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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
3
Leaves Leavenworth every Monday and Friday at 8 a m arrives at Telma at ? m Leaves Telma every Tuesday and Saturday at a m arrives at Leavenworth 4 p m Mail passengers and express For further information address Joe Massie Proprietor Leavenworth Wash
A series of notices from Chelan County announces Republican candidates for county offices. Del McCoy and Ed Ferguson seek sheriff. N. Inscho and F. A. Reynolds announce bids for sheriff and auditor respectively. E. G. Spencer seeks auditor. J W Sussex and Fred M Berry announce candidacies for engineer. A A Bousquet seeks county treasurer. Primary election date noted as September 1908.
James Edwards returns from Everett after six weeks away. R T King visits Seattle on business and returns midweek. Orvil Bethel heads to Wilson Creek to supervise railroad yard operations. Empire Sunday School convention set for Spokane May 4 through May 6. Wm Churchill travels to Oregon for sheep purchases. Geo Foran of Everett visits and may settle locally with family. Mildred Adams spends Easter vacation with parents and plans to resume study at Bruno Hall. Mr and Mrs Chas Hills of Seattle visit Cascade Orchard hotel guest house. Four train loads of logs dumped into the river daily near The Echo office by Wenatchee Valley and Northern Railway. Mrs J G Fritz and Nora Miller travel to Wenatchee for a visit. Dr Elmer, renting space after Big Rock corner vacancy, has found temporary quarters in Emil Frank building room 2.
Mrs John Churchill and daughter arrive from North Yakima. Thomas the Quality Grocer advertises. Carl Allburg buys Big Rock restaurant from N A Ford. Precinct Republicans set May 2 meeting for 15 delegates. Peake and Son list several real estate deals. Riverfront block gets graded street and sidewalk extension. Grace Parker visits from Wenatchee and loses a suitcase but returns with lake trout. J D McKay of Seattle reports Cascade Orchard tract growth. J E Grant suffers rheumatism and stays with Mrs Anderson. Herman Jacobs to open gent furnishings and shoes next to Keating’s. Geo E Reynolds visits from Indiana and contemplates staying. Eastbound No 2 derails near Summit. no serious injuries. Count Assessor Spencer catalogs real estate. property valued at 60 percent of sale value. Louis Mullerbile of Quincy buys Cascade Orchards land for future orchard value.
Otis and wife shopped this week while Mr Stark and Mr Otis own a hay ranch nearby. Diptheria cases emerged in E M Brusha’s family since last Friday and were deemed non malignant but potentially dangerous. Dr. Gilchrist ordered quarantines. Big Rock corner shacks torn down and excavation for a cellar began this week. John Miller plans to remove the old landmark the big rock.
The page advertises fresh baked bread and pastries from Vienna bakery and a full sale of dry goods at Overland Hotel dining room. It promotes laundry service improvements in Wenatchee, real estate offers near Leavenworth Gardens, and a sale of dresses, home goods, and acres of land with references to local merchants like D. M. Thomas and J. G. Fritz. Includes theater notices for "Triss" and calls to action for homeseekers and timber land.
An inspection of the I O O F Hall also known as the Bloom building is reported as safe after a thorough examination dated April 19 1908 in Leavenworth. Signatories include G A Daly O J Wold J W Beasley Geo J N Mead.
The State of Washington Chelan County issues a summons to Joseph Oablentz to appear within sixty days after April 24 1908 and answer the complaint by Plaintiffs George and Lyda McLean to remove a cloud on Lot 12 Block 2 Town of Leavenworth and seek costs and relief. Attorney L J Nelson of Leavenworth represents the plaintiffs.
Almer A. Brooks of Reynolds, Washington, filed intent to make final five year proof for a homestead entry in section 12, township 2 1/2 north range 16 east Willamette meridian. Proof to be made before J. E. Shore in Leavenworth on June 1, 1908, with witnesses Nelson Forsyth Charlie W Hastings John Belina and Thomas J Dillon, all of Washington.
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