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8 stories matching welti
- The Bellingham Bank President Vanished — and Left $10,000 Missing Behind Him
A warrant is out for H. J. Welty, ex-president of the Home Security Savings Bank, closed by the State Examiner on March 31. He is charged with embezzling $10,000 back in June 1907, and has been missing for months.
- The Fugitive Banker Returns to Bellingham
After fleeing to California, J.H. Welty returns to face charges of bank wrecking and embezzlement.
- Disgraced Banker Prepares to Face the Music
After the collapse of the Home Securities Bank in Bellingham, the fugitive president returns to answer for the $300,000 loss.
- Metaline Had No Telephone — and Newport Was Ready to Take the Deal
A veteran line builder asks Colville to back a countywide telephone company. If Colville hesitates, the paper notes, Newport will gladly step in.
- A Wall of Flame at Newport's Doorstep
Wind-driven fires jump trenches in the Pend Oreille timber country, threatening Scott's Addition and costing ranchers and mills thousands in cordwood and logs.
- The Freight Line Proposal
A local entrepreneur hopes to bypass expensive rail rates with a new six-horse team freight route.
- A Hunting-Camp Quarrel Ends With an Axe and a Jail Term
John Potter struck O. E. Talbot at Happy Camp on Sullivan Creek, then pleaded guilty to assault and was sent to the county jail at Colville.
- Defending the Campus View
Donations from local property owners at Washington Agricultural College aim to safeguard dormitory sightlines and future campus development.