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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
3
Trains listed include the Oriental Limited Westbound to Eastbound with times 1 08 pm arrival and 2 30 pm departure, plus westbound 3 50 pm departure and 1 08 pm arrival times. Schedule shows arrivals at 100 aepts and 1938 as Dpts 1940 mars.
Leavenworth depart Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 am. Blewett departures on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 7 am. Carries passengers and express. E. D. Shugart, Proprietor.
Mary Bloom hosted the Altar Society. Miss Rose Goerger will study in St. Joe Minnesota. Albert James resumes work as a machinist at Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. Charles Tuck hospitalized in Seattle with pneumonia. Mrs. Kringle and children relocate from Seattle to Wenatchee to live with relatives. Lena Biglow replaces Nora Sorensen in public school. Sorensen failed exam. Congregational church topics set for Sunday: The Test of Life and The Abundance of the Heart. Dog pound crowding. Wenatchee tamale maker warns of mass seizure if not redeemed. St Paul Guild to meet Feb 11 at 3 p.m. Ole Sands moves to Wenatchee to open saloon at the old Dureux stand. McGuire family planning Wenatchee home. Dr Hoxsey treats a railroad worker with a broken leg in hospital. Fuel oil and gasoline running low amid road tie-ups. Town electric light out. lamps used. A. A. McIntyre of Big Bend Chief stopped by due to snow blockade. plans to upgrade The Chief’s equipment.
California contractor McCann visited Monday to secure stable rooms from Liveryman Rice for three teams. He expects sixty teams within thirty days and plans to use some along the Great Northern between here and Wenatchee. Work may include grading a site for a new roundhouse and machine shops.
A special town council meeting last Saturday considered buying a lot for a temporary fire house and later a town hall. The vote tied between the E A King lot and a Shore lot, with Mayor Hoxsey casting the deciding vote for the King lot.
Oldest resident reports four and a half feet of snow over forty eight hours ending Tuesday. Great Northern railway shut down since Saturday with no westbound trains for a week. a wreck near Gaynor buried two coaches and rescued passengers in stocking feet. A rescue gang of 25 men is missing after leaving for the scene. food is scarce with plows diverted east and multiple snowslides between this point and the tunnel.
Marshal Debord's assistant Ray Foster polices the pound for untagged dogs to earn his salary. He once jailed the Mayor's dog, thinking all untagged hounds were common. Upon learning the dog belonged to the mayor, the canine was released and now wears a tag.
The Tumwater Copper Mining Co filed articles of incorporation with the County Auditor. Incorporators include Leavenworth residents Stephen Andrewieski and John Sadoske and Minneapolis natives F Hrachovsky Henry Jajeski and J Cermack. Sadoske has lived in the area three years and done prospect work on nearby claims with favorable assays. Andrewieski moved from Minnesota eighteen months ago and joined Sadoske in developing their property. The company plans spring development of the property.
A Saturday night at the opera house featured a Home Orchestra dance that attracted an unusually large crowd and pleased attendees. On February 14 a mask ball is advertised with several prizes and strong attendance expected.
The ad from Mr. Erxleben proposes bath tub toilet sink or washstand installation with AI material and good workmanship. It promises low prices, suggests replacing frozen or cracked pipes at little cost, and claims a hot water or steam plant pays for itself in two years on fuel bills. Next door to the Clifford House at 411.
Community classifieds announce services from dentist visits at Hotel Clifford to sale offers including horses cows and post cards. Local businesses tout Valentines, lodging at Great Northern Hotel Wenatchee, Harper whiskey distribution, Peach Blossom flour endorsements, and Wenatchee Steam Laundry improvements through G W Hathaway’s Leavenworth agency.
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