Echo Point Named for Blewett Pass Curve Debate
The Wenatchee World recounts A H Sylvester’s article arguing Echo Point should remain the official name for the Blewett Pass hairpin curve. It traces the 1915 naming, the sign removal, and the local push from Cle Elum boosters to honor Echo of the town’s paper, with notes on naming criteria for topographic features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blewett
Wenatchee
Kittitas County
A. H Sylvester
Blewett Pass Road
Blewett Pass
Colockum Pass
Kittitas
Moses Emerson
H. A. Greenberg
Echo Point
Makin
Matt Hickey
Chelan County
Forest Service
Colville
M. P. Kay
Scouts Enjoy Lake Wenatchee Outing With Troop 2
Eighteen Boy Scouts and Assistant Scoutmaster Henry Woldivet spent Saturday night and Sunday at Lake Wenatchee. They hiked to Hidden Lake on Sunday to fish but returned after two hours. The group spent the rest of the day boating and bathing at the lake resort with transportation funded by local merchants and firms including Thos Nolan The Club Pool K and W Hardware Cascade Garage Wheeler's Photo Shop Rutherford Merc Leavenworth State Bank Chas LaPointe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Troop
Henry Woldivet
Lake Wenatchee
Hidden Lake
Thos. Nolan
Cascade Garage
Wheeler’s
Rutherford Merc. Co
the Toggery
Tholin
Wheeler's
Chas. LaPointe
The
Leavenworth State Bank
New District Superintendent Named for Western Division
W R Smith of Great Falls Mont succeeds F S Elliott as general superintendent of the western district of the Great Northern. Elliott takes indefinite leave and returns to San Luis Obispo Calif. Smith previously led the central district with offices at Great Falls. He was formerly Cascade division superintendent. Mrs L Heitman of Helena arrived to visit her daughter Mrs FE Sawyer at Blewett and meet her grandchild. Mr Heitman is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Smith
Great Falls
Mont
F. S. Elliott
Great Northern
Elliott
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Smith
Cascade
L. Heitman
Helena
Montana
FE. L. Sawyer
Blewett
Mr. Heitman
Budget Estimates for 1923 City Expenses Leavenworth
The city outlines 1923 expenditures by department including Fire, Police, Clerks, Treasurers, Legal, Health, Public Works, Printing, Library, City Hall, Park and Water programs with a total of 16140.00. Revenue estimates list mills, licenses, and library allocations totaling 16140.00 and a valuation of 700000.00. The City Council will meet on Monday October 2, 1922 at 8 pm to levy taxes and hear taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
City of
Leavenworth
E. G. Gowing
Lands to be cleared for spring planting near Osborn tract
Public notice seeks bids to clear and plow 5 acres ready for spring. Land joins the Osborn 5-acre tract on the west with frontage on a north side road at 892 EO Address, W K Curtis, Houghton Washington. A. H. Sylvester Forest Supervisor notes the Blewett Pass road involvement by Forest Service and Public Roads Bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborn
North Side Road
Gested
Franklin K. Lane
Blewett Pass
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Public Roads
Blewett Road
A. H. Sylvester
Railroad Items of Timely Interest in Wenatchee Area
Engineer Fred Kearney is working out of Leavenworth again and Mrs. FE. E. Davis and Mrs. Weedon were Wenatchee visitors on Saturday. Mrs. Jas. Swain handles the car desk in the yard office during Mrs. O’Keefe’s absence. C. H. Gephart visits Spokane to see his son and daughter and grandson. Mrs. J. J. Farrell stays in Hillyard at Ed. Lenz home. niece Miss Horey improving. Mrs. Ralph Bentley arrives from Spokane. the Bentleys will live in Leavenworth. Mrs. H. J. Ames and three children from Seattle visit J. P. Imberg’s on Commercial St. Ames is Imberg’s sister. Smith McClain returns from an east trip to Michigan and other states. Mrs. D. H. O’Keefe and colleagues depart for Pendleton to attend the roundup. W. E. Herriman of Seattle says he will marry Mrs. Elma Bridges of Seattle on Sept 17. the wedding likely occurred as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Ames
Seattle
J. P. Imberg
Commercial St
Ames
Mrs. Imberg
Local Notes Share Family News and Moves
Mr and Mrs W O Burgess spent Sunday at Cashmere with the Willets. J W Burgess welcomed an 8 pound baby boy born Sept 16. Miss Mary Pabst and Claude Rupe travel to Wenatchee for high school. Frantz finished a barn and heads to Wenatchee for apple harvest. Peters family and Florence Geffen visit Wenatchee. Leavell hosted dinner with Criss Sharp family from Wenatchee. Quackinbush family moves to M A Wise’s house for winter. Quackinbush to cut logs for Alex Spence. H W Peters and relatives from Yakima visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Burgess
