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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
1
Similkameen Power Co Franchised to Build Okanogan Electric System
Conconully Wash Jan 15 The Similkameen Power Co Oroville has been granted a 50 year franchise to construct operate and maintain an electric light system and to transmit electricity across Okanogan county from the British Columbia line to Brewster. The plan covers Chesaw Molson Nighthawk Loomis Conconully Riverside Omak Okanogan and Brewster with routes along Osoyoos Lake and the Okanogan river. The Oroville company with 1500 horsepower current and plans for 10000 horsepower, is owned largely by the estate of James M Haggerty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conconully
Wash
Similkameen Power Co
Oroville
Okanogan County
British Columbia
Brewster
Chesaw
Molson
Chepaka Mountain
Nighthawk
Loomis
Conconnully
Riverside
Omak
Okanogan
Osoyoos Lake
Okanogan River
Similkameen River
Similkameen
Monroe Harman
Chas. A. Andrus
H. W. Johnson
James M. Haggerty
L. L. Work
S. P. Eckl
Sunnyslope Land Sold To Newburg Buyer
W J Dotson of Sunnyslope sold ten acres under the ditch and 17 acres above to S C Gockley of Newburg Oregon for 10400 nearly all cash and including stock L K E Miller of Gensinger Realty Co brokered the deal Gockley has moved into the valley with his family. The Farmers' Telephone central office girls go sleigh riding tonight hosted by Eagle Livery and Transfer Co and dine at J A Seaman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Dotson
Sunnyslope
S. C. Gockley
Newburg
Oregon
L. KE. Miller
Gensinger Realty Company
Mr. Gockley
Farmers’ Telephone Central Office
Eagle Livery & Transfer Co
J. A. Seaman
Ankeny Brents Tie The Knot In Walla Walla Home
Robert Ankeny, youngest son of Senator Ankeny, married Miss Helen Brents, youngest daughter of Judge Thomas H. Brents, at the bride’s parents home in Walla Walla. The Forestry team of the Modern Woodmen holds a grand ball at Bower Hall on Wednesday evening January 22 with the Crollard Orchestra. Admission $1. Spectators 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Robert Ankeny
Senator Ankeny
Helen Brents
Thomas H. Brents
Woodmen
Bower Hall
Crollard Orchestra
Tztors
Olympia Women Club Plans New $4,000 House This Spring
Olympia club women will erect a four thousand dollar club house this spring on the site of the former Women's club cottage. Plans for the building were adopted yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Olympia Club
Deserter Abductor and Absent Family Seen on Train
Police uncovered a man described as a deserter, absconder, and abductor along with a girl masquerading as a boy. They were spotted arriving on a Wednesday train, checked into Cottage House, then vanished. They reportedly fled to Monitor and rode a train, buying clothes for the girl to pose as a boy, with Seattle police alerted for capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Cottage House
Ferguson
Monitor
Seattle
Mercantile Clearing House Proposed by Chicago Merchants
Chicago January 16 plan for a mercantile clearing house to settle debts and collect bills among business men without banks received strong support at a Chicago Credit Men's Association meeting attended by 350 firms. A special committee will investigate the system modeled on bank clearing houses using canceled checks and sound mercantile accounts to settle balances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Credit Men’s Association
Bankers’ Clearing House
Liberty literary weekly debate and dances at local schools
A sequence of social and club events in the Columbia Valley area includes a Friday night party at Lindsay Ward’s, a Liberty literary gathering, and a Porter school debating club meeting at Liberty schoolhouse on January 25 to argue that all nationalities should be admitted equally into the United States. Dinner hosts include the Erling and Eikenberg families with the Standefer family. A Will Ward home dance is planned for next Friday. Wells drilled by Miller and Scott near Joe Mast’s property advance about two hundred feet while Marion Smith reports 250 feet reached recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay Ward
Liberty Literary
Porter School Literary
Club of Liberty Literary
Liberty School House
United States
Liberty
George Erling
Eikenberg
C. A. Standefer
Will Ward
Joe Mast
Miller & Scott
Marion Smith
Plan Big Fat Exhibit in Walla Walla Display
