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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1915

Page

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City Council Holds Regular Session With Street Repairs Proposed

Last Tuesday the council approved bills including a $72 charge for Dr McKeown and a $150 estimate to repair Mill Street via an improvement district. A gas pump permit was granted to Rutherford Mercantile Co. The water right transfer and printing contracts were settled and an adjourned meeting set with water contractors. The city eyes a light on Orchard Ave and hiring another officer. The Wenatchee assessor race draws 13 applicants as Seattle visits noted.

McKeown Woldenburg Mill Street Rutherford Mercantile Co Sam Sumner Quigg & Seaman Orchard Avenue Birch Icicle Guy Hamilton Nelson Geo. Sterling Echo

Forest Slashings Burn Urged Before Dry Season

Forest Supervisor Sylvester urges immediate burning of slashings in the national forest to prevent danger during the dry season. After June 1 permits will be required for any fires, and residents are advised to dispose of slashings now before fire risk rises with low snowfall last winter.

Sylvester National Forest

Creamery 10 to Open by Mid April

Contractors Hartman and McKenzie are nearing completion of a wooden creamery building and expect to finish soon after April. The design includes an office, cold storage, and a large working room with a cement floor and inclined drainage to a sewer. Directors meet to select machinery and place orders.

Advertising Values in The Echo for Upper Wenatchee Valley

A promotional piece urging advertisers to view The Echo as a superior publicity vehicle. It argues higher circulation and paying subscribers, asserts advertising works best on a business basis, and invites prospective advertisers to discuss options with the publisher.

Echo Upper Wenatchee Valley Upper Wenatchee Valley

Harry Carr Granted Bail in Franklin Case

Prosecutor Williams agrees to file a Franklin county complaint and Superior Court Judge Kauffman grants bail. Bond set at 10000 dollars in each case. Carr released today and likely to face Franklin trial before Parsons case, which had a February conviction.

Carr Williams Franklin Superior Court Kauffman Grimshaw Parsons The Echo

Precedent on Use of General Funds for Street Work Sparks Debate

Councilman Wolden burg’s use of 150 from the general fund to improve a street in front of his home prompts worry over opening the fund to favored projects. Critics fear a broader claim of self serving spending and possible public critique. The Public Service Commission upholds a tariff change for Northern Pacific adding a 2 diversion or reconsignment charge after March 20.

Public Service Commission

Exiled Duke in Arden Wins Wrestler and Love

The Duke banished to the Forest of Arden finds happiness with Rosalind Celia and Orlando after a wrestling match in front of the palace. Oliver schemes to ruin Orlando, while Rosalind and Celia escape in disguise seeking the forest exile and reconciliation. The play closes with Oliver’s reconciliation, recall of the Duke, and Rosalind and Orlando’s marriage.

Frederick Forest of Arden Orlando Charles Oliver Rosalind Celia Duk Adam Noice

Leavenworth High School Home Economics Report

The Home Economics department details work from sixth to twelfth grade, led by Miss Myrtle M. Danby. It covers cookery and sewing, labor, lessons on nutrition, household management, and practical projects. Students contributed to sales and fundraisers, buying equipment, with expenses and profits outlined, showing a per pupil cost of 0.97 dollars per month.

Leavenworth Myrtle M. Danby

Wenatchee Elks to Stage Minstrel at Scenic Theatre

Forty five Wenatchee Elks present a home talent minstrel at the Scenic theatre with J. E. Ferguson George Banks and others in the cast. The show features a thirty voice chorus Louis Crollard’s orchestra and a two part program including comedy and a piece titled The Thirteen Club. Admission is 50 cents and 35 cents with crowds expected.

Wenatchee Scenic Theatre Grange Theatre Wenatchee Theatre Washington Leavenworth J. E. Ferguson George Banks Harold Stout

Arbor Day Proclaimed by Governor Lister for April Ninth

Governor Lister designates Friday April 9 as Arbor day urging schools to plant trees and shrubs and residents to beautify property. The piece also notes hunters and fishermen oppose Attorney General Tanner’s ruling that possessing game fish legally taken outside the state is a misdemeanor.

Lister Tanner Walla Walla County

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