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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
2
The article notes strong demand for merchandise from Bradstreet and Dunn, full cotton mills, solid steel activity, and widespread labor. It predicts the 1913 wheat crop will exceed prior records, reports abundant fruit, and mentions railroad construction in the northwest boosting employment and cash flow.
The Tumwater Light and Water Co presented a 25 year lighting franchise contract at the city council meeting on September 9. With the city attorney away no final action was taken, and taxpayers may be asked for input before a decision.
U S forest service reports for the year ending June 30 1913 Washington Oregon and Alaska combined cut 115 046 000 feet with 673 new sales and 483 828 000 feet sold domestically 14 756 000 feet from 3 403 permits for domestic use Tongass forest Alaska yielded 30 781 000 feet the Umpqua forest Oregon 163 842 000 feet average stumpage price 1 82 per thousand board feet.
The report notes a 16 cent per thousand rise from 1912 prices and highlights that most timber sales are small. Of 673 sales, only 11 exceeded 5000 dollars, while 92 percent involved less than 100 dollars. The forest service prioritizes local demand over distant markets.
State railroad companies join to request reductions totaling 38 million dollars in state assessments. Their attorney argues current taxes exceed fair value, citing higher ratios for rail property and nonphysical goodwill assessments. Figures show real estate assessed 20 to 45 percent of value while rail properties reach up to 60 percent in some counties.
Washington state tests a new parole program by releasing 30 inmates with clean records from the minimum sentence group. They traveled to Hood Canal to begin further work at an honor camp, then spent a Seattle night before reporting back for boat dispatch. They wore ordinary clothes, kept to their word, and showed no tracking attempts.
Two imposing 24x36 stones in coffins with stands are for sale to printers at 12.50 each on board cars here. The stones are in good condition and priced well below cost to clear space for larger stones. Echo want ads are touted as effective sales tools.
The Fair Hesperides offers $150 in gold and $50 silver trophies for the best exhibit by a district group at Wenatchee October 21 to 25. Prizes include $100 and $50 for second and third. No entry fee. space requests due by October 7. District exhibits judged on attractiveness variety and display value. Apple show prizes also listed with multiple tiers and a youth prize of $15 for best commercial apple pack.
In the Senate final stages the tariff bill shifts to free sugar raising claims that the measure benefits the sugar trust. Democratic senators Walsh and Newlands support free sugar only under caucus pressure while arguing the trust profits from duties. An Oregon County case, Hutchins v. Orchard Co., confirms water rights for irrigation when fruit trees need it.
The supreme court ruled that a contract to furnish water for irrigation should be interpreted in a practical manner in the Hotchkins v Wenatchee Heights decision, guiding how such agreements are read and enforced.
Edward S. Russell of Wenatchee notes he did not harvest 1000 carloads of Gravenstein apples for market this year. The 64 trees in Moses Coulee owned by Russell Pogue and Bousquet sold for 1159 dollars as demand was strong and could have absorbed more fruit.
J. L. Maxwell of Chelan sold five and a half acres of his ranch five miles west of Cashmere to W. D. Phelps of Springfield Massachusetts for seven hundred dollars per acre. The orchard includes four year old Delicious and Winesap trees. Phelps plans to build a residence and move his family west.
Rev. E. deRouge will celebrate Mass at 8 o clock a m at the Okanogan Indian Mission school and deliver a lecture on his missionary work. Rev. J M Vande Walle is the pastor.
Regular services are planned for next Sunday forenoon at the Lutheran church. Welcome, all. L. J. Ave Lallemant is the pastor.
For sale a full term business course scholarship at a good school in exchange for work or half price for cash. Visit the Echo office to learn how you can obtain this scholarship by doing a small amount of work.
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment claims to heal all skin eruptions and relieve itching burning and scaling instantly. Endorsed by doctors and a customer from Littletown Pa who says it cured eczema on the forehead in two weeks. Available at druggists or by mail Pfeiffer Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
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