Great Northern Buys Marr Lumber Yard Site in Wenatchee
Major Anderson of the Great Northern railway bought the five Marr lumber yard lots for 2000 dollars and exchanged them for eight lots at the south end of block 8. The railroad plans sidetracks a yard and shops, with a depot location not yet fixed, possibly near Fifth Street North. The deal gives the company control of key property on Columbia street and alley rear lines for future construction.
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Major Anderson
Great Northern Railway
Gilbert Marr
Marr
Beal Milling Company
Anderson
Wenatchee
Moses Coulee
Mr. Anderson
Wenatchee Avenue
Columbia Street
Kittitas Street
Fifth Street
Wenatchee Development Company
Real estate transfer near Lake Chelan details
J Trow L V Harper and Miss Della Delvin purchase 30 acre First Creek tract from L J Hadley for 3750 dollars. Half goes to Trow, half to Harper and Delvin. The property, part of John W Johnson homestead, irrigable with water from First Creek, includes 800 fruit trees and eight acres of alfalfa. Separately J H Brand and Frank Cowan buy Christie 15 acre lake shore tract for 3500 dollars and plan Seattle relocation.
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Messrs
J. Trow
L. V. Harper
Della Delvin
L. J. Hadley
First Cree Vale
Oregon
First Creek
Chelan Leader
Mr. Trow
Mr. Harper
Miss Delvin
John W. Johnson
J. H. Brand
Frank Cowan
Seattle
Lake Chelan
Christie
Lake Shore
Lakeside
Brand
Cowan
Meeting of Douglas Street Property Owners Tonight
Residents and property owners of Douglas Street are called to a meeting at 8:30 this evening at the Anatchee Realty and Investment Co. office to discuss local property concerns.
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Douglas Street
Anatchee Realty & Investment Co
Spice
Million Brick Delays Seattle High School Project
School Director Gellatly discussed plans with the Seattle architect for the new high school. Specifications will be ready in two weeks, but brick supply is the major obstacle and 1,000,000 bricks are needed. Bricks won’t be available until about June 1, delaying start though excavation may proceed this spring.
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Gellatly
Seattle
Messrs. Hobson
Paris socialite Fernand Ravenez dies in Monte Carlo suicide
Paris March 13 Associated Press reports Fernand Ravenez a wealthy Parisian whose four year career as a daily sensation ended with a self inflicted gunshot at a Monte Carlo supper. He declared a big surprise awaited guests before firing and dying instantly.
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Paris
Fernand Ravenez
Monte Carlo
Ravenez
Washington Weather: Showers Coastal Areas Likely
Washington forecast predicts fair tonight and Sunday with showers near the coast, light frost in the interior, and westerly winds across the state.
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Associated Press
Washington
School site saga in south end district sparks land dispute
Residents want a new school but refuse to cede land. Martin Padoshek, who agreed to sell an acre last fall, changed his mind after returning home this spring. A meeting discussed voluntary sale or condemnation, with the board likely to act if needed.
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Martin Padoshek
Possible U S and Mexico Intervention Over Central American Peace
Washington reports serious consideration of joint intervention by the United States and Mexico to maintain peace in Central America. The debate centers on how the two nations would be obligated under the peace compact that requires arbitration for any quarrel among the five republics.
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Washington
U. S
Mexico
Central America
Wheat Prices Weak In Early Chicago Session
Wheat prices opened weaker in Chicago on March 13 with May at 1.163 to 1.174 and July at 1.151 to 1.168, lower than yesterday's close. News of weak demand weighed on the market as traders watched futures drift lower through the morning.
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Chicago
Deny Intention To Wage War Between Nations
Reports of war between Nicaragua and Salvador are without foundation. Zelaya of Nicaragua says peace reigns. Zelaya troops occupy strategic points along San Juan river and lake shore at Fuerte and Naranja.
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New York
Nicaragua
Salvador
Associated Press
Zelaya
Figuero
Meniagua
Mexico City
Few Game Laws Were Passed in Olympia
A local sportsman derides the legislature at Olympia for amending and killing many bills. The report notes bird shelter measures around Lake Washington, trout season dates, increased bounties on cougars and wolves, and the failure of Senate Bill 335 to pass as intended despite a $25 alien hunter license proposal.
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Olympia
Palisades
Columbia
Petrosino Killed in Palermo Mission by Black Hand
Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino of the New York Police Department was shot and killed near his Palermo hotel. The Black Hand sicarii were unnamed. Petrosino, famed as the department’s Italian crime expert, had convictions for murder and aimed to set up international bureaus to track criminals and prevent their entry to the United States.
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New York
Herald
Palermo
Joseph Petrosino
America
Italy
Spokane grand jury blocked in Gordon embezzlement probe
Spokane on March 13 reports the county grand jury will take at least ten days off as the court rules on stenographic note taking. Prosecutor Pugh plans to seek a writ of prohibition from the supreme court to end the ruling. A phonograph may be used if no stenographer is allowed.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Spokane County
M. J. Gordon
Great Northern
Supreme Court
Huneke
Pugh
Will Finish the Road on Time
Tacoma reports progress on the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line with President Earling and officials visiting. A. M. Ingersoll says completion within the time limit is assured despite mountain snow delaying plans for a last spike demonstration. The final spike will be a steel spike to secure the rail near Goal Creek in the Bitter Root Canyon.
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Tacoma
A. M. Ingersoll
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ingersoll
Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Butte
Goal Creek
Bitter Root
Bruce Griggs Plans Expanded River Transport
Bruce Griggs, a Kettle Falls promoter operating a stage line and steamboat ventures, returns to the city and expects to restart his steamer service from Kettle Falls to Fort Spokane next month. He envisions a connected network from Creston to Fort Spokane and a stage link to Fort Spokane, linking the Big Bend area. He credits a $50,000 legislature appropriation for Columbia River improvements from Bridgeport to Kettle Falls, which he says could enable upriver boat service to Kettle Falls and boost fruit prospects in the upper river country.
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Bruce Griggs
Kettle Falls
Fort Spokane
Big Bend
Creston
Griggs
Columbia River
Bridgeport
Gun boat Marietta sails from Virginia capes to Guantanamo
The gun boat Marietta with full stores and ammunition left Virginia capes last night bound for Guantanamo Bay and is now patrolling down the coast.
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Norfolk
Marietta
Virginia Capes
Guantanamo Bay
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Ghelan Real Estate Grange
Douglas Property Owners
NEW High
Glimax
Miss Flora Wilson
Miss Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
END School
San Salvador
Costa Rica
United States
Labarra
State Department
Navy Department
Secretary of State
Panama
Guantanamo
Cuba
UTES
Cascade Mountains
Cascades
Skagit County
GAN
Milwaukee
Steamer Enterprise
Upper Columbia
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