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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
6
Olympia reports show John Smith estate taxed at 860.86 from 22,076.19 value with city and railroad shares of state taxes. Chelan county debt totals 73,324.24 in warrants and bonds. railroads and municipalities contribute large portions of statewide taxes.
Dr. J I Pogue reports eighty five boxes of Spitzenberg apples from three bearing trees near Omak. One tree produced 35 boxes and five boxes were donated to the Okanogan Valley Publicity League for exhibition at the Chicago land show in November. The fruit is four tier and stands up to any fruit.
The Kingsley Chemical Reduction Co led by S W Anderson plans a 16 acre Dishman Washington site with a $200000 plant to make lead paints and arsenate of lead. Construction starts immediately with $75000 to $100000 in machinery en route and a 50 ton daily ore capacity employing about 100 workers.
Charles Leroy Southworth died at his home Sunday afternoon October 23 of pneumonia at age 76 years 7 months 13 days. He leaves a wife and six children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at three o clock. Born March 10 1834 in Clarksville Alleghany County New York he served in the Civil War twice enlisting in 1861 and 1863 and was discharged at war’s end. He married Celestia Burdick in 1877 and spent most of his life as a lumberman in Pennsylvania before moving west three years ago to Leavenworth where his sons work for Lamb-Davis Company.
An engaged girl notes Dick is methodical giving one kiss when he arrives and two when he departs. Her friend confirms this pattern and says many girls have commented on it. The exchange leads to a cessation of speaking between the two.
A brief quoted exchange from Uncle Remus' Magazine centers on a financial jab. The colonel notes the leading question is about money while the major agrees and suggests adding five to ten borrowed yesterday.
The piece explains tar and feathering as a brutal punishment. It details the skin tearing removal of tar and feathers, the suffering from cooling tar, and the risk of death if the substance remains. It notes long, painful treatment and mentions several deaths from this torture.
A fragment from a Cleveland Leader ligature mixes satire with moral quips. A disgusted fisherman empties baiting into a stream while a speaker mocks saving money and laments sorrow’s many feet.
Notice: Leavenworth Chelan county to hold a special election Saturday December 3 1910 at city hall from 8 am to 8 pm to decide on issuing 45000 in bonds for a gravity water system from Snow Creek to a new reservoir with mains of 8 and 6 inches. Ballots will list in favor or against the plan and bonds backed by 75 percent of water revenue.
A historical note describes New Jersey tea or red root, a low shrub found from Canada to Florida. It blooms in July with showy white flowers and has a dark red root and veined leaves. An infusion brewed like tea tastes akin to ordinary Orient tea but lacks its stimulating properties.
The Princess von Racowitsa recalls meeting Bulwer Lytton in the Riviera in the late 1850s. She notes his fall of youth and zenith of fame, his antique fashion and dyed curls, and his habit of reading with a harp accompanist, while a young lady in Anglaises supported him with arpeggios.
A Bavarian forestry official owns a remarkable dog that climbs trees as deftly as a cat. When the master ties a handkerchief in treetops the dog ascends to retrieve it, a skill taught by its famous tree-climbing mother. The dog has earned several medals for its unusual talent, enjoying climbing smooth silver birches.
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