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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
2
The Echo wishes patrons a Merry Christmas and reflects on the age old custom of giving gifts. The piece celebrates the joy of making others happy, especially a child, and recalls the Christian message of peace and goodwill to all.
J B Adams stored eight hundred boxes of Rome Beauty and Winesap apples in the Bjork building basement last fall from his east town orchard. Demand has risen and he has supplied local needs for two weeks at 1.75 to 2.00 per box depending on grade. The stored crop reflects potential income when the eighteen acre orchard bears fully, yielding 500 to 800 boxes per acre. Initiated Knights of Columbus members attended a Wenatchee lodge meeting with a banquet after.
A north side four room house owned by Frank Searles burned Wednesday morning. Neil Ford a Great Northern engineer who lived there slept through most of the blaze and the origin is thought to be a defective chimney. No hogs will be marketed from Quincy after diseased hog findings and a large pork quantity was destroyed last week. Oliver Bates, Wenatchee Lake region’s oldest resident, visited town this week after twenty two years on a lake margin homestead.
Senator LaFollette introduces three amendments to the Works Alaska bill aiming to quicken coal resource development. Proposals include free coal staking for citizens over 21, a government railroad up to $3 million, and field surveys to find the best coal routes. The move aligns with Alaska development goals and progressive Republican aims.
Massachusetts structures a Progressive Republican group aiming to push direct election of senators and a presidential preference primary. Leaders include lawyers, prominent activists, Brandeis associates, and Pinchot allies. The effort remains within the Republican Party, seeking party adoption of progressive planks rather than a new party.
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