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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
1
Reverend W V Davis says his son Clyde was murdered after being found dead in his Dryden cabin on November 9. Autopsy showed no poison. fingerprints on Clyde's wrist suggest a struggle. He suspects burglary turned homicide and plans to return to the city.
The Washington Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis announces one million Red Cross seals ready for sale from November 30 to Christmas Eve. Volunteers are urged to distribute the stickers to support anti tuberculosis work. orders to 315 Cobb Building, Seattle.
Schools shut next week for Chelan county Teachers Institute in Wenatchee with sessions on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday making attendance mandatory for all teachers. Community card party yielded a Bridge club lineup and social time led by Mr and Mrs Marley and others. Rev W Stanley Carne arrives from Spokane to lead Congregational church with his wife at the Smyth home this winter.
The city council received two petitions asking for a vote recount from the recent primary. Dr McKeown seeks to overturn results in health officer race by three votes alleging ward count errors. Dr Snyder seeks nomination in Second ward citing ballots rejected for stickers covering names without a cross mark. The council plans a 7:30 pm hearing and recount.
Surveying the final seven miles of the Cascade Scenic Highway is in progress. Snohomish county secured funds with forest service support and county forest receipts totaling 3720 dollars this year. King county allocates 165000 dollars for construction begun last August and aims to complete the King county section by September 1, 1915. Chelan county extends the highway east to connect Leavenworth area roads, with Snohomish county building the Index to Halford segment. This seven mile stretch follows steep rock faces above the Great Northern tracks, features a 6 percent grade and 18 to 20 feet width, at an estimated cost of 10000 to 15000 dollars per mile.
Hunters claim there has been more game killed in the Icicle vicinity in the last thirty days than in ten years open season. A week long party returned with five goats though two feet of snow kept them from hauling more. Wm Decker and George Brender took a fine buck at Spremberg canyon. Others near Chiwaukum and Icicle also reported deer and does, with warden urged to check for illegal hunting.
Community news lists residents traveling to the 7th National Apple Show in Spokane and attending events. A hunting party returns from the wilds, a local business manager plans to close Wenatchee Produce Co's season, and a hold up in Peshastin is briefly recounted along with a social card night hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Judah.
Has preached on three continents and comes from Maine to lead Concord Congregational Church. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Next Sunday sermon titled A Voice not Elijahs. Evening lecture on A Trip to South Africa Some Phases of Life There. All welcome. Church cleaned and repair underway. Ladies Aid plans weekly meetings at members homes.
The United States reports its farm crops worth over 5.06 billion dollars, up from last year by 10 million, despite cotton losses of 118 million due to the war. Wheat and corn are record valuations, apple harvests are large, and the potato crop ranks second largest.
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co ended the year with strong box mill output and record shipments. The box mill produced 12 000 000 fruit boxes and packing cases while total lumber shipments reached 26 000 000 feet. Demand for fruit boxes was heavy locally and shipments extended to the middle west and eastern states.
Prominent Seattle and coast businessmen expect a push at the January 11 legislative session to create Eastern and Western Washington. They argue the Cascade Divide and divergent economies warrant two states, with Eastern focused on agriculture and Western on lumber, fisheries, and industry.
A government report highlights massive U S growth from 1800 to 1914 including population rise, foreign commerce from 318 million to 4.259 billion, national wealth reaching 140 billion, bank clearings up from 52 to 174 billion, and savings deposits expanding to 11 million with 475 billion total deposits.
Washington reports that congress experts estimate more than 146 000 tax dodgers in the nation while revenue for ten months last year fell from expected 45 million to about 28 million. The spread is widest in the 5 000 to 10 000 bracket with 101 718 returns vs 178 000 estimates. Returns over 1 000 000 numbered 44, while estimates projected 100. Married women filed 6 682 separate returns. total married filers 278 835. bachelors 55 212. single women 23 212.
Services will be held Sunday November 22 with morning sermon Friendships of Jesus and evening talk The Modern Enoch. Pastor C A Huff invites all, especially strangers, to attend and be greeted warmly. George B Deering leaves for Everett to spend winter with family after summer on his seven acre orchard. Inland Meat Market hires John S Avey from Spokane to take charge. Charles Schott remains with the market. Schacker leaves for Seattle.
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