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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
1
Earl Gordon convicted of second degree arson for attempting to burn the city hall on May 23. He awaits sentencing next week in county jail as witnesses testified about his intoxication and state witnesses disputed sobriety.
Sincere sorrow is expressed at the death of Lyman Lamb who died Sunday afternoon at 1:20. Born November 11, 1848 in Leeds Quebec Canada he lived in Wisconsin Dakota Alaska and Washington before settling in Leavenworth in 1905. Survived by a wife and four children George 22 James 20 Geniveve 18 Irma 15 with brothers George Montreal and John Detroit. He had bladder troubles and was operated on in Wenatchee hospital in February but never regained strength.
Great Northern Agent F. M. Lee reports continued growth for Leavenworth with June ticket sales at 5037.12 compared to 3106.60 last June and first week of July receipts of 1696.10 versus 842.90. Freight also rises sharply and a new depot may be built to serve growing patronage.
Rudolph Frank told police Tuesday he was robbed of 108 by a temporary acquaintance he had known only hours. Eb erhardt, a G. N. fireman, was initially accused but claimed the money was left with him to hold and forgotten after a night in jail. Frank paid a $15 fine plus costs while erhardt was released.
W. C. Roach shipped his car to Gold Bar on Tuesday and departed that evening with his wife and son Howard. They plan a month to six weeks of motor travel along the Sound visiting interests from Vancouver to Portland.
Dr McKeown's U S Weather observer notes for June report mean temperature 58.19 degrees Celsius. The month recorded rainfall one and a half inches with nine rainy days and twelve clear days. There were three partly cloudy days and fifteen cloudy days. The greatest daily temperature range reached 58 degrees with one 90-degree day and no days below 32 degrees.
Jack Lucy a logger was jailed for boisterous behavior and assault on Marshal Pratt. Lucy tore up furniture and fought the marshal, receiving a billy beatdown and later a $100 fine plus costs. He will serve 51 days and be placed on the siwash list.
At a joint meeting of the city council and county commissioners in the council chamber the pest house project was discussed with shared costs. A concrete building with a durable roof was urged to minimize future expenses and allow fumigation and flooding without major damage. Judge Geo P Rice, returning from Seattle, spoke of his improved mobility with a new wooden leg after leg amputation years ago.
U S Senator Wesley L Jones of Washington introduced a bill in Congress on Monday to fine an Indian who solicits or accepts intoxicating liquor up to 100 dollars and sentence him to as much as 60 days in jail. The bill follows a federal grand jury ruling in Spokane urging a new law making liquor solicitation by Indians as serious as selling to Indians.
The council decided to form a volunteer fire department with two companies split by the track, each housing sixteen to twenty men. Mayor Carlquist and Clerk Potter will recruit and organize, offering pay for firefighting time.
In line with local wishes, $7,000 is allocated for highway improvements in the upper Columbia river district. Chelan Landing road gets $3,000, Chelan Falls road $500, Wells Coulee road $2,000, and Union Valley road $1,500. Work on the projects will begin immediately. Get Butter Wrappers at Echo office.
At the annual stockholders meeting in Peshastin Mt Stuart Mining Co elected W S Tallman as president A J Mills as general superintendent J H Osborn as secretary and J C Lilly as treasurer. Tallman plans to develop the property while talc by product offers profitable lubrication potential and a tram to complete the transport to ship asbestos and talc.
A Lynden Tribune quotation argues that by Bible chronology Noah and his eight descendants would need 20,000 years of saving five dollars daily to surpass Rockefeller, yielding about sixty million dollars, illustrating the impossibility of wealth accumulation by individuals in a single lifetime.
Mr. Atkinson reports renewed interest in the marble proposition though money tight and demand for building material uncertain. Next month a wagon road to the Red Mountain state road will be built, a quarry opening crew will follow, and a 12 to 13 mile rail gap closure to Wenatchee Valley Northern Railway will be pursued as operations readiness.
The Randolph Fruit company ships apricots from Wenatchee with Bright and Saunders of Rock Island and Gates of Malaga as the shippers. Wenatchee Produce predicts a ruling price of 75 cents per crate and promises growers no more than that amount.
Nighttime burglars tried to force the Leavenworth Lumber Co on Front street. The exterior door was blown off by nitroglycerine but the interior door remained closed. only books and papers were inside. The Echo notes its own nonpublic safe while urging prudence about keeping money in safes.
Clyde Casebeer a young farmer narrowly escaped death when his saddle horse slipped on the Great Northern bridge near Cashmere. The horse became stuck as a train approached. Casebeer dashed along the trestle signaled the engine to stop and, with trainmen, freed the animal.
Alfred Bergren will answer to the charge of assault and battery before Judge Grant next Monday after beating Charles Reeves last Friday. Both men are employed by Leavenworth Lumber Co. and had a longstanding dispute. Bergren pleads not guilty and will contest the case when heard next week.
Wenatchee and Chelan papers describe last Sunday afternoon's windstorm as the worst in twenty years. Waves on Lake Chelan reached ten feet while signs awnings and billboards were wrecked and plate glass windows broken. No major damage reported elsewhere.
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