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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1906
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo lists the Republican county slate for Friday November 2 1906 with Representative J J King Sheriff Auditor H E Stowell Carl Christensen Treasurer C E Battles Attorney Henry Crass J Leigh Campbell Assessor M P Spencer School Superintendent E C Bowersox Surveyor I A Navarre Coroner Dr H A Saunders Commissioners First District W A Sanders Second District Joseph Darnell Third District H W Otis.
The Cashmere convention selects three men Joseph Darnell of the north end W A Sanders of Wenatchee and H W Otis of Peshastin as the recommended Republican candidates for county commissioners. The editors urge solid support from Republican voters, citing integrity readiness and local ties.
A Chelan County editorial rebuts The Republic’s charge that a political ring controls the county convention. It argues the Wenatchee Republic offers no proof, cites a west and north end majority at Cashmere, and likens the editor to a gambler chasing suckers with a shell game.
The Echo notes J. J. King is well known and favored in the county, predicting he will win 225 to 250 of 300 votes in the precinct with a 500 vote majority if GOP support holds in other areas.
The editor argues voters should follow their party principles and vote the Democratic ticket straight if satisfied with its past and present performances. Republicans are urged to vote their ticket straight unless proven dishonest or incompetent. otherwise scratching a name would seem inconsistent and weak.
The Quincy Gazette debuts as a new newspaper joining the town’s press. Editor L R Allphin leads the paper printed at the Republ ic office with plans for a dedicated plant and growth in the community.
The Chelan Consolidated Copper Co plans to finish the road to its mining camp this week. An air compressor and other mining gear will be hauled out before snow, as three eight hour shifts work on a tunnel and will stay through winter. Superintendent Edward Ellis and H F Albers of New York traveled from Index toward Seattle after meetings.
Bargain guitars and mandolins advertised for sale. Inquiries directed to the Studio or to Miss May Wetstein at 41-1, residence of Albert James.
The Glee Club announced another popular dancing party to be held Saturday night November 10. The event promises lively music and social dancing for club members and guests.
A four foot rise in the Wenatchee river after heavy mountain rains sent ten to twelve million feet of logs downstream for Lamb-Davis Lumber Co. The flood drew salmon runs with Siwash Indians collecting fish by grab hooks and damaged the road bridge false work, costing contractors five to six hundred dollars and delaying completion by about three weeks.
A Peshastin community note recalls a tense telephone meeting with mixed agreement. Reports mention a rumored local saw mill, a growing singing class, Hallowe en celebrations, and August news like Emma Prough’s Seattle stenography studies. New irrigating ditch surveys promise higher property values as Otis builds a new house and a public library opens at the post office.
The Brandon Players produced The Parish Priest at the Opera House last Sunday night before a good audience. The company is a good one, better than usually visit our town. The audience was highly entertained and will help them return again, as the Brandons plan to appear here once a month during the winter.
Adjourned meeting notes show two new ordinances read first for saloon and dog licenses, with a second reading and passage for the peddlers and bankers license. A Great Northern Railway notice cites orders for a temporary school route crossing. Permanent meeting site and police court plan discussed with no action.
A parents meeting will be held in Library Hall Friday evening at 7 30 o clock. The program includes reception by public school teachers, music by a quartet, aims and purpose by Mrs Durand, further music by Mrs Noble, an address, remarks, and discussion of obtaining a piano for the public school building.
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