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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1905
Page
3
Arrival and departure details show times for trains to and from West Bouse and East Nva with daytime and overnight slots. Notable departures listed include 2 25 pm and 2 35 am with arrivals at 2 95 am and 2 25 am. Limited legible data emphasizes a tight schedule snapshot.
Blewett to Leavenworth stage leaves on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 AM and from Leavenworth on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at 9 AM. Carries mail and express goods. H S Irwin Proprietor.
A text dense with rentals, sales, and services across Wenatchee including 14tf rent for a five room Merriam addition house, Blacksedge stores, shoes at Wheeler’s, Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea promotions, City Drug Store tonics, Elberta Hotel praise, and real estate listings near Leavenworth. Also mentions Lamb-Davis Lumber coal, fishing tackle by George Blacksedge, Alaska excursion rates, and band ball details at the Opera House with dance class announcements.
Town and county residents visit and return from nearby cities. Several property and business moves are noted including Cottage restaurant sale to T. Cooper and plans for irrigation development across the river promising ten acre lots for family farming.
A Sunday farce follows rival suitors Admiral Loskemp ski and Commodore Smitski chasing a girl near Peshastilli. Staubo and Taylore pursue with beer and candy, mis navigation yields a fog of beer and desertion, leaving only candy. Inland, Oliver Bates announces tourism plans and timber land surveys near Lake Wenatchee for this summer.
A county meeting discussed funding for Red Mountain projects with an appropriation of 35000 dollars approved by the commission. Officials outlined allocation details for infrastructure and related programs affecting local communities.
State Highway Commissioner Snow aims to expedite final action on Chelan and nearby counties. Olympia meeting allocated three thousand of four thousand state funds to Red Mountain road with five hundred dollars each to Snohomish and Skagit. Chelan county officials to act. locals urged to support completion within the year.
A party from Seattle including officers of the Washington Meteor Mining Co. visited Blewett to plan extensive improvements at the La Rica and Badger State properties. The firm aims to operate the twenty stamp mill at full capacity, add machinery, and offer stock at 20 cents a share. Talks of a nearby smelter surface as development continues on Icycle and Negro creeks, hampered by lack of road access.
The Twentieth Century Club met with Mrs. D H Mayar on Wednesday afternoon and elected officers for the year: President Mrs L J Nelson, Vice President Mrs Frank Sutton, Secretary Mrs Thos Coleman, Treasurer Mrs D H Mayar, Corresponding Sec Mrs Mae Mc Lure, Directors Mrs EB A King, Mrs J W Campbell and Mrs Sutton. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon May 24 at Mrs Sutton’s home.
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