Pioneer of Leavenworth Amanda Town Affects City Life
Mrs. Amanda C Town, longtime Leavenworth resident from Missouri, blazed trails in business real estate and undertaker services. She drove Blewett pass as the first woman to cross it and later flew a plane over Leavenworth, exemplifying her progressive spirit and commitment to the Upper Wenatchee Valley.
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Amanda C. Town
Leavenworth
Missouri
Wenatchee Valley
Town
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Blewett Pass
Upper
Upper Valley Orchard Land Brings Record Prices
The Echo reports over 250900 dollars in one week from upper Wenatchee Valley orchard sales. Buyers push prices from 1000 to 1206 per acre, with fine orchards hitting 1500. American Fruit Growers Syndicate backs the boom with holdings over a million dollars and many farm sales across Dryden and Naches areas.
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American Fruit Growers Syndicate
Valley
Upper Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee Vailey
Wenatchee
Near 200000 Sheep in Wenatchee Forest Reserve
Leavenworth’s sheep industry drives local prosperity with about 70 bands grazing Wenatchee National Forest during summer. Owners treat Leavenworth as the trading hub and spend thousands yearly on supplies, as an interview outlines.
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Leavenworth
State of
Sheepmen
Wenatchee National Forest
Sheep Grazing Grants In Wenatchee Forest Detailed
Forest Supervisor Sylvester explains grazing rights on Wenatchee National Forest support about 175000 sheep across roughly 70 bands averaging 2500 sheep per band. The government collects around 8000 dollars, with one fourth distributed to counties. Chelan County gets about two thirds or 1332 dollars for maintaining highways within the forest.
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Sylvester
Wenatchee National Forest
Chelan
National Forest
Big clean up on orchard investment nets $13 000 profit
W P Sparks turned a seven week effort into a $13 000 gain by buying the W H Jordan 15 acre Cashmere orchard for $17 000 in July and selling to Chas J Yenter for $30 000. Venter plans harvest and Sparks plans a California visit before returning to Cashmere to live.
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Kooken Bros
Ben Benson
North Dryden
Herschel James
Barker Place
Dryden
Geo
Stephen Mckhillips
H. Smith
J. F. Maxwell
Bohlke Fruit Co
W. H. Kirby
Cashmere
D. Patterson Place In Nahahum Canyon
Ray Titchenal
Pickett and Andrews
Mr. Titchenal
Amos of
Slick
Mission Creek
W. A. Bowen
Chas. Linkem
W. P. Sparks
W. H. Jordan
Chas. J. Yenter
Venter
Nahahum Canyon
Sparks
California
Cashmere Valley
Change Hands: Over a Hundred Apple Tracts in Eight Months
The Wenatchee valley apple trade shows unusually high profits with more than a hundred orchards changing hands in eight months. Prices for this year exceed 1918 levels, drawing buyers long experienced in the valley. While future price movements are uncertain, steady yields reassure investors and support ongoing buys.
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Wenatchee Valley
Chelan County Advances Road Plan With Bond OK
Chelan county voters authorized 830000 in bonds for road building including a paved Leavenworth to Wenatchee highway of about 25 miles at 30000 per mile. Forestry Department efforts add over 200000 in federal funds, pushing total near a million dollars for county roads in coming years.
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Chelan County
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Forestry Department
Echo offers Rubber Stamp line orders with prompt delivery
The Echo announces accepting orders for items in the Rubber Stamp lines and promises careful attention and prompt delivery to customers.
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Schurle Place
Wenatchee Forest Reserve
Leavenworth Trading Center
Rutherford
Rutherford’s
Rutherford Grocery Co
Electrical and
Goodyear
Monogram
lLamps Champion
Plu
Dimalites Taps
Leavenworth Supply Co
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