Real estate firm formed by Halling and Sinclair at Wenatchee
W. Harry Halling, long-time Wenatchee resident and special agent for Western Union Life Insurance, teams with Clarence G. Sinclair of Tacoma to form a new real estate and brokerage partnership. They lease the Jack Lillis building at 22 Wenatchee Avenue, fit it up with reading rooms, billiard table, piano, and a state exhibit. They boast a large valley property listing from one to one thousand acres and plan projects across Washington state.
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W. Harry Halling
Wenatchee
Western Union Life Insurance Company
Spokane
Clarence G. Sinclair
Tacoma
Fis
Ance Company
Washington
Seattle
Wenatchee Avenue
Jack Lillis
Wenatchee Valley
Messrs. Halling and Sinclair
Friendly relations grow between railroads and Washington state
The legislature’s conservative railroad stance and a businesslike state railroad commission have fostered cordial ties with the big transcontinental lines. Improvements are underway, caboose regulations cost railroads but are accepted, and conflicts have diminished as routes expand amid Washington’s rising traffic.
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State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
State of Washington
Parker Hurt Unloading Wagon at Eagle Transfer
O. P. Parker, worker for Eagle Transfer, was badly injured Thursday when a wagon slipped during unloading. The wagon fell on him tearing muscles from a knee and bruising his body. A physician treated him and he is reported improving though in considerable pain.
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O. P. Parker
Eagle Transfer
Parker
Depot Location Feud Advances On at Kittitas Street
Alexander Stuart assistant chief engineer of the Great Northern and Judge Brown of the road’s legal department are in the city to resolve the depot site issue at the foot of Kittitas street. Alexander Pierson holds the contract for the depot and the new high school building, with work to begin once the site is permanently chosen.
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Kittitas
Chas B Reed in Malaga Diesor Near Death
The Malaga resident Chas B Reed lies very ill with pneumonia after arriving in the city. He was moved to Gilchrist Hospital yesterday where doctors treated him late into the night. Fears grow that he may not survive as family gathers at his bedside.
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Chas. B. Reed
Malaga
Reed
Gilchrist Hospital
Missouri Kansas Storm Recap Hits Missouri and Kansas
A recap of last night's storm in northwest Missouri and eastern and central Kansas into Oklahoma reports three dead, six missing, and 55 injured. Major damage occurred at Holtis Kansas and Mount Washington Missouri where most homes were damaged or destroyed.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Holtis
Mount Washington
Kelly Papke Title Fight Set for Colma Showdown
San Francisco May 15 Hugh Kelly and Billy Papke meet for a 45 round bout at Colma to settle who rules the ring in a long running feud. Prior matches: first draw, second Papke decision, third draw. Both fighters in excellent condition for today’s contest.
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San Francisco
Hugh Kelly
Billy Papke
Colma
Papke
Kelly
Wheat futures close steady on mid May trading
Chicago May 15 wheat futures closed with May at 1.275, July 1.131, September 1.055, December 1.040. Market watchers noted light volume and steady demand as prices held near intraday tights.
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Associated Press
Chicago
School Board Awards High School Contract to Seattle Firm
The board formally awarded the high school building contract to Alexander Pierson of Seattle for 50 685. The bid originally stood at 2 000 in advance, but the board raised the building two feet to save 2 000 on basement excavation. Fiske and Gillette hold plumbing at 4 175. Courtney Plumbing bid 7 200 for heating, but the firm closed, likely setting the price at 9 900.
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Fiske & Gillette
Courtney Plumbing Company
Stocker Accepts Challenge From Tammany Baseball Team
O. S. Stocker of the Ellis-Forde Co. today accepted the challenge issued by the Tammany club. He invited the Tammany team to bring the city medical corps and their many substitutes to the matchup.
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O. S. Stocker
Ellis-Forde Co
Tammany
Tammany Bunch
Tacoma Tinker Murdered After Dance
Martin Kvals haug a tinner was shot dead while walking home from a dance with his wife in a distant Tacoma district. After getting off a street car she heard three shots and found him with bullet wounds to the head. Police have no clues about the assassin.
Tourist Club Holds Final Meeting of Year
The Tourist club met Friday afternoon at Mrs. S. A. Thompson’s home. The year’s study on Germany was successful. Next year the Bayview course on Italy and Greece starts. The club will represent the group at the state federation in Seattle at the end of June.
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S. A. Thompson
Germany
Bayview
Italy
Greece
Seattle
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition view from Geyser Basin
The photograph shows the Court of Honor at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition with the Palace of Manufactures the Oriental and Hawaiian Buildings on the right and European Exhibits Alaskan Buildings on the left. In the far center the Central Governmentfront is unfinished as of April 15 with ten days needed to complete. Geyser Basin appears in the foreground and steps leading to the Cascades beyond.
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Cascades
Geyser Basin
Court of Honor
Palace of Manufactures
Question of City Saloons Sparks Local Vote Action
The city council voted to keep the town dry and the four remaining saloons must close by September 1 unless the saloon men initiate a vote under local option to decide wet or dry status. Under law 30 percent of last election’s voters must petition in August to submit the question.
Conrad Buys Large Methow Valley Orchard Tract
T. H. Conrad of Spokane bought 50 acres of Methow Canal company lands along the high line ditch after touring the Methow valley. He plans a commercial orchard and a two story house this fall, with Furey Culver Co. handling the sale for the Methow Canal lands.
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T. H. Conrad
Spokane
Methow Valley
Methow Canal
Methow
Mr. Conrad
Conrad
F. H. Furey
The
Furey-Culver Co
Methow Canal Company
Missouri train wrecks injure dozens near Odessa
A Chicago and Alton local train derailed near Odessa Missouri injuring between 30 and 40 passengers with some likely fatally hurt. Another report says twelve injured on a Buffalo Colorado limited near Randolph Missouri with no expected deaths and the crash into a undermined steel lever bridge over Rush River disrupted mail and baggage cars and saved by slow speed.
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Kansas City
Randolph
Rush River
Abraham Lincoln at the Gem
The Gem theatre will present a film about Abraham Lincoln next Monday and Tuesday. The Passion Play film has drawn praise nationwide and the theatre will run more costly features, starting with this Lincoln picture followed by a realistic Chinese life montage.
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Gem Theatre
Linccoln
Milwaukee and Hill Rival Lines to Add 1000 Miles
Associated Press reports Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul plans to build branch lines totaling over 1000 miles to extend the Pacific coast route. The move targets areas once controlled by Hill lines and could cut Northern Pacific and Great Northern traffic. Builders race through Montana Washington and Idaho with crews from Harriman and Milwaukee following Hill routes.
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Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Hill Lines
St. Paul Road
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Hill
Harriman
St. Paul
Associated Press
Hill- Harriman-Milwaukee
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Flathead
Olympic Peninsula
Milwaukee
Lolo Pass
Bitter Root Mountains
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Halling & Sinclair
Lillis Building
State Railroad Commission and Railways
O O. P. Parker Hurt
Stuart
Brown
Alexander Stuart
Judge Brown
Legal Depart
CB Reed
Death's Door
VAL
Ley
Gilchrist
Kelly-Papke
Chicago Wheat
Adana
Ay Underwood
Wood.ay
Turkey
Alexan
der Pierson
Martin Kvalshaug
A.Y.P. Exposition
Kansas City, Mo
Chicago & Alton
Odessa
Bloomington
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
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