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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
2
The Echo outlines policy on paid notices and free community notices, urges railroads to adopt mileage based freight rates, and insists letters be signed. It questions anonymous communications and emphasizes payment rules for paid content.
The piece argues sinister influence in blocking an extra session of the Legislature. It blames Land Commissioner Ross and Insurance Commissioner Schively, rails against Ruth and his faction, and calls for a called session to allow investigation into alleged misuse of public funds and office conduct.
The article notes cheap land in the Wenatchee valley at $1200 per acre and $400 to $800 near Peshastin. It argues irrigation is essential for profitable fruit growing, showing Cascade Orchards with abundant water yields 30 percent more growth and earlier bearing than dry plots, and warns drought would dwarf fruit yields and lower grade apples.
An argument portrays water rights as the key to irrigated land value. Without water, land yields and profits drop, and selling price falls sharply to a third or less. With irrigation, even dry land rises from 75–100 to around 400 dollars per acre, driven by eastern buyers seeking fruit-raising profits.
The Spokane rate dispute, central to western distribution, continues after the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling. Railroads proposed a new rate but spokane, Salt Lake and other western cities reject it, arguing freight charges remain far from just, especially when comparing coast and inland routes.
The June Pacific Monthly features readable fiction including In the Wheat Pit by Alan Brackin Reed, and a Days of the Deadwood Treasure Coach story. It also notes the magazine’s strong sales and interest from book dealers and readers.
The legislative committee should not report to Governor Hay until it completes investigations into other state offices. Recent public service exposures demand a thorough, not hasty, inquiry. The people demand light on the handling of public funds and all facts in cases like the insurance department and Ortis Hamilton.
Keinitz and Miss Ida Pratt of Leavenworth were married this morning by Rev. A. J. Adams at the Christian parsonage. Keinitz, a railroad man, and Pratt, daughter of J. F. Pratt and twin sister of Mrs. Jake Staley, plan to live in Leavenworth.
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