Wenatchee Valley Apples Fetch High Prices Across Ocean
Wenatchee valley apples command top prices in the United States and in Britain. Letters from William Edmund report English buyers paying five to six dollars per box for Spitzenberg and Winter Bananas. Norfor of Edinburg notes Wenatchee apples in Scottish markets and stores with boxes marked five and six dollars.
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Wenatchee Valley
United States
Wenatchee
Edmund
Old Country
John A. Gellatly
Robert Livingston
Scottish Mortgage Company
William Norfor
Edinburg
Scotland
Norfor
W. O. W. meeting hosted by Houks with guests and music
Charley and Mrs. Houk entertained W O W members at their home with a coasting party and a program of music and refreshments. Honor guest Mrs. Iola Holdridge of Denver led the gathering among local ladies and men as a lively social event. The Entiat Light and Power Co. added six workers this morning to meet ongoing development work fueling busy electric companies.
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Charley Houck
Iola Holdredge
Denver
Col
Mesdames Alice O'Connor
W. H. Bigelow
Paul Matzke
T. M. Dennis
O. A. Parker
Katie Duffy
Donna S. Maxwell
H. Groeger
Everett
Agnes Scott
W. H. Russell
J. B. Olinger
G. C. Eikelburner
Frank Mechtel
Chas. Houk
Messrs. Hubers
Caster
Warren Houck
Chas. Houck
Parker
Olinger
Clint Towne
Mabel Simons
Iola Holdridge
Nellie Eikelburner
Zoe McCardell
Elizabeth Eikelburner
Miss Olinger
Entiat Light & Power Company
Senator Jones seeks more aid for fruit handling study
Washington, Dec 16. In response to requests from Wenatchee, Spokane, North Yakima and elsewhere, Senator Jones works with the department of agriculture to secure further aid for studying fruit handling and transportation. California has received ten thousand dollars, the most ever, while last year the department got 25,000 for the entire country. An expert has begun a preliminary study in Washington and Oregon, with promised full attention for Washington as funds permit.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
California
Pacific Coast
Bureau of Plant Industry
Senator Jones
Oregon
Social Ball in Entiat Hosts Glee Club Night
A social ball will be held at Pope's Evergreen hall in Entiat on the 23rd by the Entiat Glee club with Prof. Gregg's orchestra providing music. Ladies are asked to bring luncheon. The note also mentions ongoing passenger traffic along the boat route to Waterville despite the wharfboat removal at Orondo.
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Pope
Evergreen Hall
Entiat
Entiat Glee Club
Prof. Gregg
Orondo
Waterville
Adverse War Report On Okanogan River Improvement
Washington December 16 The secretary of war forwarded to Congress Major Kuntz's adverse report on the plan to improve the Okanogan River from its mouth to Riverside. It concludes the project would require canalization at a cost exceeding potential gains from commerce even with power sales from locks.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Congress
Major Kuntz
Okanogan River
Riverside
Woman and Child Suffer For Man's Sin
A Seattle Star columnist narrates Grace Howard and her five month old baby Isabelle suffering after William Howard is convicted of forgery and sentenced to one to five years. With rent due and no funds the mother cannot work due to the baby's whooping cough.
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Grace Howard
Isabelle
William Howard
Howard
Ball & McNerney
Buckeye Grocery
W. T. Rarey
Irrigated Land Boom Reported Across Central States
Frank B. Cole of West Coast Lumberman reports a widespread irrigated land buying boom from the central states to Columbus Ohio with land agents thriving in large cities. The feature notes interest in apples and mentions Donaldson's Minneapolis store buying Spokane apple show samples and selling a bushel box of apples for 16 dollars.
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Middle West
Frank B. Cole
The
West Coast Lumberman
Tacoma
Central States
Columbus
Ohio
Tacoma News
Mr. Cole
Minnesota
Donaldson's Department Store
Minneapolis
Spokane
Harriman lines near purchase of Stone Webster networks
Tacoma reports that the Harriman lines are close to buying Stone & Webster street railways and interurban properties in western Washington. The deal would transfer Tacoma Seattle Everett and Bellingham lines plus interurban systems and power plants, forming a Pacific Northwest feeder network via Kuhn Loeb control. Local Harriman officials deny or confirm, while Tacoma activity has slowed.
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Tacoma
Harriman
Stone & Webster
Washington
Seattle, Everett
Bellingham
Tacoma-Seattle
Everett
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harriman Lines
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Entiat Man Elroy Crum Dies at 52 from Stomach Cancer
Elroy Crum of Entiat died last evening at his home from stomach cancer. He leaves a wife and five children, two daughters and three sons, and is 52. He is brother of Frank Crum of Orondo with relatives on the Sound. Burial will be in Entiat tomorrow. Sprague & Ruppe are the undertakers.
