City council approves water on Miller Street and street upgrades
The council extended city water mains to Miller Street residents pending supply. It ordered lighting setbacks behind Wells Morris and other spots, contracted S M Gladdis as pumping plant engineer at 100 dollars monthly with a house, and discussed power bids for pumps. Douglas Street reform, ward creation, and Wenatchee Avenue regrade were moved toward bids and third readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Street
Inscho
Wells & Morris
Wiester
Ellis-Forde
Fire and Light Committee
S. M. Gladdis
Gladiis
Gladdis
Leavenworth
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee Electric Company
A. E. Weiland
Entiat Power Company
Council
Eagle Transfer Company
Douglas Street
Fourth Street
Chelan Avenue
Ball & McNerney
Wenatchee Avenue
Great floods in South Dakota cause record rainfall and mine suspensions
Deadwood South Dakota June 2 For the first time since Sunday Deadwood has telegraphic communication from the outside world A conservative estimate places flood losses in the Black Hills at 500000 Many mines have been forced to suspend Fourteen inches of rain fell since Sunday night breaking all records Railroads are heavy sufferers Joe Bosquet and mother of Bridgeport pass through Wenatchee on their way east
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Deadwood
S. D
Black Hills
Surveyors at Crescent Bar on the Columbia River
Advices from Crescent Bar state that North Coast surveyors have camped on the bar for the next month or six weeks. The crew of about twelve men has run a line up the river from Beverly and is expected to proceed toward Wenatchee.
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Crescent Bar
Columbia River
Beverly
Wenatchee
Arid land irrigation expands with pumping schemes
In a Wenatchee valley report, about 30 pumps including four hydraulic rams and several electric units irrigate hundreds of acres for the first time. Notable pumps serve Mayor Gellatly, O. G. Fish, J. H. Culp, A. Murray, W. H. Lovell, W. H. Lee, George Farwell, James Duffy, and O. B. Fuller. Electric and gasoline pumps enable rapid development along the Columbia river and nearby benches, with an estimated 25,000 acres to be irrigated within three years near Wenatchee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gellatly
George Farwell
James Duffy
O. B. Fuller
Orondo
Columbia River
East
Wenatchee
Valhalla Project
Wenatchee Valley
Leedy Brothers
A. C. Dallach
J. H. Lebeck
C. E. Owens
W. G. Crum
W. T. Knapp
A. Henigsman
Fred Hoffman
W. R. Prowell
Another Physician Locates Here in City
Dr. C. F. Schiltz and family arrived today from Chicago to make their home. They will occupy the Blake residence on Chelan avenue. Dr. Schiltz has spent four months in a postgraduate course in Chicago and comes highly recommended as a medical man to this city.
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C. F. Schiltz
Chicago
Blake
Chelan Avenue
Schiltz
Pope Couple Visit City From Farris
Mr and Mrs W H Pope of Farris are in Washington for Fair tonight and Thursday.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. H. Pope
Farris
City
Taft to Arrive in Beverly for Summer Capital Opening
Preparations are complete in Beverly Mass for President Taft and his family to arrive in early June. Executive offices will occupy Beverly Board of Trade headquarters with the lower floor home to the town's largest dry goods store. Secretary Fred Carpenter will oversee facilities for press, telegraph operators, and secretary staff.
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Beverly Mass
Taft
Beverly
Crepe on Schoolmaams Door Sparks Local Talk
Crepe placed on a departing teacher’s door caused a stir on A street as pupils failed to meet required marks for advancement. Mothers’ meetings turned tense and the teacher, who plans not to return, used the crepe to avoid a meeting, drawing broad sympathy from neighbors.
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Ams
defalcation scandal hits Lewiston National Bank
Lewiston Idaho June 2 alleged defalcation of 137000 in the Lewiston National bank implicated two former trusted employees. No warrants yet as bank president says shortages were made up by directors. Defalcations span five years with possible prosecution and bond company reimbursement expected.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Lewiston National Bank
F. W. Kettenbach
Mining Claims Flooded in Alaska Below Ground Losses
A Fairbanks dispatch reports the Bessie Beach claim at Underwood flooded causing about 150000 in damages after an accidental release of a subterranean channel. The Scandia ground also flooded with losses near 100000. Workers escaped by rushing through drifts to the shafts as the mines filled in two minutes.
