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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
2
The piece argues Taft forces will push a Taft nomination despite Roosevelt followers. It claims a Taft bid would deny voters and set a party law precedent, with critics unable to support Taft after opposing the committee bosses’ candidate choice.
Citizens in Leavenworth hear J W Corcoran accused of defaming Mayor D H Mayor and councilmen by alleging a theft from the people. Supporters vow twenty five witnesses will prove Corcoran’s falsehood while condemning his repeated lies.
Within a week to ten days we will mail statements to subscribers in arrears. A single subscription seems small but many add up for the paper as a whole. We will mail to those three months behind to allow renewal time and continue service within the county after payment expires, invoking the Golden Rule in action.
Mrs Tom Meeker and two children from Peshastin visit H X Featherstone family. Miss Verna Bixler of Cashmere spends the week with Nat Patterson at his home. O P Barrows a Wenatchee attorney visits the city on legal business Tuesday.
Peshastin resident Charles Bryan visited Leavenworth on Friday. Mr and Mrs Geo Hauber stayed in Wenatchee several days last week visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Charles Meeker spent Sunday in Cashmere with friends. Mrs James Miller of Leavenworth visited her parents S P Bethel and family Sunday. Miss Hazel Lowell spent weekend in Leavenworth visiting friends. Charles Harvey returned from Pullman to spend the summer. J O Hawk came back Thursday from Chelan after a few days there. J E Proctor, once ill in Wenatchee, returned home Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Sharpe visited Wenatchee friends this week while Miss Madeline VandeGrift met Helen Wedell last week. Church attendance, picnic plans for the 4th, and local wildlife reports are noted along Eagle Creek. A.J. Hill of Warren Brothers Paving co praises Wenatchee orchards and Bitulithic paving gains, with McCollum promoting the method. Manager Simpson upgrades Scenic theatre, Wenatchee Valley Northern runs two trains daily. Mrs. Clint Tubbs and Wanda visit from Vancouver BC. Chamberlains Liniment recommended for muscle soreness. King's City Drug Store sells it.
City council in executive session awarded sewers and street paving contracts to Warren Construction Company at 180890 dollars. About 60 blocks will be paved with bitulithic pavement. work to begin within three days of signing and pushed promptly to avoid rain delays. The decision followed comparison with alternate paving methods and notes bitulithic durability.
The Leavenworth post office lists uncalled letters for June 17 1912 including Michael Collins Louis Dahl Oliver Forgett Emil Frank. It notes Emil Frank once lived in Leavenworth and now Wenatchee where he runs a large meat market and slaughtering plant. C Victor Martin of Wenatchee visits for several days. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised by Kings City Drug Store.
Financial statement for Leavenworth State Bank in Washington as of June shows loans and discounts 75881.50, overdrafts 74.60, bonds and securities 1698.15, building and equipment 110?5, and cash on hand 177.48 with totals and signatures from Clarence A. Campbell assistant cashier and directors Robert B. Field and Frank E. Carlquist. Notary Lewis J. Nelson witnessed on June 20 112.
Ordinance 96 bans discharge of firecrackers rockets torpedoes Roman candles and similar devices within Leavenworth with exceptions for city supervised displays. It restricts retail fireworks sales to under 100 dollars per premises and requires secure storage in approved outhouses, with wholesale permits and annual inspections. Violations are misdemeanors up to 100 dollars. The ordinance takes effect July 21 1912 following publication.
An editorial reflects on railway officials signaling Stop and investigate as twenty four trains ignore it while the twenty fifth obeys. It parallels moral signals in society and urges men to heed them, affirming church services every Sunday and criticizing intrusions on personal boundaries. Max A. Jeffords signs the piece.
Under this head announcements for office will be made at a charge of ten dollars for county office and five dollars for precinct office. All announcements will be kept standing until after the primary in September. After that only successful primary names will remain until the November election.
R A Socheele announces for county assessor on the Republican ticket subject to primary voters on September 8 1912. Joe K Johnson announces for representative at the primary on September 3 1912.
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