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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
2
Issued every Friday the release details subscription at 1.50 dollars per year in advance and directs readers to address all communications to The Leavenworth Echo.
The Echo urges voters to support two qualified candidates for the school board seats Mrs. L. J. Nelson declines re election. F T Motteler and Mr Patterson are urged as capable contenders. The piece defends the value of public service and notes community support for the two candidates.
The piece notes Seattle Spokane and Tacoma public schools receive about a half million dollars annually from the state school fund due to a law allowing attendance from private and night schools for adults. HB 67 seeks repeal, with state superintendent Mrs. Preston flip flopping on the issue as hearings approach.
Louis Michel, a Wenatchee piano salesman, is noted by The Ledger of Tacoma for his outspoken lectures. The paper says he admits no schooling and is a born orator without notes, drawing attention for his unusual background.
The head of the new fruit selling agency will give five or six talks to fruit growers in Wenatchee Cashmere and Malaga over today and tomorrow. His success in marketing the berry output of western Washington gives him strong influence with apple growers and his practical experience is praised over theorists.
The Washington legislature debates a 1.75 million dollar highway fund division in a heated fashion likened to cutting a melon. Chelan county seeks a 30000 dollar share, sparking concerns that it is a small portion of the overall fund.
Senator Poindexter proposed cutting the $180,000 expense to fund the president's Panama exposition visit in two parts, but the democratic majority upheld the full amount. Democrats note only three times in fifty years has a president's traveling expense been paid by their party and push for Wilson to travel in style.
A bill in the Washington legislature reopens the prohibition issue this fall by proposing an excise tax on liquor sales. Representative Reeves of Chelan County opposes the measure.
The school director election will take place at the high school building tomorrow. Polls open at 1 PM and remain open until 8 PM. A 100 mile scenic loop is planned around Mt Rainier.
Guidelines on holding hatching eggs, ideal temperatures, and handling to maximize hatchability. Eggs under eight days hatch best. up to 12 14 days possible with care. Maintain about 55 degrees, avoid extremes, keep eggs on their side with gentle rolling, moist air and good ventilation, avoid washing, handle gently to protect the delicate embryo, and pack tightly for parcel post shipments with clear handling instructions.
Ford Motor Co of Detroit accepted a single order for 40 000 Ford cars to be delivered in 14 days. With only 15000 cars in stock the plant must run at about 2000 units daily for two weeks to fulfill the purchase from a foreign power in wartime. The deal totals about 19000000 dollars and Henry Ford pledges sale at regular retail price. Ellensburg anticipates a federal building railroad and a new?
Lost and found ads buy sell rent locate or get information request placed in our Business Paragraph Column. Quick results with rates ten cents per line for the first insertion and five cents per line after. minimum charge twenty five cents.
Opportunity to buy timber land and ranch on easy terms. Earn about $5,000 annually for five years with employment, then own a 640 acre stock ranch valued at $10,000. Priced at $6,000 cash now, located ten miles from Monitor and nine miles from Wenatchee. Sale by Frank Dove Cashmere Washington.
Four milk cows two fresh two good brood mares for sale. See owner on the George W Briskey place near the mouth of the Icicle river mile and a half from Leavenworth. Sit.
Government officials predict a rebound in the hog market as scarce hogs and high grain prices trigger a market cleanup. Northwest packers must import hogs from the Dakotas until growers hold and expand supplies, enabling them to dictate prices.
How it clears the throat and head of its mucous ailments. It is this spirit of newness and vigor from the health giving piney forests brought back by Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey. Antiseptic and healing. Buy a bottle today. All druggists 25c. Electric Bitters a spring tonic.
The Senate authorized a four million dollar bond issue to complete the capitol and temple of justice, funding construction and related work.
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