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Maximum and Minimum
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Saturday II 82
Sunday to 82
Monday - 57 28
Tuesday - M 88
Wednesday- 54 mi
Thursday- — 48 31
, Dr. A. <<■ McKeown,
U. H. Local Observer.
Vol. 10. No. 44
ROTHERT PROCESS
OF MAKING STEEL
Washington Steel & Iron Co. Turned
Out Its First Steel Last
Friday
After having been under construc
tion for about three years the steel
making plant of the Washington Steel
& Iron Co., was completed some two
weeks ago. But not until last Friday
was the making of steel by what is
known as the Rothert process actually
tried out. With a couple of helpers,
Mr. Rothert, inventor of the process,
owner of a majority of the stock of the
company and general manager, went
quietly about his work, never saying a
word to anyone about his discovery or
that he was ready to try it out. Just
as quietly and unobtrusively as one
could imagine he went to work and
made steel that experts have said will
revolutionize the steel and iron busi
ness as much as did the discovery of
the Bessimer process sixty years ago.
At the present time the making of
steel and iron from magnetite iron ore
is carried on in but one place in the
world. For many years Sweden has
turned out a high grade of iron and
steel, supplying the whole world with
that superior quality of metal.
There were doubting Thomas ev
erywhere, not a few right here in Lea
venworth, who said the whole scheme
is a fake. There will never be any
steel made here." Others lost faith
in the enterprise berause it was so lonu
in building and taming out steel.
These said, "If they can make steel
like they say they can why don't they
go at it. A little plant like this can be
buih in six months, and here they
have been three years at it." Well,
The Echo does not presume to know
why the company was so long in com
pleting its plant, but it does know that
Mr. Rothert came here about four
years ago and bought thirty-five acres
of land without saying anything to any
one about his plans. Never asked
anything from the town, never put any
advertisements in newspapers about
his plans, or said anything to anyone
farther than to very quietly tell three
or four persons that he intended to
build a steel plant here. It is also
learned from one of the Leavenworth
bankers that the company paid out for
labor and material in constructing its
plant a round hundred thousand dol
lars, and it knows, too, that not one of
the doubting Thomases contributed
one cent to the funds of the company.
The first fires were started in the
furnaces last Thursday but none of
them were charged. Mr. Rothert
was seemingly just as slow and delib
erate about trying out everything step
by step, testing the heat, the draft,
the fuel consumption, the time re
quired to bring the furnaces up to a
certain heat, partial and complete
combustion of fuel, and many other
things connected with the smelting
process, as he was in building the
plant. Some things he won't give
you any information about at all, but
they are important for him to know
about. On Friday he turned on the
oil »nd charged one of the crucible
furnaces with ore, drawing off 120
pounds of steel whicr^ was cast into
four ingots, all of which have been
sent to experts in the east. Mr. Roth
ert lays everything worked out very
satisfactorily. The draft was too
strong. so that it prevented complete
combustion of the oil fuel, this was
shown to an Echo reporter in one of
the two large furnaces which were
raised to a white heat, but in the bot
tom of which there was a residue of
oil, showing that it had only been
partly consumed. Some minor changes
are now being made to check the
draft. It is possible that other minor
changes will have to be made. But
in a general way everything meets the
expectations of »he builder and proved
satisfactory. To further try out differ
ent kinds of iron ore and test the work
ings of the plant the furnaces will
again be fired up next week. In last
Zlbe Xeavenwortb Bcbo
Friday's run, ore from Baring and Bur
lington, Wash., and from Superior,
Wisconsin, was used, for reasons
known only to Mr. Rothert. He will
leave shortly for the east, to visit Den
ver, where a plant is under construc
tion, and Pittsburg and Superior, Wis
consin, where also a plant is under
construction at the latter place. About
December first it is the intention of
the company to start the Dlant up with
a fcrce of expert help, from which
time on it will run uninterruptedly.
The capacity of the plant is easily
thirty tons daily, which the company
plans to double the coming year.
EASTERN FINANCIERS
IMPRESSED WITH CITY
James J. Mill With Party of Well Known
Millionaires Board Special Train
Here After Drive Thru Valley
James J. Hill, empire builder and
the heaviest stockholder in the Great
Northern Railway Co , who with a party
of eastern capitalists are making a tour
thru the Northwest, boarded their spe
cial train here Wednesday at three
o'clock after a drive thru the valley
from Wenatchee. It was thru the
invitation of the Wenatchee Commer
cial Club that the railway men and
bankers agreed to make the stopover.
