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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1914
Page
3
A compact old guidance item warns against drinking and tobacco while praising wine and liquors for cooking. It urges moderation, cautions against excessive eating, and endorses our cigars as superior for culinary use.
The King County treasurer reports a 27 percent tax rise over two weeks amid reforms and recalls. Voter registration surges in Seattle as campaigns highlight rising government costs. From 1891 to 1913 taxes ballooned from 4.7 million to over 38 million, with a 23 percent jump in 1913 alone.
Walter F Swalwell transfers to Swalwell Inn Co. and multiple property moves include L E Taylor Jr to Philip Hambrecht for 1 dollar in East Leavenworth. Birch to Hilborn and Adams Inv. Co to H L Bryant involve Cascade Orchards and East Leavenworth blocks. Sheriff Kenyon transfers to Plough Hdwe Co for 95.39 dollars.
Attorney General W. V. Tanner opines that a person signing a petition to initiate a measure need not be registered at signing. If signer lives in a precinct requiring registration, they must register before names are checked or the name cannot be certified. Courts may decide if the legislature can limit signers to registered voters if many names are rejected.
County assessors and taxation experts from state educational institutions will meet at the University of Washington within six weeks. President Henry Landes will call the conference inviting taxation specialists, corporate representatives, state grange delegates, and trade union leaders.
Industrial Insurance Commission and Labor Commissioner E W Olson push safety committees in mills and factories to report defects see accidents reduced. A regional workbook, first aid guidance and warning placards planned. Despite low machinery fault rate, officials aim to boost prevention and worker protection.
James C. Graham of North Slope Dairy near Palouse Washington reports 1913 shipments to Spokane totaling 8 940 dollars from 40 cows and 140 acres. He notes 140 cultivated acres yielded hay oats and barley ensilage potatoes and fruit with plans to use more feed and fertilizer to raise next year’s yields.
A long cough warning and claim of consumption danger are followed by a testimonial about Dr King’s New Discovery. It promises relief, sleep, and chest loosening with a two price offer and money back if it fails, urging readers to buy via Bucklen & Co.
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