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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1913
Page
1
County Assessor Joe Johnson and deputy R C Osborne toured Leavenworth noting a 4634 mill levy. They argue highway funds are wasted by state review costs and travel expenses, urging new laws to curb graft and extravagance amid road improvements.
Figures from the state bureau of inspection show 1909 appropriations at 9,036,131 and 1911 at 11,229,262, totaling 20,265,364. The 1913 legislature appropriated 24,066,782, including 8,000,000 not a tax burden due to a 4,000,000 bond issue and a 4,000,000 industrial insurance fund. Deduct 1,500,000 and 350,000 from 1911 items for accurate comparison.
Mrs. C. H. Phillips sold her Rainier restaurant to William O Rourke who arrived from Tacoma last week and took possession yesterday. Mrs. Phillips will stay several weeks longer with no definite plans after that.
Mike Shay sentenced by Judge Grant to 64 days in county jail for breaking quarantine during small pox care. Fined 100 dollars plus costs. unable to pay, he will work for the county for two months. Emil Peterson obtained a warrant after the incident. Two men who aided Shay were jailed 30 days each and sent to Wenatchee to serve their sentences.
A. C. Barclay plans a 30 by 105 foot three story building on Front street beside Leavenworth Market. Excavation started with reinforced concrete basement and heated rooms on upper floors. an electric elevator will be installed. He aims to move back to Leavenworth for business and home, praising the town’s climate, water and prospects.
A. D. Wells aged father of Mrs. Walter Richardson of Cashmere was burned to death at New Plymouth Idaho Saturday night. His remains were shipped to Cashmere for funeral services held Wednesday at 11 o clock. Wells lived in the Wenatchee valley for years on an acreage near Leavenworth before moving to New Plymouth six years ago to live with a son. The son found the house in ashes when he returned and discovered his father.
Charles Fox S Burce Mike Fitz and Al Pesch drove to Wenatchee on Thursday in Mr Foxs car and returned the same day.
A five coach Great Northern special headed by President Gray arrived in Leavenworth at 7 30 am on Monday. Local delegates accompanied the party visiting the steel plant lumber mills public schools and nearby valley. They praised the town’s prosperity and enterprise while noting the need for a larger round house and machine shop before departing for Seattle.
A committee of the Peshastin Fruit Growers Association including W. M. Stark and son Hal Stark F A Wingate and Guy Stage met to discuss erecting a new warehouse at Peshastin. Construction starts soon with a basement for storage and an upper floor for packing grading storage and shipping. Wingate notes the 1912 crop's good prices boosted grower confidence in the upper Wenatchee valley. He says superior keeping quality of local apples supports higher prices and safer profits despite eastern competition.
A tramp printer who gave the name John Bristol disappeared last Saturday after two months of work. He borrowed small sums from coworkers and tried to borrow from many others but never returned any item. Mrs. A J Cook and her daughter arrived for the summer while J E Faulkner traveled to Everett.
Logan Waller Page of the Office of Public Roads invites children aged 10 to 15 to submit an original composition up to 800 words on the repair and maintenance of earth roads for a chance to win a gold medal. Entries due May 15, 1913, to Mr Page in Washington D C. one side of paper only. include name age address and school at the top of page one.
Weather observers announce frost alerts through telephone companies in the Wenatchee valley. Notifications will use two short and three long rings with a ten second pause, followed by a brief message between 6 30 and 8 p m. Special observers listed include S S Usher Rock Island George A Pitcher Pitcher's Ranch A A Piper Wenatchee C A Leedy Sunyslope Grant Paton Cashmere and Dr A G McKeown Leavenworth.
Sixty agents from Spokane and Marcus divisions will arrive Sunday morning on No 3 for a meeting. A sleeping car will be detached on arrival. They return on No 44 Monday morning. Meetings set for 10 am and 2 pm at the Commercial club rooms. Visitors invited to afternoon session followed by city tour and dinner. Mill closure due to high winds last Monday caused lumber hazards in the yards.
A new law makes walking on a railroad right of way with double tracks a misdemeanor. Railroad officials plan to enforce it starting June 11. The measure aims to curb dangerous trespassing after multiple deaths and accidents along routes between Seattle, Tacoma, Tenino, Vancouver, and Grays Harbor. Officials note engineers face risk from distracted trespassers and foggy conditions. A 119-car westbound freight train level broke records through the Cascades on April 13, powered by three Mallet locomotives.
Braces the system and renews energy with Holister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Aimed at tired or sick people, it’s sold for 35 cents as tea or tablets and urged for every family member.
Four Cashmere men Fontleroy Fly Roy Wilder Vernon Brown and Pete Peterson were arrested early this week for stealing a jug of whiskey from a drugstore. They received fines from 35 to 50 dollars with the judge choosing leniency due to youth. Peterson was fined 50 dollars despite having a wife and child.
The council discussed building a larger city hall with offices under one roof. J B Adams offered his 9th and Commercial lot for sale, price undecided. A pipeline to Leavenworth Lumber Co. mill was debated with cost about 1069, to be funded by the company. An alley in Merriam’s addition was surveyed, and cascades orchard residents may tap the main at regular rates. Poolrooms to open Sundays approved amid one dissent. An ordinance to limit cows to one per family was directed to the city attorney.
Mr and Mrs B L Ryan of Peshastin visited Leavenworth shops yesterday. Mrs S A Potter traveled to Wenatchee on Wednesday afternoon to see her daughter Mrs Fred Reeves.
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