Health board bans underage attendance at Norris & Rowe Circus
Spokane May 13 health officer orders no children under 18 at any circus or public gathering until further notice. A telegram to Rosalia warns that if the show comes to Spokane a parade is barred, the venue quarantined, and the act disinfected before moving on. Commissioner Heg notes severe scarlet fever outbreak with multiple local deaths.
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Spokane
Norris & Rowe Circus
Board of Health
M. B. Grieve
Norris & Rowe
Rosalia
Elmer E. Heg
State Commissioner of
Heg
Washington
Adrian Irrigation Company Board Back From Grant County Tour
A Spokane and Wenatchee contingent of the Adrian Irrigation Company board returned from a four day inspection of lands buildings and irrigation works in Grant county east of Wenatchee. The full system is now active with water turned on last Tuesday and 12 000 trees already planted thriving. An order for 50 000 trees was placed with Wenatchee Home Nursery for fall planting as the company expands to irrigate thousands of additional acres beyond its 5000 owned acres, mostly to winter apple orchards.
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Grant County
Ed Dennis
Wenatchee Home Nursery
University Quartet to Host Evening of Music and Readings
The University quartet will perform after the park band concert at 9 pm in the opera house. The program includes water lilies, violets tenor solo, The Bell in the Lighthouse, Lichensleid, The Palms, and Kentucky Babe among others plus readings by Charles Rutherford. Intermission precedes more selections by the Wenatchee Military band.
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Opera House
University
University Quartet
Lichesleid
Sheiley
Russell Parke
Plantation Melodies
James Whitcomb
Charles Rutherford
Cornet
Faure
Fred Crollard
Kentucky Babe
Geibel University Quartet
Deuze
Henry Filer
Wenatchee Military Band
Former Kansas lieutenant governor dies in wreck near Salina
A. P. Riddle, once Kansas lieutenant governor, was killed in an automobile accident near Salina on May 13. The report notes the tragedy as a sobering event and local coverage mentions ongoing public events. A different item about a Young Men's Library club concert is described as having strong ticket sales and a likely full house.
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Associated Press
Salina
Kan
A. P. Riddle
Kansas
Here
Young Men's Library Club
Steel arriving at Columbia Siding for Mansfield Wenatchee line
Guy Grove in charge of right of way says steel will be laid soon and road should finish by August 1. Towns Mansfield Wetherow Douglas laid off. building begins at Mansfield. one contractor haulage from Coulee City set up. Wheat crop along new line in Big Bend appears fair.
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Columbia Siding
Mansfield-Wenatchee
Guy Grove
Grove
Great Northern Hotel
Mansfield
Wetherow
Douglas
Coulee City
Mr. Grove
Monument Unveiled for Father of Baseball Chadwick
A crowd gathered at Henry Chadwick’s grave in Cheenwood Cemetery Brooklyn for the unveiling of a granite shaft topped by a ball and bronze tablet with crossed bats and a mask. Miss Florence Richter designed the monument funded by National League team owners and other admirers of the veteran baseball writer.
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The
National
Henry Chadwick
Cheenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Mr. Chadwick
Florence Richter
Sporting Life
Hill Urges End to Tariff Agitation at White House
James J. Hill president of the Great Northern railway visited President Taft at the White House urging legislation affecting tariffs to stop. He warned prolonged talk keeps business idle and said halting agitation would resume progress and boost prosperity as soon as lawmakers act.
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James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Railway
White House
Taft
Washington
Inland Empire Editors Endorse Conservation Move
The Inland Empire editors meeting in Spokane unanimously endorse conservation of natural resources. They back state and national commissions and the Seventeenth National Irrigation Congress to be held in Spokane August 9 14 1909, addressing irrigation drainage forestry deep waterways and home building. The column notes bachelor Roy Thayer of the C O Steamboat Company married at Sparta Michigan and returning to Wenatchee with Eva Tedford visiting Entiat.
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Editors of the
Inland Empire
Spokane
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Seventeenth
National Irrigation Congress
Roy Thayer
C. & O. Steamboat Company
Sparta
Mich
Wenatchee
Sealed charges against Ross arise in Olympia hearing
Sealed charges from Seattle were filed against Land Commissioner E. W. Ross as the legislative committee resumed business in Olympia. Chair man Allen said details were unknown and that the claims come from Seattle. The committee plans to finish with the insurance department before other items, and Insurance Commissioner John A. Schively prepared to answer no more questions. The panel will present its findings to the governor next Monday.
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Olympia
Seattle
E. W. Ross
Legislative Committee
Allen
Land Department
Senator Allen
Insurance Department
John A. Schively
Schively
Columbia Valley Crop Conditions Report
A light rain fell Sunday in the Columbia Valley providing limited moisture relief after a cold spring. Winds have been cold and mostly not dry, helping keep moisture for crops while blowing wheat from the sandy strip south of town. Reports from fields indicate a splendid wheat crop in hard ground and some areas showing their best grain yield.
Brown Tract Sale Near Lewis and Clark School
Grant Usher of Nebraska and J S Usher bought the Alex Brown ten acre tract near the Lewis and Clark school for 17000. R F Holm & Co brokered the deal marking the fourth time Holm has handled the tract. Earlier sales in 1900 and 1905 fetched 2000 and 3500, with Brown purchasing last winter for 12000 and taking possession 58 days ago.
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Grant Usher
Nebraska
J. S. Usher
Alex Brown
R. F. Holm & Co
Mr. Holm
Mr. Brown
Sunnyslope land sale seals six acres for eight thousand
W. A. Firman bought six acres at Sunnyslope from C. E. Johnson this week for 8000 dollars. The transaction was arranged through Knowles and Lucavish.
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Sunnyslope
W. A. Firman
C. E. Johnson
Knowles & Lucavish
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Ficer
Health Board
Adrian
P. I. Levander, C. O. Melistrom
J. E. Whaley, D. M. Woodward
Jas
Adrian Irrigation Company
Natchee
Ber
Roma
Lamb
Walter van Dame
Eye Ae Ee Parks
G. N
Baseball
Great North
Con
Gress
Hill
Eva Tedford
Entiat
Ross
Schively and Nichols
Lewis
Clausen
Paulhamus
Tacoma
Pierce County
C. W. Peck
Ohio
Commercial Club
Geneva
Rock Island
Columbia
Malaga
S. W. Usher
T. M. Bright
F. H. Doty
Voss Bros. Varney
J. W. Usher
Messrs
Priest
White
Palmer
McClannegan
Andrews
Gregory
P. S. Brown
Great Northern
Sweeney
Howard Ellen
Nickel Plate Railroad
Ketcehell
Pittsburg
Brown
Auditor Cameron
Burlington Railroad
Columbia Valley
Brown Tract
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