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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
3
Town items reveal new business moves and personal updates in Leavenworth. Moves include Moore Co into new quarters and King Co expanding. homes and residences under construction. mining, milling, and hardware trade activity noted along with social events at the Altar Society.
The item lists local events and comings and goings including Emma Prough leaving around the 22nd, visits by H W Otis and J W Kirby, Rev Garrison's sermon next Sunday, a singing class organized by Mrs Hayne, Tom Hildrith moving to Wenatchee, and plans for a daily Peshastin mail. It mentions land and homestead activity by R L Ludlam and Alex McKenzie working in Leavenworth.
Geo. A. Daly returns from Ballard to lead a 25 man force for the Leavenworth Logging Boom and Waterpower Co at Lake Wenatchee where a dam is under construction on the Wenatchee River near the lake outlet. Daly, ex foreman with Lamb-Davis Lumber Co, will bring his family to join soon.
The Wenatchee River Fruit Co organized last week with capital of 35000 dollars. Incorporators include M Swartout W F Swalwell C G Smythe of Everett and L J Nelson Nick Kincherf of Wenatchee. The firm will take over Kincherf land, clear it and plant several thousand fruit trees on about two hundred acres, with much land already usable for hay. A gang is clearing the site and spring planting is planned.
An adjourned council meeting last Friday with all members present confirmed J. G. Debord as marshal after a split vote. The body read an ordinance setting licenses for billiard rooms and similar amusements. A 106-signature petition asked suppression of gambling. Carr’s bond was filed and approved ahead of the next regular meeting on Friday the 23rd.
Registration books closed Tuesday night. 236 voters reside inside the corporate limits, with about 50 unregistered. Outside limits 80 are registered and nearly all out-of-town voters are registered. The total turnout may be under 300, lower than two years ago. Orville Lininger, half-brother of John Larue, visited yesterday and unexpectedly met Larue during a drug trade call.
The item promotes Ladies' Day every Wednesday at the local bowling alley highlighting bowling as a healthful activity for improving figure and well being. It mentions a basement venue under the Model Market and urges participation in tenpin contests. It also advertises dolls at Mrs Campbell and a New England dinner on election day.
A brief plea asks Echo subscribers behind on payments to remit. The note stresses that even one dollar helps and that if many readers pay, the paper can stabilize finances. It appeals to the reader’s sense of contributing to the publication’s continuation.
In Chelan county a Republican newspaper denounces Charles Buttles for long tenure as assessor and treasurer while praising rival Rose. The piece questions The Republic's sincerity, noting past endorsements for Graham and inconsistent stances on candidates. It argues editors show cloven hoof in party loyalty.
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