Fruit growers of the Walla Walla valley plan a mammoth exhibit as part of the State Horticultural Association meeting late this month. Six cups are offered for best displays. Ellis-Forde youth enjoyed a long sleigh ride through the valley last night. H E Boyd Ellis-Forde manager returned from Seattle after a week includes purchasing goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Walla Walla Valley
State Horticultural Association
Ellis- Forde
H. E. Boyd
Ellis-Forde’s
Seattle
Cashmere Club Elects Officers for Year
The Commercial Club at Cashmere elected officers for the coming year at the Thursday night meeting. Grant Paton will serve as president, Thomas Bollman as vice president, I. E. DeLong as secretary, J. F. Beezley as treasurer, and C. M. Banker J. C. Eakles J. W. Anger A. H. Mohler and Charles Click as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Cashmere
Grant Paton
Thomas Bollman
I. E. DeLong
J. F. Beezley
C. M. Banker
J. C. Eakles
J. W. Anger
A. H. Mohler
Charles Click
Knights of Pythias Buy Lot for Aberdeen Hall
Aberdeen, Jan. 16. The Knights of Pythias purchased a lot at First and North G streets to erect a public hall and lodge quarters this year. Starts on Long Journey. Seattle, Jan. 16. Capt. H. D. Black of the signal corps, with Sgt. Jones of Valdez, began a 1,170 mile Alaska inspection tour. Claimed the longest by an army officer in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
The
Knights of Pythias
First
Seattle
H. D. Black
Signal Corps
Seargeant Jones
Valdez
Alaska
Aberdeen Accepts Carnegie Gift for Public Library
Aberdeen council reversed an earlier decision and accepted Andrey Carnegie's $15,000 gift for a public library building after three years of deliberation. Public sentiment influenced the reversal as the present council acted in its early sessions. Mr. and Mrs. George Ellis Jr. are journeying in California and will proceed to the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Andrey Carnegie
George Ellis, Jr
California
Rattlebox the forger returns to town with sheriff
Whitman known as Rattlebox was in Wenatchee briefly and will return tonight with Sheriff Webb. He was arrested in Idaho on a complaint for passing a forged check on Mrs. Hubbard at the Weisel House. Whitman claims the incident was a joke after a Spokane woman urged him to show wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitman
Wenatchee
Sheriff Webb
Idaho
Mrs. Hubbard
Weisel House
Spokane
Powerful Sermon Prompts Congregation to Trim Expenses
A pastor urged retrenchment and economy during a stern sermon, prompting a church meeting that cut a severed gen mans salary from 1700 to 900. Meanwhile, word arrived from Columbus Neb that Mrs Jane A North, mother of Mrs C E Morse and Mrs S E Cushing, died aged nearly eighty eight. she had been a Nebraska pioneer since the 1850s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Nebraska
Jane A. North
C. E. Morse
S. E. Cushing
North
In Honor of W. R. Prowell Visit Ends Night Gathering
Friends and business associates hosted a stag gathering at L. G. Olds’s Washington avenue home to honor W. R. Prowell as he leaves for Waterloo Iowa. Oscar Storch, brother of A. M. Storch, arrived from the Okanogan and will soon visit Fuller ton Nebraska, after spending two years in the Tanana Valley Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Prowell
Waterloo
Iowa
L. G. Olds
Washington Avenue
Oscar Storch
A. M. Storch
Okanogan
Tanana Valley
Alaska
Fullerton
Neb
Trimble Opens Campaign For Seattle Mayor Nomination
William P. Trimble launched his Republican mayoral bid in Seattle with a speech and songs. Senator J. M. Frink chaired the meeting as prominent Republicans spoke. Trimble is financially independent and would not rely on office salary for a living. In North Yakima, Judge M. G. Duncan and L. O. Meigs seek Republican legislative nominations, with Meigs noted as the former reading clerk in the last legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
William P. Trimble
J. M. Frink
Trimble
North Yakima
M. G. Duncan
L. O. Meigs
Reading
Sacred Vessel and Ring Stolen from Chehalis Church
Chehalis on January 16 reports a theft at the Catholic church. A sacred vessel and a ring were taken and there is no clue to the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chehalis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wenatchee Electric Company
North Central
Washington
Strong Bank
Columbia Valley Bank
Fraternal Aid Association
T. J. Edmonds
H. E. Don Carlos
Pres
P. Mallory, Jr
Central Washington and Wenatchee
Nissen & Wallace
Similkameen Power Company
Sunnyslope Land
Merchan
Columbia Valley News
Cashmere Club
Carnegie
Sheriff Return
W. P. Trimble
Wenatchee Theatre
Vidascope Moving Pictures
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