Mary Pabst
Claude Rupe
Wenatchee
T. A. Leavell
Mrs. Criss Sharp
Mrs. Quackinbush
Leavenworth
M. A. Wise
Mr. Quackinbush
Alex Spence
Dryden Notes Highlight Local Changes and Events
In Dryden the 5 acre Sin Clair Simpson bearing orchard sold for 10000 dollars with crop. Winter Bananas and King Davids lead fruit warehouse shipments followed by Delicious and Jonathans. School moves services to the schoolhouse auditorium. grounds cleared. road behind school nearly complete to improve safety. A teacher reception at the school house featured the Dryden band and singer Mrs Richards with Mrs Remley presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Simpson
Dryden
Clair
King Davids
Delicious
Jonathans
Remley
Dryden Band
Richards
Cashmere
Kooken
Breezy Bits of News From Peshastin
Local notes from Peshastin and Wenatchee area include visits by Mrs. Maude Starks and Miss Grace Lanphere, church events, and upcoming showings at the auditorium such as Over the Hill on Oct 20 and A Stage Romance with A Perfect Villain. Community updates cover minister Rev. Emery, new teachers, a dam-age suit, and a stork shower for a club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery
Christ
Almira
Commercial Club
Ruth Stephen
Laura Newell
Ruby Leedy
May Kinney
Claire Nicholson
School notes on student elections and class advisers
Mrs Vare and Mrs Gritzmacher substituted in first and second grades. At a mass meeting Mr. Walker presided as students elected a yell leader Wesley Hoffman led with the most votes followed by William Gaspard Fred Ouren and Earl Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Yell
Wesley Hoffman
William Gaspard
Fred Ouren
Earl Harris
Miss Leavitt
van Tassel
Lindahl
Miss Todd
Wallace Crowe
John Haugh
Wayland Lessing
Secy-Treas
Fred Sinclair
Clarence Derby
Deloris Smith
George Cowan
Darwin Bowen
Thelma Field
Margaret O’larey
Hazel Pence
Stevens Pass Highway Set For Completion This Fall
Engineer J M Meyers of the U S Bureau of Public Roads says the Stevens Pass project will build a nine foot wide road with ditches from the Cascades summit to Merritt fifteen miles, with passing places and up to six percent grade. Sixty workers are on site. July 22 start, three and a half miles finished, six miles partial. By October 30 ten miles should be done, weather permitting, with spring resumption if snow halts progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Meyers
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Stevens Pass
Cascades
Merritt
Royal Mountain mine rush promised great wealth and future city
A reporter details Royal Development Company work at Royal Mountain, with the Trinity tunnel under construction toward St Francis, predicting a 9,000 foot drive and potential profits of five million dollars as ore is found, while camp buildings, a water line, a planing mill, barn and boarding house are erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Development
Royal Mountain
Red Mountain
James Naughton
James J
St. Francis
Tven
Phelps Creek
Chinawa River
Trinity Tunnel
America
Civic Club Reelects Officers at Annual Meeting
The Women's Civic club held its annual meeting on Wednesday evening. Officers were elected: President Mrs Frank Hennessy re elected Vice President Mrs W E Anderson Secretary Mrs Howard Blankenship Treasurer Mrs J C Roberts re elected A program featured Miss Merle Green and Mr Jifford Hagler singing The event closed with dancing and luncheon with guests from the Commercial club A nice crowd attended and the evening was described as very enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Civic Club
Frank Hennessy
Howard Blankenship
J. C. Roberts
Merle Green
Jifford Hagler
Commercial Club
Civic Club
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. K. Curtis
Houghton, Wash
Fred Kearney
FE. E. Davis
Weedon
C. H. Gephart
Spokane
Ralph Bentley
Mrs. Bentley
Smith McClain
East
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
D. H. O'Keefe
W. E. Herriman
Elma Bridges
Mrs. W. O. Burgess
Mrs
Fred Willet
A. F. Frantz
H. W. Peters
Sim Hoover
McDougle
Peters
Yakima
Wash
Misses Flan
Miss Holmes
Presbyterian Church and Sin
Farris
Nelson
Peshastin
Maude Starks
Grace Lanphere
M. E. Ladies Aid Society
Villian
Connecticut Yankee
Mrs. P. R. Bradley of
Chas. Wright
Paul Ceppeck
Mr. Lewistos
Minneapolis
Bradley Logue
Emma Howell
Coopville
Dustin Farnum
Farnum
Mr. Wingate
Brat
Reed Andrews
Louis Davi
Dorothy Wright
Miss Lanphere
Helen French
Miss Hale
Jake French
Rogers
Richmond
Wen
Johnny Parks
Eminger
Warman
Miss Faston
Vare
Gritzmacher
Euclid
W. E. Anderson
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