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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
8
Augusta March 18 Maine legislators consider taxing every unmarried man 30 or over at ten dollars yearly to fund pensions for deserving spinsters aged 40 and over. The bill allows relief for bachelors who show effort to wed, with collection like poll taxes.
Spokane reports Taft Montana once called the toughest hole on the continent has disappeared as the construction camp’s notorious saloons gambling halls and dance halls vanish. The town near the Idaho Montana line served as a base for the Chicago Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway western extension, and its wickedness fueled local disgust as its end nears with opening of the rail line in April.
G O W Breden berg and Olga Pihl were married last evening at the Christian church parsonage. The groom, an electrician, and the Spokane bride, who has stayed with Mrs. Meredith recently, plan to reside in Wenatchee.
Will Little has moved into the residence at First and Chelan, formerly occupied by Harvey Sneider, marking a street residence change.
A sweep of notes from Wenatchee and nearby: residents from Cashmere to Entiat visit the city on errands and illness, with several travelers to Spokane and Seattle. Local officials, club meetings, and social events fill the day as Miss Honnold is replaced at Farmers Telephone, and the St Patrick dance draws a large crowd at the Catholic hall.
Lou Nordyke, captain of the Vancouver team, is in the city after wintering in Spokane. He spent a few days at Monitor Ranch and will proceed to Prosser where the squad gathers March 28 to start spring training.
400 acres on Crescent Bar near the Columbia River may soon enter bearing orchards. N J Potter and S McDonald of Crescent Bar visit the city. McDonald is delegate to the North Central Washington Development league and foreman of the Neeley Young irrigation project. Potter owns the Babcock home place tract. About 400 acres are already in trees and significant fruit shipments are anticipated in a few years.
The C. W. Jorgenson property on Chelan avenue was sold yesterday by Big Four Real Estate. The 50 by 120 foot lot accompanies a four room house. The sale price was $1,150 cash and the buyer was J. R. Chase of Stemilt Creek.
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