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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1910
Page
1
The 1909 forest fire report cites 3138 fires causing about 360000 acres burned, with 62 000 acres on private lands in national forests. Locomotive sparks caused 611 fires, Idaho saw 991 fires, and overall losses include under 300 000 dollars in timber value.
David R. McGinnis owns about 500 acres of orchard in the Wenatchee valley after buying E. B. Simonton’s 70 acre lot at Orondo. He estimates 500 bearing acres could yield $500000 in fruit annually if prices hold, with W. T. Clark another large local grower holding 533 acres nearby.
Winter washouts and snow halted W W and N operations since November. Since the 11th this month crews have increased to repair track and road bed damaged by high water and slides. By mid May, barring bad weather, full line work may resume with improving conditions along the Wenatchee and adjacent valleys.
The irrigation committee reports the senate bill allowing home steaders within reclamation projects to assign entries after five years of residence and cultivation. An amendment limits assignments to qualified homesteaders only. The committee also approves a bill for leaves of absence and irrigable lands with no water.
Rising Chumstick Creek after warm spell and weekend rainfall floods the Wenatchee valley east of town. Four bridges washed away while the current undermines buildings and damages alfalfa fields. The Wenatchee Lake road crosses the creek multiple times and the rail grade was washed in places, leaving roads treacherous and rail service disrupted.
A large order of rail equipment worth 4 630 000 dollars is approved for Oregon and Washington divisions of the O R N and Southern Pacific lines. The drives confidence in Northwest prosperity with big crops and continued railroad construction.
The Forest Service relied on a Supreme Court ruling to back its enforcement of forest reserve regulations. An appeal failed, leaving the agency with numerous regulations but lacking authority to prosecute violators. The article outlines the implications of this legal setback and the agency’s regulatory reach.
University of Missouri dairy department reports Holstein Princess Carlotta produced 18,405 pounds of milk in a year. The milk’s digestible solids exceed the usable edible carcasses of four 1,250-pound steers, illustrating the cow’s remarkable efficiency.
Nelson Forsythe and wife visit T. W. Grove and wife in Leavenworth. Roy Brooks of La Grande Ore visits his uncle A. A. Brooks. Regular school election March 5 chose Nelson Forsythe and T. W. Greve as directors. Mary and Austin Reynolds absent sick. Weather notes snow retreating.
Secretary Wilson issued an order liberalizing squatters rights on unsurveyed national forest lands. It allows bona fide occupants who began before forest creation to list up to 160 acres for patent under the 1906 Act after survey, if land is agricultural and not timber valuable, with adjustments for less than 160 acres and noncultivable land. The measure aims to list the full area occupants would receive and align listings with public land surveys while preserving homestead entitlements.
Wenatchee's twilight baseball league will field six to eight clubs this season with candidates including the Firemen Bankers Printers Apple Packers Electrics Tammany Cannery and real estate men. Schedule starts May 15. Chelan county commissioners weigh buying property for a poor farm as land values rise.
Spokane river surged through Peaceful Valley flooding ground floors on Water street. Three feet of water inundated the Phoenix sawmill engine room and halted operations. City hall heating plant and jail were waterlogged forcing oil stoves. Bridges near the falls stood within a foot of the arches as meltwater spiked the highest river level since 1894.
The Sunday School Convention will be held at the Methodist church on Monday afternoon and evening, March 28 starting at 4 o'clock. County Superintendent Bowersox and other educators from Wenatchee and across the district will attend. Everyone is invited. J. O. Hawk, District President.
A scientist questions how the senator attained his office. Sorghum replies he simply "naturally selected" the posts he wanted and pursued them, while other banter from Tenderfoot and Arizona Ike unfolds about showin' him the ropes.
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