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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
1
Filing for state offices closed in Olympia shows more candidates than ever. Second choice votes will influence Sept. 10 primaries. The list includes Republicans, Democrats and Socialists for Congress, Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Public Lands, and Superintendent of Public Education with numerous candidates in each race.
The record lists candidates by party and race for state offices including Auditor Attorney General Insurance Commissioner and their respective incumbents and challengers. Names include Sano Mary A. Monroe Spokane Republican W V Tanner Seattle and others across Olympia Tacoma Colfax and Seattle with Socialist and Democrat lines.
A critique accuses Corcoran of duplicity in the municipal water battle. It cites past statements supporting full municipal ownership, then claims he opposed the plan to fund it, aligned with a boss, and used varying rhetoric to influence Leavenworth voters. The piece alleges he parrots opposition when convenient and favors ownership when it suits.
Forty six jurors will be summoned for the September term of the Superior court and seventeen are women who registered and voted at the last election. There is doubt few will serve as any woman may be excused. Readily Florence Knowlton Inez Williams Emma Ahlin C Hartshorn Chas Dahlgren Holda Dahlgren R B Field Chas Chapman J E Grant J W Corcoran listed as the summons recipients.
O E Kenyon of Spokane visited this week saying progressives show unusual strength after attending the republican and progressive conventions in Chicago. He praised improvements around Leavenworth and still owns a ranch in Eagle Creek valley. Cameron Squires returned from Minnesota and will work for Lamb Davis Lumber Co in Wenatchee.
W. W. Gideon of Wenatchee seeks the sheriff post on the Republican ticket while mingling with Leavenworth voters yesterday. Mrs. E. H. King visited Wenatchee at the start of the week for business.
The Wenatchee local option election nears as supporters push a petition to resubmit the wet and dry measure. Based on 1910 results 317 wet and 521 dry votes total 838 the petition needs 352 signatures by September 5 from all qualified voters including women.
Cascade Scenic Highway boosters will inspect the abandoned Great Northern Switchback next Sunday. Crowds from Wenatchee Cashmere and Leavenworth will ride an early train to meet two hundred westside boosters from Seattle Everett and nearby towns. They will propose a plan to the legislature next winter to secure state cooperation for a first class Cascade road at the least cost to taxpayers.
F L Heidrich of Seattle arrived for a ten day stay to oversee more than sixty acres he owns near Leavenworth. He plans fall clearing and spring planting of potatoes after years of pine land growth. He argues cultivated soil aids fruit tree survival. Also noted are the Wenatchee Idaho Mining Company filing articles of incorporation with $250000 capital, and visits by Mrs. Vessey, a large sheep owner in the area.
A July 10 Cashmere progressive meeting drew about twenty attendees from most county areas except Lake Chelan and Malaga. Leaders Spiller and Gill presided, nominating a legislative and state ticket while county officer nominations await Sept. 10 at a county convention. Precinct committeemen will be appointed and the party aims for nonpartisan county officers in the next legislature.
Regular council session notes bills paid and adjournment due to engineer absence. Commercial Street improvement hearing postponed to Aug 27 with Great Northern remonstrance read by city attorney Nelson. Local boxing event planned for Aug 22 features Maxwell vs Long with two undercard bouts. Bear reports drawn from local rancher J B Hathaway. Visitors include Mrs C Grue and Lillian from Bellingham. Athletic smoker scheduled for Aug 22 at the Opera House.
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