Movement to Wards the West Prompts East to West Migration Talk
L V Wells discusses a clear east to west migration trend citing rising eastern interest in improvement and a proposed western industrial revival. He notes Taft's election spurred business gains and cites a Topeka Tubbs Manufacturing rep selling more goods post election. Wells spoke from a twenty day eastern trip as a Methodist church delegate.
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L. V. Wells
Indianapolis
Taft
Tubbs Manufacturing Company
Topeka
West
Wells
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Washington
Idaho
Oregon
Montana
Alaska
Wyoming
Freedman’s Aid Committee
St. Louis
Committee On Foreign Missions
Committee On Home Missions
Lodge Runs Furnishings for Central Washington Commandery
The Masonic lodge rents Bower hall for three years starting November 1 and sublets it to the Knights of Pythias. A committee including J H Miller A A Piper Carl Christenson and O D Johnson will oversee refurnishing with new furniture and carpets to enhance the hall. The plan aims to make it one of the handsomest lodge rooms in Central Washington. A commandery is expected to organize here early next year with anticipated good membership.
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Masonic Lodge
Bower Hall
Knights of Pythias
Messrs
J. H
Defacing City Mail Boxes Draws Postmaster Warning
Postmaster Hall notes city youths scratch and mar mail boxes across town following repainting. The U S government enforces strict penalties for defacement and Mr Hull urges an end to the vandalism, threatening possible federal action.
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Postmaster Hall
United States
Hull
City Receives State Cash for Water Bond Plant
The city treasurer received 550000 from state for water bonds and deposited it in three local banks. Funds clear political doubts about the project and will be spent quickly as bids for the pumping plant are reviewed. Ball McNerney and Elliott Bay Iron Works are among the lowest bidders, with a contract likely awarded soon.
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City Engineers
Ball & McNerney
Cashmere Water
Elliott ‘Bay Iron Works
Seattle
Jury Commissioners Draw 24 Jurymen For Superior Court Term
Jury commissioners Reeves and Sumner named twenty four jurymen for the coming superior court term. Names include Bartman Chelan Canfield Wenatchee Craig Chelan Colefi Chelan Diamond Cashmere Firman Malaga Farwell Wenatchee Forsythe Merritt Goggins Wenatchee Halferty Cashmere Hardman Wenatchee Haines Wenatchee Ingersoll Lone Rock Kimber Cashmere Moore Entiat ONeil Lakeside Pitcher Wenatchee Pitts Lakeside Stone Chelan Stevens Chelan Taylor Wenatchee Trimble Wenatchee Tompkins Lakeside Turner Chelan Falls. Jurymen report Monday December 14. Judge Steiner arrives next Monday and will devote the first two weeks to civil cases not requiring a jury.
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Reeves and
Sumner
Superior Court
T. A. Bartman
Chelan
W. E. Canfield
Wenatchee
W. L. Craig
Percy Colefi
J. F. Diamond
Cashmere
J. F. Firman
Malaga
George Farwell
Nelson Forsythe
Merritt
William Goggins
E. F. Taylor
A. B. Trimble
C. N. Tompkins
Lakeside
Frank E. Turner
Chelan Falls
Steiner
Wenatchee Couple Wed on Thanksgiving Eve
Miss Garnett Clark and Guy H. Roderick, well known Wenatchee youths, were married at the Methodist parsonage at eight o clock on Wednesday evening. Roderick had already furnished a Belmont addition home where the newlyweds began their life together as Thanksgiving morning opened on a new family.
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Miss Garnett Clark
Guy H. Roderick
Wenatchee
Mr. Roderick
Belmont
Parker Ranks Married at Mosier Home on Thanksgiving Eve
Jesse Parker and Ida M. Franks united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs E P Mosier. Rev H L Beightol officiated. A nice gathering of invited guests attended and the couple will reside in Wenatchee.
