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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
2
The Echo states free space only for moral community welfare notices and paid rates for all fundraising or business promotions. It notes not to deviate and mentions Vice President Hiram Johnson of California in the text.
The Progressives launched in Chicago with Roosevelt for president and Johnson for vice president on Aug 7. A large, harmonious gathering adopted a bold platform pledging clear declarations and no double meanings. The article notes strong civic engagement and plans to publish the full platform next week. It also discusses a separate town water project and fire protection plans, detailing expected connection costs between $2 and $5 under municipal ownership.
An Leavenworth editorial urges careful consideration of a November 20 vote over municipal water. It stresses protecting the watershed for drinking supply, prioritizing public health, noting current water not fully pure and the need to boil for safety, and highlights significant northern district school property values as a factor.
Local classified notes list Mrs. Lulu Adams teaching piano and voice in Leavenworth Washington, two furnished rooms for light housekeeping available through Mrs. Inez Williams, a lost white mare near the Wagner ranch with reward information, and an advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming relief for stomach liver or kidney troubles at 25 cents.
The Great Northern extension toward Pateros is pushed with over 300 workers on the right of way and a 16 month completion target. North Yakima will host a 28 ton daily fruit evaporating plant by Fruit Processing Co. Ellensburg’s Washington Woolen Mills operates at capacity with about 100 workers producing woolen shirts and blankets. In Sultan a concrete sidewalk project leads to gravel dust yielding colorful pan results and placer mining claims are reported with dirt potentially worth $1.50 per yard in gold.
W O Dow, secretary of the Wenatchee Commercial club, reports A V Stubenrauch a U S government field investigator will visit with assistants to study apple keeping quality in cold storage. Stubenrauch is currently at North Yakima testing precooling of fruit.
Local notices list candidates for Chelan County and state offices with primary dates on September 10. F M Goodwin Spokane Progressive seeks Congress Third District, several Chelan officials announce for State Senator, Superior Judge, County Clerk, County Treasurer, County Assessor, Engineer, and Representative to the State Legislature.
From the Mississippi River to the Pacific a wide belt of farming communities seeks the title as the bread basket of the world. Farmers are selecting five bushel samples to compete for a $5,000 prize at the Northwestern Products Exposition in Minneapolis from November 12 to 23.
Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over. Buy it now and be prepared for such an emergency. Sold by King's City Drug Store.
Notice from School District No 49 Chelan County Washington states proposed budget for the year starting July 1 1912 with a public hearing on October 7 1012 at the schoolhouse. Detailed itemized expenses include salaries for superintendent attendance officer clerk teachers janitors and various operating costs and building repairs.
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