State Has Paid Out 10.5 Million in Soldiers Bonus
Olympia reports about 4,500 bonus claims still under review as data gaps slow payments. Audits show roughly 10.5 million disbursed with expenses of 56 cents per hundred, and 50,000 of 57,000 claims examined in six months. The department, led by Arch Tweedie, aims to finish rechecks before Supreme Court ruling on bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
C. W. Clausen
Supreme Court
Finance Committee
Bonus Department of the Auditor’s Office
Arch C. Tweedie
John Frater
Twedie
General
General Fund
Tacoma
James Allens
Washington
Allen
Oregon
Highway Committee
Kalama
Toledo
California Line
Portland
Seattle
Woman Refuses Pension to Support Self in Washington
Chelan county reports the first case in the state where a mother receiving a $20 monthly pension voluntarily relinquished it after securing employment. A widow with one child asked to be removed from the list, stating she can now support herself and her child. State authorities confirm it is the first such voluntary surrender under the mother's pension law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelan County
State of Washington
Olympia
Washington
Gasoline Drum Saves Life of George Davis
George Davis driver for Eli Ball on Badger Mountain believes his life was saved by an empty gasoline drum atop his wheat sacks as he hauled them toward Wenatchee. A bullet hit the drum from a rock struck near his head, denting the opposite side. Davis suspects accidental firing rather than a deliberate shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis
Eli Ball
Badger Mountain
Cascade Oil Co
Wenatchee
Davis
R. H. June
City Council Proceedings 1921 Minutes List Payments
The September 15 1921 council meeting with Mayor Blomeke and members Stelzig Nelson Ball Walker and Potter approved prior minutes and reviewed numerous payments for labor materials and services including viaduct water extension street work and utilities. Several vacancies were declared and N A Nelson and Stelzig named finance chair and member respectively. First L I D No 10 monthly estimate approved. sidewalk work suspended pending favorable spring 1922 weather.
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Blomeke
Stelzig
Nelson
Ball
Walker
Potter
Thomas Brazell
Eng
Guy Montgomery
Natas OT Cor Hia
Longway
Shahbetaeee
R. J. Howerton
R J. Howerton
Sam Griffin
G. N. Lumber Co
H. E. Ogden
Saya Sev Lyga Wenger Ey Neer EE. Ogden
Rainier Cafe
Walworth Mfg. Co
G. Gowing
A. Potter
ySttacabeesstee
Indus
Viaduct Mutual Merc. Co
Andy
I. D
Echo Pub. Co
Frank Pierce
Fred J. Sharkey
John Donalds
W. J. Moon
SASO
N. A. Nelson
American Valuation Plan urged to shield U S industries
The American Valuation Association urges Congress to adopt ad valorem duties based on American valuation to protect U S manufacturers from competing with low priced German goods. Leaders like J. M. Lontz of F N Lawn Mower Co and EK A Florang of Burlington Basket Co warn that without protection key industries and many workers face ruin as German prices undercut American costs.
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San Francisco
England
Australia
Canada
America
American Valuation Association
Congress
Germany
United States
France
Amerie
J. M. Lontz
F. & N. Lawn Mower Company
Japan
EK. A. Florang
Burlington Basket Company
Knew Her By Mr Gabbalot About Painting Lessons
A courtroom exchange features Mr Gabbalot discovering the identity of a painting tutor. Miss Daubber replies that the pupil is very apt, prompting Mr Gabbalot to quip that she is apt to say the most. The judge ears the light exchange.
Chelan County Receives 2.6 Percent Of Auto Fees
Olympia report shows state county shares of automobile license fees for January to July. Total breakdown lists King 30 percent, Pierce 10.8, Spokane 11, Grays Harbor 8, Thurston 2, Yakima 6.12, Chelan 2.6, Snohomish 4.8, Walla Walla 2.5, Whitman 3, with other counties unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Fred J. Dibble
King
Pierce
Spokane
Grays Harbor
Thurston
Yakima
Chelan
Snohomish
Walla Walla
Whitman
County asks bids on three new road projects
Chelan county commissioners invite bids for seven point four miles of Chelan Manson road surfacing with crushed rock and four point four miles at eighteen foot width plus three miles at nine foot width. Also plans regrading and surfacing five miles of Squirechuck Wenatchee Heights road and building two miles of new road from Orondo ferry down Crum ranch on the Chelan Okanogan Highway to remove two grade crossings and dangerous curves. Emergency flood warrants from last spring to repair storm damage are being paid from county funds.
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Chelan County
Chelan-Manson
Squirechuck- Wenatchee Heights
Squillchuck
Orondo Ferry
Crum Ranch
Chelan-Okanogan Highway
Painter Recovers His Famous Canvas After 14 Years
Charles R Hall of Seattle recovered his landscape painting Tumwater Canyon lost after a 1907 sale for 5000 dollars. The work, showing Wenatchee river foreground Cascades in back with a train, changed hands four times before Hall traded for it. He returns from a three year cross country trip with brothers Virgil and Richard after logging 157000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R Hall
Seattle
Tumwater Canyon
America
Wenatchee River
Cascades
Hall
A. A. Span
Los Angeles
Mr. Hall
Virgil
Richard
High School Adjusts Schedule For Glee Club And Athletics
Enrollment now 110 as Miss Winifred Barr begins music supervision. Recitations shortened with assembly omitted in high school to allow glee club and athletics. afternoon recess trimmed in grades. Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors elect officers and appoint advisers. Physical training split by Miss Barret for girls and Mr. Curtis and Mr. Lindahl for winter boys activities. Football gear arriving. jerseys pending. Await first game announcement.
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Winifred Barr
Leslie Lingley
Deloris Smith
John Strom
Orvis Haugh
Wesley Hoffman
Leona Hawley
Susie Miels
Hazel Pence
Lacey McClure
David Weber
Money Wing
Miss Myers
van Tassel
Miss Treavitt
Miss Byrnes
Miss Barret
Curtis
Lindahl
Waten
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Department of Efficiency
Administrative Code
Department of Licenses
Efficiency Departments
C. V. Savidge
Pend Orielle
Olympic Peninsula
University of Washington
Permanent School Fund
Capitol Fund
Savidge
East Side
West Side
Dan A. Scott
Department of Conservation and Development
McLeay Estate
Sequim
Clallam
Scott
Mason, Snohomish
Okanogan
Winthrop
Pasco
Franklin County
Lake Chelan Orchards
White Bluffs
Richland
The
American Legion
Reclamation
Black Lake District
Thurston County
F. L. French
Department of Agriculture
Federation of Women’s Clubs
White River Lumber Co
Josephine Corliss Preston
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Yakima Valley
Gasoline Drum
Canyon
Council Proceedings
County
Painter
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