Jeffries Johnson Prize Fight News Across Cities
Reports from San Francisco Chicago and Omaha summarize wagers odds and public interest ahead of the July 4 Jeffries Johnson bout. Bets shift toward even money in San Francisco and two to one for Johnson in Chicago as fans travel to Reno and prepare for extensive coverage and celebrations.
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Want More Automobiles In The Fourth Of July Parade
The Fourth of July parade committee reports good progress except for definite promises from automobile owners to join the parade. O B Fuller chaired this section but is away from the city, slowing efforts. Garages will display, and organizers urge every valley owner to participate, ideally grouping by make and decorating cars in national colors.
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Mansfield Excursion and Fourth of July Events
Excursions are planned with several special trains from Mansfield and Leavenworth for the Fourth of July festivities in Wenatchee. Ball game Sunday afternoon follows arrival. Broncho busting contests feature riders from Okanogan, Douglas and Moses Lake, expected to draw large crowds.
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Woman Subdivides Riverside Ranch Into Lots and Acre Tracts
Mrs N C Cloninger subdivides her Riverside east ranch into business and residence lots and acre tracts. Grading and a pressure water system for domestic and irrigation use will be installed before fall. The Wenatchee Oroville branch of the Great Northern Railway runs through the tract on a 300 foot right of way with a depot water tank small park and a 2200 foot industry track already graded.
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N. C. Cloninger
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Oroville
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Man's safety deposit plunder leads detectives on search
Two Northern Pacific detectives in town sought safety deposit boxes tied to Thaddeus E Yorke, arrested in Seattle on Monday for forgery. They seized several keys from Yorke to locate the box they fit, hoping for clues from his local past. Yorke, famed for aliases, reputedly earned nearly $100000 in Ohio and was tracked by investigators for years.
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Iron spray shows promise against peach mildew in valley orchards
Prof. R. E. Trumble reports a tested iron sulphide spray to control white powder mildew on peach trees. The method uses iron sulphate dissolved in water, precipitated with lime sulphur, washed to remove soluble sulfides, then applied to leaves and fruit. Early spraying advised to prevent marketable fruit loss.
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Fourth of July committee seeks rooms for visitors
The Fourth of July committee asks the Commercial Club secretary to be notified immediately of citizens with rooms to rent for the first two or three days of next week to accommodate visiting guests.
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Red Apple baseball team shows progress ahead of big games
Faithful work by the Red Apple team at Recreation Park has built fitness and team unity. Extra man added to face Leavenworth on the 3rd, Waterville to meet the loser of the 8th game, and Seattle travel for Wenatchee’s Johnson-Jeffries linkage. Ross praised for strong practice performance.
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Free Twilight Music Band Plays For Fourth of July Program
Two nights of band practice this week prepare the Fourth of July concert. The program lists Marche The Crusader Sousa Overture Harris Hits Harris Valse Zenda Witmark Chinese Novelty Fan Tan Caprice Wop Wop Wop Anthony Brockman Luders Woodland Finale Porter's Catalina Band Preece McCaughey.
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Omak Commercial Club Names Publicity Director
Omak Washington July 1 C P Scates was chosen publicity director and secretary of the Omak Commercial Club at a meeting last night. The group decided to launch an aggressive advertising campaign making Omak one of the first towns of its size in the state to hire a salaried publicity man.
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Wenatchee Club Offers Booth Space for Chicago Show
Wenatchee Commercial Club through representatives offers space in its booths to Okanogan valley towns for the Chicago land and fruit show in November. The group also plans to issue a booklet advertising the Central Washington district as a unit and seeks cooperation from all valley towns.
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Schedule Change Emerges From Rate Decision
Officials in Chicago and Spokane unveil a new timetable after a rate ruling issued last Wednesday. The schedule aims to align meetings and adjust check procedures across the two cities.
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City Seeks Sewer Protest Injunction on Mission Street
Property owners on Mission Street protest the sewer assessment. The group hires Martin & Barrows to pursue an injunction if needed while some backers stay out. Listed protesters include E. F. Sprague and J. E. Eikelberner among others. The council approved the assessment amid protests. Washington conference set for July 1–11 to review Spokane and Pacific Coast rate decisions and planned three month delay of rate cuts to check reasonableness and potential impact on profits.
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Douglas to Celebrate Fourth with Sports and Music
Douglas Wash July 1 residents plan a home celebration with Wenatchee orchestra providing music. A two day barbecue will feature sports and dancing with horse races on the second day as the main attraction.
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Wenatchee
Immoral convict driven out of road camp
Walla Walla Washington July 1 convict No 5253 fled the Lyle road camp not to escape penal servitude but because fellow convicts rejected his conduct and threatened him with death. He disappeared and was never recaptured. A letter from another convict cited as a remarkable criminology document explains the motive.
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Samuel Hill
Roosevelt May Go in Spokane
National Conservation Congress delegates say the convention will shift to allow former President Theodore Roosevelt to attend both the West tour and the Fifth Dry Farming Congress in Spokane in early October. Gifford Pinchot pressured for Roosevelt to be honored, with Spokane named as a planned stop on the western itinerary.
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Japanese to Join Wenatchee Fourth of July Celebration
A message from the local Japanese colony states that Japanese residents of this city will celebrate with Wenatchee on the Fourth of July from 6 p m to 12 p m. Fireworks are planned on the river bank near the ferry for the event.
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