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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1905
Page
3
Schedule fragment lists West Bound and East Bound train times with arrival and departure marks. Odd spacing and misreads indicate times such as 0.4 Ar 15 pM and departures at 2 20pw, 2 25 pw, and 2 85 AM with unclear am/pm markers. Contains partial times and station abbreviations.
Irwin's Stage Line announces departures from Blewett Monday and Friday at 7 am and from Leavenworth Tuesday and Saturday at 9 am. Stage carries mail and passengers.
Pendleton’s sells seasonable fruits and fresh vegetables while Blacksedge’s promotes a wide range of goods. Wheeler’s features exclusive men’s wear and shoes, and a countywide sale on suits. City Drug Store touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and tonic products. A Monday After Easter Elks ball is announced with tickets at one dollar.
Local notes report J D Wheeler building in Merriam addition and McGivern starting a house there. Several residents travel to Wenatchee and Seattle, while many properties and a warehouse expand. Easter services at Congregational and a Yellowstone Park lecture highlight church events. Baseball season opener planned and mining progress on Hog Back mountain noted.
A Leavenworth item reports Columbia River Lumber Co of Wenatchee may compete with Lamb-Davis Lumber Co for local trade. The Wenatchee firm plans to price near wholesale plus freight to gain a share, while Lamb-Davis fights to avoid a lumber war amid rising local costruction activity.
Advertisement notes affordable boys clothing styled for hard wear and poor fits with low prices aimed at rugged, active children.
Leavenworth reports a price war between Hayden Lumber Company of Spokane backed chains and Columbia River Lumber Company of Wenatchee over undercut lumber prices. The Lamb-Davis mill at Leavenworth has produced little lumber so far. Easter sale by Industrial Society planned at Congregational Church with cake and coffee. Gun club scoring noted from last Sunday. Dentist W P Cameron considering opening a Wenatchee dentist office in Leavenworth. Optician S Rodman Manning to visit Leavenworth April 28 for eye exams at Overland Hotel with free tests.
H S Irwin comes back from Cashmere to Blewett after two weeks away. Tom Tweed returns to Swank and John Stout with Robert Stout and Mr Howe visit Blewett. Others travel from Negro Creek and Ellenburg as families reunite while Nils Flodin buys Peter Anderson’s Idaho ranch and Meteor Mining Co updates air compressor and pipe work at their mine.
Thirty sacks of five Early Rose Seed potatoes offered at two dollars per sack. Leave orders at the Echo office. Dated December 2.
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