Bjork block fire leaves one dead and massive losses
A 3 am blaze gutted the Bjork building housing the Overland hotel two saloons a poolroom and a restaurant plus adjoining shops. Miner John Johnson is confirmed dead others missing. losses include Bjork 33000 with 17000 insurance Overland Bar 10000 with 8800 insurance Nickell Windmill 4500 Hutchings Lobby Bar 8000 with 4000 insurance Irene Gordon 5000 with 1500 insurance and restaurant with no coverage. Firefighters saved some rooms but the brick structure heavily damaged by 5 pm with likely rebuilding unlikely for Bjork.
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Bjork
Overland Hotel
John Johnson
Blewett
John Bjork
Overland Bar
J. B. Violette
Chas. Nickell
F. H. Hutchings
Irene Gordon
Overland
Tom Burke
O. S. Sampson
Jack Heaton
the Overland
Johnson
Arig
John
F. H. Hutching
Mr. Hutchings
Violette
North Bend
Wash
Mayor Building
The Echo Celebrates Eleven Years In Leavenworth
The Echo marks eleven years since its first issue in January 1904. Leavenworth has grown from 400 to about 2500 people with numerous brick and concrete businesses. The publisher reflects on changes, pledges to readers to guide welfare and urges continued support or acceptance of its verdict.
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Echo
Leavenworth
Bourne
Miner John Johnson Perishes in Overland Hotel Fire
John Johnson, a Blewett placer miner from Sweden, died in the Overland hotel fire Tuesday night. He and partner John Heavner had long worked together, often visiting Blewett, and were known for their generous nature. Johnson was found in his room No 15 after attempting to escape, with only a skull and charred bones recovered.
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Overland
E. J. Walker
No. 25
Blewett
Overland Hotel
Sweden
John Heavner
Johnson
Heavner
Mark Twain
No. 15
Good Roads Meeting in Chelan County
The annual meeting of the Chelan County Good Roads association will focus on completing the Leavenworth to Cascade tunnel Scenic Highway link and making dirt roads passable. Discussion will cover King Drag road improvement and a drive to gravel selected county roads. The Trey of Hearts opens at the Grand Theatre next Tuesday.
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Chelan County
Good Roads Association
Leavenworth
Cascade Tunnel
How to Purify Water with Chloride of Lime
To safeguard against contaminated water, mix a level teaspoonful of chloride of lime in a teacup of water until smooth, dilute with three cups of water to make a stock solution, keep in a stoppered bottle, and use one teaspoonful per two gallons of water. Stir well to destroy typhoid and other dysentery bacilli within ten minutes.
Creamery Cooperative Plan Presented for January 9 Meeting
A creamery organization committee led by Jacobsen Mc Intosh Rutherford Elliott and Van Brocklin reports progress and plans to form a cooperative creamery with 5000 capital stock of which 4000 will be issued immediately. Ranchers and town residents are urged to attend the January 9 meeting at 2 p.m. in the Scenic theatre to decide final action.
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Tee
Messrs
Jacobsen
McIntosh
Rutherford
Elliott
van Brocklin
Leavenworth Couple Shares Golden Wedding Milestone
Last Sunday marked the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Albright of Leavenworth and Monday they celebrated with a chivarivari from about forty to fifty friends. The Albrights, who arrived from Kansas in 1904, have lived in town since moving from a ranch in the Chumstick valley. Mr. Albright is 73 and Mrs. Albright 69. they were married in Carrollton Ohio on December 27 1864. They have six children born to the union, now three living two daughters and one son. Their daughters Mrs Sexton Carlquist of Portland and Mrs Tom Darling of Wenatchee attended. a son in Oregon could not be present due to illness.
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Chas. Albright
Mrs. Albright
Kansas
Chumstick Valley
Mr. Albright
Clarington
Ohio
Sexton Carlquist
Portland
Tom Darling
Wenatchee
Oregon
Albright
City Council Special Meeting Tackles Frozen Water Lines
City officials met to address frozen water mains from Icicle river with plan to replace two thousand to three thousand feet of line, add discharge valves, and thaw options. Budget talks centered on transformers for pipe thawing while water from Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. offered as temporary supply at 225 dollars monthly.
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Woldenberg
Wheeler
Motteler
Miller
Hamilton
Sauer
Barnum
Icicle
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
Potter
The Trey of Hearts at Grand Theatre Next Tuesday
The greatest serial motion picture The Trey of Hearts begins at the Grand Theatre next Tuesday. Don’t miss this feature presentation in a weekly cliffhanger series.
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Grand Theatre
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Cashmere
Creamery Organization
Charles Albright
Sam Davis Lumber Co
Council
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