Switchmen Strike Spreads Tying Up Rail Freight
In Seattle and St Paul reports, switchmen walkout halts freight at Great Northern and Northern Pacific. Non union crews and imported strikebreakers are discussed as railroads seek to restore service while passenger routes remain active.
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Great Northern
Seattle
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Chicago
Northwest
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Pacific Coast
Dakota
Montana
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Promise Railway In A Year
Right of way is being secured for the Okanogan Electric railroad from Nighthawk to Brewster and on to Spokane. Transfers cost about $1 each and the road is promised to be in operation within one year. The project was promoted by A M Dewey but he is no longer connected with it.
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Okanogan
Dewey
Wenatchee Realty Wins Idaho Malta Claim Suit
The Idaho Supreme Court upheld Wenatchee Realty and Investment Company in its suit against Independence Mining over the Malta mining claims near Hailey. The win followed lower court success and involved attorney Frank Reeves who argued the case. The Malta claim, located twenty years ago by Mrs. Gehr’s family, has long been developed with yearly assessments.
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Malta
Independence Company
Supreme Court
Frank Reeves
Wenatchee
W. S. Gehr
Wenatchee Realty & Investment Company
United States
Burnses Welcome 11-Pound Boy on Thanksgiving Morning
Mr and Mrs J H Burns cheer a son born Thanksgiving morning weighing 11 pounds. The newborn adds joy to the family as relatives celebrate the new arrival.
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Mrs
J. H. Burns
Wenatchee Man Lost License Amid Snohomish Flood
In Everett Washington a flood of the Snohomish River delayed a Wenatchee groom John P. Maguire and his Snohomish bride Catherine Keefe as they pursued a marriage license. County Auditor Lee issued a duplicate license after the original 4024 was reportedly lost in transit. the new duplicate bore number 4249. Cupid prevailed as the ceremony was postponed only briefly.
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Snohomish
Cupid
Lee
Passenger Train Service Returns to Normal Times
This morning all passenger trains east and west were reported nearly on time. Night trains passed with minor delays. It is expected that for the time being the service will return to its normal condition.
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Noram
Bank Directors Ordered to Hold Monthly Meetings
Washington December 2 The Comptroller of the Currency orders all 2500 national banks to hold monthly director meetings and to appoint examining and discount committees. Loans and discounts must be approved by the board and recorded permanently. Banks are asked to send bylaws reflecting the new provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Murray
Comptroller’s
Water famine looming in Tacoma as strike halts fuel deliveries
Tacoma faces a partial water famine unless striking switchmen relent enough to permit fuel cars to be switched to city pumping stations. The decoupled supply threatens city water operations if negotiations fail.
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Tacoma
General Railroad Strike Threatened
Spokane reports a possible broad labor dispute as switchmen threaten to strike while engineers and firemen from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific push for higher wages. The Chronicle notes a committee may travel to St Paul to discuss the wage schedule with railway chiefs, while Great Northern officials say concessions were made a month ago and new terms are still being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Great Northern
Mittee
St. Paul
Waterville Rail Line Born From Public Spirit in One Day
Waterville residents raised fifty thousand dollars in cash in a single day and sixty thousand more soon after to fund a five mile railway connecting to the Great Northern. A called committee and circulating appeals spurred rapid construction as grain interests pledged elevators and lines. chief engineer A L Rogers and aide Robert Waterhouse led the effort with officers C A Granis J G Kennedy George P Wiley among them.
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Wenatchee
Wenatchee Valley
Great Northwest
Waterville
Big Bend
Great Northern
Great Northern Railway
Hill
A. L. Rogers
Robert Waterhouse
C. A. Granis
J. G. Kennedy
George P. Wiley
A.L. Rogers
US dispatches troops to Central America amid Nicaragua crisis
The Navy ordered the cruiser Albany and gunboat Yorktown to move to Corinto Nicaragua while the Prairie with several hundred Marines sailed from Philadelphia to Panama and possibly Nicaragua. Weather in Washington was cloudy with showers tonight and Friday.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Secretary of the Navy
Albany
Yorktown
Magdalena Bay
Corinto- Nicara
Prairie
Panama
Nicaragua
Philadelphia
Wenatchee High to Debate Commission Plan Tonight
Accredited high schools statewide clash in first high school debate on whether Northwest cities over 50 000 should adopt a Des Moines style commission system. Wenatchee supports affirmative with Hartman Marr and Miller. Sprague opposes with Birdslawn Mays and Vent. Debate at 8 pm in the Presbyterian church. 50 cent admission.
