Experiences at the mine camp reveal winter dangers and recoveries
Jack Ruth recounts long service with the Royal Development Company and explores potently told incidents from the camps. Harry Krollpfeiffer survived a snowslide that buried the bunkhouse and office, while John Miller was killed eighteen years ago. Frank Swanson and others faced road perils in 1919 and near Chickamaw Creek.
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Jack Ruth
Royal Development Company
Echo
Jack
Harry Krollpfeiffer
Harry
John Miller
Ruth
T Company
Frank Swanson
Frank
Werner Kobalt
Chickamaw Creek
Candied Cranberries Recipe and Local Woods News
Instructions describe selecting large firm berries and piercing skins with three slits then simmering in a sugar syrup. Process includes overnight resting, repeated gentle boils, and drying on a buttered plate before serving. Peter Gallant arrives from the woods to spend winter in town as snow hinders logging progress.
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Peter Gallant
State Lands Move Clears 15000 Acres for Title
State Land Commissioner C V Savidge secured a pledge from the general land office to clearlist about 15000 acres of lieu land selections fast after years of delays. He previously pushed to obtain title to roughly 125000 acres held up by the federal government, visiting Washington to press the matter. Savidge also urged immediate transfer of forest reserve lands to offset losses from reserve creation, though no official outcome was announced.
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C. V. Savidge
General Land Office
Savidge
Washington
National Capital
Care of Motor Car Shows First Miles Matter
Prolonged car life hinges on proper lubrication and inspections during the initial thousand miles. A Spokane trip joins Mrs. C. J. McClure to be with their daughter Miss Gertrude, who underwent an appendicitis operation and is not yet nicely recovering.
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C. J. McClure
Spokane
Why the Trinity Tunnel Why the Trinity Tunnel
The Echo presents the third in a series on the Trinity Tunnel to access ore bodies without costly outside railways and to drain mines. It notes the tunnel’s topographic protection from snow slides and economic site advantages for a power plant, asserting the plan will enable large future production and benefit Leavenworth Chelan and the state.
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The
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Trinity Tunnel
Royal Development Company
Red Mountain District
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Chley Eckhardt
Littmen
Charley
Pete MccConnell
Ain
Kodaks
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Wheeler’s
Tote
Trinity
Great Trinity Tunnel
Phelps Creek
Nipple Mountain
Rich Territory
Red Mountain
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