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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
2
The local paper urges town residents to join a newly organized commercial club to promote growth and prosperity. It notes initial focus on two key matters and calls for collective action to improve Leavenworth and surrounding areas.
A Wenatchee Republic editor was held up by a footpad while returning home. The assailant, now out of work in the printer’s guild, is mocked for lacking real criminal heft with only empty threats and two beer checks found on him.
The daily press reports Old Man Afraid of the Voter Ankeny opposing a direct primary bill and pledging to oppose it. The analysis says self preservation drives opposition and argues a direct primary would have kept him from the senate, suggesting his career could end with the current term.
A proposal from the last legislature would return half of fire insurance tax receipts to cities and towns based on company net revenues. Though it failed in the senate, it will be reintroduced, mirroring Minnesota law. The Seattle Relief Association forwarded a copy and the measure aims to bolster volunteer fire departments and protect responders and their families.
Large and enthusiastic crowd attends Monday night meeting in Peatercaball Leavenworth area with about twenty men voting to organize a Commercial Club temporary officers elected C Simaens president treasurer Loseikamp and others. Committees to secure membership set to report and by laws to be adopted. aim to promote welfare and development of Leavenworth and nearby counties. Next meeting set for Thursday night to finalize plans and elect a board.
The Winter school at Pullman runs four weeks starting January 12 focusing on practical work in horticulture, crops, animal husbandry and dairying. Lectures cover grafting, grain and grass judging, milk testing and livestock care with field practices and inquiries welcomed. Superintendent E E Elliots Pattman Wash invites inquiries via press. The other piece attacks a Wenatchee editor’s claims about Leavenworth and a Great Northern railroad plan as preposterous.
A damaged clipping recalls a 1890s political gathering in Nebraska. It notes William Jennings Bryan facing Republican opposition and mentions a donor’s $1.2 million gift, a nearby house party, and a moment where a spectator demanded clarity from the chair during the gathering.
The issue previews features in painting photography and literature. Herman Whitteker Jack Lowden James Hogupan Beart Eubaris Harris William Winter and many others contribute portraits and essays. Articles cover mountain photography Western markets sheep ranges Oregon twin Falls and Washington costs with noted writers and editors shaping the magazine.
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