Poll tax test case filed by Wenatchee city official
W T Simmons former Chelan county deputy sheriff faces a court action for refusing to pay the $2 annual city poll tax for Wenatchee. Judge Palmer hears the case, with city marshal N Insche filing a sworn complaint seeking $2 plus costs and a June 3 appearance. The ordinance requires all male residents 21 or older to pay the tax between March 1 and December 1, with limited exemptions for late movers and prior tax receipts. The city acts to collect the tax in its name if payment is refused.
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W. T. Simmons
Chelan County
Simmons
Palmer
N. Insche
Wenatchee
Weenatchee
Chelan Plans Biggest Central Washington Fourth of July
Chelan business men decide on a large July Fourth celebration with events from Saturday night July 3 to Monday July 5. Activities include a ball game afternoon, auditorium entertainment, church speakers from abroad, patriotic exercises, lake excursions, boat races, athletic contests with prize purses, fireworks, and a grand ball to close the festivities.
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Washington
Chelan
State Atlas for Washington to Feature Towns and Canal Views
C. S. Hammond & Co plan publishing for D. A. Hollowell of Seattle a Washington state atlas combining history, 75 town writeups, and agricultural, timber, and manufacturing data. It will outline best cultivation areas with transport links and include maps, public buildings, ranch scenes, plus a Panama Canal exhibit with cross sections and canal views. Company reps have conducted in city canvassing with strong reception.
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C. S. Hammond & Co
D. A. Hollowell
Seattle
Washington
Hollowell
Panama Canal
Canal
Atlas
Hamilton May Have Loophole
Olympia May 27. Prominent attorneys suggest a possible loophole in the new June 10 jury law that could shield those charged with crimes prior to its passage. The law creates multiple jury districts and a July 1 jury list, leaving a gap from June 10 to July 1 with no authorized empaneling. In Hamilton’s case the difficulty of obtaining a jury and a potential ex post facto challenge if the trial is postponed to July are discussed, with no consensus on a constitutional outcome.
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Hamilton
Supreme Court of the United States
Fred Simpich Appointed Turkish Consul at Baghdad
Fred Simpich, longtime Wenatchee journalist and former Daily World contributor, has been named consul at Baghdad Turkey after passing a Washington D C consular examination last July. He recently managed the Philippine military band and worked with a San Francisco advertising agency. Simpich has traveled extensively in South America Europe the Philippines Japan and China and is praised for his talent and future in diplomacy. Baghdad, the old capital on the Euphrates, is a major commercial hub with about 54000 residents.
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Bagdad
Turkey
Simpich
Washington, D. C
Philippine Military Band
Wenatchee
South America
Europe
Philippine Islands
Japan
China
Euphrates River
Asia
Lodge Sends Wire About Funeral Expenditure
Local A. O. U. W. officers received a Tacoma lodge wire authorizing $75 for funeral interment of Cunningham. Report says the son, once believed schooled in Seattle, is at the state reform school and the Tacoma policy was payable to him. The deceased’s wife had died and no other relatives appear to care.
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Tacoma Lodge
Cunningham
Seattle
State Reform School
Tacoma
No Union Label Delays Hutchinson Marriage
Portland linotype operator Coleman C. Clinton refused a marriage license lacking a union label. He insisted on a certificate printed by a union shop and, after court officials searched, a union labeled certificate was found. The ceremony proceeded in Hutchinson, Kansas, with Miss Ethel Johnson.
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Clinton
Portland
Ore
Hutchinson
Ethel Johnson
Jordan
Open waterways advocate to address late arriving meeting
Acting Secretary Lem McKittrick reports a wire from John A. Fox stating he missed the No 1 train and will arrive on the Burlington six hours late. Fox will proceed to the Commercial club rooms for an open meeting this evening to outline his movement and stay in the city to meet citizens tomorrow.