The trip up the valley was made in
autos and at several ranches along the
line, stops were made in order that
the visitors might see apple packing
in actual progress. All ol the mem
bers of the party were well pleased
with their ride thru the valley and
many were the complimentary remarks
made about the "Big Red Apple"
which has made the Wenatchee valley
famous. While only here about fifteen
minutes the easterners were much im
pressed with what they saw of the
city.
The object of their trip was to in
spect the holdings of the railroad com
pany and to study business conditions
in the Northwest.
Mr. Hill was accompanied by his
son, Louis W. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
crn, George F. Baker, president of the
board of directors of the New York
First National Bank, a large stock
holder in the Great Northern Railway
Co., and other roads, President Under
wood of the Erie, President Harris of
the Burlington, A. Steele, an eastern
financier, R. A. Jackson, vice presi
dent of the Great Northern, F. A.
Chamberlain, Pierce Butler, A. L. Or
dean, Crinville Kane, and James Shoe
maker.
The Great Northern party were
driven up thru the valley from Wenat
chee and arrived here at one o'clock
accompanied by the following Wenat
chee citizens: Geo. R. Fisher, presi
dent of the First National bank; W.
T. Clark, president of the High Line
Canal Co.; A. W. Hoppock, secretary
of the Coraercial Club; A. Z. Wells of
Wells & Morris Hardware Co.; C. E.
Owen. F. W. Shultz, cashier of the
Commercial Bank and Trust Co.; R.
Ludington, attorney; John S. Mooney,
W. C. Thornhill and F. U. Bliss.
MASQUE BALL IS WELL ATTENDED
Miss Charlotte Newcomb and John
Koerner Awarded Prizes for Best
Costumes
The first masquerade ball of the
season given at the Firemen's Hall
last Friday evening by the ladies of
the«G. I. A. of the B. of L. E. proved
to be a huge success. One of the
biggest crowds of the season was pre
sent and everyone appeared to have a
most enjoyable evening. Masks were
removed at 11 o'clock at which time
the judges awarded the prizes for best
costumes to Miss Charlotte Newcomb
who was dressed as a Spanish senorita,
and to John Koerner who was made up
as a typical hobo. Dancing was kept
up to a late hour, those not being
masked being permitted to go on the
floor after eleven.
Leavenworth, Wash., Friday, November 7, 1913
OFFICIAL RETURNS OF PRIMARY ELECTION, NOV. 4, 1913
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MAYOR *; X-
F. T. Motteler .. 1:1-.. {'---. 62 86r 89 227
! Albert G McKeowD 1..-- 109! 58 69 236 9
TREASURER
JohnKoerner ---- 109 92 107 308 158
H. G. Krollpfeiffer .'. :.-•- ..] 62 44 44 ISO
CITY CLERK y X
1 Edgar C. Booth I'-.-. 30 39 55 124
Day Reynolds ----. h?* 27 40 33 IOC
S. A.Potter ' - -...,..- 87 45 61 193 69
■Julian Mayar .::..:.V----.^.-- 32 12 13 57
CITY ATTORNEY, ..,-,
E. H. Fox ...I 106 88 70 264 60
L. J. Nelson.. .........■..■.:... : > 67 48 89 204
HEALTH OFFICER 'A :,v . . ..
!J. Stillson Judah ..." 153 134 139 426
COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE
J. E. Gutherless ..............>.... 74 74 76 224
C. E. Hamilton ...:....'.... 89 60 78 227 3
COUNCILMAN—Ist Ward—2 yr. Term j..
J. D. Wheeler 104 47
Max Kringle 57
COUNCILMAN—Ist Ward— 1 yr. Term
F. S. Jacobsen _ 91 22
William Titus 69
COUNCILMAN—3d Ward— 2 yr. Term ■•■,'■"
J. W. Miller ':-'.... 77 5
C. A. Hayden. j 72
COUNCILMAN—3d Ward— 1 yr. Term i
M. G.Jones ..?.... j | 1 131
SOCIALIST VOTES ARE
PROTESTED IN 3RD WARD
Nearly 500 Citizens Went to Polls and
Expressed Their Choice—lnterest
Was Lacking
With the exception nf r few slight
differences in the third ward, Tuesday's
electian was a very quiet and peaceful j
one. In that district in which the
Socialist vote predominates, objections
were raised as to their voting the citi
zens ticket in view of the fact that the
Socialists had called a convention to
nominate candidates for the general
election in December. Protests were
entered against the vote of S. C. Wol
denburg and others of his party, but
nevertheless they marked their ballots
and their vote counted too.
