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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
5
Local notes record visitors from Wenatchee and North Yakima staying with local families, funerals attended, and fishing trips planned. A Great Northern party and a Wenatchee business college canvass are noted, with multiple short items on housing, holidays, and a new dancing pavilion under construction in Wenatchee.
City health officer J. Stillson Judah warns water users to boil all water for drinking and cooking as a precaution after a source change last month raised contamination concerns. Action advised until further notice.
A local store proclaims a decree to move summer stock before next year. Prices are marked down to sacrifice levels to save carrying over items and entice customers to buy today before stock runs out.
In Wenatchee on Tuesday water users across nine of ten districts voted 354 for and 392 against an irrigation district. The two-thirds requirement to form the district was not met, signaling that a future election may be held. The high line canal serves 13 000 acres with a 1.50 per acre maintenance fee, and the canal company warns this will be its last season guaranteeing safe upkeep.
Three crews of 15 men each work with modern gear from Blewett Cashmere and Leavenworth on the 68000 tele phone line between Waterville and Blewett. Last year Spokane to Water ville and Seattle to Blewett sections were finished. The Waterville Blewett stretch is the largest northwest telephone job with motor drills pile drivers and pole delivery autos. Also noting thanks for support and sympathy during our father R J Smith's illness and death.
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