Leavenworth Passes a Safe Fourth of July
Leavenworth celebrated a calm Fourth of July with no casualties and limited local observances. Many residents traveled to Wenatchee and Waterville for a baseball contest with a cash prize won by the local team, while others visited Seattle or fished. The Echo reports the day as sane, with the writer staying home to finish lingering tasks and reflecting on aging and recreation.
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Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Waterville
Seattle
Echo Force
Insurgents credited for key 1900s reform laws and local candidacy
The piece credits progressive Republicans for passing a set of laws expanding the Interstate Commerce Commission powers, postal savings bank provisions, conservation measures, and statehood moves, while noting partisan maneuvers. It also profiles F A Reynolds announcing a bid for Chelan County auditor, highlighting his residence, postmaster tenure, landholdings, tax status, education, and public spirit.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Postal Savings Bank
Republican Party
Cannon
Secretaries Ballinger and Poin Dexter Nominated Accusations
Secretary Ballinger calls Mr Poin dexter a socialist while many suspect Ballinger serves Guggenheim Morgan and Rockefeller interests and accuses him of anarchist leanings.
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Poindexter
Guggenheim
Morgan
Rockefeller
Mr. Ballinger
Chelan County Deliberates Delegate Selection For State Convention
Six counties have named delegates to nominate Supreme Court candidates. Chelan may follow the new method used by Benton Kittitas Grant Chehalis Thurston and King counties where a county central committee selects proxies rather than voters. Critics warn judges might be chosen by convention delegates aligned with power brokers.
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Chelan County
Gordons
Supreme Bench
Human Sterilization Advocate Calls for Race Improvement
The Echo reports Dr. B. Owens Adair of Oregon argues for sterilizing incurables, criminals, imbeciles, and all mentally weak individuals likely to procreate defective offspring. He asserts rising numbers of those needing care and compares humane improvement to domestic animal practices. The writer claims decades of belief in sterilizing undesirables to progress society.
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B. Owens Adair
Oregon
The Pitiful Senate Bid of John L. Wilson
The piece mocks John L. Wilson for his persistent yet futile bid for the U.S. Senate, arguing he and Judge Burke share the same birth year and age, with Wilson as an always-unnamed contender who never sought anything but the senate and remains an “also ran.”
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John L. Wilson
United States
Burke
Wilson
Judge Burke
Senate
Regular Meeting S: Commercial Club invites members to a Monday meeting to discuss harvesting berries vegetables and grasses for Great Northern exhibit car funded by the railroad. Officials urge community collection to showcase Chelan county production and gain local credit.
John L Wilson is cited in a political aside about Miles Poindexter and Cannon reflecting party shifts. The passage uses dated political critique to compare past statements and current party affiliations.
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Great Northern
Leavenworth
John L. Wilson
Miles Poindexter
Spokane
Wenatchee Line Ready for Iron to Chewawa River
Superintendent McDonald of the Wenatchee Valley and Northern railway says grading to the Chewawa river is finished and the last bridge ready for steel. From the end of the track to the river spans one and a half miles. Chewawa river bridge work not yet started. steel likely. If the line closes to the lake this summer, grading remains light and no major bridges are needed.
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McDonald
Wenatchee Valley and Northern Railway
The
Echo
Plumber Jack Fisher Escapes After Horse Throws Rider
A Wenatchee plumber Jack Fisher, riding Bruce Yosts horse after Yost slapped the animal, was thrown and lay under the horse for a minute before rising. He received medical care from Dr Hoxsey with no broken bones and minor injuries. F A Reynolds delivered strawberries from Nason Creek ranch owner C W Hastings and praised their size and flavor. Miss Willa D Martin resumes cashier role at L D store.
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Jack Fisher
Wenatchee
Fisher
Bruce Yost
Bill Stevens
Stevens Ranch
Yost
F. A. Reynolds
Nason Creek
C. W. Hastings
Mr. Hastings
Leavenworth Champions Return After Weekend Sweep
Leavenworth captured the $200 Fourth of July purse by winning two straight games over Wenatchee and Waterville. The opening Sunday game featured Pap Lee followed by Belford in relief as Leavenworth edged Wenatchee 8 to 5.
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Wenatchee
Pap Lee
Cubs
Red Apple Boys
Lee
Belford
Brown
Balk Brown
Raymond
Bee
Kyle
Mahoney
Krumholz
Waterville
Leavenworth
Jinks
Mayor Gatherless Returns From Soap Lake
Mayor Gatherless spent a week at Soap Lake seeking relief for long standing rheumatism. He reports improvement after returning home but cannot yet resume work. John Platt was killed yesterday four miles up the canyon while repairing a power line after contacting a high voltage wire. His body is at Mrs. Martins undertaking parlor and will be shipped to Wenatchee pending relatives’ contact.
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Mayor Gatherless
Soap Lake
John Platt
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