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At the head of the famous Wenatchee Valley, "The home of the Big Red Apple." The higher up the valley you go, the Bigger and Redder the apples grow
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Vol. 9. No. 34
PROGRESSIVE COUNTY
PRIMARIES SEPT. 7TH
Will be Held in Every Voting Precinct
in the County— Full County Ticket
Will Be Nominated
At a mass meeting of the progress
ive party held in Wenatchee Tuesday
evening it was decided by an almost
unanimous vote to nominate a full
county and legislative ticket. Primar
ies to be held Sept. 7, at which time
delegates will also be elected to the
state and county convention to be held
Sept. 10th.
The meeting was well attended.
Almost every precinct in the county
being represented. F. T. Spiller of
Cashmere was elected chairman and
E. S. Gill, of Sunny Slope, secretary.
The campaign committee consists of
F. T. Spiller, Fred Kemp, D. D.
Olds, W. W. Woods and E. S. Gill.
E. W. Evenson, of Spokane, made
a brief address on the importance of
organization. Candidates for office on
the progressive ticket may file with W.
W. Woods up to noon Sept. 2.
A fee will be charged equal to that
charged for filing by the county audi
tor. Progressives who have already
filed on the republican ticket will not
be charged a filing fee and the suc
cessful candidates for the nomination
will have their fee paid to the county
auditor for placing their names on the
county ticket by the executive com
mittee.
Arrangements are being perfected
for holding a primary election in ev
ery voting precinct in the county on
the 7th of Sept. Precinct chairmen
will be provided with ballots and full
instructions how to proceed.
The following resolutions were sub
mitted by Deed H. Mayar, of Leaven
worth, and unanimously adopted. In
part they read as follows:
The Progressive party of Chelan
county, in mass meeting assembled de
clares its boundless faith in the integ
rity, patriotism and clearsighted lead
ership of that champion of the right of
the plain people to have a full share
in the selection of a candidate for
president of the United States, the
man who has ever stood up for better
citizenship, clean politics, and a higher
standard of living; the man who had
the moral courage to decline to sit at
table with a corrupt United States sen
ator; and defied public opinion when
he invited an honest and distinguished
colored man to sit at his own table.
We honor ourselves most when we do
honor to him who had the magnificent
courage to discharge from the army
over the protest of half his party fol
lowers, a whole company of colored
soldiers for wrongdoing; the man who
has upheld right without regard to
color or station in life; the man who
left his traducers in the confusion of
falsehood, his political opponents in
the mire of corruption and his party in
disgust, to assume the leadership of a
party which invites men and women of
all parties who believe in good govern
ment, clean politics and the SQUARE
DEAL to rich and poor alike. To
that fearless, untiring champion of
popular right, THEODORE ROOSE
VELT, we pledge the united support
of the Progressive party of Chelan
county.
We invite the co-operation of all
those who are opposed to boss rule, so
apparent in the recent conventions of
both the old parties; to exchanging fa
vors for large campaign contributions
from corporations; to nullifying laws
with party rules, and the nomination of
candidates for President by corrupt
convention methods. We request
that you compare the straightforward,
simple language of our platform, ca
pable of but one interpretation, with
the usual doubtful, ambiguous lan
guage of the platform of the republican
and democratic parties, which means
one thing to the poor and lowly, and
the great unorganized body of the
people, and quite something else to
the rich and powerful and the highly
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organized and purely selfish interests.
You can join us in this movement for
better things without sacrificing senti
ment, prejudice or principle. The
Progressive movement invites dissatis
fied republicans and democrats to
meet on common ground for a com
mon purpose, to the end that the will
of the majority may be done in our
government.
We pledge our representative in the
state legislature to the enactment of a
law putting all county officers on a
non-partisan basis. County officers be
ing the agents of the people to tran
sact the public business we believe he
who is best qualified by training and
moral fitness should be preferred, and
to that end we pledge our representa
tive in the legislature to the support of
such a law.
We further pledge our representa
tive to the passage of a law modeled
after what is known as the "Kansas
Blue Sky Law" for the purpose of
putting an end to the selling of worth
less stocks, bonds and securities to the
people of our state.
The making of so many poor laws
in the State of Washington and the
failure to pass many much needed
progressive and restrictive laws is due
to the character of men sent to the
legislature to make our laws. While
the law making branch of our state
government is the most important of
all branches, yet it is a fact that be
cause of the beggarly pay of a mem
ber of the state legislature, it com
mands the services too often of those
only who are least fitted for this most
important work. To the end that we
may have better laws we favor better
pay for lawmakers —a salary commen
surate with the value of the service
rendered and a limit put upon the
amount of money which may be spent
by a candidate in a campaign for this
office.
