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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
2
The Wenatchee poultry show opens January 18 and runs three days. Waterville faces a severe typhoid fever outbreak with several deaths reported. The Leavenworth Echo notes its weekly Friday issue and subscription price, with DEED'H MAYAR as publisher.
D R McGinnis of Kalispel Montana owns 400 acres along the Columbia river valley and will plant apple trees next spring. The land lies twenty miles above Wenatchee and will become the largest apple orchard in the state.
The O R and N surveys a Columbia River line from Walla Walla to Wenatchee touching the Big Bend wheat country. If half the railroad projects now surveyed in Washington are built the state map will resemble a checkerboard.
Wenatchee Advance editorial lauds L H Bowman Chelan county GOP state central committeeman candidate as capable and trusted. It criticizes his lack of local ties and says he spends little time in the county, arguing such absence risks party defeats in upcoming elections.
The piece argues for a National Hall of Shame in Washington to memorialize public figures who scorn public opinion and mislead the nation. It envisions statues of figures like John D. Rockefeller and others, with smaller halls at state capitals for lesser-known transgressors.
Newspaper notes debate on using statues and pictures of infamous figures to deter graft and crime. It mentions a Pittsburg financier proposing a Hall of Shame with a 200000 dollar pledge to display names of notorious individuals as a moral warning. It also references an insurance inquiry as potential candidates.
The Chelan county Echo urges building a bridge across the Icycle river to reach Cascade Orchard lands. About 35 to 50 families would benefit and taxes could rise $500 to $1000 if delayed. An estimated $800 outside cost could complete in sixty days with partial county support.
The Wenatchee Republic argues it remains independent after accusing the Advance of trying to influence Chelan county politics. It recounts past partisan shifts and questions the Republic’s own loyalties while urging readers to seek a trustworthy paper for independent voters.
Red memorandum book with memorandums and a pair of glasses left by Dan E. DeLong at the Echo office.
The Fraternal Brotherhood meets on the second and fourth Friday each month at Fraternal Hall. Mrs Mae McClure presides with G W Hathaway secretary. Visiting brothers are invited to attend.
James G. Davis files a contest against Harrison D. Castlebery for a 1902 homestead entry in Section 18, Township 26 N Range 18 E. The heirs Callie and Ethel Castelberg are in Webb City Missouri. Due to nonservice, notice will be published. hearings set for Feb 8 1906 and final hearing Feb 15 1906 in Waterville and Leavenworth respectively.
Notice declares Washington Consolidated Copper Mines has applied for a patent for the Hope Lode at 1590 feet, with surface ground, in Chelan County near Mt. Stuart, Waterville Land District. It describes boundary monuments, dates of location notices, adjoining Copper Queen St. Paul and Yellow Rose claims, and urges adverse claimants to file within legal time with the Waterville Register.
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