Hatton votes dry in Adams county election
Hatton became the first Adams county town to vote on local option, approving dryness 27 to 22 with every registered voter casting a ballot.
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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
4
Hatton became the first Adams county town to vote on local option, approving dryness 27 to 22 with every registered voter casting a ballot.
Philadelphia soap maker Joseph Fels brands Carnegie Rockefeller and Morgan as robbers and ill-gotten gains. He admits his own wealth was earned under unjust laws and vows to spend his fortune eradicating the system. He promotes the single tax and seeks headquarters, identifying Oregon as a promising center.
William Lowe James Lowe and an Eberlinger formerly Great Northern switchmen at Spokane are under arrest in St Louis charged with robbing the St Louis flyer on the Missouri Pacific last month and stealing 30000. Lowe claimed a roving life after a December switchmen strike and had sued the Great Northern for damages. Farmers Union issues outlined by President Barrett cover gambling reform parcels post savings banks immigration limits central bank opposition and higher agricultural funding. Washington candidates to face questions from farmers. Placer and Quartz Blanks for sale at The Echo office.
A long list of real estate transfers shows transfers from Mrs Mildred Payson to G Alder Pay son through many parcels in townships 18-28-21 and 7-28-23, with prices from 1 to 650 dollars. Numerous deeds involve Wenatchee, Leavenworth, Chelan and Chelan additions, with buyers including Canyon Land Co, Home Water Corp, Marshall Harbaugh, Darling Land Co and many individuals.
Pullman State College authorities plan a three week steamboat farm demonstration tour through western Washington if terms are reached with steamboat companies. The trip covers San Juan Island, Puget Sound from above Tacoma to Shelton, Vashon Island and mainland streams, with on board farm equipment and models. Professor R W Thatcher says the aims follow earlier railway demonstration trains and has received support from several steamship owners.
At a Wilson Creek city council meeting last week Mayor O Larey outlined a flood control project. The plan involves buying land to create a new channel and straightening the current bend to divert floodwaters to a southern swamp near the railroad. A reinforced earthen dike would line the new creek bank, costing about 4000 dollars, with annual flood repair expenses around 1000 dollars.
Postmaster J. C. Davis lists uncalled for letters in the March 14 1910 notice for named recipients including Allen Cruickshank Evans Genoway Hackman Krombacker Nelson Smith Smart Stevenson Williams Wickam Wilkinson and others with in calling for same ad vertised. The text also includes a travel anecdote about a cavern echoing with a joke about hats and a brief quip from Washington Star about railway reading matter on a ticket and a joke about a newsboy and a traveler.
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