Town Council Holds Regular Session and Picks Mayor Pro Tem
City council met in regular session with all members present except the mayor. Featherstone elected mayor pro tem and a seven mill tax levy approved. Bills from the fire district and various vendors were approved or referred. A sidewalk ordinance was directed to be drafted and Hoxsey resigned as mayor with George H. Moore slated as successor. The successor decision moved to a special meeting Thursday night.
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Hoxsey
Featherstone
Woldenberg
D. M. Thomas
Edwards, Hathaway and Woldenberg
Leavenworth
Ralston
Spencer
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
A. M. Steven
Dungeness Trading Co
L. J. Nelson
Echo
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
W. J. McClanahan
W. J. Moon
G. W. Hoxsey
Geo. H. Moore
Good Old Days Are Gone
A nostalgic compare and contrast of past and present youth and family life. The author laments modern changes in childhood, education, labor, marriage, and daily routines, contrasting homemade work and simpler times with today’s coach and gadget driven culture. It cites routines, clothing, meal habits, entertainment, and health terms in a humorous, reflective voice.
Icicle Ditch Construction Planned by Drebis for Wenatchee Valley
F A Drebis, back from Wenatchee, will start next week on a five mile irrigation ditch to water over two hundred acres of prime Wenatchee river valley fruit land. Drebis, a practical fruit grower, will oversee work and sell the land, aiming for completion in two months with water drawn from the Icicle river.
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F. A. Drebis
Wenatchee
Scott
Walker
Wenatchee River
Drebis
Icicle
Man Hurt After Horse Bolts In Ride To Peshastin
Pete Peterson Pearl Bissel and Alva Poage rode from here toward Peshastin. Bissel fell when his horse bolted near the Hendricks sawmill, suffering rib fractures and bruises. He recovered quickly after Dr Hoxsey treated him. Services at M E church will be held in Fraternal hall by Rev M Rumohr.
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Pete Peterson
Pearl Bissel
Alva Poage
Peshastin
Hendricks
Bissel
Hoxsey
M. E
Rev. M. Rumohr
Throat cutting in Wenatchee shocks local readers
A Japanese man stabbed another in a quarrel at a Jap colony house near the railroad in Wenatchee. He fled town on foot toward the Sound after the attack, as officers and railroad detectives hunted for him with no trace found by press time. The note calls the incident a providential rebuke to a Pharisaical neighbor.
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Wenatchee
Providence
Red Mountain road contract crew arrives to finish cleanup
The gang of men hired for the Red Mountain state road relief arrived from Seattle with contractor Art Ellis and supervisor J M Moore to oversee the project. They will camp thirty miles from town and begin work on a rock cut side route toward Buck Creek near Chelan Consolidated Copper Company's camp. The six thousand dollar appropriation will fund the remaining six weeks of work to reach the mine access point.
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Red Mountain State Road
Art Ellis
J. M. Moore
Seattle
Buck Creek
Chelan Consolidated Copper Company
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Geo. Keating
Springdale
S. P. Beecher
Washington
Tumwater Light and Water CO
Star Livery
East End
Front Street
Joe Massie
L. Lamb
Clinton
Towa
PINE
C. R. Lamb
Minneapolis, Minn
G. E. Lamb
Iowa
P. Davis
Treas
Mgr
Leavenworth, Wa
Columbia River
TR. W. M. McCoy
J. E. Grant
THE
Bohnsack Myers
Typewriter
Manifold Typewriter Paper
Palmer
Rachel
Pearl Bisses
RED MT Road Contractor
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