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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
2
Weekly Friday column titled Scraps from the Intellectual Junk Heap appears in The Leavenworth Echo. Notes indicate a subscription rate of $1.50 per year in advance and direct communications to the paper.
The writer notes Taft will gain one vote in Illinois from Mr. Taft and Billy Lorimer and cites Senator Stephenson backing him in Wisconsin. The piece questions local Taft supporters and reflects on public perception of the president based on associations.
It is possible that Mr Taft may carry Rhode Island in the presidential election. That boss ridden little commonwealth may give him her electoral vote, beyond that there is not the remotest possibility of his getting another state.
The excerpt estimates fifteen million voters in the United States with nine million backing the Republican ticket under normal conditions. It projects Roosevelt winning seven million votes, Wilson five to six million, and Debs and Taft splitting the remainder, with Debs leading among the leftovers.
The speaker supports requiring official orders and itemization for all town claims, arguing it will save money. They note a recent state law already requires sworn statements for claims against government bodies and that some past Leavenworth bills might have been blocked by such verification.
The piece asserts Roosevelt is likely to be nominated or supported by others if not. It argues that five million voters should vote to defeat the grafters who toppled him at the primary. It frames Roosevelt as the personification of an idea to end dishonesty in public life. Thousands of Democrats will back him to oppose Wilson and thwart wrong.
The piece argues progressive Republicans will hold a convention and nominate a right Republican ticket. It notes some Republicans reject both the Chicago ticket and Democrats and suggests a test ticket to whip the “conscienceless” lot with ballots. Roosevelt nomination is anticipated and framed as a political showdown.
The remark notes a figure who vows not to forget until death while sponsors warn that the political world may collapse. The statement captures tension between personal memory and perceived institutional crisis.
State Treasurer John G. Lewis reports $2690.07 collected from unpaid liquor license fees in North Yakima and $1392 from Bellingham. The state has recovered $47000 owed by counties and municipalities. Convicts are sent to the penitentiary to manufacture bags for farmers amid a big grain crop outlook. The state collected $1173 from Great Northern for a missing depot at Chattaroy and $1186 from O W R N for a depot at Hay, Whitman county. Attorney General W V Tanner holds the funds. The industrial insurance commission will decide if farm work is an extra hazardous job after Bradwell of Pend Oreille county injured while slashing brush filed a claim.
Notice invites all to regular morning and evening services at the Congregational church with Rev. Davis leading. An editorial remark questions restricting a woman by weakness. Advertisement notes 25 cents at all druggists.
Mrs Lulu Adams of Leavenworth Washington offers piano and voice lessons and seeks six or seven good tie makers. Job advertisement lists Stopple Chiwankum Washington. Also notes cherries for sale at ranch forty cents per gallon with phone orders. Includes thanks from Mrs A G Roberts and family and Mrs Evra L Maze for kindness after sickness and death of husband and father.
Messrs Hartman and McKenzie completed and turned over a new brick block on Eighth street this week. The building fronts eighty feet and extends seventy five feet deep. Leavenworth Furniture & Hardware will occupy a large 40 by 75 room, Marble and Peppler will use the adjoining room, Leavenworth Tailoring Co. will share the Echo building site, and the Leavenworth Building and Loan Co will house local residents in a venture four years old now regarded as a town upbuilder.
At the Tatoma gathering the state federation of women’s clubs approved a reformatories plan a teacher retirement fund and a resolution urging federal control of liquor. The session issued numerous state focused resolutions and the group asked the governor to pardon Mrs Gladys Johnson of Seattle who was jailed for perjury.
Local office shop The Echo Office lists manifold typewriter paper for sale. Item described as suitable for business correspondence and typing needs. Contact details not provided in the fragment.
U S Land Office Waterville Wash June 3 192. Nettie A Reeve of Peshastin Wa filed notice of intention to make final proof to establish homestead claim for land described in entry No 155 Section IK to 2k ris ew m before Frank A Reynolds Leavenworth Wa on Aug 1912 Claimant witnesses C H Allen J B Ballou of Peshastin Wa W F Patterson of Blewett Wa George Persinger of Leavenworth Wash July 36 W F Haynes Register
Republican candidate A Br Scheele declares run for county assessor subject to voters will at the primary election. He notes Septem ber and Mar as relevant dates in the campaign.
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