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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1914

Page

5

Quincy Valley Irrigation Plan Near Leavenworth Debated

Washington voters confront a $40 million Quincy Valley irrigation proposal to water 450,000 to 500,000 acres in Grant and Douglas counties. The plan envisions Lake Wenatchee development, a new dam, gravity canal to the Columbia, a 30 to 50 year bond term, and substantial regional benefits including tax valuation rise and dairy expansion.

State of Washington Quincy Valley Grant Douglas Spokane Columbia River Washington Los Angeles Owens River Sierra Nevada Mountains Quincy Wenatchee River Lake Wenatchee Columbia Grant County Great Northern Railway Winton Leavenworth A. J. Ternent Big Ditch Ternent Wenatchee Quincy Flats Moses Lake United States Tre

Eb Chalmers Quips on Qualification for Office

A Newberry clerk of court recalls a blunt reply to a politician seeking a public post. The exchange ends with Eb noting the moral limit of licensing public office. A Women's Divilect organized at Montpelier Vermont plans actions to improve town life including removing billboards planting trees benches parks and aiding hospitals and institutions with care funds and supplies.

Eb Chalmers Newberry Argonaut Montselier Vt

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