Moody
Eudora
Kansas
Seattle
Blewett Pass Road In A Class By Itself
Echo reporter visits Blewett Pass summit with Jno Brender in forestry car. The road climbs easily, offers stunning scenery, and contrasts with the hot dusty Vantage route. Cautions include radiator water checks and careful driving. Blewett is narrow but has passing spots and growing tourist traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Blewett Pass
Brender
Ford
Blewett
Ellensburg
Wenatchee
September Outing Offers Scenic Trips to Wenatchee Region
The note advertises trips to Lake Wenatchee head, Geo Siverly’s lodging, Glacier Peak, White River valley, and Cady Pass with saddle horses and camping gear. Two day round trips promise memorable scenery and fishing. grouse plentiful while season lasts. Also, Selah Canal Co directors consider spending 130000 dollars on steel frames concrete ditch work and repairs.
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Lake Wenatchee
Geo. Liverly
Soda Springs
Glacier Peak
White River Valley
Little Wenatchee
Huckleberry Grounds
Cady Pass
Indian Pass
North Yakima
Selah Canal Co
State industrial news crops up in varied projects
Secretary of State Howell expands duties to collect delinquent auto licenses while deputy sealer of weights and measures takes on related tasks. Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Co. lands a 6000 ton vessel contract for New York and Cuba Steamship Co. A Portland waterpower conference meets Sept 21 23 to amend Ferris bill provisions. Vancouver interstate bridge work stays on schedule. Colfax builds more residences. Bremerton votes to issue 225000 for a water plant. Enumclaw rebuilds after fire. Japanese firm orders six 12000 ton steamers after Seaman's bill. Auburn seeks bids on lithic asphalt or warrenite. Pacific county reports no debt. Stevenson opens bids Sept 7 for 70000 road contract. Olympia bids Sept 8 for Ashlock to Francis highway. Reardan Fisher Manufacturing Co forms to make wrenches. State to spend 10000 on Union Flat road Colfax link. Taxes rise in Garfield county. Aberdeen shipyard to build 100000 steam schooner with two million feet capacity. Ore ledges found and Satsop river claims staked. Mount Vernon notes a gold field stampede in Skagit county.
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Enumclaw
Auburn
Pacific County
Union Flat
Colfax
Garfield County
Aberdeen
Satsop
Roundhouse Crew Changes and Hunt Report on Rail Line
Railroad notes list changes in rounds of crew including Foreman Bob Smith and Machinist J. B. Hartley. Trips mention a parlor car addition and yardmaster move while passenger business stays strong but freight traffic halves. Sept F D Kelsey travels to Frisco for exposition. Apple shipments expected to revive activity.
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Roundhouse
Bob Smith
M. R. Friend
Seth Chambers
J. B. Hartley
Everett
Cushman
Interbay
Grimm
Hillyard
F. D. Kelsey
Spokane
Frisco
Young couple elopes as Burmester jailed for perjury
Wallace Idaho dispatch reports John A. Burmester, a Blewett miner, jailed on a $1000 bond for perjury after attempting to marry Doris Biles, age alleged 15, at the county recorder's office. Her father, J C Biles, claims the girl is under 18. Burmester faces preliminary examination on September 3.
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Wallace Idaho
Spokesman- Review
John A. Burmester
Blewett
John C. Biles
Leavenworth
Burmeister
Doris Biles
County Recorder’s Office
Recorder’s Office
Pfeil
Miss Biles
Weniger
J. C. Biles
Peshastin Lumber Co
Government drives typhoid prevention push across the nation
Washington reports a surge in anti typhoid vaccinations with 1914 immunizations surpassing 100 000 and 1915 expected above 300 000. In four North Carolina counties with active campaigns an estimated 20 000 will be immunized as government aims to stamp out typhoid fever.
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Washington City
United States Public Health Service
Secretary of the Treasury
North Carolina
Florda
Forest fires burn across several basins. trail to huckleberries opened
Forestry notes report rapid forest fires in three weeks with over one thousand acres burned on Nason creek near A D Allen and more on Clear Creek and Rainey creek. Most fires are under control but may rekindle. A large fire in Cle Elum basin has burned over a thousand acres. Over one hundred fires reported so far this season. A newly completed six week trail from Lake Wenatchee head to Cady pass awaits riders and leads to rich huckleberry grounds all good through October with eight to ten gallons collectible per day per person.
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Nason Creek
A. D. Allen
L.D. Lumber Co
L.-D. Company
Charles Shugart
Clear Creek
Rainey Creek
Lake Wenatchee
Cady Pass
Sylvester
Carne
White River Basin
Glacier Peak
Cady
Indian Passes
Indian Pass
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Mull
Health Department
Bret Harte
L.D
Icicle River
Four Bear
Jno
S. Brender
State Industrial News
Washington
Howell
Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Co
New York and Cuba Steamship Co
Portland
Vancouver
Bremerton
Prosser
U. P
Stevenson
Lympia
Ashlock
Francis
Fisher Manufacturing Co
Mount Vernon
Skagit County
Bill Ellis
John Farrel
Mike McNulty
Neil Franklin
Wilson Creek
Idaho
John Burmeister
Forestry Office
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