City council debates Mission street livery and scales plan
A short session weighed bans on a Mission street livery barn proposed by Eagle Transfer and discussed building permits and sewer work. The council looked to establish public scales with a self sustaining weigher office and awarded contracts for street grading and sewer lines. Washington Navy gun test noted with five shots at Indian Head.
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Mission Street
City Council
Eagle Transfer Company
Thurston and
Kittitas
Eagle Transfer
Gellatly
Guy H. Whitson
John H. Ferryman
Finance Committee
F Street
Garden Home Addition
Ball & McNerney
Yakima Street
Columbia
HJ. Olive
Progress on Club Building
A directors meeting led by Vice President Dallach reviewed the building committee’s financing plans for a new commercial club building. The committee will also furnish the interior, requiring more work and funds. Completion is unlikely by January 1 but officials expect occupancy for city offices by mid January.
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Commercial Club
Dallach
Opinion Reverses Dry Territory Brewery Shipment Limits
The attorney general clarifies that after a county votes dry, a brewery warehouse cannot operate within the dry unit for sale or replenishment. Deliveries from outside the unit may occur, but carriers cannot replenish stock inside, effectively ending local brewery sales in dry towns. Colville’s dry status allows only on-hand stock deliveries, not reloading.
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Colville
J. M. Wilson
Columbia River blast opens navigation past Foster Rapids
A rock 30 feet high and 30 feet wide was blasted out of the Columbia river today at Bridgeport Washington. The blast opened navigation beyond Foster Rapids between Box Canyon and Bridgeport, eighteen miles. The shot was set early and deemed a complete success.
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Bridgeport
Wash
Columbia River
Foster Rapids
Box Canyon
City Treasurer Reports Douglas Street Assessment Take Up Speed
City Treasurer Nowlan announced this morning that about $2,500 has been received for the Douglas street assessment. Three days remain for payment without interest and penalty, with expectations to approach the total of $5,888 before the due date. The assessment is due December 26.
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Nowlan
Douglas Street
Expedition to summit Mount McKinley aims for March dash
From Fairbanks Alaska on December 22 the six member party begins a dog team expedition to establish a base at the mountain foot and test Cook's tale. They agreed to forfeit 5000 dollars if no member reaches the summit.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount McKinley
Cook
Great Northern Begins Oroville to Pateros Rail Work
In Okanogan Washington on December 22 the Oroville to Pateros branch of the Great Northern Railway started construction. A large crew of 15 teams and 20 men led by Swanson brothers set up camp near the reservation bank. New outfits reportedly arrived near Riverside while contractors push progress south toward Pateros and Brewster.
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Okanogan
Wash
Oroville- Pateros
Great Northern
Montana
Oroville
Swanson Brothers
Riverside
Pateros
Brewster
Freight Delays Hit Merchants as Tracks Weigh Down
Merchants report heavy delays in shipments from the cars with freight tracks full. Officials warn of a probable tie-up by year’s start if conditions do not improve soon.
Robbers Infiltrate Wenatchee Billiard Room
Robbers forced a rear basement window of Wenatchee Billiard and Bowling Co. Aldron & Son and stole about $5 in cash a valuable meerschaum pipe and other stock. Police alerted but no clues. Boston era Higginson 86th birthday celebrated quietly at Cambridge home receiving letters.
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Wenatchee Billiard and Bowling Company
Aldron & Son
Boston
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Higginson
Strikers May Met Tie Of Hoards Switchmen
Spokane December reports say 2000 freight handlers and clerks may strike in sympathy with the Switchmen's Union of North America. Officials warn traffic could halt across the northwest as railroads refuse to meet demands. no early settlement in sight despite optimistic union statements.
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Spokane
Northwest
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Minneapolis
Switchmen’s Union
Davenport Day by 55 Votes Ousts Saloons in Washington
Davenport Washington voters defeated saloons by a 55 vote margin in a bitter campaign. Governor Hay urged dry policy at a public meeting and banquet. Lincoln County records show intense effort to mobilize voters with many challenges and alleged illegal voting. Half the registration had voted by noon.
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Davenport
Wash
Hay
Lincoln
Winter sports inaugurations at Scenic Hot Springs event
132 Seattle residents will gather at Scenic Hot Springs in the Cascade mountains next Saturday to inaugurate winter sports. One foot of snow covers the area with white until mid May. Scenic offers 90 miles from Seattle and first class hotel comforts for 50 to 70 mountaineers and holiday guests.
