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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
1
Notice advertises a watch maker and jeweler located at King's Drug Store offering high grade work with guaranteed results and invites customers to have printing done to achieve pleasing results.
The article notes six graduates from Leavenworth public school eighth grade. Four are pictured while the remaining two, Miss Marion Mathews and Miss Edna Featherstone, lack photographs.
A party of New York financier Edward Ellis his brother Arthur and associates Henry Albers Thomas Stillman W R Woodard Joe Massie returned to Seattle after visiting the Red Mountain mines near Chelan. The Chelan Consolidated Copper Co capitalized at 12 million holds valuable mineral land and a state road due by Sept 1 will open the region. The visit signals anticipated rapid development as transportation improves.
A local prospecting effort envisions transforming the area into the state's most famous mineral belt, aiming to attract investment, workers, and attention to the region’s geological wealth.
A lawyer praises Elihu Root for courtroom brilliance and a gift of humor born in his early career. He recalls Root cross examining a young woman, urging her not to hesitate as hesitation makes one older. The piece then shifts to a string of curious old anecdotes from local life.
Mrs. Dan De Long and her daughters visit Leavenworth while Miss Ada finishes a Krupp teaching term and Miss Hazel attends Spokane high school. Local Fourth plans promise water, heat relief, good music, and many sports. A cashmere agent T H Williams was killed near the Great Northern depot. Lafayette Lamb and party arrive after Montana washouts. clocking a month to six weeks in the area with excursions to Lake Wenatchee.
An 84 year old post mistress at Iron Mountain Texas has held the job for more than fifty three years. She has served under twelve presidents beginning with Pierce and under both Confederate and United States governments.
Charles Oswald of Rensselaersville New York reports Bucklen Arnica Salve cured Seth Burch of a severe neck sore. The antiseptic healing salve treats cuts wounds burns and sores and is sold for 25 cents at Leavenworth Drug Store.
The tenth annual commencement invitation from Washington State College at Pullman is declined. Government bids for surveying the south half of the Colville Indian Reservation will open next Monday and the area will be opened to settlement after survey and allotment. An incident reports a patent cough remedy misused for boot soles, causing throat obstruction.
The article attacks political corruption insurance graft and social unrest while criticizing laissez faire attitudes and class tension. It disparages racial prejudice notes rising socialist sentiment questions the cost of living and cites Beotch whisky claims and motor vehicle influence on rural voting. It ends with a wish for arbitration against robbers in Chicago.
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