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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
1
City officials declare assessment rolls complete for Wenatchee avenue sewer districts one and two. Property owners have sixty days from July 5 to pay their shares or face a ten percent delinquency addition. District No. 1 totals 4160.40 and District No. 2 1993.06, with rates set per 25 feet.
Seattle agents led by Captain B W Bell seized the Northwest’s most complete gold coin counterfeit plant thirteen miles south of Huntington on the Snake River near the Idaho line. Three arrests followed Ezra R. Coon Jos Hansen and John R Williams. the vast operation was described as the area’s largest and most dangerous counterfeiting gang.
Enthusiasm sweeps Tywis Washington as forest reserves open to homestead entry. Hundreds stake claims near Eight Mile creek and Kittle valley meadow land. United States Commissioner Ventzke of Winthrop reports dozens of listings daily as applications begin.
A violent quake struck South Wales at 9:45 this morning shaking houses and damaging cheap dwellings. Chimneys toppled and residents fled in panic though no casualties were known. Tremors were also felt in Bristol Ilfracombe and nearby areas with loud rumblings reported.
The University of Washington summer school began in Seattle with over 100 students present and expectations that attendance will reach 200 before next week.
June 28 Abe Reynolds a 17 year old worker was caught in a swiftly revolving shaft at the Capital box factory and was killed instantly. His legs and one hand were torn off and the cause of the accident remains unknown as no witness saw the moment he was caught.
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