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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
3
Notices announce lands totaling about 11982 acres in Wenatchee National Forest Washington for settlement and entry under homestead laws. Listings include three tracts with specific descriptions and owners Charles M Cahill George J N Mead and William H Lawrence with preferences for actual agricultural settlers prior to January 17 1910.
The notice outlines land patent actions in Wenatchee National Forest Washington for two tracts totaling about 221.0 acres. It details boundaries surveys monuments and bearings, uses historic references, and lists applicants Joseph Teshera of Leavenworth and Charles R. Alsop of Telma Washington with dates and official approval by Fred Dennett First Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
Notices list six-to-seven acre tracts in Waterville Washington area offering homestead entry under 1906 act. Descriptions include tracts of 185 157 and 17 acres with detailed metes and bounds. Applications filed by J F McAboy Samuel Cromwell and George W Burns. lands subject to prior agricultural claim rights and timing to January 20 1910.
Senatorial maneuvering tightens as Piles backs Burke and Humphries presses on. Suffrage gains lift in Washington and Oregon with strong registration drives, while alcohol outlawing spreads amid few zone exceptions. Rail travel gains via Northern Pacific water trickle and Washington stone quarrying climbs with 1908 output up from 1907.
The Jacksons from the Tunk valley ranch visited Riverside on Wednesday. Mr Jackson claimed a cow and horse kicked him during a playful incident, leaving him limping. He threatened to pair the animals with a plow to turn frozen ground in retaliation.
The agriculture secretary reports 1909 as the richest year in farm products with a value of 8.76 billion dollars, up from 1908 by 860 million. Corn leads at about 1.72 billion, followed by cotton, wheat, hay, oats, and potatoes, with cereals totaling nearly 3 billion and yearly gains across crops.
A brief Baltimore American quotation notes a plain cook as the preferred choice in the home. The remark emphasizes domestic preference and humor about husband and wife expectations.
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