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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
2
Commissioner Kinney opposes forgiving the $3000 tax on the Wenatchee Bridge Co as state and county taxes on a bridge now owned by the state for 125000. A proposed friendly suit would settle for 50 dollars, sparking opposition over taxpayer burden and profit driven land sale linked to the bridge deal.
Mayor Dallach designates April 3 as city clean-up day in Wenatchee. Leavenworth Commercial Club to attend the transportation congress in Wenatchee next Wednesday with officials from Great Northern Northern Pacific North Coast and Milwaukee railroads expected to send representatives.
A Chicago man in high financial circles claims $625000 was spent in the senate to defeat a resolution expelling him. One high priced senator reportedly received $100000. The Standard Oil Company is alleged to have distributed the fund as the Echo notes debate over a light and water franchise ordinance. Tumwater Light and Water Company opposes submitting the matter to voters. The council may seek taxpayer input before deciding on the exclusive 43 year franchise to light and telephone service.
A National News Service essay compares 19th century combat to modern warfare, noting armor, big guns, medical advances, and new killing mechanisms. It observes rapid tech shifts from horses and flintlocks to submarines, aircraft, smokeless powder, and long range weapons, all amid moral reflection on war and society.
Friday dance by the Athletic Association drew a large youth crowd with green lights and Richard's orchestra. The Grange held a closed meeting at the opera house with Mortimer Whitehead's speech boosting membership. The town reports a basebal l game, broncho busting at North Cashmere, a tunnel view crowd, Ada Mikkelson's departure, and Stewart Bros hosting a Hardy power sprayer demo. The Rank Mercantile and library fund event fill the calendar as spring activity rises and autos proliferate in Cashmere.
A historical reflection contrasts telecommunication advances with battlefield realities. The piece notes telautograph, heliograph, and rapid message systems moving supplies and troops to aid Union forces, imagining how General Jackson would react to modern arms as Sherman’s wartime motto, War is hell, echoes through the scene.
G B Kinney loses a valuable cow due to barley overindulgence. J J Griffith plans road work starting March 27 with four to five teams. Ranchers plow and prepare to plant trees. Chas Replogle excavates for a new residence near the school. Cemetery plans advance with Faust donating ground and a civic effort to shape it. A meeting is set for March 25, northwest of the station. I J Curtis to build a barn and plant fifteen acres to trees west of town. J D Day from Seattle surveys his ranch and plans more improvements. Friday night March 24 closes the literary season. J W Corcoran and wife visit from Seattle. he has been at the P I and may stay a couple weeks. Stanley King prepares to clean and press as part of tensorial work. Dick Goslee grows two and a half inches after a new daughter’s arrival. With the cemetery started, a local M D may be attracted to locate here. W H Kirby returns from Snohomish after his father’s death. sympathies extended.
Fred A. Sinclair president of the Leavenworth State Bank reached here Monday morning from Cooperstown North Dakota. It marks his first visit to the city this season and follows recent banking events and engagements.
A local stockholder comments on the new bank opened last July and the town’s bright outlook. Visitors and transfers arrive including sixteen draft horses shipped to Davis and Brown. Forest work and residents from Chicago Seattle Malaga Wenatchee and Leavenworth are noted along with timber and grazing activity.
Multiple faith communities publish next Sunday services including Catholic Lutheran Congregational and Methodist observances. Details list Sunday schools at various times, morning and evening worship, youth activities, and pastors J M Van de Walle W V Davis Martin Raasch J E Weigle. A Olympia attorney visited town seeking relocation but did not decide.
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