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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
7
The state prepares a referendum measure to authorize issuing bonds to fund a statewide hard surfaced trunk line highway system. Proposed by the legislature and to be voted on November 2, 1920. The act outlines bond issuance sale redemption and creation of a fund for construction.
Washington proposes a state system of trunk line highways with routes from Blaine to Vancouver Seattle to Des Moines to Tacoma Renton to Spokane and to Idaho. It authorizes 30 million dollars in bonds at up to five percent with annual principal payments starting 1922 and funds maintenance and county city shares through a dedicated trunk line fund.
In Chelan County Washington Superior Court probate matter of John Q Gilbert deceased administrator O D Reeves has filed amended final report and petition for distribution A hearing is set for October 6 1920 at 9 30 A M in Wenatchee Court House to approve the report determine heirs and distribute estate Notice to interested parties to appear and contest if desired Judge Wm A Grimshaw Clerk A A Stevens Deputy Herman Howe attorney Leavenworth Chelan County Washington (Sept 10 17 24)
The Northwestern irrigation congress in Seattle last week is hailed as the most successful gathering of its kind. The meeting produced a practical plan to involve the nation in reclamation in the northwest, with the Columbia Basin project receiving notable attention. Washington apples will ship to Europe October 1 by all water route, while Yakima shippers plan further exports. Lewiston orchardists expand peach planting, and Snake river peaches may ripen earlier. Wet weather slowed Palouse threshing. high school boys helped harvest. Latah county wheat sells at $2.25 per bushel. oats and barley at $2.25 per hundred pounds. peas at 2.5–3 cents. The Inland Empire hosts a national park caravan, broadening the park-to-park circle tour and boosting road improvements for tourist traffic.
Poem fragment about storing moments in memory as wine and jewels. Imagines preserving experiences in mind to choose at will, contrasting with sleep and time. Ends with a vision of living with heaven at hand and conquering death, lasting beyond written sand.
In a store back room old Sim Wilkins and Hee Denton paused their checkers when Denton was summoned away. A delivery man, referred to as a darky, entered and Wilkins urged him to finish the game, noting the man’s claim to know how to play while revealing a habit of fiddling with bones.
Four year old Betty recalls a trip to the White City and a vivid slide moment that she describes as searing her heart in a playful, whispered tale.
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