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Lem McKittrick
The
Commercial Club
John A. Fox
Open Waterways Advocate
Burlington
Fox
Commercial Rooms
Building a Nice Home on Douglas Street
C A Mote plans a two story seven room frame house on 515 Douglas Street. The modern home is estimated to cost about 3000 dollars and will be completed soon. The text notes a case possibly reaching the federal supreme court as a serious consideration.
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C. A. Mote
Douglas Street
Federal Supreme Court
City Sprinkler Wagon Still In Rain Watched By Citizens
Heavy overnight rainfall left streets soaked as the sprinkler wagon operated despite weeks without water. The driver was soaked, and residents noted the wagon’s odd presence. A local kicker blamed a white mule refusing to face sewer dust storms for curtailed service.
Valley Power Plant Nears First Output
Engineer Remley reports rapid progress on four carloads of water wheels generators and transformers for Valley Power. Structures rise around the equipment and by July 1 the Wenatchee Electric Company will receive one thousand horsepower from a modern western plant praised by electric men.
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Remley
Valley Power Company
Wenatchee Electric Company
Waterville Team Set to Face Bunchgrass Nine Next Sunday
The Waterville baseball team travels to host the Bunchgrassers next Sunday with intent to repeat the two week prior drubbing of Wenatchee. Game time is 2 PM at the ball park. Local lineup includes Triplett, Green, Ames, Jones, Perry, Longanecker, France, Black, Whalen, and Chapin.
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Wenatchee
Waterville
Ball Park
Triplett
Green
Ames
Jones
Perry
Longanecker
France
Black
Whalen
Chapin
Elliot Bay Iron Works to Test New Pump Next Week
The new pump installed by Elliott Bay Iron Works is expected to undergo a mid next week test. If satisfactory, active pumping will begin immediately and the reservoir and other parts of the water system should be completed by that time.
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Elliot Bay Iron Works
Murderer of Mrs Gunness Confesses in Norway Case
A young American sailor detained near Christiania after confessing to helping Belle Gunness kill four people at her La Porte Indiana farm and then killing Mrs Gunness. He was arrested by the ship's captain and notified to the American minister H H D Pierce. A Chicago party also traveled to the region to survey land before moving to the Okanogan area.
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Chicago
Fredrikstad
Christiania
Norway
Belle Gunness
la Porte
Ind
Wenatchee Park Expansion Near Comple tion
After a rainstorm Alfred L Hill and Joseph A Murphy toured the new Wenatchee Park area. The two owners describe growth from Orondo to Okanogan and Ferry Street, with orchard expansion along the Douglas county riverfront and a view of the city’s landscape from Wenatchee Park.
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Alfred L. Hill
World Office
Wenatchee Park
Mr. Hill
Joseph A. Murphy
Orondo
Okanogan
East Wenatchee
Douglas County
Columbia
Ferry Street
Methow
Orondo Orchard Sold for 21000 to Tacoma Buyer
J A Dye of Tacoma bought the L C Ross 30 acre orchard tract three miles above Orondo for 21000. Much of the land is in old trees with about ten acres of young stock. Water is supplied by a Columbia River pumping plant. Possession to be taken in about a month. Sale handled by R F Holm Co.
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Orondo
Columbia
R. F. Holm Co
Holm
Zimmerman tract sells to Frank C. Courtney for $8000
The McGahan and Cox six acre tract known as the old Zimmerman tract was sold this week to Frank C. Courtney for $8,000. The sale was made by Holm & Co.
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McGahan and Cox
Zimmerman
Frank C. Courtney
Holm & Co
Local Judge Nominee Frank Cushman Jr Visits City
Frank Cushman Jr the nephew of Congressman Cushman and newly appointed federal judge of Alaska arrives in the city for health reasons. A surveyor by trade he traveled from Skagit on railroad work and prefers this side of the mountains after brief stays in Kennewick Pasco and Yakima.
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Frank Cushman, Jr
Congressman Cushman
Frank Cushman
Alaska
Skagit
Kennewick
Pasco
Yakima
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Terment
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Kan
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Tain
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Valley Power
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