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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo lists 1905 details on publication, editor H H Mayar, and Friday issues. It notes Congressman Cushman’s $100 prize for Washington K-8 essay on Marcus Whitman, praises Riverside Argus editor Harry Proctor, and mocks a Wenatchee leather sheet over gambling rumors in Leavenworth.
The Leavenworth reprint of the Wenatchee patent leather sheet complains that locomotive whistles at night disturb sleep and threaten to report the nuisance and seek abatement. The piece notes a proverb about Mohammed and the mountain to illustrate the difficulty of removing the source of conflict.
Deed H. Mayor, formerly with The Republic editorial staff, now in Leavenworth newspaper business, was a business visitor to this city late last week. This is the most unkindest cut of all Brute.
The forecast links rail construction to 1906 prosperity in Washington. Projects under way include the Republic to Samilakameen line, Vancouver to Kennewick, an Spokane electric line, and a Wenatchee Columbia route likely next year. Eastern lines and Bellingham extension are noted with possible Pacific coast connections via Milwaukee and Northwestern.
A local scan of last week's Mori Bund patent leather sheet reprints four pages for free distribution. The issue praises its work for parties in Beattle and Spokane but omits any Wenatchee names. It claims Wenatchee honors the firm only when it receives work.
A local Echo critique targets a boastful printer for subpar work done for Tumwater Savings Bank noted by cashier W H Hadley. The piece cites rotten binding and patched pages, plus repeated misprints for Judge Griffith and a Seattle firm, illustrating poor quality throughout.
The Echo reports a surge in land sales and orchard planting in Chelan county following the Wenatchee fair. Dozens of improved and unimproved tracts changed hands, about five thousand fruit trees were planted, with twenty thousand more prepared or contracted. Apples and late keeping varieties show strong demand, with local fruit trading well against Portland and Wenatchee exhibitions.
An advertisement announces a new city addition named Leavenworth Gardens covering the southwest quarter of section 1 township 24 range 17 east, land known as the Sherburne forty. The property has long sparked wrangles and speculation but recent events enable among interested parties to market it.
Legal title questions resolved with N P R R Co and heirs. H C Peters owner of Cascade Orchards plans to sell half acre lots after surveyors plot tracts with streets and alleys. Water mains are being laid boosting value as Leavenworth grows with new residents.
J G Fritz received a fine liquor case and placed the liquor in his saloon. Mrs FE A Springer traveled via Evertt to Peshastin and will visit Leavenworth tomorrow then Spokane for the winter. George Beam and Tom Curtis finish an outside opera house stairway adding floor space and a box office. The stair way closes to provide dual exits in case of fire for safe egress.
D A Kingsley, a lumber wagon driver, lost control on a downhill slope when rollers freed the load. The wagon rolled forward, frightening the team, throwing him from the wagon and passing over his legs. He suffered severe bruises and is resting at home, expected to recover in days.
The text extols Peach Blossom flour as superior for bread making and warns against substitutes. It claims higher profit on competing brands, notes Peach Blossom carries a smaller profit margin yet sells at the same price, and asserts it won a World's Fair prize in St. Louis.
One lot facing town near the L. W. Bloom residence is for sale with a business house. Rent yields 20 percent yearly on the asking price. Inquiries go to D. H. Mayar.
Advertises cooking stove wood as a quick hot fire solution for summer. Offers delivery to any location for $1.50 per big load after phone order to the mill.
Department of the Interior Waterville Land Office announces Patrick H. Graham will filing final proof for his homestead entry No. 2850 on December 26, 1905 before U.S. Commissioner J. E. Shore at Leavenworth Washington. Witnesses named are Charles Freytag John Bjork Emil Frank and Adam Emig all residing in Leavenworth.
The fragment notes a highly valuable unplatted tract of land adjoining Leaven. It hints at a substantial property with potential development value and proximity to the town, but provides only limited specifics on size or exact boundaries. The reader learns this parcel is considered the most valuable of its kind in the area.
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