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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
1
The Whitman district seeks a $12 000 bond to add eight rooms and improve Stevens school for high school needs. A special election set for Monday May 28 allows all residents 21 and older with 90 days in county and 30 in district to vote. no registration required.
May 18 report states the infant son of Mrs Dao Salter died last night from a morphine dose given by the mother by mistake while treating fever. The note warns of growing attendance and crowded accommodations.
Washington May 18 Garfield’s full 25 000 word report on Standard Oil and railroad relations was sent to Congress by the President. The document cites rebating secret rating and efforts to crush competition with evidence from New England roads and other lines. Garfield’s special letter responds to the railroad, noting rates printed on orders not to be posted and refuting Pennsylvania claims. In California reports from Oroville say Western Pacific blasting drives wildlife from lairs into settlements, with mountain lions lynx and wildcats terrorizing residents. Big Band area residents fear rattlesnakes driven from ravines by the blasts.
The report notes an oil prospect near Merritt in Cascades tied to J M Tompkins, who brought back a crude sample from near Leavenworth. Tompkins purchased a half interest in the Smith ranch and plans a company to investigate the prospect. Merritt lies 46 miles west of Wenatchee on the Great Northern line. In Wenatchee the Commercial club trustees discussed an Interstate Fair exhibit in Spokane with prizes totaling 2000 dollars, plus three new members were elected F W Arnold N C Gauntt and Emil Miller. A San Francisco earthquake influenced Senate talk of a sea level canal with concerns about lock walls.
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