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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1908

Page

4

The Drain Upon The Forests and Timber Supplies

A historical account shows shifts in U S lumber sources since 1880 with nine states supplying over half the output in 1880 and 1906, noting declines in Michigan and rise in Louisiana Washington. It estimates annual wood use over 100 billion board feet and warns that current consumption may exceed growth, urging careful land management and noting Circular 129 from the Forest Service.

Michigan Pennsylvania Wisconsin New York Texas Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Washington United States Louisiania Bureau of the Census Forest Service The U. S. Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C

Wagon With Long Name Proves Fatal To Dachs

An American visitor in a German city sees a dachshund named for its long body. The dog dies after being run over by a spiegelscheiben transportwagen, a wagon transporting mirror plates.

Dachs Spiegelscheiben

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to proceed in Seattle

The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition will run June 1 to October 15 in Seattle despite rumors of delays. The Agriculture building contract was let at 818,830 with six main buildings soon under construction. Officials report ample funds and ongoing stock inflows as Washington signals congressional support and asks for more government space.

Seattle Executive Committee Washington, D. C Congress

Ring He Swallowed Before Wedding In Church

A prospective groom told his fiancée Molly he kept the ring in his mouth to avoid losing it. At the altar he admitted the ring had vanished from his mouth and, in a panic, confessed he had swallowed it.

Molly

Two Painters Boast Of Realistic Paintings

Two painters boast about ultra realistic work. One claims a sixpence drawing caused a beggar to try to pick it up. The other says a leg of mutton painted on stone fooled a dog into biting the stone before realizing the ruse.

Advertised Letters Remaining in Post Office 1908

Postmaster J C Davis lists uncalled letters as of January 27 1908 including Chas Anderson Robi Bauman Kohler H Jones James Lorresen Geo Parsons C T Presser Mrs Mattie Pendleton N A Selber L W Stewart Geo A Sullivan Archie Tillemans M C In calling for same say advertised

Anderson Chas. Bauman Robi. Kohler H. Jones James Lorresen Geo. Parsons C. T. Presser Mattie Pendleton N.A. Selber L. W. Stewart Geo. A. Sullivan Archie Tillemans M. C J.C. Davis

A Poem Fragment on Life and Attitudes

A reflective verse contrasts optimism and pessimism with playful imagery. It surveys life as a sequence of dreamlike bliss, pain, fleeting joy, and eventual impermanence, ending with a wry note on perception.

Real estate transfers in Wenatchee area transactions

A series of property and land transfers recorded in Wenatchee and nearby areas. Multiple exchanges include W R Prowell to A W Barlow, E D Gaunt to S C Gockley, John R Albin to Percy Walker, and other transfers covering lots, blocks, and tracts in Fairview, Nob Hill, Sunnyslope Farms, West Chelan, and Leavenworth. Amounts range from $1 to $15,775 with numerous parcels involved.

R Prowell Barlow Fairview Wen DC Wolf Packwood E D Gaunt Gockley Sunnyslope Farms John R Albin Percy Walker C A Bower Albert W Sheperd Nob Hill Wen Heights Orchard Co Violet D Ross Wen Heights Orchard Leroy Benson J W Balfour A D Benson D F Peters Charles Leischer LH Breese W F Lyons J J Burner J S Albin M L Burdick Et al P P Holcomb John Calker T J Costello Leavenworth Wm Thorson Geo T Murdock E Hinman E E Batchelor

King of throat and long remedies promoted by Empire man

C O Eldridge of Empire Georgia urges using Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds croup and throat and lung troubles. He claims seven years use proves it best on earth for his children s croup attacks. Sold with guarantee at City Drug Store 50c and 1 00 trial bottle free.

City Drug Store

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Atlanta Constitution la Vie P. T. O'Reilly Chelan County Abstract AH Brunson A J Mills Kuelles Cashmere J R Albin Belmont Ad Wen T M Widney U S Chase Berglund Genevieve Mauk F W Arnold Wen Dev Co Terry L Ross E B Curtis Samuel Brown Gibsons Seattle T& T Co H C Peters Cascade Orchards Robert Baunton G W Ochan Leavenworth Gardens R F Templin G J N Mead Edwin A Landon T E Wilson Nob Hill Wen Attorneys AT Law Lewis J. Nelson Wash J. J. King General Land Office Secretary of the Interior Leavenworth, Wash J. B. Adams Liaw Henry Crass Chelan County Columbia Valley Bank Wenatchee Ira Thomas A. N. Corbin Fred Kemp Corbin & Kemp M. Bank Wenatchee, Wash Reeves & Reeves Attorneys Counselors AT Law Wenatchee Drug Company D. Griffith E. F. Sprague Undertaker Front St A. J. Martin Ernest Forbes Congregational Church Mill Board’s G. W. Hoxley M. F. Peake F. R. Peake M. F. Peake & Son General Agency Timber Lands Puget Sound L. Lamb Clinton Iowa PINE C. R. Lamb Minneapolis, Minn G. E. Lamb P. Davis Treas Mer Leavenworth, Wa Ole’s New Place Finch OPERA Tholin @ Smith Miss Cecile Brown Mason J. D. Langdon Joe Massie W. W. Elmer, M. D Big Rock J. E. Shore Hotel Franklin Portland, Oregon Han Boo Ita Munn & Co Scientific American All Newsdealers ANN & Co MuUdhiin Insurance Co the Samantha WM. Herder Front Street Manifold Typewriter Echo Fraternal Brotherhood Bloom’s Hall Dora Daly E. C. Booth No. W. Leavenworth Ida Davis Carrie Turner Anna Goerger Cascade Aerie Order of Eagles Fridan Ae LW. Faulkner Geo. Blacksedge I. O. O. F. Hamilton Lodge I. O. O. F. Hall
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