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Scenic Hot Springs
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Snowcelad Hills
Rugged Range
Columbia chamber backs extra 50000 for river work
Spokane December 22. The Columbia river opening movement gains backing from the chamber of commerce which votes to request a further 50000 appropriation from Congress as funds already spent have exhausted the budget. The navigability project has long been government supported but now faces stoppage without new federal aid.
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Spokane
Columbia River
Inland Empire
Chamber of Commerce
National Congress
Columbia
Washington
Old 1846 sale bill from Monterey Va. printed in Highland Reporter
Reproduced from an Ohio clipping, the document lists a public auction dated September 29, 1846. It mentions nine yoke oxen, two wagons, enslaved people described as nigger wenches and boys, farming gear, goods, and provisions with a note “Am gwine to California” by Richard Rice, Chief.
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van Wert Daily Times
Ohio
Caro
Allen County
Artile
Highland Reporter
Monterey
Am Gwine
California
Langendorff Presents Classical Song Recital at Presbyterian Church
Mme Freida Langendorff mezzo soprano sang a classical program at a Presbyterian church recital under the Presbyterian Brotherhood. The audience was smaller than a prior lecture but highly appreciative as Langendorff delivered a magnificent vocal performance with Mrs. Frank Lemon as accompanist praised for high quality piano work.
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Presbyterian Brotherhood
Mme
Frieda Langendorff
Frank Lemon
Coburn Named as Secretary Candidate for Wenatchee Club
George W. Coburn of Hood River Oregon is offered the Wenatchee Commercial club secretary post after W B Halling left. Coburn has not confirmed acceptance. acting secretary Gellatly sent a letter yesterday. Gebow of Massachusetts tours the valley seeking a potential relocation site amid favorable impressions.
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First National Bank
Hood River
Oregon
Wenatchee Commercial Club
W. B. Halling
Coburn
Gellatly
F. W. Gebow
Massachusetts
Wenatchee
Mettlin Commitment Sought After Brain Hemorrhage
George Mettlin was brought from Chelan to face examination for sanity before Judge Grimshaw. He suffers paralysis of speech after a July brain hemorrhage and is unable to care for himself. Jit Mettlin and another brother accompanied him hoping for treatment at Medical Lake. Dr Wentworth of Chelan doubts recovery.
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George Mettlin
Chelan
Medical Lake
Wentworth
Celaya Troops Defeated in Rama Victory and Casualties
Estrada reports a complete victory over government troops at Rama with 600 killed or wounded. Celaya forces surrender nearly 1,900, including General Gonzales. Two Americans reported killed. In unrelated notes, Waterville firms buy hogs, large land deals near Douglas and Waterville, and Theo Weaver returns from Bonners Ferry to rejoin Charles Becker in Wenatchee real estate.
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Estrada
Rama
Celaya
Gonzales
Theo, Weaver
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Mr. Weaver
Wenatchee
Charles Becker
Gem Theatre Shows Feature Claude Tubbs In Illustrated Song
The moving pictures this week at the Gem theatre are exceptionally good. Claude Tubbs, in the illustrated song, is at his best and the theatre has been packed both evenings this week.
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Gem Theatre
Claude Tubbs
Jones to Move Balling er Public Strong
Senator Wesley L. Jones will push a joint resolution for a Senate inquiry into the interior department and forest service. The measure, likely to pass the Senate on January 4, would require House approval before taking effect. Ballinger asks for the probe, Pinchot supporters demand impartial membership, and Taft supports merciless scrutiny of the Ballinger Pinchot controversy.
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Washington, D. C
Wesley L. Jones
Interior Department
Forest Service
Senate
Congress
House
Dalzell
Rules Committee
Hitchcock
Ballinger
Senator Jones
Friends of
Pinchot
Forester
Jones
Taft
Ballinger- Pinchot
Severe Blizzard Disrupts Arizona Rail Traffic
A historic blizzard in northern Arizona has paralyzed Santa Fe freight lines and hindered Southern Pacific trains farther south. Passenger service operates with difficulty as the storm intensifies and shows no signs of abating.
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Los Angeles
Arizona
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Hay market tightness eased by oat straw sales
Burns Yocum has secured several carloads of oat straw to relieve hay shortages. He contends oat straw backed by oats can rival hay. Yocum initially tried local feedmen before entering the market as they did not carry it. demand has taxed his supply. Bombay December 22 Arthur Mason Tippets Jackson Nasik chief magistrate assassinated at a theater. motive believed revenge for a life sentence handed to a criminal.
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Yocum
Bombay
British India
Arthur Mason Tippets Jackson
Nasik
Presidency of
Scarlet fever epidemic closes Chelan schools
An outbreak of scarlet fever in Chelan led authorities to close the schools on Monday while the illness remained in an incipient stage.
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Chelan
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