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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
2
Mr. Seaman of the contracting firm says Icicle River water will be turned into the new mains next week once the reservoir and remaining few hundred feet of mains are finished and connections to the old Tumwater system are made. The supply will be ample and pure, with government safeguards preventing land sale in the watershed.
Local debate over sending the Kid Band to Spokane Pow Wow May 16 to 21. Commercial Club discussed the matter and the group received a special invitation from the event management after winning a prize there last year. The town faces a decision on what to do.
Republican State Auditor Clausen accuses Democratic Governor Lister of improper charges. He cites a past reference to an "error in bookkeeping" and notes a returned bill from the governor for personal wear including a silk hat costing 13.50 at the executive mansion in Seattle.
A columnist urges Leavenworth to seize the tide in its fortunes. The piece compares a poet’s lines on men to towns and calls on the commercial club and residents to act now to improve prospects and build a thriving city.
Citizens aim to attract a new first class hotel to Leavenworth. The Echo notes widespread agreement on the need but offers no plan or timeline for securing the project.
A dry joke prompts The Echo to ask whether the Commercial Club is overwhelmed by a wave of innocuous desuetude and then invites public opinion on the matter.
The Raymond city council cancelled 16 saloon licenses last week and granted five new licenses at 5000 dollars each. The ordinance limits one saloon for every 1500 residents, tightening a once wide open saw mill town.
Idaho Washington and Oregon join Western Forestry and Conservation Association to provide 300000 public school children with a folding cup puzzle. The puzzle shows how to avoid public drinking cups and teaches forest fire prevention with a two sided printed square of color images and text.
The notice invites readers to place ads in the Business Paragraph Column for lost items found articles wanted to buy sell rent locate or get information. It lists rates ten cents per line for the first insertion five cents per line thereafter and a minimum charge.
For sale Rhode Island Red birds both sexes laying hens. Inquiries to R. J. Smith Box 151. 17 New Cedar bee hives offered at $1 each by L. C. Rollins Leavenworth. 17-18 Netted Gem seed potatoes $1 per sack. see Henry Sauer city. 1113 Netted Gem Seed Potatoes grown without irrigation 50c per cwt in pit by G. M. Luther Cascade Orchards Leavenworth. 1611 For sale 1100 acres of wheat land 17 miles south of Waterville with 320 acres in Fall grain. any portion from $14 to $35 an acre. contact E. A. Wood City. 15-17p. For sale 234 hp marine engine in good condition. White's blacksmith shop. 15 to 18.
Farm rental listing states 160 acres for rent with 234 acres in cultivation, includes a good house and barn, apply at this office. The brief notice notes at the end 16-17p, indicating page or reference.
Advertises five men to take contracts cutting shingle bolts at $1.00 per card. Workers must provide own boarding. Three room cabin furnished. Contact D. W. Fowler in Telma Washington. Dated 17-18.
Mrs Wanda Leslie advertises shampoos facial and scalp massage and hair work from combings next to Miss Case's millinery. She will buy all kinds hair combings. K Morris of Barclay 76? reports a flood loss in Ohio but reserves supply for the trade.
Notice is hereby given that John A Hedin of Washington has filed intent to make final five year proof to establish a claim to the land described in entry serial Bs fais 3 8 pont 4 nw OG 208 DW 0 sw 1 swig nw 4 sec 29, township, range 16 east, Will mer. before John Koerner U.S. Commissioner at Leavenworth Washington on June 11, 1918. Witnesses: George Pree M Logan of Leavenworth Washington Oliver E Bates and O B Sears of Telma Washington. W F Haynes Register.
A four picture sequence demonstrates a forest fire from careless match usage to total destruction and promotes safety rules. The 19th annual Washington State Sportsmen Association trapshooting tournament will occur in Wenatchee May 20 and 21, with practice May 18–19. The annual meeting is May 19 at the Wenatchee Commercial Club.
Leavenworth Lumber Co opens a new lumber yard at the east end of the railroad yards and completes a substantial office. A large stock is stored there, with a shed under construction for top-grade lumber. The mill runs regularly and work has begun on a box factory. Get butter wrappers at Echo office.
The cafe offers table dhote from 12 to 7 pm featuring sardines in canal soup mulligatawny bullion, hothouse radish queen olives, baked halibut creole fresh crab salad boiled chicken lamb with bordelaise banana fritters custard and sauce prime ribs au jus stuffed chicken with preserved raspberries and sides of mashed potatoes cauliflower vanilla ice cream assorted cake lemon pie and buttered wafers.
A fragmented notice urges residents in Miller's Addition to begin actions promptly to reap savings. The readable text emphasizes immediate steps and potential benefits for those involved.
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