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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
2
The Echo will charge regular advertising rates for condolence cards thanks notices entertainments and business promotion items printed in its pages starting Friday August 2 1907. Free community welfare events and notices will receive free column use with no deviation from the policy.
A new electric power plant two miles up Tumwater canyon is described as a major project to replace coal engines and operate trains through the Cascade tunnel. If successful, it could lead to widespread electrification within five years, with lower operating costs and safer travel. The piece notes winter challenges and the potential for many plants along eastern Cascades sites.
The author argues the verdict was unsurprising to those following evidence and Judge Woods' charge. The Western Federation did not emerge spotless, and opponents’ lawbreaking is noted in the Idaho episode. The piece asserts the Colorado troubles involved early violations by those opposed to the Western Federation of Miners.
Four surveying parties on the Leavenworth to Red Mountain route report a feasible path with low build cost. Heavy work will be limited to the divide near the Chumstick and Chewawa valleys, with no major bridges planned. Residents from Wenatchee flocked to the depot as heat drives demand for mountain access, and construction is expected to start soon with completion to the lake within the year.
A crumb from the trust table fell into the lap of Chancellor Day of Syracuse University when he received a check for 100000 dollars. An unctuous prayer for the salvation of all trusts is now in order.
In a playful reply, a conversationalist agrees it is hot and teases a supposed hotter spot with reserved seating for those who ask silly questions.
A Tennessee-born pair sparks violence in Fritz's saloon on Sunday with a knife wound to Ed Stevens and a brutal scuffle with Marshal Debord. Muse arrested after a rock to the head. Stevens may avoid testify, risking Muse’s impunity. Tuesday a drunken incident leads to further disturbance as Fritz’s saloon again centers the trouble.
An editorial argues for a free public library and reading room in Leavenworth. It stresses the need for accessible literature across history science biography and fiction, aided by civic effort, and suggests mobilizing local women to spearhead the project for the town’s material welfare and youth development.
The article urges those seeking law redress to come to public opinion with clean hands and condemns Orchard as the embodiment of evil, noting it is necessary to avoid judgment by association with his deeds.
A report from Wenatchee notes several prostrations due to intense heat with temperatures near 112 degrees in the shade. Horses have collapsed as residents flee to cooler climes, while overall human suffering remains unreported despite the persistent warmth.
E Burnette Perkins of Leavenworth Washington obtained a marriage license at 9 30 pm to wed Capitola Krishner of Rapid River Michigan. The ceremony was at 11 pm at the bride’s cousin’s home in Spokane conducted by Rev H Edward Mills. The couple will live in Leavenworth where Perkins is a chief clerk for the Great Northern railway.
R M Baunton a Cascade Orchard rancher shipped twenty five bushel crates of yellow wax beans to the Seattle market this week in what appears to be the first such shipment from the area The beans were first class and reached Seattle six and a quarter hours after loading highlighting the advantage of proximity to the Sound market for fresh produce and urging others to consider cultivation.
Horton and Burkhardt disposed of their meat market property last Saturday to Emil Frank who has long operated in Leavenworth. Frank has built a successful business and become a heavy taxpayer in Chelan county. It is unclear whether he will run both markets in the future. The former owners have not decided their next steps.
Joe Killoran died at Dr Hoxsey's hospital from typhoid fever at 6 pm Wednesday. He was brought from Jack Smith's logging camp two weeks ago in delirium. Parents reside in Belledune New Brunswick and have not yet been heard regarding burial. Undertaker Sprague took the body to Wenatchee. Franz Moor, traveling solicitor for Staats Zeitung, visited to promote the German weekly.
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