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E. P. Mosier
Jesse Parker
Ida M. Franks
H. L. Beightol
Waterville road meeting to discuss state road to Spokane
A meeting is called for next Monday at Waterville to plan securing a state road from the Sound eastward to Spokane via Wenatchee and Waterville. Senator elect Davis and Representative elect Campbell along with citizens from Quincy Coulee City Bridgeport Wilson Creek are invited. The route outlined by the highway commissioner runs Wenatchee river to Wenatchee then east to Spokane and the Idaho line.
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Waterville
Sound
Spokane
Idaho
Wenatchee
Davis
Campbell
Quincy
Coulee City
Bridgeport
Wilson Creek
Commercial Club
Snow
Wenatchee River
Idaho Line
New $0 Bills Issued Prompt Local Confusion
New five dollar notes with a white center and green 1882 1908 markings circulate in Wenatchee. Backed by the U S Treasury these elastic currency issues may pass as genuine but many locals mistake them for counterfeits and risk trouble with police when tendered for goods.
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Wenatchee
Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Perry plants Moorpark apricot trees at new ranch
Malaga November 28 W G Perry opens a new ranch after selling the old home place where he spent fifteen years. He has 2000 Moorpark apricot trees and about eighteen acres of apricots plus ten acres of peaches just coming into bearing. Harry Wyker of We Toatchee Produce went to Seattle for Thanksgiving with friends. J M Rezek hosted a floor-warming gathering at his new residence addition. S A Chisholm held a mask ball on Mud Lake bank Thanksgiving. crowd enjoyed the event.
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Malaga
W. G. Perry
W. G
Moorpark
Harry Wyker
We Inatchee Produce Company
Dr Whitney to Move Permanently to Cashmere
Davenport physician Dr H J Whitney, longtime eastern Washington pioneer, plans to relocate to Cashmere in Chelan County. He owns forty acres of fruit lands near Cashmere and a $6.1 thousand home, after decades serving Davenport and surrounding areas from Cheney to Ritzville and the Columbia River region.
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Whitney
Davenport
Millerdale
Lincoln County Times
Williams Settles Baggage Case Out of Court
Lewis Williams who seized his own bundle of clothes from the depot baggage room without paying charges settled the matter out of court. He was arraigned before Judge Palmer and the case dismissed after he paid the 80 cents due yesterday afternoon.
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Lewis Williams
Palmer
Williams
Wenatchee Club Plans Spokane Apple Show Excursion
At a special Wenatchee Commercial Club meeting a plan to attend the Spokane Apple Show en masse was approved. A committee will organize the trip with a 1.3 fare from the railroad and Wenatchee Day on December 11. They aim to recruit Cashmere Leavenworth Entiat Chelan and Waterville firms and expect hundreds to possibly reach 1000 attendees from the county.
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Wenatchee Commercial Club
Spokane
A. C. Dallach
C. E. Owens
M. O. Tibbitts
Wenatchee
Cashmere
Leavenworth
Entiat
Chelan
Waterville
Condemns Apple Shipment in Seattle Wholesome Fruit Warning
In Seattle on November 28, Warren C. Pendleton deputy state commissioner of horticulture condemned an entire carload of mixed apples from Prosser and Zillah for being wormy and scale infected. He noted every box carried bad fruit, with no spraying evident. Fifty six sacks from Orcas Island were also condemned for scale and worms. This is the largest shipment condemned this year and the first in several weeks.
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Seattle
Wash
Warren C. Pendleton
Prosser
Zillah
Pendleton
Orcas Island
Reading Room Closure Sparks U T States Indignation
The World corrects a Thanksgiving day closure report for the W C T U reading room. Indignation arose after a World item claimed the room was closed all day. in fact the room was shut only for a few hours while the in charge member had Thanksgiving dinner.
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World
We Natchee Theatre Adopts 8 15 PM Curtain Time
New management of the We natchee theatre introduces an 8 15 PM curtain for performances starting Monday night with In Wyoming. The winter schedule keeps the same start time ensuring patrons finish earlier and not out until midnight.
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Wenatchee Theatre
Playhouse
Wyoming
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