Bridge Bill Advances in Senate and Canal Work Presses On
The Olympia telegram signals strong prospects for the bridge bill with little Senate opposition. The Okanogan canal project proceeds actively with J. A. Barker directing 31 workers at a rocky point where blasting through solid rock is the costliest portion. At Rosenfelt camp H. A. Wilder leads 30 men as snow clears and more equipment arrives to accelerate dirt removal.
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Olympia
Percy Scheble
F. M. Scheble
Senate
House
Okanogan
J. A. Barker
Rocky Point
Rosenfelt
Forman
H. A. Wilder
Contractor Gerrick Here at City Bridge Site
John Gerrick of Gerrick and Gerrick Seattle visits the bridge project to supervise site work with consulting engineer R J English. Donkey engines shipped from St Paul and 18 train cars of bridge steel have arrived. 35 cars remain. A large steam derrick and air compressor are in use as the cantilever carrier begins erection.
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John Gerrick
Gerrick & Gerrick
Seattle
Mr. Gerrick
R. J. English
Gerrick
World
St. Paul
Dakota
Montana
Bridge painting sparks Wenatchee color clash idea
Mr Gerrick proposed painting the new bridge red to match Wenatchee's famous nickname "the Big Red Apple." Crowds gathered at the site yesterday as construction moved ahead.
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Gerrick
Wenatchee
Local Youth Earl Hager Weds Mary Kuhlman in Lena
Earl F Hager returns from Lena Illinois with bride Mary Kuhlman of Lena. The couple, now visiting his parents Mr and Mrs R E Hastings on South Chelan avenue, plan Wenatchee as their future home.
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Earl F. Hager
Lena
Illinois
Mr. Hager
Mary Kuhlman
R. E. Hastings
Chelan Avenue
Wenatchee
East We natchee land buyers cross the Columbia
East We natchee land buyers have been crossing the Columbia on the ferry to view purchases and assess the land proposition on the east side. Ezra Miller’s new house nearly finished and set for occupancy within a week at about $800. Ned Rozelle proves up on homestead after five years, and Frank Daniels will receive a government deed today. An entertainment at Liberty schoolhouse Saturday raised funds for the organ. $10 remains owed.
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Wenatchee
Columbia
Ezra Miller
Miller
C. A. Olson
van Cleve
Harrington Council Approves Fire Engine Purchase
Harrington March 7 At a city council meeting the mayor named standing committees for health fire protection ordinances finance streets and public improvements and appointed G W Kinney as police judge. The fire committee reported a 1000 pound Blymen bell and a 60 gallon single action chemical engine were ordered purchased.
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Harrington
G. W. Kinney
Reading room candy sale supports a good cause
Do you still eat candy. If so, why not buy it at the reading room and help a good cause.
Name Changes for Pogue Flat Town Now Okanogan
The town on Pogue Flat has undergone two name changes. It began as Alma to avoid confusion with Elma, then became Pogue about a year ago, and at a recent meeting residents voted to adopt the name Okanogan.
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Alma
Pogue
Okanogan
Pogue Flat
Elma
Wenatchee Avenue Property Listings Hit Market
A 50 foot east front parcel on Wenatchee avenue near Groves and Miller is offered for 3200 dollars. An additional 125 by 148 foot frontage on Wenatchee avenue east half of Perkins place is listed at 2500 dollars with terms. Fuller and Russell handle the sale.
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Wenatchee Avenue
Groves & Miller
Perkins Place
Fuller & Russell
Dickson Named Third Member of Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Board
Governor Mead nominates George E. Dickson of Ellensburg as the third member of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition commission. Dickson, born October 27, 1861 in Richmond Canada, studied at St Francis College and moved to Ellensburg to run a general merchandise business before shifting to financing and investments in Central Washington.
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Olympia
Mead
George E. Dickson
Ellensburg
Richmond
Canada
St. Francis College
Pacific Coast
Washington
Dickson
Em Foreing
Ellensburg Politician with Long Legislative Record
A longtime Republican figure in Kittitas County who organized the party here and served on the county contact committee for six years and the state executive committee for many years. He owned property near and in Ellensburg and showed strong interest in a local Ellensburg bank. He served in the House of Representatives from Kittitas County in the Eighth Ninth and Tenth Legislatures.
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Ellensburg
J Party
Kittitas County
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Olympia, Wash
Frank Reeves
Walter M. Olive
Rus
L. V. Wells
Earl Hager
Columbia Valley News
Council
Dickson ON Fair Commission
Kittitas
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Commission
Arthur Gunn
Wenatchee Development Company
Wenatchee Avenue S
Wenatchee, Wash
Bousquet & Christensen
Grorpd
Millerdale
Columbia River
Red Apple Real Estate Co
Imby
Babcock-Cornish
Fair Grounds
FULLER @ RUSSELL
Ler Street
Ment
Bower & Nowlan
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