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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
2
A. H. Mohler plans to issue the Cashmere Valley Record soon after buying a local newspaper plant in Cashmere Washington. He arrived from Minnesota last summer and seeks local support to ensure a home grown paper serves the valley and boosts advertising.
A railroad commission proposal urges Great Northern to equip trains with snow shoes rather than shipboard life preservers so stranded passengers can walk to safety during snow slides, avoiding freezing or starvation.
The Secretary of the Interior orders final proof required to show actual bonafide residence on homestead lands in the North Yakima district. Previously some off site living was allowed, but now claimants must live and work on the land or abandon it. The ruling affects many Teiton canal filings and has caused concern among local homesteaders. Odessa Record.
Secretary Shaw urged bonded factories and free ports to boost American production. He argued for large bonded land zones where imported materials enter untaxed, with factories consuming American labor for export only. Domestic use would incur the same duty as foreign imports.
The Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul railway secures land for six town sites between Saddle Rock and the Columbia River. Two square miles are set aside with a half-interest sale, a division point planned with a round house and car shops. Rail work advances toward Lind Ellensburg with a target completion by September 1 and rails to reach the Columbia before year’s end. Towns near Lind Othello Crab Creek and Crab Creek- Columbia area emerge to support the line, promising rapid railroad progress.
A Spokane dispatch reports Father J H Colin, Catholic priest overseeing Cashmere Chelan Leavenworth and Waterville missions, was arrested in Wenatchee on criminal assault charges filed by 17 year old Charlotte Norris. He appeared before Judge Palmer, waived examination, and posted a 1500 bond via James Duffy and John Durieux. Colin denies the crime.
J M Ellis, employed by the Logging and Boom Co, suffered both bones of his leg broken between the ankle and knee while repairing the dam after last November’s floods. A heavy pile rolled onto him. he was taken to Dr Hoxsey’s hospital and is recovering as well as possible for a serious leg break.
The piece argues that heresy spurs progress and questions church authority over doctrines and Crapsey, praising a human Christ and criticizing clerical power. It warns against centralized government, noting history’s pattern of shifting toward centralization and the dangers of bureaucratic tyranny and hidden rulers.
Local notice lists quartz blanks available for sale at this office. Prices and quantities are not specified in the accessible text.
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