Nevada to Host Jeffries Johnson Fight July Fourth
San Francisco reports Tex Rickard received word from Morris Sullivan of Goldfield Nevada that the Jeffries Johnson bout will be held there on July 4 with Sullivan guaranteeing 120000 to promoters. Nevada Attorney General Stoddard says glove contests are lawful if Legislature conditions are met. Governor Gillett orders militia ready to block the Langford Kaufman fight if needed, while promoter Louis Blot vows to proceed within state rules.
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San Francisco
Texa Rickard
Associated Press
Morris Sullivan
Goldfield
Nevada
Jeffries-Johnson
Sullivan
Richard C. Stoddard
Sacramento
Gillett
Lauck
Louis Blot
Webb
Pippy
Blot
Pratt Named Dover Postmaster After Bolen Resignation
D. L. Pratt is appointed postmaster at Dover replacing resigned J. A. Bolen. The post office will move from Bolen’s residence to the Chelan Butte Orchards company headquarters.
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D. L. Pratt
Dover
J. A. Bolen
Bolen
Chelan Butte Orchars Company
June rains hoped for Palouse and Big Bend area
Rain fell yesterday across the Palouse country and much of the Big Bend, though not reaching this section. The sky remains overcast today and residents hope for the usual June rains to arrive.
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Big Bend
Poindexter Dominates In Seattle Straw Vote
A secret straw ballot among New York block workers in Seattle showed Miles Poindexter closing the gap on Judge Burke and leading over Wilson. Organized by J A Johnson, the vote counted only men in the building, excluding Dexter Horton bank staff and two outside voters for Burke.
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Miles Poindexter
Seattle
New York
J. A. John
Johnson
Burke
Dexter Horton Bank
Poindexter
Judge Burke
Wilson
Indian allottee sale talks with Wapato Irrigation firm
Chelan Washington June 17 Captain John McA Webster Indian agent on the Colville reservation is in town to advise Old John and Peter Wapato two Indian allottees who refused to sell land to the Wapato Irrigation company. Their visit follows similar actions by other Lake Chelan Indians. The two wish to sell and may reach a deal as the company seeks required allotments for a major irrigation project.
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Chelan, Wash
John McA. Webster
Colville Reservation
Old John
Peter Wapato
Wapato Irrigation Company
Lake Chelan
Webster
Wapato
Students Return to State College at Pullman
The state college at Pullman reopened after a break, with most local students returning for the summer. Wenatchee entrants include Norman Lake Bernard Knowles Stephen Knowles Chauncey George Roy Smith Earl Barnhill. Agnes Fish and Orpha Leavers also home and planning teaching posts.
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Pullman
Wenatchee
Norman Lake
Bernard Knowles
Stephen Knowles
Chauncey George
Roy Smith
Earl Barnhill
Agnes Fish
Orpha
March Band Concert Program
Concert program lists eight items including Postal Telegraph service overture and Danube Waves Waltzes. Selections include Bohemian Girl melodies and On the Belvedere March. Conducted by H SIMPSON with leaders Lewis and Pierson.
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Drease
Oo Adler
Ross Seesaw Dalbey
Te Bee Es - Losey
Aeta Arate
Ivanovich
Belvedere
Wireless Telegraph swindle shocks Northwest investors
The United Wireless Telegraph Company stock swindle unravels as officers are arrested in New York. Widespread Western losses include Wenatchee and Walla Walla counties with stock sales from 17 000 to 60 000 dollars. Promoters target moderate earners with grand promises, selling costly installations and overvalued shares.
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United Wireless Telegraph Company
New York
West
Wenatchee Valley
The
Daily World
Wenatchee
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Wireless
Washington
Chehalis
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla
United Wireless
Special Train for Waterville Trip From Local Ball Club
Manager Scheble announced a special 8:30 a.m. Sunday train for fans to Waterville with return by Sunday evening. He urged supporters to sign up immediately and leave their names with Mr. Scheble.
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Scheble
Waterville
Old Settlers picnic opens with record forenoon crowds
Advices from Monitor report that all fore noon rigs and automobiles were en route to the Old Settlers picnic grounds. The largest opening day crowd in the meet's history attended this forenoon as the forenoon was used to acquaint attendees and the afternoon will focus on association business.
Wreck Inquiry Over Light Dimmed Headlight Cited
Coroner's jury probes Wednesday wreck causing death of Italian aboard engine pilot. Testimony flags passing track limits and bulletins as blame lines while Dorn denies perjury charge and vows to call conductor to account.
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John Doe
O. S. Stocker
A. E. Knowles
A. L. Brown
David Keith
R. R. Ellinwood
J. T. Owens
Dorn
Towne
Wapato Irrigation awards major ditch and rock work
The Wapato Irrigation company in Lake Chelan valley awarded two contracts totaling 10000 dollars for excavations to Okanogan Contracting and Development of Brewster and rock work to Bergman and Gillen of Chelan. A 200 foot tunnel is included with 2000 cubic yards of rock. Work starts at once to water over 1000 acres and the full project aims to irrigate about 6000 acres when finished this season.
