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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1905
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo urges citizens to form a cemetery association and purchase a suitable plot to create a self supporting burial ground. It warns the current site is private, poorly located, and inaccessible, urging prompt action.
The Wenatchee Echo endorsed Arthur Gunn for commissioner to the Lewis and Clark exposition, praising his long residence and state knowledge, though noting he did not receive the appointment. The paper argues Che lan County should send a Republican to the legislature to advance local interests such as a Columbia River bridge and a Leavenworth road project.
A correspondent criticizes Leavenworth streets for being worse than adjacent country roads and compares conditions to Wenatchee. He notes under water sections on Commercial Street and laments scant road funding, despite a high annual road and bridge levy. He recalls two bridges built nearby and urges better access for residents.
Mrs. J. W. Elliott left for Seattle yesterday and will return in a week or ten days. W. C. Pendleton Sr. visited from Wenatchee to see his granddaughter. Mrs. Mary J. Kisby of Spokane returned home with her grandson. The Ladies Industrial Society will meet next Thursday at Mrs. L. H. Turner’s home. Wn. Briskey visited Cashmere and Geo. Briskey’s family. R. H. Stearns of Wenatchee and his daughter Florence are visiting the Merrism brothers.
IE Morris and wife visit family in Wenatchee after a Seattle trip. The King Company plans a Lake Wenatchee road branch near the Chinawa river bridge. Church sociables raise funds for the Congregational church. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers hosts a large ball March Seventeenth with chowder supper and possible overflow arrangements. A private dancing party occurs at Tholin & Smith Opera House followed by a luncheon at the Misses Slater and Limmerick home. Numerous property transfers and land deals are listed in Wenatchee and Cashmere addresses.
Advertises a clean neatly furnished four room house ready for housekeeping for ten dollars per month. Seeks a couple not wishing to buy furniture and asks to inquire at Model Meat Market across from the depot.
Real estate transfers listed include JR Staples to J Garst for 2300 a lot in Foot and Starr addition Chelan DC Town to Mabel L Road for 100 a lot in Lake Park LV Wells to Caroline Bonnell for 40 a lot in Eng Add Wenatchee.
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