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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
6
An old Florida Indian Chronicle recounts a boy named Flying By born with a handkerchief about his neck. He battles the northern demon Waziya, gains a magic flute, rejects a severing knife, and destroys the demon, ushering a paradise-like abundance for his tribe until the white man arrives.
Professor Thornber argues a future shift from large wheat farms to many smaller, fruit-focused holdings. He says horticulture sustains wealth without forest destruction, supports 16 to 32 families per tract, and links rural life to city amenities, improving living standards and happiness.
H N May manager of a San Jose based company motioned Mrs. A J Martin to take charge of Wenatchee Undertaking Co. business in Leavenworth from this date. Martin has long served as Leavenworth’s E F Sprague representative and brings extensive experience, reliability, and broad local esteem to the firm.
A historic flood in Monterey floods streets and neighborhoods from 11 to 12 Saturday. Twelve hundred drowned and 15,000 made homeless. Property losses reach 12 million dollars as rivers overflow and infrastructure fails.
Glenn H. Curtiss, the American aviator, won the Gordon Bennett Trophy in Rheims France. He covered 20 kilometers in 11 minutes 50.75 seconds, with his first lap above the tribunes in 7 minutes 57.25 seconds. Bleriot of France, Curtiss' main rival, made a trial run in 7 minutes 58 seconds.
Vancouver police arrest W. W. Smith who allegedly swindled farmers in Oregon Idaho and Eastern Washington out of more than 10000 by promising loans then charging a 1 percent fee. He planned to start the Death Valley Grubstake Company here and wore hair and a beard in Seattle but appeared bald and smooth in Vancouver.
Treasury Department rulings under the Payne tariff target Canadian wood pulp and print paper. When a province bans wood pulp exports, an extra duty of one tenth of a cent per pound applies to print paper valued at three cents per pound or less from that province, and a duty of one twelfth of a cent per pound on mechanically ground pulp from the same province.
Lexington reports ex governor William S Taylor visits his native Kentucky nine years after exile over charges tied to the Goebel assassination. Taylor, living in Indianapolis, was pardoned three months ago by Governor Wilson of all Goebel murder related charges.
Mrs. Mary Simons sister of RE Harriman stated he suffers only a nervous breakdown from indigestion and has shown day by day improvement. Harriman also hosted midday and evening meals today and entertained friends, as reported by church and clergy associates.
The Ohio Male Chorus of about 450 singers won the $500 prize in the opening competition of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition musical festival in Seattle. Four contestants performed including choirs from Vancouver B C Tacoma and Seattle.
Survivors of the steamer Ohio tell how officers and crew sacrificed to save passengers after it foundered off Steep Point Alaska. Purser Stephen Wireless Operator Eccles and Quartermaster Anderson died in the disaster. Eccles coffin seen on the Rupert City upper deck at Swanson Bay.
James J. Hill warned crop statisticians predicting a Northwest bumper wheat crop that his interview suggests a harvest about 50 million bushels larger than some years, but he cautions that a bumper crop is far from certain.
A. P. Bateman of Mo sier, Oregon, has been named the second judge for the national apple show to be staged in November. The selection was made weeks ago and accepted just last Thursday by Secretary Ben H. Rice. Bateman is an authority on fruits and regarded as a valuable addition to the judging panel.
The National Apple Show will serve apples in many forms during its week November 15 to 20 1909. Cooks will prepare baked apples with cream apple sauce dumplings and other dishes to demonstrate the fruit’s food value and versatility.
Mary Ralston administratrix of Howell Ralston deceased has filed a final account in Chelan County Superior Court Wenatchee Washington. A hearing is set for October 6 1909 at 10 oclock a.m. in the court room to settle the account and hear objections. A distribution of the estate will be made at the same time.
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