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Chelan, Wash
Wapato Irrigation Company
Lake Chelan
Okanogan Contracting and Development Company
Brewster
Bergman & Gillen
Chelan
Rice Warns Against Hasty Apple Ratings
Ren H. Rice, secretary and manager of the 1910 National Apple Show, cautions Wenatchee growers against demanding top rating. He says ratings are not fixed yet and will be decided after consulting last year’s exhibitors and the mass meeting’s suggested changes.
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Wenatchee
Ren H. Rice
Rice
Board of Trustees
White Bluffs to Host Game Next Friday Afternoon
Manager Scheble received a letter from White Bluffs ball club and a game arrangement is set for next Friday afternoon. After that, White Bluffs travels to Waterville for a three game series beginning Saturday. The team recently beat Kennewick 3 to 2 in 16 innings and again 3 to 2 in 12 innings, sealing the lower Columbia river championship, and aims to sweep north central Washington. Further details will be announced.
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Scheble
White Bluffs
Waterville
Kennewick
Columbia River
Om the Omnipotent case to seek Portland testimony
Judge Swann announced a commission would take testimony in Portland Ore to aid the trial of Pierre A Bernard known as Om the Omnipotent. He allegedly ran a West Seventy fourth street house teaching Hindu practices and was arrested for abducting 19 year old Zelia Hopp.
Roosevelt Expected Home Parade Draws Massive Crowds
Colonel Roosevelt nears New York after foreign travels with a welcoming fête planned for tomorrow. The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria will dock at Sandy Hook, and a water parade up the Hudson will lead to a Battery welcome by Mayor Gaynor. Half a million to near a million visitors are anticipated as hotels fill and dignitaries ride with the Rough Riders through Fifth Avenue.
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New York
Roosevelt
Sandy Hook
Manhattan
Androscoggin
Hudson
Battery
Gaynor
Hunter
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Oyster Bay
Battery Park
Long Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Waldorf
St. Regis
Knickerbocker
Astor
Belmont
Chicago
Ohio
S. B. N. Young
Samuel S. Sumner
Charles Cooper
Philadelphia
Rough Riders
Troop C
Brooklyn
United States Army
Italian laborer killed at Chiwaukum investigated
Coroner Saunders was notified before noon that an Italian laborer was killed at Chiwaukum. The Italians with the victim refused access to the body until the sheriff and coroner arrived. Sheriff Ferguson and Coroner Saunders departed for the scene on No. 1.
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Saunders
Chiwaukum
Ferguson
No. 1
City Attorney Crollard Returns From East Business Visit
City Attorney Louis J. Crollard returned today from a several weeks' business trip to the east. He spent several days at his old home in Washington, D. C.
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Louis J. Crollard
East
Washington, D. C
Reminiscences of J J Hill By H R Vaughn
H R Vaughn former Hotel Roosevelt proprietor and father of Mrs Culp recalls meeting J J Hill in 1863 while checking freight in St Paul. He describes Hill’s rise to railroad influence in 1870, Griggs voyage on the Red River, building a boat near Fort Abercrombie, Vaughn’s move to Port Pembina, and enduring ties with Hill including a recent visit in the East renewed memories of the era.
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H. R. Vaughn
Hotel Roosevelt
Dr. Culp
Lillian Vaughn
J. J. Hill
Vaughn
Mr. Hill
St. Paul
Captain Griggs
Red River
Mr. Vaughn
Great Northern
Centennial planned in Spokane for first white arrival in Washington
Spokane hosts a proposed centennial marking the 1811 arrival of the Northwest Fur Company trading post near Spokane. W H Gilstrap of Tacoma promotes a permanent Spokane House monument at the Little Spokane and Spokane rivers junction and a monument on nearby Indian battle grounds. Plans include marking the route to cover the valley east of the city and the Medical Lake area.
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Spokane
State of Washington
Northwest Fur. Company
W. H. Gilstrap
Tacoma
Washington State Historical Society
Medical Lake
Pioneers’ Society
Gilstrap
Tangled relations at Chelan marriage create family tangle
H W Van Slyke of Chelan married Mary B Baker also of Chelan on the 15th. The wife is sister to his stepmother, making a complex web of in laws and guardians with multiple cross relations.
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H. W. van Slyke
Chelan
Mary B. Baker
J. A. van Slyke
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Richard
Nevada City
Poindexter Wilson
Humphries Cotterillee Et Ee Wee
Ashton
Burke Or Wilson
Anna
Wee Eee
Old Settlers
Association
Brakeman
Orondo Avenue
M. W. Bowen
Leavenworth
Bowen
Durush
Geo. P. Towne
Hea Fay
Columbia River Valley
Fakir
Portland
Swann
General
Ses
Sions
Gotham
Hill and Riggs
Marin State
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