Electric power to run Great Northern trains Seattle to Vancouver
The Great Northern plans an electric railway from Seattle to Vancouver B C leveraging Stave River hydro power. Plans call for damming the Stave canyon and falls, creating up to 300000 horsepower to power trains and regional factories. Large work crews and substations at Vancouver Everett and Seattle are noted with AC transmission set to replace steam locomotives by early 1909.
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Cascades
Great Northern Railway
Seattle
Vancouver
B. C
Everett Tribune
Wenatchee
Everett
Wenatchee River
Tumwater Canyon
the Tribune
Ruskin
Stave River
Pacific Coast
State Lake Power Company
Great Northern
Sumas
Washington
Mexican Border Tension Report From Smoldering Frontier
A Mexico City source, speaking for Central American liaison, says border tensions with Guatemala are escalating. He reports 10,000 Mexican troops could move on the Guatemalan camp, with 8,600 more within a day’s march, cross-border traffic halted and panama railroad work accelerating toward Huixtla.
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Mexico City
Mex
Mexico
Diaz
Panama
Huixtle
Train Bandit Killed Near Sheridan Wyoming
Report from Sheridan confirms one of two Northern Pacific train robbers is dead after a gun battle with Sheriff Guy and Johnson county posse at the O. W. ranch southeast of Sheridan. The second outlaw fled, believed wounded, with pursuit ongoing. The dead man's identity is given only by a bank check drawn from Gill Bank and Trust.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Montana
Guy
Johnson County
Northern Pacific
Welch Spur
O. W
Cheyenne
The
Tribune Today
A. P. Hill
Gill Bank and Trust Company
Frank Steiner
Jesse James Graduates Law School with Top Honors
Kansas City June 11 Jesse James son of the outlaw received the highest grade at the Kansas City School of Law graduation at the Shu bert theater. He is about thirty, married with two children and has worked as a packinghouse employee a cigar stand keeper pawnbroker and lay student. He was tried for train robbery and acquitted eight years ago aided by an alibi.
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Kansas City
Kansas City School of Law
Shubert Theater
Jesse James
James
He Carries a Good Watch In A Letter Of Introduction
A phrase in a letter of introduction praises a young man for punctuality and reliability, describing him as strong, honest, cheerful, and capable. The ad then touts watches in stock as symbols of integrity and best manufacturing.
U P River schedule details for Wenatchee to Brewster routes
Effective November 1 1906 the UP River line runs Wenatchee at 5:00 am Orondo 8:00 am Entiat 8:30 am Chelan Falls 12:00 pm Pateros 5:00 pm Arrive Brewster 6:00 pm The note requests special folders about the Okanogan irrigation project and the Lake Chelan district.
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Wenatchee
Orondo
Entiat
Chelan Falls
Pateros
Brewster
Ad Entiat
Okanogan Irrigation Project
Lake Chelan District
Bargain Farm Listings Near Wenatchee and Minot
An 8 000 offer promotes 306 acres in the Columbia Wenatchee valleys including 10 acres orchard 5 acres spring planted and 150 irrigable by river pumping with riverfront access. Additional property notes 27 miles east of Minot 950 acres 810 cultivated barn granary and water works with trade option. Call to investigate or view the Wenatchee farm and city properties.
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West Cherry Street
Columbia
Wenatchee
Minot
North Dakota
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M. B. Jackson
Keller & Belser
Jamestown
Jamestown Fair
Address World Advance Publishing Company
Madge Cushing
Mabel Beezley
Cashmere
Clara Belle Amos
Mayme Treadwell
Annie Davis
Leavenworth
Remington Typewriter
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company
New York
G. N. Coast
Fraser
Daily World
Ross Bros. Carriage Paint Shop
Chewawa
Roslyn
Eagle Transfer Co
Catchall Fuel Co
George W. Clous
Great Northern Hotel
W. G. Chapman
Wenatchee Drug Co
Wenatchee & and
Rock Island Feed Store
L. A. Me
S. Mission Street
J. S. Mooney & Co
Rock Island
Arrow
Orondo Avenue
Cottage House
E. D. H. Webb
Douglas St
Orondo Ave
Linament
Harlin Meat Company
D. Gensinger
Arrow Transfer Co
Wyoming
O. D. Johnson
Wenatchee, Wash
Chelan Avenue
Wenatchee Drag Co
P. O
Harlin
Little & Wetsel
Drayage and Express
Eagle Livery & Transfer CO
Columbia and Okanogan Steamboat Co
Bridgeport
D. Gensinger Columbia Valley Bank Building
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