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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
3
Do not drink is our advice. If you cannot get along without it use the best and purest. Do not eat too much and avoid excess. Our wines and liquors, being pure and wholesome, are excellent for cooking purposes. Our cigars are among the best.
A compilation of transfers records numerous buyers and sellers across various tracts. Names include Morris O Merrill Francis J Hul bert Emilie Stewart and others with prices ranging from $1 to $900 and parcel notes in Chelan Sedalia and Wen districts.
The Federal Council of Churches reports a 618000 net rise in continental US church membership in 1913, a 1.8 percent increase. The Methodist church leads with 220000 new members, followed by Baptist 64600, Presbyterian 45600, Lutheran 36100, Disciples 21800, and Episcopal 16500. Catholic membership stands at 13090534, Methodists at 7125000, Baptists 5924622, Lutherans 2338722, and Presbyterians 2027593.
Alfred Darling editor of the Shoqualmie Valley News faces libel charges in Justice Fred C. Browns court filed by Tolt Mayor F B Creese and co-complainants C E Thompson Walter Hursh A S Retan and Phil Thompson. The Feb 6 issue allegedly called the city council the most polluted in the state or nation. Washington tax commission reports show 7.17 million more in taxes this year, a 22.65 percent rise from 1913, with total levies reaching 38.27 million and average millage increasing from 31.05 to 37.73.
Local druggists promote Adler-i-ka compound for stomach and bowel relief in Leavenworth. The ad claims one dose clears sour stomach, gas, and constipation with quick action, and lists City Drug Store as the outlet.
The Pacific coast forest protective associations patrol over twenty million acres of the nation’s timber. They report total timber destroyed by fire at about three million feet worth under $5,000, the lowest on record since 1911. Damages to logs and camp equipment from fires are also at a record low, estimated around $10,000.
United Cashier Co a Portland Oregon firm behind coin changing and adding machines is declared insolvent a receiver will be appointed. The Kenton plant near Portland valued at 50000 is the sole visible asset with over 800000 of stock sold unaccounted for. Stockholders moved to block plant relocation to Indianapolis while president Menefee pledges revival.
Hearing before Judge Steiner in Ephrata confirms steps toward organizing the Quincy valley irrigation district with a $160000 bond issue voted January 3. The 400000 acre district plans surveys of the main canal and irrigation system before the fall referendum on the Quincy valley irrigation act. Separately Union Pacific announces nearly $12 million in improvements across lines into Oregon and Washington, including track work and new depots.
The Employers' Association of Washington endorses harmonious industrial relations with fair wages and timely advancement. It opposes the closed shop and supports open shop rights while defending employers who run open shops. It denounces lockouts strikes boycotts and similar actions and warns against false statements and violence.
A statement asserts law and order are essential to commercial growth. It pledges support for properly conducted authorities, impartial enforcement, and strict order to preserve peace liberty and security for life and property in the community.
Advertisement claims headaches arise from torpid liver and disordered bowels and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a quick relief. The pills are described as regulators for liver and bowels with a 25 cent box sold by H. E Bucklen Co. in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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