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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo announces that all condolence resolutions cards of thanks entertainments with admission fees and promotional notices must pay regular advertising rates when printed. Free entertainments or community welfare movements will receive free column space. No deviation from these rules.
The author argues that many country papers across central Washington raise annual subscriptions from one to one and a half dollars due to higher printing costs and living expenses. He notes publishers often fail to price labor and goods profitably, citing Eli Perkins on newspaper men lacking nerve to set profitable rates.
A churchenriched appeal urges timely prepayment of subscriptions as a model of cheerful giving. It emphasizes readers who pay in advance create steady support and a positive impression for the newspaper.
An antique note recalls Abou Ben Adhem listing the names the Lord loves and says John Holden leads the Echo renewal list for 1907. The passage frames a playful tribute to subscribers as a heavenly vote of thanks.
The piece argues bond supporters favor brick or concrete for a school building, noting concrete is durable and cheaper long term than timber. It urges prices for reinforced concrete and highlights recent railroad accidents to urge caution and accountability. A WeNatchee convention on January 7 seeks congressional aid to open the Columbia River to navigation, facing railroad opposition.
The Standard Oil University receives a New Year gift of three million dollars from John D. Rockefeller. His gifts to the institution total nearly twenty million dollars, underscoring the era’s emphasis on money as a guiding principle.
Commercial bodies of eastern and central Washington plan an open Columbia River campaign from the Canadian boundary to the sea. Delegates from multiple clubs meet January 7 in Wenatchee to discuss federal aid and navigation from Wenatchee north to Port Bridge.
An Everett paper reports the Great Northern will replace Japanese labor with Missouri imported black workers. Three coach loads totaling 150 men passed through, with about 200 more en route to near Bellingham to work on the section and extra gangs. If successful, the plan may spread across the northwest to ease labor shortages and speed improvements.
The second annual Wheat Convention in Washington aims to advance knowledge on dry land farming and wheat production. Speakers include R B Miller from the railroad, state grain inspector J W Arra smith, and H W Campbell of Lincoln Nebraska. Attendees will hear from State Experiment Station experts and practical farmers January 9 10 and 11 with travel tips for Pulman Pullman. Oliver Bates reports a snowy return route from Wenatchee Lake featuring a well broken road now choked by fresh snowfall.
Extract of beer is sold as tablet or plug form, with one plug yielding four to six gallons of amber fluid. The New York Times notes plug beer shares the qualities, both good and bad, of traditional hopped beer bottled and kegged.
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