Local Happenings and Notes From Leavenworth Echo
Leavenworth residents report weather and travel notes plus personal updates. Migrant shipments, apple crop movement, and local business updates include Rutherford Mercantile Co now reachable at 626, Leavenworth election curios and a new room rental for John Koerner’s variety store. Community tidbits cover tours, visits, and local enforcement of new practices with school and county offices featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Krondak
Echo Office
Rutherford Mercantile Co
Julia Kier
O. S
G. W. Sampson
Coeur de Alene
Idaho
Missouri
John Koerner
Paul Weigand
Koerner
Wenatchee Valley
Dr Hoxsey Plans Long Trip After Injury To Neck
Dr Hoxsey expects to leave about the fourth or next month for St Louis to be absent several months. In 1886 he left St Louis after receiving his license and now returns for the first time in 28 years. He aims to consult a neck specialist after an automobile accident left him unable to turn his head freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxsey
St. Louis
Barclay Auto
Lake Wenatchee
State Forester reports summer fires burned 200000 acres
State Forester E. W. Ferris releases figures from about 12000 burning permits. 98000 acres are cultivated land to be cleared for supporting thousands, while 102000 acres are suitable for reforestation. In the Pacific Northwest drought, fires were mostly confined to logged-off land with limited green timber loss in Clallam and Pend Oreille counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Ferris
Pacific Northwest
Clallam
Pend Oreille
Real Estate Leader Warns Against Washington Prohibition Measure
Ellis Lewis Garretson of Tacoma warns real estate men that Initiative No. 3 would devastate the state's economy. He cites losses in liquor revenue, vacant buildings in Tacoma Seattle and Spokane, and widespread business depressions, arguing the measure harms jobs and tax bases.
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Tacoma
Commercial Club
Ellis Lewis Garretson
Washington
Supreme Court
Chadwick
Gose
Hall of Fame
Seattle
Spokane
of Washington
Pierce County
Tacoma Ledger
Barometer Gift Sparks Weather Talk at Home
Mrs. Lobb asks about the barometer Mr. Lobb shows as a college gift. He explains its use for weather prediction, and they joke about how to set it for fine weather, reflecting lighthearted domestic interest in meteorology from a London Tit-Bits piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leedy
Great Northern Railway
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. P. Nicholson
Fred Reeves
Wenatchee
S. A. Potter
Mercer
C. E. Hamilton
T. J. Clark
Carlquist
Judah
Echo
Peshastin
Blewett Mill
Walter Gerson
The
Mr. Gerson
Wheeler
C. E.buttles
Leavenworth
O. A. Hoag
Chelan
Chelan County
Jason P. Williams
Portland
Conklin
Carlquists
Pearl Bissel
Bissel
California
Oregon
George Goerger
Great Northern Roundhouse
Dakota
C. W. Newton
Hillyard
E. C. Bowersox
Dr. Hoxsey
State Forester
Aurel
Florsheim
Red Cross
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Leavenworth State Bank
L. F. Bullis
Rob’t B. Field, Cashier
H. Krollpfeiffer
New York Globe
Sean Leas
Cc. A
Nolan
Thos. Nolan
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