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Seattle
Fairbanks
Alaska
Bessie Beach
Underwood
Scandia
Deaf Delegates Chosen to National Association in 1910
Olaf Hansen of Seattle P L Axling of Spokane formerly Wenatchee and L A Lavine of Vancouver were selected as Washington Association of the Deaf delegates to the National Association of the Deaf meeting in Colorado Springs in 1910. Hansen was unanimously endorsed for president of the national body.
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Ip. L. Axling
Colorado
Associated Press
Vancouver
Wash
Washington Association of the Deaf
Olaf Hansen
Seattle
P. L. Axling
Spokane
Wenatchee
i\L. A. Lavine
National Association of the Deaf
Colorado Springs
Colo
National Association
Railway Men Invite A.Y.P.E Members to Seattle Day
Agent Piper received word from H. S. Collins that the A Y P E exposition management set aside Saturday July 3 as railway men day and named Mr Piper as committee man for the Wenatchee district to urge all railway men to attend in Seattle. A strong program is planned and broad attendance is expected.
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Piper
H. S. Collins
A.Y.P
Wenatchee
Seattle
Taft Receives Apples From Wenatchee Valley Handler
Dr J H Blake received a letter from the White House via Fred W Carpenter thanking him for apples sent to President Taft. The fruit came from cold storage in Wenatchee valley and fetched high prices this spring through J B Powles Company.
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J. H. Blake
White House
Washington, D. C
Fred W. Carpenter
President Taft
Taft
J. B. Powles & Co
West
Wenatchee Valley
Fire destroys shed behind Wenatchee hospital
The noon alarm sent Wenatchee fire crews to a rear shed behind the old Wenatchee hospital on C street where a stock of drugs stored by R B Espy burned. With no water, the chemical extinguisher was used and damage was about 1200 dollars. Firefighters kept the flames from reaching the main building.
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Wenatchee Hospital
C Street
R. B. Espy
Economy
Sacramento Troops Await Orders in McCloud Lumber Strike
Sacramento troops massed in the armory wait for new information before deployment to McCloud amid a lumber strike. In Chicago, July wheat futures rose to a season high of 1.2038 dollars as trading closed.
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Sacramento
Cal
McCloud
Chicago
Dry reform urged by Presbyterian assembly temperance report
The Presbyterian general assembly commended Taft William and Harvard's Elliot for becoming teetotalers and backed a broad temperance program. Proposals include halting liquor tax receipts federal licenses in prohibition zones near Indian reservations banning liquor advertising in mails and newspapers and urging women to combat social drinking in clubs and homes.
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Denver
Taft
Emperor William
Elliot
Harvard University
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Temperance Committee
Assembly
Congress
Prohibition
Luther Ostrander
D. D
New York
Women’s Societies of
Church
Denver man linked to Union Pacific train robbery
Denver police say James Shelton, suspected as the fourth member of the gang that robbed the Union Pacific passenger train near Omaha, was arrested at a Curtis Street rooming house while raising funds for the defense of three Omaha suspects. In Omaha, three men charged in the May 22 mail car robbery faced arraignment, with two days of proceedings expected as prosecutors prepare evidence.
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Denver
Colo
James Shelton
Union Pacific
Omaha
Curtis Street
Shelton
Neb
Union Pacific Overland Limited
Libel Suit Against Indianapolis News Continued
The Panama libel case in federal court was continued until October 11 to allow government witnesses including Frank Hitchcock and Norman E. Mack, chairmen of major parties, J. P. Morgan, and officials in Washington to testify.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Panama
Indianapolis News
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
J. P. Morgan
Washington
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South Dakota
Joe Bosquett
Mother
Bridgeport
North Coast Surveyors EX
Water Mary
Talis
Natchee
Experi
Board OF Trade
Mass
Nation
Lewis
A.Y.P.E
Ria
Presbyterian Assembly Point
President Eliot
R.A. Robbers
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