THE LITTLE-WETSEL CO. AND
FRANK MtAT CO. CONSOLIDATE
Inland Meat Company will be the New
Name—Emil Frank Retires
The two meat companies of Wenat
chee, both of which have a branch
here, will be operated under the name
of the Inland Meat Co. after the first
of September. The consolidation was
brought about this week. While re
taining a half interest in the company
Mr. Frank will retire from active man
agement and devote his time to pri
vate affairs. The entire management
will be under the direction of Will H.
Littel, with C. D. Flannigan as his as
sistant. By the consolidation it is ex
pected to effect a large saving in the
expense of operating two slaughter
houses and two markets. The White
Star market will close tomorrow night
and Mr. Erkhardt, assisted by Charles
Schott and Pearl Bissel, will do busi
ness at the old Emil Frank market.
Martin Christensen, so long and well
known here in his connection with the
Frank market, will also retire.
Stock will be bought in larger quan
tities and many other savings made by
the consolidation. Both the old meat
companies have done considerable in
the way of wholesaling among the
smaller markets and efforts will be
made to extend this business. The
company will also operate a retail mar
ket at Cashmere which was formerly a
branch of the Frank market.
C. F. Urquhart, an old friend of A.
H. Sylvester, visited him this week.
Mr. Urquhart is in the employ of the
government, in the geological depart
ment, doing topographical work, and
will be engaged for several months in
connection with W. O. Tufts and H.
D. McDonald in making a topographi
cal survey and maps of the Wenatchee
and the Columbia rivei valleys in Che
lan county.
Forest Supervisor Sylvester says he
started a crew of men this week on a
government trail from the head of Lake
Wenatchee to the summitt of the Cas
cade mountains, up the valley of the
Little Wenatchee river.
Leavenworth, Wash., Friday, August 30, 1912
THE CANDIDATES WHO
WANT YOUR SUPPORT
S. P. Beecher, of Peshastin, is Candidate
for Joint Senator From Chdan
and Kittitas Counties
Mr. Doran of Wenatchee. who filed
his candidacy for sheriff of Chelan
county has withdrawn from the race.
He was an out and out progressive.
Ernest Lister, of Tacom*, one of the
seven candidates for governor on the
democratic ticket expects to visit Che
lan county this week. Mr. Lister is
deservedly popular in his home county.
Lyman Lamb, candidate for county
treasurer, has withdrawn from the re
publican ticket and filed for office on
the progressive ticket, to be voted on
at the progressive county primary on
Sept. 7.
A number of progressives went to
Wenatchee Tuesday afternoon to hear
party principles discussed by a Spokane
representative of the party who spoke
in the commercial club rooms to a
large crowd.
Otto A. Case who was one of the
first to file his declaration of candidacy
for governor on the republican ticket
withdrew his filing and announced his
desire to become a candidate on the
progressive ticket last week.
W. W. Gideon who is making a
hard fight for the office of sheriff of
Chelan county was here the first of
the week. He says he has received
much encouragement from the voters
throughout the county and has every
reason to believe that he will be in the
lead in the primaries in September.
N. M. Sorensen, better known here
where he lived for a number of years
as Nels, was in Leavenworth last Tues
day. Mr. Sorensen is prosecuting at
torney and a candidate for re-election
on the republican ticket. The man
who beats Nels at this voting box will
have to go some. He beat all his op
ponents here two years ago.
A. N. Corbin, who some time ago
filed for the office of county attorney
on the republican ticket, announces
his candidacy to the readers of The
Echo this week. Mr. Corbin is an at
torney of acknowledged ability. He
lived in Wenatchee a number of years
up to four years ago and practiced his
profession. His health failed and he
took up the simple life on a ranch
west of the mountains and fully re
gained his strength, returning to We
natchee to again take up the practice
of law some six or eight months since.
Mr. Corbin filed his candidacy on the
republican ticket but had acted with
and was recognized as a progressive
republican; he has, however, decided
to remain on the republican ticket and
submit his candidacy to the voters un
der that party head.
S. P. Beecher who announces his
candidacy for joint senator from Che
lan and Kittitas counties has been a
resident of the Wenatchee vallley for
the past sixteen years, all of which time
he has devoted his efforts to farming
and fruit raising, of which he has
made a success. He is a member of
the Grange and has served as master.
