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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1913

Page

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Water Commissioner To Get $100 Month

Town council approves a separate salary for a water and a street commissioner at 100 dollars monthly with a 75 dollar water fund and 25 dollar general fund split. The ordinance keeps one person in both roles despite debates over street maintenance. A petition to pave the Front and Commercial alley is laid over due to signatures and court issues. Improvement District No. 6 is created for Whitman Street.

Massie Mischke Whitman Street Nelson Cook Cascade Street Lamb-Davis Lumber Co Washington Steel and Iron Co Wenatchee River L. R. Hart

Pujo Money Trust Report Doubt Follows Washington

Some Washington correspondents doubt the Pujo committee will deliver a report before Congress on the Money Trust inquiry. The timing and likelihood of a formal finding remain uncertain amid ongoing investigations and political scrutiny.

Pujo Money Trust Congress Washington

Two Well Known People Die In Wenatchee Area Tragedies

Engineer L B Roberts dies in Wenatchee after four months of suffering from a freight train collision near Wenatchee. He leaves a wife and three children with pallbearers from Leavenworth and Hillyard. Also Mrs Dora Jo McCoy dies in Wenatchee after appendix operation failed. she was 42 and had lived in Peshastin and Wenatchee. Community sympathy voiced as claims from Chelan County workers include Carl Fritsche receiving 45 dollars for a hand injury.

L. B. Roberts Wenatchee Mr. Roberts Rochester Minnesota Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Leavenworth A. B. Westcott Clemmens McNulty Hillyard Otto Donaldson Ed Anderson Wagner Rev Laurie Presbyterian Church of Davis Dora Josephine McCoy Delbert McCoy Peshastin Judah Wenatchee Hospital Chelan County Interstate Commission Carl Fritsche

Shingle mill planned at Lake Wenatchee site by Appleton Carter

Rumor says a large shingle mill will start within weeks at the foot of Lake Wenatchee with site secured from the forestry department. Promoters Appleton and Carter, backed by Applegate, anticipate a June operation and a yearly output around 3,000,000 feet of timber processed into shingles, with rails five miles away for shipment.

Lake Wenatchee Appleton & Carter Forestry Department Messrs. Carter Applegate White River Valley Messrs Appleton and Carter Leavenworth Great Northern Power House Sylvester

Iron Ore and Machinery for the Steel Plant

The smaller steam hammer arrived from the east after a snow blockade. It weighs 12 000 pounds with an 8 000 pound anvil. the larger hammer weighs over twice as much and is yet to ship. A hammer house will be built adjoining the main building. The first ore car from Hamilton, Washington, arrived and will be stored in bins. Excavation for a large furnace foundation is finished with brick and lining materials on site. A pump modification was completed for boiler cooling. Wenatchee switchman John Larue arranged pallbearers for L B Roberts’s funeral held Wednesday at 10 o clock.

Rockies Robert Hamilton Washington Everett Blewett John Larue Wenatchee L. B. Roberts

Cost of a Burial in East St Louis Case

An undertaker sues for payment from the estate of James Connors who died two years ago in East St Louis. The bill totals 1122 dollars for casket, cedar box, flowers, carriages, hearse and morgue fees, while Connors held a 1526 dollar certificate of deposit. The court set a hearing to test the bill's correctness.

East St. Louis Connors

Father Seeks Son C R Kyle in Penitentiary Inquiry

New York man C Kyle asks Chief Bohnsack to locate his son C R Kyle last seen in the vicinity. The son, former 11th Regiment U S Volunteers cavalry, Philippine service, is believed to have left the country. Kyle pleads for detective aid and promises reimbursement of all expenses.

New York Ceipt C. Kyle C. R. Kyle Dryden Leavenworth Kenyon Ranch U. S. Volunteers Philippines

Virginia Apples at Wenatchee Exhibit Draws Notice

An exhibit at Wells & Morris Wenatchee features Virginia grown apples from Baltimore trader John A. Gellatly. The display, including Virginia Winesaps Rome Beauty Jonathans Ben Davis Northern Spy York Imperial and American Beauty, highlights vivid color and four tier sized fruit proving Wenatchee fancy and C grade apples compete with eastern produce.

Wells & Morris Wenatchee John A. Gellatly Baltimore

Need for hotel and sleeping rooms grows in town

The Echo reports a urgent call for more hotels and sleeping accommodations as town expansion continues. R E Miller from Portland notes difficulty finding a bed at 2 AM, highlighting a boom in housing demand and rising rents from Everett and other towns pushing workers here for jobs.

R. E. Miller Portland The Echo Everett the Echo

Heaviest Snowfall Reported Across State Levels

A Forestry Department record shows nine feet three inches of snow so far this year with January at three feet ten and three quarters inches. Statewide reports indicate heavier accumulations than in past years and a Weather Bureau note says the snowfall surpasses fourteen years. Cascade Tunnel logged about nineteen feet two inches in January with fifteen to eighteen feet still on the ground elsewhere. Blewett recorded sixty eight inches in January.

Springer Forestry Departments Commercial Street Weather Bureau Cascade Tunnel Blewett

Washington Birthday Observance Quiet in Virginia Banks

The piece notes that Saturday marks the 18st anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1732 Virginia. It calls the day a national holiday in this state but says banks may be the only observers as five national legal holidays are listed: New Years Day Memorial Day Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Christmas.

George Washington Virginia

Chelan County Sportsmen Oppose New Game Bill

Chelan County sportsmen oppose Collins fish and game bill No 8 as passed by the senate. They cite a three member state commission with west and east side residents and a governor appointed east side warden, plus county to state license revenue provisions, as creating a political machine and shifting control from counties. They back house bill No 404 which would empower county commissioners as a game board and authorize a county game warden, noting it improves enforcement and keeps local control. Attorney A G Gray travels to Spokane to represent eastern Washington this week.

Collins Fish and Game Senate Scheble Chelan County Game and Fish Protective Association Collins Game and Fish Commission State Game Commission Committee On Game and Fish Yakima County Board of County Commissioners Game Commission West Side A. G. Gray Spokane Washington

Van de Grift Sued by Great Northern Railway

The Great Northern Railway filed a summons and complaint against P. W. Van de Grift for trespass on railroad land on the little Chumstick. He allegedly cut 70 188 feet of yellow pine valued at 1 50 per thousand and refused to pay 110 dollars, seeking judgment for that amount.

Great Northern Railway P. W. van de Grift Little Chumstick

Election of School Director Next Tuesday

Notices for the annual school election were posted this week. One director is to be elected and G. W. Hathaway’s term expires on that date. He is understood to be a candidate for re election.

G. W. Hathaway

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This City Mrs del McCoy Lake Wanatchee Hamilton, Wash Pittsburg James Connors Marshall Bohnsack Bohnsack J. H. Bohnsack Atty. Gray Olympia
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