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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
6
A rhythmic verse celebrates a doubted task bravely tackled. The protagonist answers skeptics with quiet confidence, removing doubt through action. The tone honors perseverance, cleverness, and overcoming disbelief. The piece highlights grit and resolve.
Sheep men move bands to higher ranges with arrivals at Bee Hive forestry station and first June shows expected in the area. Miss Ratchel Tullis from Wenatchee becomes local office typist. Telephone work continues Leavenworth to Lake Wenatchee with repairs by week end. New assignments include Lester Burgess Chiwaikum line work Frank Vare in Lake Wenatchee district Alfred R Taylor Wesley Searles and Frank Black joining the forestry department with station placements to follow.
The piece surveys the raven as a bird of ill omen and its changing presence in North America. It notes its dwindling range in British islands and the Midwest, its nesting on cliff ledges in the Rockies, its ugly form yet striking plumage, and its role in literature from Shakespeare to Milton. It also discusses human attitudes toward it and the fate of raven populations amid hunting and scarcity.
The Echo promotes improved cheaper printing and urges readers to compare figures before ordering. It notes two ships for Bremerton route at a total cost of $400,000 and invites next job consideration.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Preaching at 8 p.m. Prayer meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday. All welcome. F. L. Moore, Pastor.
Sunday School at 10, morning worship at 11 with sermon Power Used or Wasted. Evening service at 8 with sermon A Man Who Was Inquisitive. Plans for a Sunday school picnic. public invited. Joseph Weiss, Acting Pastor.
One Mass next Sunday at eight o'clock and a holy day of obligation on Ascension Thursday with Mass at eight. Next Friday is the first Friday with Mass and communion at eight. Preparations begin for a new St Joseph's Rectory building.
Last Wednesday the Girls and Women's clubs staged the play My Son's Sweetheart with Mrs. Linkem Gronseth Connelly Arbogast Erickson Haverstick among cast members. A kitchen shower for bride Mrs. Louis Arbogast followed. The Dryden ball team beat Cashmere Orioles 3-0.
E. M. Colpitts of the Colorado Beet Sugar District visited Fort Collins this week to investigate the death of his brother G. F. Colpitts a civil engineer electrocuted three weeks ago about four miles up Tumwater canyon. The body was sent to Portland Oregon for burial. Colpitts works with the Great Western Beet Sugar Refinery and says Colorado prospers from high sugar prices and mining activity.
Drafts feel best when hot and perspiring and pain threatens. Sloan's Liniment stimulates circulation to the sore area easing neuralgia neuralgic headaches and neuritis with one or two applications. Relieves pain fast leaving a tingling warmth and rest. Price 25c at druggists. Anacortes glass factory doubles force for men employed.
Congress appropriates funds for Willapa Harbor projects as local fundraising targets reach 143000 dollars. Puget Sound shipping firm builds four 2500 ton vessels while four more under construction in Grays Harbor. Vancouver Interstate bridge to open by July 1 across the Columbia. North Yakima fruit dealers invest 100000 in warehouse and storage plants. Crown-Columbia paper mills resume after wage dispute. Tacoma stenographer sues for 300 back pay under minimum wage law.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for fall through spring coughing colds. It claims instant relief from coughing and sore throat, with healing and soothing effects. A 50 cent bottle is offered with a money back guarantee from W C Jesseman of Franconia New Hampshire.
Frank A. Reynolds seeks the Republican sheriff nomination. N Insche also runs for sheriff on the Republican ticket. Bert McManus of Cashmere is a Republican sheriff candidate. Tom C. Atkinson of Wenatchee runs for county engineer on the Republican ticket, noting four years as an office deputy in the engineer's office.
Land for sale near Winton described as level with good qualities. Priced reasonably with cash or terms offered. See D. H. Mayor in Leavenworth for details and arrangements.
Reader notice offers a handsome volume about Mount Vernon with colonial blue and gold leaf cover, French vellum, and illustrations by in‑house artists. An eminent authority hails it as breathing the real spirit of the place. Regular price one dollar, approval copy 75 cents, return allowed within a week.
Sealed bids for the construction of the Peshastin school building are invited by District No. 100 and will be opened publicly at 1 p.m. on Saturday June 8 1916 Separate bids are also sought for plumbing and heating Plans and specifications are available from architect J W Sussex Peshastin Wash A 5 percent certified bid bond is required The board may reject any or all bids O H Green Clerk A G Stage OC A Wright Directors.
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