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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
1
On a Chelan visit Superintendent Riste urged boards to hire and keep good teachers, noting Chelan’s high costs for brickwork vs pay for teaching. He criticized Latin as compulsory, urged local entrance exams, praised the principal, and noted new school laws and a September school start date.
The Model Market transfers to Spokane buyers Thos Horton and J Burkhardt who plan to run stock and fixtures and livestock. Bather and Walker sell Overland restaurant to F J Brady who has run a successful local eatery. The editor recalls a June train wreck near Chiwaukum blaming rotten track and weak ties, urging accountability for railway maintenance.
The Cashmere Record argues the Great Northern Railroad shaped Wenatchee valley and the town of Cashmere. It contends the railroad diverted the Wenatchee river eastward, causing damage to nearby residents. The editorial urges city action to seek railroad aid or pursue legal remedies to protect rights and prevent further harm.
The half clad body of a young girl was recovered from the Columbia River near Wenatchee last Tuesday and given to Undertaker Sprague. Authorities believe it is Ger tie Bumgartner who, with her mother, was knocked from a ferry near Brewster by a rope two weeks earlier. the mother survived and the father Peter Bumgartner has been notified.
William Cox 52 died after being crushed by a moving logging wagon while hitching horses on a hillside near Peshastin. A Sawyer at Scheble mill for months he moved to Pine Flat with family two years ago from Palouse country and was involved with Church of God revival meetings. Survived by wife two sons and a daughter.
Local patrons arrange a wrestling bout at the opera house Sunday night. Neither contestant has staked money on the result. G Bagley from North Dakota at 200 pounds faces Dr. J D Langdon 180 pounds, both with prior professional experience. E Messerly, a Wenatchee valley fruit rancher, traveled to Lake Wenatchee for a week of fishing, aiming to meet Z A Lanham and Deke Leonard from Wenatchee.
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