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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
Friday issue of The Leavenworth Echo features the Intellectual Junk Heap scrap notes titled Editorial FRIDAY August 13 with communications directed to the newspaper.
If you are a year or more behind in your subscription to The Echo it is a violation of postal regulations to continue sending the paper. Before your subscription expires you will receive a notice of arrearage and, if no remittance is made and you remain behind, your name will be removed to protect postal privileges.
The editorial argues for upholding Roosevelt Pinchot conservation, accusing Secretary Ballinger of aiding capital interests by reversing water power site policy. It advocates slow development to avoid corporate monopoly, warns Ballinger should resign if unable to change course, and stresses national resource protection for all people.
The Pacific Monthly is a dollar magazine focused on Northwest development and exploitation. It also offers useful reading material, poetry, and fiction, aiming to be a welcome addition in every household.
The Wenatchee Valley Development Club will meet tonight in city hall to discuss development of Leavenworth and surrounding areas. A large turnout is urged, with the old saying about wisdom from many counselors cited to encourage broad participation.
A Wednesday morning fire destroyed property valued at $70,000 and wiped out the Brewster Herald's entire plant. Publisher Dave Gillespy plans a larger facility soon. Residents express sympathy as Brewster, famed for its beans, rebuilds and continues its publication. Human Life magazine is praised for its enduring value.
At a regular meeting the Lea venworth school board assigned C W Moore as principal and C W Moore wife as intermediate, Noble to third grade, Hinman to sixth and seventh, succeeding Mrs Farmer who resigned. Moore to be superintendent. School opens September 6. All last year’s teachers re engaged except Mrs Farmer. Reports of gold finds near Sultan Snohomish including free milling quartz assays from $15 to $50 per ton, plus prospects along North Fork and Elk Creek and a small strike on McAllister ranch.
The union service Sunday evening drew good attendance with Rev W V Davis delivering an inspiring sermon. Regular services continue next Sunday. several new church members were welcomed, and both Leavenworth and Peshastin churches donated $50 each toward debt reduction.
Olympia Washington lawmakers convened for a third time this year to pursue the removal of Insurance Commissioner Shively. Impeachment managers prepare evidence while Schively seeks disqualification of more than a dozen senators, arguing bias. If not finished by August 21, a new special session could restart proceedings.
Major C. W. Katz of the U S Engineers awarded the contract for preliminary diggings on the proposed canal between Union Bay and Lake Union. The canal will be about 2000 feet long and 72 feet wide at the bottom, 100 feet at the top, lowering Lake Washington and enabling shore land reclamation. Funding comes from a state appropriation from shore land sales.
From noon Friday to Saturday night 1 739 000 sockeye were caught in traps and by seiners and landed at canneries in Bellingham Blaine Anacortes and the lower Fraser. Value surpasses half a million dollars as Puget Sound Gulf of Georgia and Lower Fraser operations pack the catch.
The state penitentiary held 890 inmates on July 31 with 163 on parole and 79 in state camps totaling 1132, up 23 from month start. Jute bag production reached 163 250 bags at 5.2 cents each. Seattle notes a possible constitutional conflict over the Wenatchee Columbia River bridge purchase may lead to rejection.
A proposal may be introduced to authorize sessions of the Chehalis County superior court to be held on Grays Harbor or elsewhere in the county besides Montesano when the legislature resumes.
Rilensburg Carl Enenkel brings $590 in gold nuggets from the Swank district to town on Saturday. The precious metal will be sent to the Seattle assay office to be melted into bullion.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer column, the author argues that excessive drinking stems from the habit of treating and moral cowardice to conform to social conventions. The piece also notes limited land sales in the Wenatchee Valley as landholders seek higher prices.
Pomeroy shooting scene described with fatalities and coroner's verdict of self-inflicted death. Spokane case involves alleged kidnapping and perjury charges linked to a wine merchant and marriage annulment action. Local details include names and locations.
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