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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
An advertisement listing multiple properties: nearly two acres on Murray and Company’s addition, a small house with a 50 foot Wenatchee avenue lot renting for ten dollars monthly, and a four percent acre property inside city limits with a house barn and water rights.
Local market quotations list Wenathee dealers prices for meats fruits vegetables grain hay feed and flour. Apples range 1.00 to 1.25 per unit. Alfalfa hay 20.00 to 22.00. Timothy hay around 22.00.
Local item notes a Palm Ice Cream dispute or change in operations at a Palmerton arcade. The brief mentions a notable brand and potential schedule or service adjustments affecting patrons and nearby businesses.
Norfolk observer explains a large relief map of the Panama Canal project, detailing the geography from Limon Bay to La Boca and the canal’s locks, lakes, and dams. The exhibit demonstrates the planned topography with ships modeled to scale and water effects.
The passage notes an 800 foot high feature not appearing on maps, a canal 200 feet wide with 40 feet depth, and a lake with varying width and depth never dropping below 40 feet.
PARIS May 14 Walter Wellman said practically everything was ready for his balloon voyage in search of the North Pole. He expects to depart by London route to meet arriving daughters. Twenty nine dogs have reached Archangel and will be loaded for the Arctic expedition with twelve to fifteen dogs in the airship. The steamer Fritjof will be turned over to freight so loading can begin and Spitzbergen departure planned by late June.
Edmund Foster formerly of the Sedro-Woolley Courier has purchased an interest in the Aberdeen Daily Bulletin and will handle the reportorial work. Rumors claim a second morning daily may be launched by Lovey, former city editor of the Bulletin and linked with Astoria papers.
Lands withdrawn for forest reservation purposes have been restored to the public domain. In Washington state 998,560 acres in the Rainier reserve and 256,000 acres in the Washington forest are released. Oregon yields 355,840 acres in the Cascade forest and 132,000 acres in the Heppner forest. Wyoming returns 244,980 acres in the Medicine Bow forest.
The Sunnyside city council accepted the Grandview addition plat by H. M. Tinker surveyor. Grandview comprises the east 180 acres of Snipe mountain with a maximum elevation of 240 feet above Sunnyside and plans were made to supply water via hydraulic rams.
Baron Ozawa reports no anti Japanese sentiment outside San Francisco and says Japan desires an alliance with the United States if misunderstandings can be resolved. He will meet Roosevelt and Taft in Washington, attend a London Red Cross conference in June, and travel on to England.
The Ruef extortion trial opened in Judge Dunne's court with twelve jurors. Attorney Hillam Johnson filed a venue change affidavit which the court overruled. defendant's attorney Act objected but the ruling stood. Judge Dunne adjourned briefly and instructed jurors not to discuss the case, with trial set to continue tomorrow.
In a San Francisco court on May 15 the defense sought a venue change but failed. Abraham Ruef, under emotional strain, told the court he may resign from public life and declared himself not guilty before withdrawing the not guilty plea and entering a guilty plea. He spoke of damage to health and family and pledged to help overturn a corrupt political machine.
List of uncalled letters including Arnold A M Bosworth Mrs M M Bortner A E Carey Mrs W H Carey Christian Mrs L Gurnburg Mrs F Hall Frank Ireland W M Lavin Miss May A Levell Lee Lundin E Masin Miss D Miller Melvin Mills A J Pruitt Mrs Etta Smith Mrs Mary Spears Ham Trimble Miss Alice Weisman Mrs Therse Wirt Chas Mr and Mrs Parties called for above please say advertised P Bula P
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