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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo announces a annual subscription of 1.00 and directs all communications to its office. Condolence notes and paid notices for entertainments or business promotions require regular advertising rates. free community entertainments will use columns free of charge.
The Wenatchee Republic denounces town knockers while cheekily striking back at Leavenworth. It criticizes past stories about railroad removal and a Great Northern threat to abandon Leavenworth, noting untruthful reports and municipal taxation concerns.
Crescent Bar lies two miles long and a half mile wide on the east side of the Columbia river near Trinidad and Wenatchee. Seattle capitalists plan to irrigate 400 acres there this summer while exposing Hiero glyphs, relics, and human bones found among the rock bluff and mounds. Indigenous residents reportedly have no knowledge or tradition of Crescent Bar.
The Cashmere Press published by Leonard Fowler in The Republic Wenatchee newspaper has suspended publication. Subscribers will receive The Republic in place of The Press due to lack of support and the appearance of a newspaper in the field. The Wenatchee World notes the suspension.
Leavenworth Washington council met Tuesday night with all members present except McCoy. Ordinances on dynamite storage and train speed passed, a light and water franchise was tabled, and bids for chemical fire engines were authorized with specific capacity bids. A vacancy was declared for McCoy’s office and J R Ramsey was appointed to fill the term.
S T Riordan and wife sue Washington Meteor Mining in Seattle seeking 39000 claiming misrepresentations induced purchase of stock in March. They say Wenatchee mine touted as best with 2000000 offer, rich 12 foot gold ledge, and par value by July 1 1906. stock now allegedly unsalable. Also notes local utility service disruptions due to prior severe winter.
The past week has brought moderated weather and a crust that makes snowshoeing easier. A mail carrier on the Telma route has skipped trips due to soft snow and bad roads. Local residents travel for business to Leavenworth while Miss Maria Henry arrives from Spokane to care for a sick relative.
County reports outline plans for a pumping plant on the Douglas county side of the Columbia river about 20 miles above Wenatchee fed by an electric power plant on the Entiat river. Twelve hundred acres will be submerged and construction details include regional farmers and traders commenting on regional fruit trade and local infrastructure.
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