No man in the upper Wenatchee val
ley has done more to develop the ag
ricultural and fruit growing possibili
ties than S. P. Beecher. By building
the Peshastin irrigation ditch three
years ago he made several thousand
acres of land available for cultivation
in the vicinity of Peshastin. For the
past two years he has been engaged
as the treasurer and general manager
of the Snow Creek Water Co. in build
ing a large irrigation canal which has
its source four miles south of Leaven
worth, some five miles of which is
nearly completed and which will be
gin delivering water this fall. When
completed this ditch will water five or
six thousand acres of land and is fur
ther capable of developing 2000 horse
power electric energy. He is a public
spirited citizen,full of energy and wDuld
make an excellent representative of
the agricultural and fruit growing in
terests of eastern Washington. He
intends to make a thorough canvass of
this and Kittitas county. He will
make his appeal for votes directly to
the progressive party and invite the
support of men of all parties who be
lieve that a man who has had practical
experience would make a good repre
sentative of the agricultural interests
of the state.
CAMPAIGN INFORMATION
FOR PROGRESSIVE VOTERS
Letter Addressed to Prominent Members
of Party Thruout the State
The following letter addressed to
progressive party workers has been
mailed the past week and is of interest
to those who want information. Ken
neth C. Beaton, executive secretary,
was rormerlv managing editor of the
Seattle Star.
Seattle, Aug. 23, 1912.
This is addressed to prominent pro
gressive party leaders in every county
in the state. It is for the purpose of
informing you as to the Drogress of the
third party movement. We have
nothing but good news to report.
From all quarters comes word that the
movement is growing daily. With the
exception of a few of the smaller
counties, full progressive party county
tickets will be placed in the field to
be voted upon at the progressive pri
primaries, September 7th, with the
prospect that a big vote will be polled.
In some instances confusion as to pro
cedure has developed, but this has
been very quickly straightened out
through reference to state headquar
ters. We sent you yesterday instruc
tions supplementary to those issued in
printed form with the official call, and ]
told you if there was any further infor
mation desired we would be pleased to
send it by telegraph. Bear this in
mind.
King county, which will probably
poll the largest vote at the progressive
primaries, will have a polling booth in
every precinct. It will have a com
plete county ticket in the field and
there will be heated contests foi the
progressive nomination for every office.
The King county campaign commit
tee is seeing to it that there are at
least two strong men seeking every
nomination. These contests will have
the effect of stirring up the friends of
the candidates to the end that each
candidate brings into the progressive
primaries his full quota of votes, there
by assuring a large total primary vote.
If a condition such as this could be
made to exist in every coanty, allow
ing no nominations to go by default,
it would be a splendid thing for the
cause.
Lawrence, Hodge, Case and Paul
hamus, the four candidates for the
Domination for governor, are out on
the stump stirring things up and will
do their share towards bringing in a
big vote on primary day. In the var
ious congressional districts contests for
the progressive nominations are spir
ited. If the counties would hold up
their end of it by placing county tick
ets in the field with a sufficient num
ber of contests to insure hard work on
the part of the various candidates, the
statutory primaries on September 10th
will be made to look like a game of
poker with confederate money for
stakes.
Here's a request: If every man to
whom this letter is addressed will send
to state headquarters a list of the lead
ing progressives in his county, we will
mail to them during the progress of
the primary campaign and the cam
paign preceding the general election
literature and information which will
be of value to them and to the move
ment. Get these lists in at once.
In closing: Don't forget that the
state headquarters is here to serve you
in every possible way. There is noth
ing you can do that will bother us.
Yours for the Bull Moose,
K. C. Beaton,
Executive Secretary, Butler Hotel, Se
attle, Wash.
REGULAR MEETING
OF THF.JITY COUNCIL
New Street Improvement Proposition
Under Consideration—Hearing of
Protests
Excepting councilmen Weigand
and Schubert all the members were
present at the meeting last Tuesday
evening.
The matter of making repairs on
the Clifford hotel was referred to the
building committee. The bill of Mrs.
Amanda Morse for damage to building
by use as small pox pest house last
winter amounting to $175 was tabled
until the next regular meeting.
The matter of preparing an estimate
of the amount of funds that will be
needed next year, on which the tax
levy will be based was referred to a
committee composed of City Attorney
Nelson and Councilman Robertson and
Mischke.
The clerk was instructed to prepare
an estimate of the amount required
for printing the coming year.
The returns of the bond election
were canvassed and the result an
nounced and placed on record.
A resolution was read and adopted
calling for bids under the recently
adopted water bonding proposition.
The advisability of laying iron water
pipes under the bitulithic paving was
discussed and a committee appointed
to act in conjunction with the city en
gineer.
The rock dressing to be put on
Commercial street under the proposed
improvement plan was changed from
six inches to four inches.
