County eyes 400000 bond to fund Chelan county roads
County Engineer F M Berry explains a proposed 400000 bond plan divided into four districts to fund key road projects across Wenatchee Leavenworth Malaga Entiat Lake Chelan and related routes. He argues for clear project indexing and offsetting engineering costs from the current expense fund to satisfy taxpayers and spur countywide improvement.
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Berry
Wenatchee- Leavenworth
Wenatchee-Mala
Wenatchee-Leavenworth
Wenatchee-Malaga
Entfat
Chelan & Lakeside
Columbia River
Entiat
McArthurs
Chelan
Wenatchee
F. M. Berry
Motions for New Trials in Totten Beebe Cases to Be Argued
Judge Grimshaw will hear the motions for new trials for Mrs. Totten and Mrs. Beebe tomorrow at 10 AM. The proceedings may last a few hours as counsel present objections and the court weighs possible rulings. Sentencing remains uncertain with speculation of leniency for the elderly defendants.
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Thomas
Sorenson
Grimshaw
Totten
Dining room closes at Great Northern hotel
Proprietor Ginger announced the dining room will be discontinued for now and the hotel will operate on a room-rental basis using a European Oasis plan. Winter expenses are high and business is light. the dining room may reopen in spring for summer.
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Great Northern Hotel
Ginger
Carnegie gives 10 million bonds for world peace fund
Andrew Carnegie transfers ten million dollars of 5 per cent first mortgage bonds to a trustee board aimed at hastening abolition of international war and founding a lasting world peace. Elihu Root named president of the U S trustees with Taft as honorary vice president.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Elihu Root
Hague Tribunal
Taft
Woman Held as Maderu Plotter in Mexico Break
A Mexican revolution story from Douglas Arizona reports Senora Dolores Medrano arrested in Torreon with her supporting junta. She allegedly relayed Madero letters to insurgent chiefs in Chihuahua and Coahuila. Also named are arrested associates and related political unrest in Nuevo Leon and Monterey publishers found guilty.
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Ariz
Mexico
Senora Dolores Medrano
Madero
Torreon
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Jesus de la Torre
Francisco Sarnana
Gregorio Oviedo
Norberto Rivera
Ricardo de la Torre
Carlos Vela Martinez
Ursulo Medrano
Manuel Hernandez
Servero Oviedo
Acatila de Bajo
Arturo Barrera
Gomez Palacio
Barrera
Col. Kohlerlitsky
Sonora Rurales
Naco
Sahuaripa
Nuevo Leon
Jefe Politico of
Rayones
Ricardo Arenals
Oswaldo Sanchez
el Espectador
Monterey
Bond Action Proposes Valley Water System Bond Plan
After a Leavenworth election, voters approved bonds for a valley water system. The plan envisions joint funding by Leavenworth Wenatchee Cashmere and nearby areas to build a regional scheme drawing water from Snow Creek or the Icicle. A local planter, meeting in the past week, explored submitting a wider bonding proposal for Wenatchee valley suburbs.
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Leavenworth
Cashmere
Wenatchee
Thy
Yeters
No legal holidays on Mondays after Christmas and New Year
Olympia reports Governor Hay will not declare holidays on the Mondays following Christmas and New Year. Despite numerous requests the governor decided today not to grant them, keeping those weeks without official holiday observances.
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Olympia
Hay
Twenty Six Entombed After Greene Mine Gas Explosion
Norton Virginia December 14 reports say twenty six men are entombed by a gas explosion at Bond Coal company Greene mine near Tacoma. Early indications list twenty two dead among the trapped workers.
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Virginia
Norton
Greene
Bond Coal Company
Tacoma
Denver plan seeks cement highways from Atlantic to Pacific
John Brisbane Walker presents a plan to build identically built cement highways from Denver to St Louis Chicago Galveston Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Colorado conservation commission adopts a resolution backing the plan and urges 17 state legislatures to fund it and petition Congress. Walker argues federal and state cooperation could cut passenger and freight costs by half, with the government paying half the highway cost and states the rest.
