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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1910
Page
3
Chelan County notes show the Mission Hotel being moved back 24 feet to clear space for a cement front addition. Local developments include store enlargements at Cashmere, shipping season easing, and flourishing apple show preparations in Spokane and Chicago.
October building permits in Wenatchee near 42000 dollars with a rise in post office business of 665 dollars over last year. Carload exhibit prizes go to Horan in Vancouver and Kelowna takes top apple prize. Entiat bridge steel arrives and construction starts this week on a 120 foot span. Chelan valley apples nearly finished with yields surpassing prior estimates by large margins.
Attorney for two Italian suspects in a Seattle murder case seeks habeas corpus arguing the 1909 session and all acts were invalid because Speaker Leo Meigs of North Yakima allegedly lacked American citizenship, rendering the legislature improperly organized. Proceedings begin in superior court today.
Surveyors work at Lake Wenatchee foot to begin a preliminary study for a canal to water the Quincy flat seven hundred thousand acres. Engineer Jacobs previously analyzed feasibility for the U S reclamation service and reported favorable results prompting owners to push the project. The survey seeks exact construction costs per acre to decide if the U S reclamation service will undertake the enterprise or if a private company will promote it.
List of uncalled advertised letters as of November 7 1910 names Balman ES Moser Ab Churchill Fred Mitchell R W Coppenberg JE McNutt Fred Franklin Jack Purdy NH Gilmore H $ Peterson Peter Haze Abe Sebert M F Johnson Mrs W Weber WA Wright JM with instruction to say advertised when calling. Postmaster J C Davis.
Perry Wright of Lake Chelan demonstrates a Sprinkler system for side hill orchards using 12 foot high sprinklers and main lines to cover 50 to 80 foot radii. The method reduces wash and work, costs about 50 dollars per acre, and could be adopted by nearby growers including Clark Bissett. The piece notes prize apple exhibits and expanded Northwest participation in the Oregon Apple Show with significant sweepstakes and railway prizes.
Cashmere will be represented at the National Apple Show in Spokane with a large selection of Spitzenbergs from W. E. Hinman’s orchard. Over the past two weeks the apples have been carefully picked and packed from Hinman’s big crop and are praised as fine specimens. Entries from Cashmere appear in multiple contests and the district display should give Cashmere a strong showing.
The Washington State Good Roads Association plans a landmark meeting in Walla Walla from November 29 to December 1 with Frederick W. Dewart presenting a legislative report. Governors and lawmakers from Oregon Idaho Montana and British Columbia join delegates to discuss state aid law and highway management amid interstate concerns.
The Alaska coal land cases indict ringleaders for conspiring to defraud the government of coal deposits worth over 3 million dollars. The actions aim to enact new Alaska specific coal land laws to ensure equal opportunity, curb concentration, and conserve deposits for future generations, as the Interior Department lands service and Justice Department pursue the proceedings.
Alden Ellis a six year old boy near Trinidad Washington died after drinking a pint of whisky found in a cupboard. He became intoxicated and later suffered convulsions before dying in the afternoon despite medical aid. The Ellis family had recently moved from Cashmere to Trinidad.
The town seeks authority to acquire lands and rights for a gravity water system from Snow Creek to a reservoir with eight inch mains and six inch distribution lines. It authorizes a bond debt of forty five thousand dollars payable from 75 percent of system revenues, under a plan adopted by the town council. Guy A. Hamilton, Clerk.
Department of the Interior U S Land Office at Waterville Washington gives notice that Edgar Booth of Leavenworth Washington who on April 1th 190s made homestead entry No 1174 for the east half of southwest follows. The notice continues with filing and location details as part of the public record.
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