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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1909
Page
6
Freund land notes 160 acres divided into twenty acre tracts crossing the Chumstick with good land timber and water. Trade for residence property in town. Visit the office or have Mr Freund show the land. Choose and show your house for a trade.
Chicago apr 20 bakers plan to add 1 or 2 cents to bread and biscuits before May 1 as the Master Bakers Association confirms price increases. The president warns firms face bankruptcy if costs stay high after sanitation rules and material prices bite. Over 50 bakers have already left business recently due to high material costs and sanitation enforcement.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, chairman of the finance committee, is described as a leader in the tariff discussion in the upper house.
In Rome on April 19, about 3000 French pilgrims and most French bishops attended the beatification of Joan of Arc at St. Peter's. Cardinals and descendants of the saint’s followers were present as the solemn rites were carried out with the pope’s absence noted.
A solemn service was held with special devotion replacing the ceremony of veneration of relics, noting that no relics exist in this case.
The secretary of war rules against federal action in the dispute between Santa Barbara and the Union Oil Company over wastewater pollution from pipelines and tanks. The engineering department and attorney general found no remedy, and the secretary directs that only the state may handle the matter if at all due to lack of federal jurisdiction.
A mob of about 200 men stormed the county jail in Ada Oklahoma at 3 this morning and lynched four white men. The victims were J. B. Miller of Fort Worth Texas charged with the murder of A A Bobbitt a wealthy cattleman. D B Burrell Jesse West and Joseph Allen named as alleged accomplices.
Prairie markets list wheat tracks from club to red Russian with prices from $1.08 to $1.30 per bushel while oats, barley and hay values stretch across Oregon and Washington. Butter eggs wool and hops show mid autumn values with contract and local variations and regional dairy output noted for Willamette Valley Puget Sound and Washington creamery. The report aggregates commodity quotes for grains hay dairy and fiber products across multiple regional markets.
In New York on April 19 Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. faced a murder charge in the killing of William J. Annis at Bayside last August. Judge Garretson presided as the trial began in the Supreme Court courtroom.
United States District Attorney Baker drops six cases tied to the post office department investigation of 1903 38. Indictments against August W Machen Thomas W McGregor Maurice Runkle and others linked to mail bags and package boxes contracts are dismissed for lack of evidence. Bribery charges against McKiehan Huntington Kupper and Long were also nolled.
A violent hail and windstorm struck Des Moines and central Iowa on Sunday. Downtown plate glass windows were blown in and cellars flooded. In Stuart hail stones weighing about a half pound damaged peach buds and caused extensive damage.
Mrs Alice Longworth in Washington is reported to be suffering from nervous prostration. She goes out as part of the remedy toward restoration but has kept to herself and not received guests. Her condition is not regarded as serious.
In Greenwood cemetery Brooklyn a monument to Henry Chadwick the father of baseball was unveiled today in the presence of baseball men of high and low degree and others interested in the national game.
Alfred Moon of Leavenworth Washington filed notice of intention to make final five year proof for a homestead claim on sw 4 section 34 township 26 north range 18 east Willamette meridian. The proof is to be given before J E Shore U S Commissioner at Leavenworth May 5 1909 with witnesses Randolph A Heinrichs John B Cahill Ernest J Heinrichs and William Douglas all of Leavenworth WA.
William P. Sears of Telma Washington filed intent to make final five year proof for land in township 27 range 16 KH with serial 05714. before U S commissioner J E Shore at Leavenworth on May 1 1909 witnesses Elmer Batchelor Maryine Logan George Brown and Joseph Duncan all of Telma.
William McOue of Ephrata Grant County Washington filed a coal declaratory statement for section 24 township 2 1 2 north range 17 E W M and now applies to purchase the land under sections 2848 to 2852 U S Revised Statutes Adverse claimants or objectors must file affidavits of protest by May 15 1909 W F Haynes Register.
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