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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
2
The council prompts a friendlier approach to secure a subway crossing connecting the south and north sides of Leavenworth. It urges inviting the railroad to conference, highlighting safety and efficiency gains, and suggests mutual benefits for town and company. It notes Seattle and Everett rate changes and urges council action for practical public good.
Editorial criticizes Seattle Portland and Spokane bankers for pursuing a get-all or nothing policy on a regional reserve bank. The observer argues a Northwest site would help Washington Oregon Idaho and eastern Montana but rivals focus on their own advantage. The piece suggests San Francisco may prevail if the trio cannot cooperate.
The Tumwater Light and Water Co. has grown into a lusty corporation earning dividends on capitalization. The paper argues rates should be lowered due to increased consumption and a larger customer base in Leavenworth, noting higher rates than elsewhere.
The Wenatchee paper mourns municipal troubles and jokes from Leavenworth's past. It argues such conflicts waste time money and energy that could otherwise build the city and preserve peace.
The Panama Canal and San Diego and San Francisco expositions next summer and the following year are expected to draw attention to the west coast. Congress is poised to pass a bill paving the way for government railroads into Alaska, with rail access spurring settlement and mining. Coal, gold, silver, copper and fisheries are cited as vast economic hopes. The nation anticipates a wave of people and work once construction starts.
Church announces preaching services at 11 o clock and 7 30. All welcome. Snowden is pastor. Board of Sunday School asked to note that next Sunday morning at 9 30 is a special day and all should be present.
Regular Sunday worship at the Congregational church with special music in the morning and evening. Preaching at Dryden in the afternoon at three o'clock by Pastor W. D. Davis. All are invited.
The Lutheran Church will hold Regular English preaching services next Sunday in the forenoon. Rev. L. J. Ave Lallemant is the pastor.
State Bank Examiner W E Hanson announced state banks will come under the new national currency plan. An amendment to banking laws allows state banks to subscribe to a regional reserve bank stock, heightening Northwest prospects for a Seattle based regional bank. Subscriptions from state banks are expected to fill the $4 million required.
A collage of satirical lines targets a local man and his quirks from various papers. The verses mock his habits with a running chorus about nuisance activity and stubbornness.
The library opens every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon from three to five. Butter Wrappers are available at the Echo office for pickup or purchase.
Notice invites readers to place in office classifieds for quick results. Rates are 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line thereafter, with a minimum charge of 2 cents.
For sale green fir lumber 16 inch lengths offered in cord or car load quantities. Contact C. M. Westcott, box 533, Leavenworth. Bak Sahm notes included.
Two small tracts of land about a mile south of town offered for sale on favorable terms or in trade for town property that yields a small income. Owner cannot devote time to making the land productive. Interested parties should contact the owner at the Echo office.
An public notice urges pruning arrangements and invites inquiries to the Echo office. It mentions opening to the public February 14 and offers a farm home or timber claim chance at a low government appraisement, directed to John Keefe, Hillsboro, Oregon, a former government surveyor and Tim Berman.
A garbled list enumerates national state and local officials led by President Woodrow Wilson with cabinet members and lawmakers. It references figures such as Thomas R Marshal, William Jennings Bryan, William Gibbs McAdoo, Josephus Daniels, and others alongside state officers, judges, and district administrators in a dense OCR fragment.
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