Canada to Exhibit at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Seattle dispatch reports Canada will participate in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition next year from June 1 to October 16. Hon. Sidney Fisher confirms a Dominion exhibit featuring agricultural, mineral, timber, fishery, and horticultural products with a building for western provinces and Yukon.
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Seattle
Canada
Sidney Fisher
Ottand
Dominion
Great Northern
Unite States
West
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Railroad Camps Grow Near Columbia Siding in Waterville Country
The Waterville Press reports rapid railroad camp development along Columbia Siding as workers unload materials and side tracks fill with cars. Camps arise near Moses Coulee and Douglas Creek with Fred Hare and Swabacker Bros. securing lumber and provisions amid scarce vegetables. contractors expect dirt work to begin within a week to ten days.
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Columbia Siding
Columbia
Rock
Great Northern
Waterville
Moses Coulee
Douglas Creek
Coulee
Slack Canyon
Fred Hare
Spokane
Swabacker Bros
Seattle
Waterville Press
Man Fined $100 for Stealing Instruments from Dr Kaupp
A man who gave the name Thomas Nichols and residence at Columbia Siding was fined $100 and costs by Judge Palmer after being arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct. Police found stolen instruments in his possession at the time of arrest.
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A. T. Kaupp
Thomas Nichols
Columbia Siding
Palmer
Attorney Louis Crollard Takes Over Pending County Work
Prosecuting Attorney Cross will depart for Spokane next week to handle Federal court work. In his absence the county work will be managed by Attorney Louis Crollard for one week.
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Louis Crollard
Cross
Spokane
Gloves Found at World Office for Missing Pair Ad
A lady who advertised for a lost pair of elbow gloves will recover them at the World office. The notice notes the search has ended with a successful result and the gloves will be returned to the owner.
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World Office
Good Roads Discussion Urges Chelan County Road Standards
Fred M. Berry argues for solid, dry, smooth roads with easy grades and proper location. He favors macadam surfaces, permanent bridges, and a Wenatchee Leavenworth route, noting costs and suitable rock types and calling for better county roads.
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Chelan
Columbia Bridge
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
En|tiat
Falls
Ellensburg
Columbia-Colockum
Wreck of Northern Pacific Train Kills Nineteen
In Butte, Montana, the worst Northern Pacific wreck kills 19, with 11 seriously hurt and many more injured. Train No 16 collided with freight No on a siding at Youngs Point during a blizzard, wrecking locomotives and telescoping cars.
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Butte
Mont
Northern Pacific Railroad
Youngspoint
Billings
Fruit Market Stall Hits Hold on 165 Cars of Fruit
The fruit association rejected a bid on 165 cars of fruit as buyers from eastern and Sound firms mingle in the valley. Growers hold out for higher prices while many fruit lots remain unsold. Buyers accuse market forces of a price push and consider breaking the stalemate. Growers pack fruit and seek new outside markets.
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Vaelly
Alaska miner S C Collins saves drowning woman in Seattle
Dolly Foote, twenty, leapt from a Battery Street pier and nearly drowned in Puget Sound. Alaska miner S C Collins stripped to rescue her, holding on until a rowboat crew and Patrolman Olmstead assisted. The woman, once from Fernie BC, says she drank wine and remembered nothing after. Her husband works at Moses Coulee surveying for the Great Northern.
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C. Collin
Alaska
Seattle
Wenatchee
Moses Coulee
Great Northern
Collins
the Coulee
R. Olmstead
Fernie
Wedded at Peshastin Miss Bessie Bell Powers to Edmund Page
Miss Bessie Bell Powers daughter of Mr and Mrs T J Sherman and Mr Edmund Page were married at high noon on Sunday September 20 1908 Rev L A Gans officiating in Peshastin The ceremony took place in a decorated room with ferns flowers and Oregon grape The couple stood in a bower of ferns and white asters and wore formal attire After a sumptuous dinner guests enjoyed music and social chat The couple will begin housekeeping and later take an extended trip to Spokane and eastern points.
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Bessie Bell Powers
T. J. Sherman
Edmund Page
Rev. L. A. Gans
Oregon
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Haviz
Columbia Valley. Bank
Washington
Chewawa Grill
Seattle, Wash
Sthard Pike
P. J. Jensen
Invita
TION
The
Daily World
County Egineer
Navarre
W. W. Woods
C. A. Battles of the School Board
Fred M. Berry
Umbia
Burbank
Dolly Foote
Peshastin
Wenatchee Theatre
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