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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1904
Page
2
The Leavenworth Echo notes its publication details and leadership changes with editor Hopp. It reports a voter defeat in Thurston county for George W. Hopp, formerly Wenatchee Republican owner, plus a lumber price war in Wenatchee driving a building boom this fall and winter.
The editor of the Star published two items about the Elberta hotel and Joe Ed wards the plumber last week. We earned twenty cents per line for the pair, and would have charged advertisers more if we knew the Star’s circulation benefited them.
Late dispatches describe a new warfare method by Japanese forces. They reportedly fire a sausage shaped missile into Russian trenches that bursts releasing a foul odor causing soldiers to faint, though not fatal.
Judge C. V. Martin is constructing a $3,000 home on Chelan avenue featuring what is described as one of the finest cellars in Wenatchee. Eighty car loads of tobacco valued at $960,000 recently moved through Portland on route to the Orient.
A Nagasaki pyrotechnics maker crafts a rocket that upon detonation releases a large bird resembling a humming bird in motion. The secret reportedly lies with the eldest child of the family for more than 400 years.
The Fort Worth Record notes Texas has surpassed Missouri to become the fifth most populous state behind New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio. It projects Texas may rival Ohio by 1920 and reach 95 million if as densely settled as Europe, with possible division into up to five states under congressional act.
L N Moss of Spokane and L Palmer of Chicago spent several days this week examining the Moss Ranch Co. property at Eagle Creek. Moss, manager of the Moss Ranch Co., toured with local manager W P Van De Grift and the site formerly known as the John Schmidt place, noted as one of the county’s best improved and most valuable vaneries.
The Leavenworth region shows promising mining activity with the North Pole group near Peshastin and Blewett mines on Icicle Creek. Reports describe rich cinnabar shows, free milling grey serpentine ore, substantial tunnel works, and a proposed wagon road costing two to three thousand dollars to access the mines. Local developers expect new camps to rival Cripple Creek.
Brewster Herald notes Lupe Strawberries G M.dams three miles west of town visited Tuesday to sample November ripe fruit grown outdoors in the garden and ripened on the plant. Okanogan climate and soil praised. Adams described as an ideal, systematic farmer with a veritable garden of Eden and fruit known statewide for top quality.
A report from Mrs. M. Farmer shows marked spelling gains in the fifth and sixth grades after prior coverage. Fifth grade scores include Mamie Emig 76 Anna Sadoske 84 Willy De Martin 84 Laura Botsford 72 Theresa Ross 80 Rudolph Gregson 72 Benj Ballon 92 Alpha Wells 60 Chas Durand 52. Sixth grade scores list Norbert Graham 68 Geo Dye 90 Fred Botsford 98 Willie Smith 45 Harold Turver 60 Sandy Olson 38 Tommy Davis 65 M Wall 75 Jessie Hansen 80 Lyman Durand 46 Bessie Walker 53 Arline Farmer 98 Eva Graham 90 Lillie Eaglish 98 Claude Hood 65 Wm Douglas 65.
Messrs. Smith and Tholin name the new saloon the Opera House Bar. Installations unfold this week with an opening planned next week. In Seattle to Spokane, no rival venue spends as much on furniture and fixtures, near three thousand dollars, all in real and imitation cherry for a premium drinking spot.
A French physician’s new gas treatment was tested today at the Central Emergency Hospital in San Francisco. Peroxide of hydrogen was introduced via a stomach pump to inject oxygen into the blood and counteract carbon monoxide. Patient Edward Tracey, unconscious for hours, revived and is expected to recover.
Landrum, a St Paul railway clerk, attempted to break up his wife by burning her wardrobe and furnishings. Mrs Landrum sought police protection and had him arrested on a charge of malicious destruction of property. Landrum was bound to keep the peace.
A simple recipe uses one pint hot water one half ounce refined borax and one dram gum arabic dissolved. Add two tablespoons spirits of camphor, strain, bottle, and apply to wet hair. Roll curls on kid or paper rollers and let air dry for a firm setting.
Zera Guillery of upper Wilson Creek Idaho reports a two year old hen that allegedly lays two eggs daily. The first egg comes in the morning and the second around seven in the evening. Guillery planned to sell the fowl but caught it after dark and confined it in a box delaying his trip to town for two days.
Time finds four eggs in a box and the hen is kept by Grillery who says she lays two eggs a day. He notes she is the first out in the morning and last to roost, larger than ordinary, and challenges bets on the feat.
The wreath on the royal coffin bore only the words O Rest in the Lord and sparked speculation. It was revealed that Queen Alexandra placed it for Ada Crossley the Australian contralto who often visited Windsor. The queen loved the song and wept when recalling Prince Albert who also cherished it.
In 1892 a Smith County notice offered to make rain for a $500 deposit, with a committee approving weekly rain by contract per cultivated acre. Rube Jarvis promised payment only if the rain was satisfactory, otherwise nothing.
Kuropatkin complains that Russian conscription places very old men in combat roles. Service lasts from age 21 to 43 with four active years and 14 years as a reservist. Many reservists around 39 are likely. By contrast Japan has service ages 17 to 40.
The entry explains Port Arthur’s Chinese name Lushunkow, noting the town had only a few thousand residents twenty years ago and served as a place for deportation of criminals.
The Dallas village church pastor and Dallas Post editor Capwell strike a plan to boost weddings. A "brother" will share marriage fees with couples he unites, in exchange for a year’s Post subscription and wedding write up. Capwell notes the offer isn’t exclusive to youths.
The piece notes the border between British India and Thibet where goats from Thibet wander into British territory. It questions the harm caused by goats feeding on British grass and recalls how England has fought wars over distant provocations, from Jenkins to a broader current, implying a conflict sparked by grazing goats.
A New England couple who celebrated their wedding by traveling on a freight train may have aimed for a lengthy honeymoon, according to the Chicago Daily News.
The latest estimate fixes the population at 1,567,419,283 but notes these figures were published before Col Alexis Romanoff the new evarlette was born.
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