Great Northern to Begin Wenatchee Oroville Railroad Work
A railroad contractor, Dan McCann, arrives to supervise the Wenatchee Oroville branch construction. Six hundred mules are staged, three thousand workers are sought, and surveys complete. Construction aims to start this month along the Columbia river, with crews at both ends and Greek labor expected to supplement. Weather may delay initiation for about a month before summer activity.
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Wenatchee-Oroville
Great Northern
Wesmatchee-Oroville
Dan McCann
Middle West
McCann
Wennehee
Oroville
New Road
Locating Townsites on Milwaukee Road Town near Bridge
The Townsite company of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway has secured land for six townsites between Waddle Rock and the Columbia river. It arranged with Tacoma owners of section 34 to share half interest, securing adjoining section to establish two square miles for a town. A division point and round house are planned, boosting the town's importance.
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Spokane
Chicago, Milwaukee@ St. Paul Railway company
Waddle Rock
Columbia River
Range
Tacoma
Wenatchee Council Considers River Power Pumping Plant
A special Wenatchee council meeting supports a pumping point as the best water supply solution. Councilmen Harlin Fuller and Wildberger, with City Engineer Roy Zahren, plan a Wenatchee River trip to assess potential power generation and feasibility. A proposed plant between M Horan’s ranch and Monitor would supply the reservoir atop the hill for the town’s needs.
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Wenatchee
Harlin, Fuller and
Wildberger
Roy Zahren
Zahren
M Horan
Monitor
Doctors perform operation to relieve abscess in Penrod
Doctors McCoy and Kaupp operated Sunday afternoon on C. W. Penrod to relieve a head abscess. Penrod remains at home after a serious illness, with condition improving but still ill.
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McCoy and Kaupp
C. W. Penrod
Mr. Penrod
Reck
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Prospects Highlighted by Mitchell
Washington Herald article by Guy E. Mitchell extols Wenatchee and Yakima valleys as ideal irrigation domains. It notes private irrigation spurred growth, strong water supply from Cascade snowfields, and high land values with profits of 200 to 500 dollars per acre.
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Washington
D. C
Herald
Wenatchee Valley
Guy E. Mitchell
National Irrigation Association
Mitchell
The
Washington Herald
Maxwell's
Talisman
Wenatchee
Great Southwest
California
Malaga
Great Northwest
Yakima Valley
Montana
Colorado
Northwest
Daniel Webster
Cascade Mountains
Wenatchee River
Great Columbia
Far Northwest fruit belt gains from proximity to cities
The article notes Wenatchee as a Columbia River hub near Tacoma and Seattle, with fruit growers benefiting from market access. It describes small, dense orchards and farms, suburban valley life, and amenities like telephone, running water, electric lights, rural free delivery, and close-by schools and churches.
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Boston
Washington
Wenatchee
Northwest
Columbia
Tacoma
Seattle
Ear
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Colville
Milwaukee Road
Saddle Rock
L. V. Wells
Natchee River
Arthur Gunn
Real Estatsh
Wenatcheh Development Company
Wenatchee Avenue
Wenatches, Wash
Wiestenss
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