Northwest items highlight Wenatchee fruit sale and Alaskan industry
W T Clark becomes sales overseer for the Wenatchee Valley Fruitgrowers Association assisted by G W Coburn as secretary of the Wenatchee Commercial Club. Eleven new Alaskan salmon canneries are planned, with large Puget Sound fleets preparing for the season. Seattle hosts Potlatch efforts to boost Puget Sound travel. Tacoma Building by Weyerhaeuser marks half a million investment. Supreme Court affirms Alaska as organized territory granting Interstate Commerce Commission full railroad authority, ending rate discrimination and wharf charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Clark
Wenatchee
G. W. Coburn
Alaskan
Puget Sound
Alaska
Seattle
Coast Line
Washington
Progress & Prosperity Committee
New
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Tacoma Commercial Club and Chamber of Commerce
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Tacoma
Pacific Coast
United States Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Supreme Court
Humbolt Steamship Company
White Pass
Advertised Letters At Leavenworth Post Office 1912
May 6 1912 uncalled letters list includes W M Beach Andrew M Hanson Miss Clara Kinney Walter E Kirk L B Simons J C Davis C Smith Wash Sweeney Frank Willis postmaster Also an ad touts Electric Bitters as a malaria remedy with a testimonial from Wm Fretwell of Lucama NC and notes their use for stomach liver and kidney ills priced 50 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Post Office
W M Beach
Andrew M Hanson
Clara Kinney
Walter E Kirk
L. B. Simons
C. Smith
Wash Sweeney
Frank Willis
J. C. Davis
Wm. Fretwell
Lucama, N. C
State News Items From Washington and Surrounding Jurisdictions
The public service commission capped log shipping differentials at ten cents a thousand for small lots and denied higher charges. The state tax commission collected 28478 from Northern Express, a five percent privilege tax on 589572 gross for year ending March 12 1912. Northern Pacific valuation rehearing denied. law deemed constitutional. In 1911 forest protection cost Washington 31877.75 across 23 counties with Lewis highest at 5537.28 and Spokane lowest at 567.55. counties pay one third of fire protection. $2142 shortage from ex state highway commissioner Snow paid by bond issuer Milwaukee for Snoqualmie Pass right of way. unaccounted 1142 placed in Snow’s trust. Gov Hay proclaims Sunday May 12 as Mothers Day. Express companies face hearing May 25 over alleged excessive rates. Two Rivers Irrigation of Wenatchee and Okanogan River Orchards, Wenatchee, filed articles of incorporation on April 27 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Northern Express Company
Milwaukee Railroad
Washington
Lewis County
Spokane
Chelan County
Joseph M. Snow
Snow
M. E. Hay
Milwaukee
Snoqualmie Pass
Old Highway Board
Two Rivers Irrigation Company of
Wenatchee
Okanogan River Orchards Company
Bond Election and Upcoming State Elections Schedule
The bond election to raise 41000 for a water system is set for May 21. Primary election in September. General election on November 5 for president, congress, and state and county officers. Voters must be registered. registration officer is Guy A. Hamilton. Blank Notes and Receipts Placer and Quartz Location Blanks for sale at The Echo Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A. Hamilton
Echo Office
ECHO
Gossip Town and the Bay of Falsehood moral poem
A whimsical verse describes Gossip Town a shore of Falsehood Bay with lanes and places named They Say They Also tell of a journey through Rumor and Slanderers Row ending with a plug for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by King's City Drug Store and Echo office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falsehood Bay
King’s City Drug Store
Voters to decide water works project and bonds in Leavenworth
Notice calls for a city election on whether to adopt the plans by H. Green for a water works system and to issue negotiable coupon bonds of 400600 dollars for construction. Voting places include City Fire Hall and City Hall with designated judges and clerks. Polls open from sunrise to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Leavenworth
H. Green
Leavenworth Gardens
City of Leavenworth
Great Northern Railway Company
J. K., Schubert
Bert Gatherless
John W. Burns
Fred Marble
H. X. Featherstone
Edwin S. Shortley
Butler Sampson
A. E. Dickenson
J. D. Wheeler
Max Kringie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nolan & Jones
State Bank
Front St
Cascade
Wm. C. Roach
Front Street
Leavenworth State Bank
Harrington
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
The
Browns
BROWN
Browns Home Study
St.Lo
Business Publishing Co. Ltd
Pine Std
Bt. Louis
Demons of the
Swanp
Buckley Mill Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Public Service Commission
Old Railroad Commission
Gov. Hay
Great Northern
the Northern
Wells Fargo
the American
the Western
Gossip Town
F. E. Caolquist
Opera
J. E. Tholin
J. B. Violette
B. Williams Co
First Ave
Seattice
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