Wenatchee council plans bond election and street work
City council acts on Wenatchee avenue improvements and votes to issue 40000 in general improvement bonds after correcting legal advertisement failures. Protests set for April 6. Delays loom as new election required and damages payments await funds. Water main for Cashmere street approved. fire bell acquired. fire limits extension considered. various plats referred for action.
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Wenatchee Avenue
Harris & Company
Replat
Wenatchee
W. H. Dickson
Dickson Addition
Man Killed While Drunk Near Chiwaukum
A logger named Ed McNeil was killed early Monday when drunken companions failed to move clear of a train. Coroner Saunders took the body to the city for embalming. McNeil, about 25, had two brothers in Nova Scotia. The incident occurred four miles above Chiwaukum after a night of heavy drinking.
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Ed. McNeil
Chiwaukum
Saunders
Sprague
Nova Scotia
McNeil
Adams & Costutte
Tittleburg
Adams & Costello
Clark buys B Street residence lot from Scheble for 1500
Percy Scheble sells his 75 by 120 foot B street lots between H C Littlefield and A G Pogue to A J Clark for 1500. Clark plans to build soon on the property.
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Percy Scheble
B Street
A. J. Clark
H. C. Littlefield
A. G. Pogue
Baseball interest grows in Wenatchee area despite overall apathy
Local observers note that while baseball fails to excite most, Wenatchee stands out with potential for a viable team. Prominent owners Reeves Fuller Scheble and others offer a 100 by 450 foot tract on Orondo Avenue to a baseball association for five years if taxes are paid, grounds are fenced, and a grand stand is built.
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Quincy
Ephrata
Cashmere
Leavenworth
Waterville
Wenatchee
Messrs. Reeves, Fuller, Scheble
Upper
Orondo Avenue
Baseball Association
Orchard Tract Sold Near Cashmere for 7500 dollars
Louis Mullerleile of Sunset Land Co sold the 28 acre Jay McFarland orchard tract west of Cashmere to Sam Riemann formerly of Quincy. Part of the land is in bearing, the price 7500 dollars.
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Louis Mullerleile
Sunset Land Company
Jay McFarland
Cashmere
Sam Riemann
Quincy
Des Moines Plan Ends First Year With Surplus
Des Moines reports a $20,000 surplus under the new commission plan for municipal government, reversing the prior deficit of $180,000 seen under the old system. The finding comes as the first year of the reform completes.
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Des Moines
Commission
Train Hits Slipping Horse Fatal to Miss Haines
A frightened horse pulling a buggy with Miss Anna Haines and Miss Clara Lindsey aboard veered from Napa Vine to Centralia and was struck by a freight train. Miss Haines died instantly while Miss Lindsey was seriously injured and Fred Lindsey badly shaken.
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Centralia
Napavine
Anna Haines
Clara Lindsey
Fred Lindsey
Malaga Commercial club forms permanent organization
The Malaga Commercial club launched with a permanent structure led by President C. B. Reed and officers including Vice President J. N. Johnson and Treasurer W. B. Dodd. A secretary, A. H. Richardson, was elected and committees were named for Finance, Membership, Printing, Entertainment, House, Good Roads, Statistics and Local Interest.
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Malaga
Wenatchee Commercial Club
Harry Wyker
F. E. Kingsbury
John N. Johnson
Joe Green
C. G. Billings
J. W. Gillespie
E. T. Balch
Claude Graves
I. X. Lee
C. H. Graves
Miss Marble
Harry
Lost horses valued at 1000 dollars reported in Monitor
Deak Brown of Monitor reports seven young horses stolen from his barnyard Monday night. A wagon was driven up to the gate during the night and the horses disappeared, leading Brown to suspect horse thieves.
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R. A. Brown
Deak Brown
Monitor
Malaga Land sold to Wenatchee Realty for large irrigation tract
Wenatchee Realty & Investment Co takes control of Malaga Land Co and plans to market 900 acres west of Malaga for 5 and 10 acre parcels. The land, irrigated by a top reservoir fed from Stemil t Creek, includes holdings like the George Miller and Zornes tracts with 75 acres bearing and hundreds plowed ready for trees. About 200 families could settle there under sales ranging from $150 to $1,500 per acre.
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Wenatchee Realty & Investment Company
Malaga Land Company
Malaga
Wenatcheee Realty & Investment Company
Seattle
M. B. Haynes
E. S. Allyn
A. H. Richardson
Lake Irrigation Company
Lockwood Ditch
George Miller
Zornes Place
Home from Stock Buying Trip by George H. Ellis
George H. Ellis returned from a two months stock buying trip along the Atlantic coast visiting New York and Boston to secure goods for Ellis and Forde stores. Mrs. Ellis stayed on the coast for a weeks visit before rejoining in Wenatchee. He stops in California cities on the return via Southern Pacific and predicts a strong valley business season ahead.
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George H. Ellis
Atlantic
New York
Boston
Messrs. Ellis and
Forde
California
Ellis
Great Storm Slams East Chicago March 24
A severe storm has formed in the Rocky Mountains causing telegraphic communication failures across routes. The Denver area witnesses the severest effects with telegraph service disrupted regionally.
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East
Associated Press
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Missing Horses Stolen From Monitor Range Worth $1000
Tracks of six young horses and a spotted cayuse were found the morning after the theft near Monitor. The animals bore an X brand on the right shoulder. Sheriff Ferguson was alerted and began investigations. Mr Brown estimates the loss at $1,000.
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Monitor
Ferguson
Brown
Prosperity Report From Merchants of the Monitor
J. B. McKee of the Monitor Mer cantile firm reports growth in the little burg up the line. He recently bought W. A. Ketchum’s mercantile business and runs a busy post office. McKee notes many new settlers arriving, spring improvements, new homes, and hundreds of acres planted to fruit.
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J. B. McKee
Monitor
City Seeks Extended Street Sprinkling Hours
The street committee adverts for bids to run sprinkling across more streets and longer hours. Last year the sprinkler operated by day. this year the aim is at least 20 hours daily until the avenue is paved, with a larger area to be covered than before.
Stevens Return From California Wintering
W. E. Stevens and family arrived home after spending the winter in California. Washington Weather notes a pair of forecasts for tonight and Thursday with light frost expected and westerly winds.
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W. E. Stevens
California
Washington
Associated Press
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Peachey Addition
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Waukum
George Bacon
Minneapolis
Do. A. Bower
Ansel Griggs
Deniston & Christenson
Bacon
Franklin MacVeagh
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Richard A. Ballinger
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