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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
2
The piece rails against aliens and agitators and urges strict controls while endorsing Chelan County politicians like C. B. Reed and predicting voter support for Cosgrove or Atkinson. It notes Meade’s Wenatchee World stance, and comments on Chelan County real estate valuations doubling to near ten million dollars and taxation rules for fruit tree land.
Mr. Cosgrove, an Ohio enlisted at 16, gave the principal address at the Central Washington Veterans Association meeting in Cashmere. The Department of Washington plans its next gathering in North Yakima in June with Chelan county delegates traveling from Cashmere.
The Wenatchee Republic reports Walter Olive will announce candidacy for the joint Chelan Kittitas senatorship after canvassing Kittitas. Chelan County opposes Rep Dickson for the joint district citing his stance on the Columbia river bridge and vows to defeat him. Olive is described as loyal.
The Douglass county scene remains quiet with no announced candidates or offices yet. Community attention grows as speculation mounts and residents await formal declarations from potential contenders.
The county convention to nominate delegates to the State convention will meet in Wenatchee Thursday May 14. A county Taft club was organized in Wenatchee last Saturday.
A dispute over crossing a corner of Mrs Varney's land led to the arrest of a track laying crew for trespass last Friday. Settlement arrived Tuesday, allowing steel laying to resume. The company moved its engine to its own track and leased four flat cars until own cars arrive. Construction progress reached the Adam Emig place with steel expected to Emil Franks home by Saturday evening.
On Wednesday between six and seven o'clock smoke and flames erupted in the building used by the car repairers beside the railroad company ice house. The oil and waste stored there fed a very hot fire that threatened the adjacent ice house as workers fought the blaze.
Citizens and ample water confined the blaze to one building. Damage estimated at a few hundred dollars. Fire apparatus was in good repair and volunteers acted quickly, preventing spread to the ice house, eating house, and depot.
Tuesday at 2 p m, at the bride’s parents home, Ira Parry of Seattle and Jessie Fritz were married by Rev M Rumohr. The bride, popular locally, will reside with her husband in Seattle after a brief eastbound honeymoon visiting Parry’s Wisconsin relatives.
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