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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
Leaves Leavenworth every Monday Wednesday and Friday from Sam with four passengers and express. Leaves Blewett every Tuesday and Thursday from Tam at 4. Ed Shugart operates the stage line.
Leavenworth to Telma stage leaves Mondays and Fridays at 4 a.m. arrives Telma 4 p.m. Telma to Leavenworth leaves Tuesdays and Saturdays at 4 p.m. arrives Leavenworth 4 p.m. Mail passengers and express. Address Joe Massie Proprietor Leavenworth Washington.
Town and County notes list H E Carr visiting county seat, R S Van Campen in Wenatchee, Jim Coulson joining G N Ry yard crew, and liveryman W M Rice transacting Wenatchee business. Several visits, society news, boxing bout by Kid Raymond, and a Washington State Christian Endeavor Convention in Ellensburg June 26 to 30.
H H Banks announces the big log drive is over with over twenty million feet delivered. Brewster flat lands buyers push irrigation plans for 8 000 acres and nearby tracts. Various local residents arrive, depart, and plan business and real estate moves in the Yakima valley.
A youth fire brigade is organized to compete for a $50 prize in the Fourth of July fireman race. The town hopes disciplined crews spur the boys to steady cooperation and ongoing effort beyond the celebration.
H. E. King purchased a Front Street lot from Jack Smith for a brick building to rise immediately. The two story structure will be thirty feet wide with a drug store on the ground floor and living rooms above. The adjoining Smith building is under construction and will be raised to match.
Two new brick business blocks rise in Leavenworth with a vacant lot between the opera house and King building likely to be filled to form a continuous 130 foot frontage. Officials hint at further development as construction momentum grows. Marshal Bohnsack reports a man named Louis Corcoran arrested, suspected of being Charles Brannan wanted in Urbana Ohio for a fatal murder in 1908, though he denies the accusation and remains under surveillance.
Leavenworth Lodge No 32 of the Degree of Honor hosts a Leap Year ball on Tuesday June 23 at the Odd Fellows hall admission fifty cents. Also notes advertise new wash belts and gloves at Mrs Campbell hats and buttermilk at Vienna bakery and acre tracts for sale near Leavenworth Gardens by L J Nelson.
Classified items promote Vienna bakery products and Wenatchee laundry services with local agents. Several notes announce stockholder meeting for Metal Monarch Mining and Milling Co in Leavenworth on June 27 at 2 pm. A restaurant for sale and product endorsements appear, including whisky sales advertising.
The town of Venworth invites sealed proposals under Ordinance No. 49 to build a Front Street sidewalk from TH to 18th Street. Bids due June 30 at 6 pm. include at least a 5 percent bid bond. Successful bidder must furnish a full contract performance bond. The council may reject any or all bids. Dated June 15, 1908, Guy A. Hamilton, Clerk.
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