This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1909
Page
1
J 8 Young of Kelso Washington argues forests face depletion in fifty years and calls for economic reform to grow a new crop of timber. He cites potential yields per acre from 40 to 125 years, values of standing timber, and taxes needed to fund reforestation and fire protection, advocating state led tree planting and a cutting tax.
The Wenatchee Valley Development Club called a meeting to arrange a Monday session that was canceled due to weather. L J Nelson resignations trigger a special town council session, and J E Gutherless chosen mayor amid promises to push lighting contracts and street work without delay.
The Great Northern's new fast mail train runs 1826 miles from St Paul to Seattle in forty five hours beating the 47.5 hour standard. It exceeds mile a minute in parts of North Dakota and eastern Montana and clocks thirty four miles in thirty seven minutes west of Spokane. The service introduces a new eastbound fast mail express and baggage schedule slower than the westbound but expected to set new records. A daily two hour window has just one flyer in operation between Seattle and St Paul with a mail train reaching Seattle at 5 45 am and a new St Paul departure at 8 am.
The State College at Pullman will open short courses for stockmen dairymen general farmers and fruit growers on January 4 for twenty weeks in two ten week terms. No fees and low book and board costs accompany a full program of lectures and lab demonstrations by college staff and guest experts in horticulture fruit growing and related farm skills.
The upper Wenatchee valley expands as Peshastin ships five cars of Spitzenberg apples in a single consignment destined for Europe. Growers Guy Stage Charles Stage W F Wright J P Robinson C S Craig George Hauber M W Stark H W Otis share the 3150 boxes at 3.25 per box. Last week saw two-car shipments. Leavenworth may follow with larger future crops.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.