Wenatchee Gossip and Local Notes Across State Lines
A Wenatchee column surveys city plans and misadventures from depot permits to school directors and public figures. It notes a Great Northern permit for a temporary closet at the station, no depot this year, political chatter, theater figures, and local moves as A. I. Maltbie prepares to move to Wenatchee with plans to enter real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Brooklyn Eagle
Iaz
Bryan
Washington Post
Nevada
Guilford Marr
Wenatchee
Daughters of the Revolution
Republic
Seattle
Jack London
California
Medford
Sacramento
Irrigation Congress
Bob Nelson
Webb
Gellatly
Kaupp
Spokane
Soap Lake pipes advertised by Wenatchee firms
An advertisement lists Soap Lake products and various pipe types including galvanized, black, sewer, soil, tin, lead, nickel, and wooden pipes. It cites M. H. Sorrell & Co and Wenatchee Drug Co, with Wenatchee Plumbing and Heating Co promoting the items and noting the Columbia Valley Bank connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee Plumbing & Heating Company
Columbia Valley Bank Building
Es Soaahies
M. H. Sorrell & Co
Wenatchee Drug Co
Columbia Valley Bank
Wenatchee Plumbing and Heating Co
Automobile chases deer at Fear ranch in Yakima
A deer wandered among cattle at the Fear ranch on Ahtanum. A trio, J. M. Perry Ernest Fear and Arthur Van Brandt, drove to the scene hoping to shoot the deer but backed off after a game warden warned of a $50 fine. The deer was left, the warden awaiting payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Fear Ranch
Ahtanum
J. M. Perry
Ernest Fear
Arthur van Brandt
Courage
Perry
Fear
van Brandt
Fear Farm
DROWNING OF METHOW GEORGE IN THE RIVER
Last Thursday evening Methow George, an Indian longtime resident from the Upper Methow and last of his tribe, drowned after the ice opened. Distress cries were heard, a pole was offered, but help arrived too late. The body was recovered next morning below the rapids and given to the Indians for burial. his death marks the extinction of a once powerful local tribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methow
George
Ellis Cole
Harry Stark
P. M. Snider
Messrs
Brown
Hibbard
Snider
Methow George
Yakima Man Is Favorite in Senate Poll
A World survey in Yakima asks residents their senatorial preference. Wesley Jones leads with strong support among locals, while some favor Ankeny or note Jones's record and proximity to the people. Responses show Jones cited for his record and frequent, decisive victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insco
McGahan
Wesley Jones
Washington
Senate
Yakima
Dennis W. King
Jones
da Congress
Annees Bousquet
Ankeny
C. B. Fuiler
John Culp
William S Gehr
Harvey Mills
Roy Thayer
Jain A. Gellatly
Depot Dream Is Blasted in Wenatchee Growth Claim
A Wenatchee dispatch reports the Great Northern will build a new $30,000 depot this year in Wenatchee, with plans filed in St Paul and temporary sanitary closets promised until October 1 1908. Local officials have not confirmed the promise and some doubt persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gellatly
Great Northern
Spokesman-Review
Happy Valley
Wenatchee
Daily World
Bishop Falls Won't Cure Liquor Habit With Prayer
Chicago February 27 Bishop Samuel Fallows attempted religious therapeutics at St. Pauls Reformed Episcopal church during a weekly health conference. A visibly intoxicated man publicly challenged the method, refused cocoa, and announced he could drink a quart of whisky daily. The bishop stopped the experiment and the service shifted to lunch as the troubled man and his wife stood amid the congregants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Fallows
St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church
Fallows
Charlie
Girl Expires at Soap Lake
Eight year old Gertrude Meredith died Wednesday at Soap Lake of pneumonia after living with her parents at the lake resort where Mr. Meredith works at the sanitarium. Undertaker Hall will hold a funeral at 2 p.m. in the Hall Parlors, later postponed to Saturday at 2 p.m., with Rev. Adams of the Christian Church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Meredith
Soap Lake
Merediths
the Lake Resort
Meredith
Adams
The
Christian Church
City Health Officer urges Wenatchee property owners to remove rubbish
Wenatchee property owners are warned to clear all rubbish and filth on premises. Cellars drainage and closets must be made sanitary to pass inspection as directed by A. T. Kaupp M D City Health Officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
A. T. Kaupp
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian Church
Rev. Macartney
Jesus Crist
Wenatchee Electric Co
Malthie
Waterville
Wash
Maltbie
Douglas County
Nebraska
Watersidle
Carpenter & Maltbie
Frm
Carpenter
Big Buck
Devil Wagon
George Coburn
Depot Dream
Gem Cafe
Wenatchee Plumbing & Heating Co
Wenatchee Theatre
Sherman Clay Co
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