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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1909

Page

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Leavenworth Council Delays Taxes and Advances Whitman Street

City council met Tuesday with Mayor Nelson and officials discussing mischarged municipal taxes, tax refund procedures, and the county relation. A police justice was elected, Whitman street work approved, and a committee to study culvert options appointed for next Tuesday night.

Police Whitman Nelson Hamilton Waldenberg E. A. King R. T. King Wheeler Anderson Hoxsey W. O. Platt Tumwater Light and Water Co Julia Sadoske O. Nombo George P. Rice F. S. Taylor Whitman Street Kings J. D. Wheeler

State School Directors to Meet in Seattle Expo

H B Dewey state superintendent plans the first congress of Washington school directors bringing 9000 directors to Seattle for September 27 28 and 29. State superintendents Bell of Oregon and Chamberlain of Idaho will speak while Elmer E Brown Washington DC commissioner of education is invited. Directors to meet twice daily in the Good Roads building to discuss school problems. Mrs W T Rarey of Wenatchee visited here earlier this week.

H. B. Dewey Washington Seattle Bell Oregon Chamberlain Idaho Elmer E. Brown D. C Good Roads

Great Northern Information Bureau Seeks Leavenworth Materials

The St Paul information bureau invites Leavenworth to supply booklets and leaflets promoting local opportunities for settlers. It plans to distribute 5000 copies via visitors to the bureau and asks clubs or businesses to send reliable materials with substantial backing. The note ends with a joking remark about a new marriage law.

Great Northern Woodrow J. S. Ellison Leavenworth Wenatchee Valley Echo Great Northern Railway Sibley Street Union Depot St. Paul, Minn Information Bureau St. Paul

Train Disaster Claims Two Great Northern Crew Members

Engineer Ed Goulette was killed and Fireman Dallman died after a wreck near Scenic Hot Springs on Great Northern local No 26 from Seattle. The engine struck a log, plunged 200 feet, overturning. passengers were shaken but unharmed except for injuries to the crew. Goulette, a Leavenworth resident, planned to move to Seattle. Dallman was an unmarried Leavenworth resident. The Oriental Limited followed, delays occurred, and Goulette’s body was to be sent to California by his wife. This year has been deadly for Great Northern engineers on routes Seattle Wenatchee and Seattle British Columbia.

Ed Goullette Scenic Hot Springs Dallman Everett Seattle Scenic Oriental Limited Great Northern Wenatchee British Columbia

Chelan County Day At A Y P Exposition

Chelan County plans a big presence at the A Y P exposition on September 3. A special train will run as needed from Wenatchee at 2 pm Friday to Leavenworth, Seattle, and back with a low round trip fare of 4.30 from Leavenworth. Hotels and lodging capacity will be listed on the train, and Leavenworth readers are urged to register names and party size at The Echo office to ensure sufficient cars.

Chelan County A.-Y.-P. Exposition Wenatchee Leavenworth Seattle Echo

Leavenworth Cubs Shine in Brief Baseball Season

Under manager J W Elliott the Leavenworth Cubs finished a highly successful season winning about fourteen of sixteen games. The team defeated all regional rivals with plans for a tougher next year including improved grounds and a fence. Players Charley Salick Gaylord Rawlins and Charley Nickells left for a hunting and fishing trip.

J. W. Elliott Leavenworth Cubs Cubs Leavenworth Charley Salick Gaylord Rawlins Charley Nickells Wilds of Mad River

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Brown the Hub Clothing Capital Stock Harper Pacific Beer J. G. Fritz AL. Pesch and P. N. Nielson Cashiers Leading Brand Old Crow Taylor’’ and Hermitage The Leavenworth Mercantile Co Lamb-Davis Lumber Co George Keating City of W. T. Rarey of G. N. Information Bureau Chelan
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