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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
4
A Eugene Field verse contemplates retreat from city noise to country quiet. The speaker longs for stillness in nature with trees bees brooks birds and distant sounds. He imagines preferring the country for rest while noting a city longing despite limitations of sight smell and sound.
The article highlights irrigation as a major force in U S agricultural expansion. It notes plans to reclaim millions of acres in Montana and across the West, the role of rivers and forests, and experiments in rubber from sagebrush in Colorado. It also recounts stories of single irrigated acres supporting families in California and Pennsylvania with Colorado cited as a further example.
Editorials urge arid land forestry and reclamation while warning that private land ownership fuels inequality and poverty. Complaints reach the Geological Survey about illegal liquor sales on irrigation lands. The Interior warns settlers they risk losing homestead filings, and the Justice Department may enforce land laws against saloon use.
Proposes extensive farming with small tracts near cities to provide landless men a home acre to cultivate and feed themselves. Sees this policy as a solution to social and industrial problems facing the nation.
Ask Ticket Agent Godfrey about the very low excursion fares to Alaska points. The rates are attractive and popular for pleasure trips or business travel, with travelers choosing Alaska as a destination.
A brief note describes the Iicho office offering plain and artistic job printing services. The item highlights their printing capacity and emphasis on quality work for local clients.
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