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Des Moines
Commission
Tacoma
Spokane
Seattle
Bellingham
Hartman
Cashmere
Marr
Watervile
Miller
Wenatchee
Sprague
Presbyterian Church
Palouse
Chelan Avenue
Willis Poe
Dwight Gill
Harald Smith
Clois George
Clois George, Will Sing
Kreager
State College
Pullman
W. C. Riste
Waterville
Robert Gay
Harrington Schools
One Foot of Snow Paralyzes Tacoma
Tacoma reports nearly a foot of snow on December 2 leaving streets nearly at a standstill and lines down. A. C. Swartz was arraigned for allegedly rolling roommate E. T. Gavin and stealing 75 dollars while Gavin did not appear to testify. Gavin has fled, and Swartz left town after his discharge.
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Tacoma
A. C. Swartz
Nelson and Hauser
E. T. Gavin
Palmer
Gavin
Ga- Yin
Swartz
The
Ity
Tedford Bros. Sweep Prizes at National Apple Show
Tedford Bros. received a silver cup from the Board of Trade of Kelowna at the National Apple Show for the largest number of single box entries. They had nine entries, winning eight first prizes and one second prize, and also earned a silver cup from the Fruit Grower of St. Joseph for the best five boxes of Jonathans.
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Tedford Bros
Board of Trade of
Kelowna
B. C
Express
St. Joseph
Jonathans
Millerdale Orchard Tract Sold to Wenatchee Buyer
H M Maxwell of Maxwell and Adron Billiard Parlors sold his 10 acre Millerdale orchard tract for 10000 dollars to H Blackman of Blackman Bros Wenatchee. The sale was handled by C E Eberhardt of Columbia Realty Co.
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H. M. Maxwell
Maxwell & Adron Billiard Parlors
Millerdale
H. Blackman
Blackman Bros
Wenatchee
C. E. Eberhardt
Columbia Realty Co
Mrs. C S Sampson Visits Daughter in Leavenworth
Mrs. C S Sampson of Leavenworth is visiting at the home of her daughter Mrs. Will H Little.
Wenatchee Enforces Local Option Dry Law
The local option law took effect in Wenatchee on Saturday, closing the liquor business in original package sales. After the fall vote that shut saloons, wholesalers were allowed 90 days to dispose of stock, a period that ended Saturday, making Wenatchee thoroughly dry.
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Wenatchee
Chelan Falls electrification plan to power Great Northern and Northern Pacific
State land board members report in Wenatchee that both Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads will be electrified in Washington. The plan dams Lake Chelan to create a large reservoir boosting power potential to 60 000 to 100 000 hp, with millions to be spent and lines run to Wenatchee and possibly along the Columbia.
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Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Washington
State Land Board
Lake Chelan
Chelan
State Tax
Stae
State Land Commissioner
Wenatchee
T. D. Rockwell
E. W. Ross
T. J. Welty
T. A. Parrish
Niagara Falls
Leavenworth
Chelan Falls
Tumwater Canyon
Columbia
Record freshet in Skagit Stillaguamish floods Northwest
Reports from Everett to Mount Vernon show the highest water yet recorded from a freshet surpassing 1906 07 levels. Towns along the Skagit Stillaguamish and Nooksack face ruined dikes, flooded homes, and traffic disruption while relief aids residents on Ebey island and Stanwood endures.
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Everett
Wash
Bellingham
Skagit
Stillaguamish
Nooksack
Snohomish
Ebey Island
Pillman
Monroe
Arlington
Darrington
Wickersham
Cicero
Stanwood
Burlington
Sedro-Woolley
Mt. Vernon
Silvana
Milltown
West Side
North Points
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Hillyard
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Switchmen’s Union
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Promise Railway
Okanogan Electric
Supreme Court of the
Idaho
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Inde
Pendence Mining Company
Posses
Sion
Hailey
Imperti
Nent Snohomish River
Everett, Wash
High Wa
Ter
Snohomish River
John P. Maguire
Catherine Keefe
NEW Order
Story OF
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Big Bend City
Chee
Waterville Railroad Committee
HGH School
Commission Plan OF City
Sprague High
Henry Hartman
Earl Marr
Russell Miller
Millerdale Orchard
G. N. and
ELEC
Whatcom
Skagit River
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