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Colo
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Colorado Conservation Commission
John Brisbane Walker
Walker
Pacific
Mississippi
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Chicago
Gulf
Galveston
Pacific Ocean
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Edwards Vacates Prime Wenatchee Real Estate Office
Ira E. Edwards removes sign boards from the Columbia Valley Bank corner basement office. No tenants yet but the location is deemed the best for a real estate office in the city. Edwards and his father depart tomorrow for a health tour through California and possibly Hawaii, with plans uncertain.
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Ira E. Edwards
Columbia Valley Bank
Edwards
California
Hawaii
Wenatchee
Mr and Mrs A H Moore Visit Che Lan City
Mr and Mrs A H Moore of Che Lan are in the city for a short visit, staying at a local lodging and planning meetings with friends.
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A. H. Moore
Chelan
The
City
Prisoners Go May Play Chicago Oh To Gan
In Waterville Washington two inmates from Douglas county jail were allowed to attend revival services at a Baptist church, but their disappearance left jail population two lower. They had acted as trusties and had been aided by Verd Wilson who supplied funds. Wilson received partial freedom due to his wife’s illness and remains confined for aiding Caffrey and Bigley.
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Wash
Douglas County
Joe Caffrey
Charles Bigley
Baptist Church
Verd" Wilson
C. H. Duncan
Wilson
Caffrey and Bigley
Mexicans Routed as Government Forces Clear Chihuahua
Washington reports Mexican federal troops have routed Chihuahua revolutionists and captured Guerrero, clearing the state and surrounding areas of organized resistance. In Rancho Santiago near Pedernales, 74 were killed as insurgents fought General Navarro to a standstill. a brutal postbattle shooting killed 30 men in Cerro Prieto. Navarro expects heavier fighting as rebels reinforce. C. H. Webster visits. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Richards reside in Olympia.
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Guerrero
Wilson
Mexico City
Rancho Santiago
Pedernales
el Paso Texas
Navarro
Cerro Prieto
Rush Harriman line extension eyed for Northwest travel
Portland dispatch notes Julius Kruttschnitt, Harriman system director, in Portland to supervise extensions and improvements. Plans include completing the Southern Pacific cut off to California by July and reducing Portland San Francisco travel to 22 hours. The North Coast line will reach the Snake River, linking with Oregon Railroad & Navigation to shorten Portland Spokane distance.
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Ore
Julius Kruttschnitt
Harriman
Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company
Kruttschnitt
Pacific Northwest
Southern Pacific Company
California
San Francisco
Deacon Edwards Receives Gold Umbrella from Plymouth Church
Deacon Wm. Edwards was surprised by a Plymouth Congregational church gathering last night. Judge C. V. Martin presented him a gold handled silk folding umbrella on behalf of church members as appreciation before his long journey.
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Wm. Edwards
H. D. Wiard
C. V. Martin
Plymouth Congregational Church
Judge Campbell and wife return from Sioux City to Chelan
Judge C. C. Campbell and his wife arrived back yesterday from their former homes in Sioux City Iowa. They traveled up the river this morning to Chelan where Campbell operates the Chelan Hotel. He was recently elected mayor of the lake city. Mrs F D Payne of Mansfield visits Hotel Wenatchee.
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C. C. Campbell
Sioux City
Iowa
Chelan
F. D. Payne
Mansfield
Wenatchee
Burial of B. F. Barnhart Follows Idaho Death
The body of B. F. Barnhart slain at Potlatch Idaho was brought to town by early morning train. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Baptist church with Rev. Johnson presiding. The Wenatchee Undertaking company managed interment. His wife daughter and brothers Joe and Harvey accompanied the casket. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Abraham Barnhart of North Wenatchee avenue.
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B. F. Barnhart
Potlatch
Idaho
Baptist Church
Johnson
Wenatchee Undertaking Company
Joe
Harvey
Abraham Barnhart
North Wenatchee Avenue
Heaths will visit Rocky Mountain cities for holidays
N A Heath and his wife will spend the holidays with Mr Heaths parents at Ogden Utah. They will be gone several weeks and visit a number of Rocky Mountain cities on their trip.
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N. A. Heath
Mr. Heath
Ogden
Utah
Rocky Mountain
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