City Council Sets Water Sprinkling Hours to Conserve Supply
City officials order immediate sprinkling restrictions as the new Chelan avenue regrading and ongoing water delays strain the system. The council approves sewer and water mains projects, bonds, and payments to Ball and McNerney for water works while awaiting the mid June plant startup.
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New City
Chelan Avenue
Entiat Power Company
Wenatehee Avenue
Kittitas
Second Street
Commissioners Adjourn After Road Matters and Appointments
The commissioners adjourned after road matters. J G Debord of Leavenworth was confirmed as deputy sheriff. The Peshastin Orchards plat by Gilbert and Reeves was accepted. Marvin Chase Englemere plat at Lake Wenatchee rejected for legal defects. First Malaga addition plat accepted. Percy Scheble named county game warden. A $50 reward for violators of new game laws with $30 from the county game fund and $20 from the local game club.
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Leavenworth
Peshastin Orchards
Gilbert & Reeves
Marvin Chase
Englemere
Lake Wenatchee
Malaga
Percy Scheble
Trotting Queen Sund Dead at Newton Square Farm
Sund, a former queen of the trotting turf, died yesterday at the breeding farm in Newton Square Pa. Born in 1886 at Palo Alto California stock farm of Senator k Stanford, with sire Electioneer.
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Philadelphia
Newton Square
Palo Alto
California
Senator K Stanford
Death from Gare Lessness on Great Northern Train
Everett May 4. Engineer Charles Navarre of the eastbound Great Northern fast freight was killed when a rail left exposed by careless Japanese section workers caused a derailment. Five loaded cars plunged to the cliff. Navarre was crushed beneath wheat cars. Fireman and rest of crew escaped. Traffic delayed ~17 hours. Navarre, a young man, has a mother and brother in Everett. the brother starred as halfback for Everett high school last season.
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Everett
Charles Navarre
Great Northern
Navarre
Jerread
Wenatchee Day Highlighted At Seattle Exposition
Grant county law case set for afternoon at the courthouse with Judge Steiner presiding. The matter concerns the Soap Lake Sanatorium receivership, seeking permanence or dissolution amid ongoing litigation. Attorneys Loving McMahon advocate permanence, while Col Darrow and S. C. Johnson push for dissolution.
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McMahon
Col. Darrow
8S. C. Johnson
Norris & Rowe License Controversy Overcharged Show
Norris and Rowe paid 100 for a city license, a sum higher than last year’s 35. The showmen promised 50 cent charges but attendees paid 1. A revised ordinance now sets 150 as the city license with a 50 cent cap. No license has been issued for the May 18 appearance despite representatives’ visits.
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Norris & Rowe
Democrats Win in Spokane Municipal Election
In Spokane on May 5 the municipal winners include Mayor N. S. Pratt Democrat, Comptroller Robert Fairley Democrat, Treasurer J. Oscar Peterson Republican. Councilmen across wards feature a mix of Republicans with Leonard Funk as the notable Democrat in the Second Ward. Pratt leads the race by about 700 votes over Republican candidate Omo.
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Spokane
N. S. Pratt
Robert Fairley
A. J. Cartwright
Leonard Funk
G. W. Shhaefer
L. B. Cornell
Jacob Schiller
E. V. Lambert
R. F. Dalke
C. W. Mohr
Peter Nelson
M. W. Belshaw
Pratt
Omo
Outbreak Feared as Turkish Troops Deployed to Beirut Area
News dispatch reports continued tension in Suadie and Deurytal with anti Christian violence feared. About five hundred Turkish troops have been sent to the area. The British battleship Triumph and the British consul left Beirut today for Deurytal.
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Beirut
Suadie
Deurytal
Taft Concludes No Adjournment Before June 15 or July 1
Washington May 5 President Taft has concluded after talks with senators and representatives that there is no chance of adjournment before June 15 or July 1.
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Washington
Taft
Pergy Scheble Appointed Chelan County Game Warden
Percy Scheble was yesterday appointed game warden of Chelan County to enforce the last legislature's game laws. County commissioners, with local sportsmen, purchased Chinese pheasants and set a $50 reward for violations, funded by the county game fund and the local gun club. Scheble will appoint deputies across the county for strict enforcement.
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Percy Scheble
Chelan County
Stheble
Mr. Scheble
Water Power Data Budgeted by State Board
Olympia May 5 Ten thousand dollars will be spent to sustain streams on the Cascade slopes and to prepare a detailed report on water power potential and developable capacity. The state board of geological survey allotted funds from a 50 000 appropriation for rock site surveys, coal lands, metalliferous deposits, and quadrangle geological work under Governor determined areas and Geologist Henry Landes of Seattle.
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Associated Press
Olympia
Cascade Mountains
State Board of Geological Survey
Henry Landes
Seattle
Omaha Goes Democratic in May Municipal Election
Omaha reports a Democratic victory with Mayor James C. Dahlman winning by at least 4000 votes after a personal liberty campaign. Lincoln also voted dry, abolishing saloons by about 500, making Don L. Love the new mayor as the city becomes liquor free next year.
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Associated Press
Omaha
James C. Dahlman
Dahlman
Lincoln
Neb
Don L.love
Nichols Tenders Resignation as Secretary of State
Olympia May 5 Sam H Nichols resigns as secretary of state to Gov M E Hay, asking immediate acceptance. Ben F Fish to run office until a successor is chosen. Nichols defends his record, cites stress of investigations, and promises a public statement with data for the legislative inquiry. Potential successor names surface, with Gov Hay weighing east side candidates.
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M. E. Hay
Hay
Nichols
Legislative Investigating Committee
A. E. Mead
Wilson-Perkins
E. K. Irwin
Spokane
Mountains
Cascades
Erwin
Calhoun Trial Sees Fiery Exchange Between Attorneys
In San Francisco on May 5, Attorneys Frances J. Heney and A A Moore clashed during the Patrick Calhoun trial as Moore objected to a question to witness Andrew M Wilson. The quarrel escalated with insults and was halted by the court. Stanley Moore, A A Moores son, was rebuked for interrupting a ruling.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Frances J. Heney
A. A. Moore
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Moore
Andrew M. Wilson
O’gara
Heney
American Bar Association
Stanley Moore
Wenatchee Realty Sells Five Acres of Malaga Land
The Wenatchee Realty company sold five acres of Malaga Land holdings to D C Towne of this city and another five acres to Miss Harriet Colton, a city teacher, yesterday.
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Malaga Land Company
D. ¢. Towne
Harriet Colton
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