Federal aid moves to fund nation-wide road plan
The article outlines a rising nationwide interest in better roads led by calls for federal action and a potential bond issue. It explains a $500,000 post office rural road improvement program under Director Logan Waller Page, with $8,000 per state and maintenance reserves, aiming to leverage $24,000 in state spending and spur broader highway development without direct new road construction.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Congress
Post Office
Secretary of Agriculture
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
Page
Hitchcock
Wilson
Real estate transfers list with numerous property trades
A long list of land and lot transfers shows many owners selling to individuals and firms. Amounts range from 1 to 12 000 dollars with parcels in Entiat Fruitlands, Lake View Chelan, Columbia bridge area, and Wenatchee districts, involving buyers such as John D Wheeler Jeremiah T Osborn and Otto F Cromer among others.
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James A Dorman
John D Wheeler
Emig Park
Otto F Cromer
Bertha E Long
Stowell’s
Dorcas M Brown
Mary J Foster
Lake View
Chelan
Bertha Cox King
Jeremiah T Osborn
Oscar L Cox
Fletcher C Cox
Catherine H Osborn
D McQuarie
N Ry Co
U S
John M F Cooper
Persis Carver
Florence
Kingsbury Et al
Murray & Co’s
Wen
Hoag
Mamie L Courtney
Anna Ascher
Harry A Baker
Presnall
Mary H Osborn
Secretary proposes Pacific island leper colony plan
Secretary Kelly of the state board of health favors setting aside an island in the Pacific or Puget Sound as a leper colony. He argues the United States would pay its share to care for victims if the state acts, while noting leprosy is less dangerous to community health than tuberculosis.
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Kelly
State Board of Health
Pacific Ocean
Puget Sound
United States
Logging Railroads in Washington Reach 1039 Miles
Figures from Washington state tax records show 216 logging railroad lines totaling 1039 miles. Snohomish County has 36 lines for 189 miles, King 107.5 miles, Pierce 91.66 miles, with Chehalis county hosting the longest road at 36.5 miles and Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway running 19 miles. Chelan is the only Eastern county with a logging railway.
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of Washington
E. J. Koors
State Tax Commission
Chehalis County
Pierce County
Snohomish County
King County
Chelan County
Washington County
England Likes Wenatchee Peaches in London Trade
London received the first large Wenatchee Valley peach shipment and Deputy Counsel Carl R. Loop reported it to the U. S. Government. He predicts growing English demand but notes shipments must be better prepared to arrive in good condition. The London Daily Telegraph praised the 3 100 case load and Covent Garden follows the commercial experiment that brings Elberta peaches from Washington.
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London
U. S
Carl R. Loop
England
London Daily Telegraph
Wenatchee Valley
Washington
Covent Garden
Pacific
Notice to Contractors Leavenworth Bids on Street Improvements
Sealed proposals are invited at the City Clerk's office Leavenworth Washington for grading paving and cross walks on Front Commercial and related streets. Bids due 8 p m November 26 1912 with 5 percent certified check. Plans at City Engineer or Clerk. City reserves right to reject bids.
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Leavenworth
Commercial Street
Fourteenth Street
Front Street
City of Leavenworth
City of
Guy A. Hamilton
Health ad promotes King’s New Life Pills for digestion
An old advertisement urges readers to counter indigestion with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims the product tones the stomach and regulates the liver kidneys and bowels. The remedy is described as pleasant easy safe and priced at 25 cents at all druggists. Butter wrappers available at Echo office.
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Dr. King
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Harlan Eugene Read
Business Book Company
8Th & Pine Sts
ST. Louis
the Echo
Manifold Typewriter
Echo
Post Office Department
Chelan County Abstract Company
Edward E Schau
C S Laforge
Riverside Fruit Farms
Claus A Sterling
Fred Sterling
Hoffman
CG Hoffman
Warren O Dow
John A Gellatly
Okanogon
George Burge
DC Town
Great North P
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C A
Powell
Wen Lottie P Shotwell Et
A W Brown
Swartz
Andrew Hansen
Merriam Add Leavenworth
Thomas J Spears
George B Howard
Miller’s
Joshua H Jones
D C Town
Geo W McDonnell
Wen Park Land & In Co
F Lennon
Abbie J Landon
Northup
Stone
Lake Park
Lakeside
Louis Nicholson
John P Ringstedt
Nw & Pt
State
Day
Echo Office
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Business College
Overland Bar
Pacific Beer
J. B. Violette
Opera
Jj. E. Tholin
Tial
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Seattle, Wash
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