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Elroy Crum
Entiat
Mr. Crum
Frank Crum
Orondo
Sound
Sprague & Ruppe
Wenatchee
Hearing on dairy freight discrimination cases
Washington December 16 The interstate commerce commission listened to arguments in cases brought by the St Paul board of trade and the Minneapolis produce exchange against the Milwaukee and other railroads. The dispute centers on alleged discrimination in freight rates for dairy produce from Minnesota to eastern markets.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Paul Board of Trade
Minneapolis Produce Exchange
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Strikers Test of Endurance in Northwest Rail Tie Up
St. Paul reports the northwest switchmen's strike as a test of endurance between workers and railroads. Freight movement is disrupted and the strike may spread eastward. Unsettled labor conditions in the east fuel predictions of broader industrial action.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Wilmeroth Returns From Chicago After Apple Exhibit
Dr. W Wilmeroth and family return from a National Land and Irrigation congress trip to promote Wenatchee apples. Exhibits at Chicago and Minneapolis drew crowds with 300000 attendees noted by the Chicago Tribune. About 5000 to 6000 new seekers asked for valley literature as immigration officials aided outreach.
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W. Wilmeroth
National Land & Irrigation Congress
Wilmeroth
Chicago Congress
Donaldson
Minneapolis
Chicago Tribune
Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
E. C. Leedy
Mr. Wilmeroth
Chicago
Wenatchee Booth
Michigan
Boise
Idaho
Supt Brown Denies Financing YMAS Gifts
Superintendent A L Brown tells the Daily World he recommends parents give education oriented gifts this Christmas. He urges classics for seventh to tenth graders, including Gulliver's Travels and Robinson Crusoe, with a district list of titles from Swift to Thoreau.
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Supt
Brown
Swift
Robinson Cruesoe
Defoe
Bunyan
Ben-Hur
Wallace
Tennyson
Lorna Doone
Blackmore
Coo
Spokane Denies Chamber of Commerce Apples Display Scandal
Spokane officials deny a Wenatchee press story claiming the chamber sent W. D. Finley to buy apples for a New York display and a $2,000 rental was paid. Secretary L. G. Monroe states Finley acted privately and the chamber had no involvement. Also reports Nob Hill lots near Ephrata sold quickly by Wenatchee Realty & Investment as Ed Russell heads to Ephrata to finish sales.
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W. D. Finley
Wenatchee
Chamber of Commerce
New York
H. W. Halling
L. G. Monroe
Finley
Spokane
Monroe
River improvement panel divides 50000 for open water work
Columbia River Improvement commission met at Bridgeport to allocate 50000 in state funds for open river work. Half stays for the upper river, half for the lower, with Spokane rapids as the dividing line. Yakima steamer has nearly finished removing obstructions at Foster creek rapids and will move upstream after rock at Foster creek is blown up to improve navigation.
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Columbia River Improvement Commission
Bridgeport
Hay
Spokane
A. W. Anderson
Yakima
Commission
Foster Creek
Call for Short Line Bids in Vancouver Route
Vancouver briefs reveal James J. Hill plans immediate work on the Vancouver Victoria and Eastern railway linking Vancouver to Kootenay. The Great Northern calls for tenders to build two sections seventy eight miles from Abbotsford to Hope and from Princeton to Tulameen, with a decision pending on the eight mile tunnel or alternative hill climbing. Guthrie & Company of St. Paul and Pat Welch & Company of Spokane are among contractors evaluating the project.
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Vancouver
B. C
James J. Hill
Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway
Kootenay
Great Northern
Abbotsford
Fraser River
Hope
Princeton
Tulameen
Hope Mountains
Guthrie & Company of
St. Paul
Pat Welch & Company
Spokane
Subway Excavation Near Completion With Active Crew
Excavation on both sides of the track nearly finished as a twelve man team removes earth and large boulders. Concrete work expected to start soon. Passenger arcades south of the building also show good progress.
Poindexter Recommends Rufus Woods for Wenatchee Postmaster
Congressman Miles Poindexter visited Wenatchee last month to study district needs and discuss the postmaster appointment. He states he would recommend Rufus Woods for the postmaster position, refuting charges of office bartering and noting prior discussions with prominent local business leaders.
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Wenatchee
L. M. Hull
Terry Ross
Rufus Woods
Poindexter
Republic
Ross
Miles Poindexter
P. S
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Natchee Fruit
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al Foster
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Congressman Miles Poindexter
Washington, D. C
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the Republic
Wenatchee, Wash
Mr. Tewkesbury
Great Northern Hotel
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