A motion was made instructing the
city attorney to prepare resolutions for
improving Front street, Division and
Commercial streets by grading, curb
ing and putting down concrete side
walks and ballasting the street with
crushed rock, also a number of streets
on the north side of the track. This
matter will come up at the next meet
ing of the council when the resolu
tions are presented.
After the first reading of the ordi
nance providing for the improvement
of Commercial street the council ad
journed.
The following bills were allowed:
City Engineer Brown, 22 days, $132;
J. E. Grant, police justice, $105.25.
STREET PAVING IS
WELL UNDER WAY
Injunction Suit Will Be Heard in We-
natchee Next Tuesday
Messrs. Seaman & Quigg, who have
the contract to do the paving on Front
and Eighth and Ninth streets have
made considerable progress this week.
They have between twenty and twen
ty-five men employed and will rush
the work to completion.
Injunction proceedings have been
instituted by O. S Sampson and wife,
the Great Northern railroad and other
interested property holders. A hear
ing will be had next Tuesday in We
natchee when it will be determined if
the injunction will be sustained. Col.
Fox is representing the plaintiffs. The
city and the paving company will be
represented by L. J. Nelson and an
attorney for the paving company
whose name we have not learned.
f. A. Ott had Horrible Death
F. A. Ott, proprietor of the Grant
Hotel at Nepple on Moses Lake in
Grant county was killed last Thursday
by the explosion of an acetylene gas
light tank. The victim was in the
tank room charging the tank when it
blew up tearing off the top of his head.
Death was instantaneous.
Mr. Ott was well known in this vi
cinity and at Lake Wenatchee where
he formerly lived and has many friends
here. He leaves a wife and two chil
dren.
A LL HOME
a SEWS
$1.50 Per Year
Another Big Irrigation Project
Ninety thousand acres of highly pro
ductive land in Kittitas county will be
placed under irrigation as a result of
the action of Walter L. Fisher secre
tary of the interior who last week
signed a contract for the perpetual use
of storage waters in the Yakima river
by the valley reclamation district.
Bonds aggregating $5,000,000 have
been voted by the district and will be
sold within a short time. The district
when fully watered will be larger in
area than the total of irrigated land now
under cultivation in Kittitas and Yak
ima counties. The water will be ta
ken from the Yakima river at Easton
on the Northern Pacific and Milwaukee
line and delivered in a canal system
comprising more than 75 miles of
main canals and laterals.
NO SUNDAY MAIL WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN THE FUTURE
Postmasters Throughout the Courtry
Receive Orders to Discontinue Ser
vice on Sunday
Beginning Sept. 8, no mail except
special delivery letters will be distri
buted at the Leavenworth postoffice at
its general delivery on Sundays. No
tice to this effect has been received
by Postmaster Davis from the post
master general at Washington and will
apply to all postoffices in the country.
The department desires to reduce the
Sunday work so that as many as pos
sible of the employes may have one
day of rest. In the future all persons
desiring to receive important mail on
Sunday should notify their correspond
ents to send it under special delivery
stamps. The order will not affect the
holiday service which will remain the
same in the future as it has been in
the past.
C. E. BEACH OUT FOR
STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Of Public Instruction on the Progress-
ive Ticket
C. E. Beach, city superintendent of
the Olympia public schools, has an
nounced that he will be a candidate
on the Progressive ticket for State Su
perintendent of Public instruction.
Mr. Beach is one of the best known
school men in the state of Washington.
He is chairman of the Legislative com
mittee of the Washington Educational
Association and represented this state
at the annual convention of that asso
ciation in Chicago last month. He has
served for three years as superintend
ent of the Olympia schools during
which time he has gained an enviable
reputation as an educator. Mr. Beach
was formerly superintendent of the Bre
merton schools and served two terms
as superintendent of the Kitsap county
schools. He was appointed a member
of the state board of education in 1909
and served in that capacity for a period
of two years. His training and exper
ience have been such as to specially
qualify him for the duties of the office
to which he aspires.
Scenic Highway Will Be Built
Owing to the large amount of inter
est being taken in the scenic highway
via the abandoned switchback of the
Great Northern railway, the promoters
now say that the road is practically as
sured, and are confident that work will
begin inside of another year.
The counties thru which the road
passes being King, Snohomish and
Chelan counties will be called on to
bear part of the expense and an appro
priation from the state will be asked
for in the legislature this fall. It is es
timated that the road will cost when
completed $200,000.
That there is to be much squabbling
over the appropriation to be asked for
in the coming session of the legisla
ture is very evident. Yakima and Kit
titas county are insisting on a large
sum of money to be used on the Sno
qualmie pass route and are not in the
least friendly towards the Scenic High
way Association.