The day was cold and dreary but
despite this fact an unusual number of
voters turned out and went to the
polls. Shortly after the counting of
the ballots began a slow drizzle of rain
started in which kept up nearly con-
tinually since that time.
The interest taken in former elec
tions was lacking on this occasion,
however numerous automobiles were
kept running most of the day.
The following table will show how
the vote stood after the final count.
MESSRS. EILLD AND BULLIS
IN SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT
Machine Runs Into Ditch Near Peshastin
Bridge and is Ruined—Bankers
Not Seriously Injured
Returning from an Elk's meeting in
Wenatchee Tuesday night, Robt. B.
Field, cashier of the Leavenworth State
Bank and L. F. Bullis, also connected
with the banku ran into a ditch by the
side of the road near the Geo. Hauber
place, at the east end of the Wenatchee
river bridge about three o'clock in tjie
morning. The machine turned over
two or three times and was completely
ruined. By what seems a miracle both
men escaped with but minor injuries.
Mr. Field escaping with a severe shak
ing up and Mr. Bullis with a cut over
the right eye that required three stitch
es to close up.
D. E. Rowe, of Denver, Colorado,
i arrived here Wednesday from Los An
! geles, where he visited his daughter.
Mr. Rowe is connected with a steel
■ and iron company organized at Denver
lor the purpose of making steel by
the Rothert process. The company is
building a plant at Denver twice as
large as the Leavenworth plant and as
one of the managing directors he
came to confer with Mr. Rothert about
the building of the Denver plant, the
' majority of the stock of which h owned
by the Washington Steel & Iron Co.
Miss Freda Krollpfaifler was in Cash
mere the first of the week where she
spent several days with Inends.
GETS $2,800 EROM 5-ACRE
SEVEN YEAR OLD ORCHARD
That is the Record of H. Robinson, of
Peshastin, This Year from His
Apple Crop
H. Robinson and wife came upi
Irom Pkshastin yesterday to take No. 1
! for Seattle where he and his wife ex
pect to spend the winter, having leased
his five-acre apple orchard at Peshas
tiu/^fciQSllijiles east of Leavenworth,
for the coming year. In talking with i
him a reporter for this Daper learned ;
his experience since coming to Pe-1
shastin and engaging in the fruit busi- j
ness, and it is so interesting and re- j
markable that we thought it worth '•
printing.
Seven years ago he came to the val
ley and bought five acres of land and
set it out in apple trees. When they i
were four years old, in 1910, he sold j
the apple crop for $530; for the 1911 j
crop he received 81.467. Like every
other fruit grower in this valley he did
not receive much for his 1912 crop
and has no accurate account of his in
j come for that year. This year his I
i trees were seven years old and his
'yield from the five acres was 22271
! boxes for which he received something
over $2,800. Mr. Robinson is well
I along in years but is still hale and
I hearty and with a reasonably assured
j income from his orchard need have no
j worry about his material wellfare in his
i declining years.
Mr. Robinron served a year as pas-1
tor of the Baptist church at Cashmere
j and has also served the Peshastin
church in the same capacity.
ENMNE BLOWS UP NEAR TUNNEL
WeN Known Railroad Men Receive Fatal
Injuries in Accident at
Tonga
Engineer Thorns was probably fa
| tally injured and Fireman Hansom
j badly scalded, when their engine, the
j 1902 blew up at Tonga near Cascade
| tunnel about noon Wednesday. The
cause of the accident will probably
never be known but it is the belief that
the crown sheet must have dropped.
The train which was in charge of con
ductor Henry Bullen was east bound
I and was moving at the time of the ex
! plosion. Hand brakes were set which
kept the train from backing down the
i long hill. The injured men were
rushed to an Everett hospital where it
is reported Engineer Thorns died yes
terday. Besides being internally in
' jured and severely scalded, one leg
was blown entirely off. Both men are
well known here and held in high es
-1 teem by the railroad fraternity. •
Rev. Davis announces regular ser
. vices at the Congregational church
I both Sunday morning and evening.
Lyman Durand May Lose Eyesighl
It was reported here this week that
Lyman Durand who formerly made his
home here, but who now lives in Se
attle, is threatened with the loss of his
eyesight. Mr. Durand who was a
fireman on the Great Northern up to
about a year ago when his head came
into contact with a high tension wire
near the tunnel has suffered more or
less since that time from the burns he
received and now it appears thst cata
racts are forming in his eyes caused by
the electric shock. At the time of the
accident Durand hovered between life
and death for several months at an
Everett hospital and for months after
wards the burns on his head gave him
considerable trouble as they refused to
heal up. Every effort is now being
made to save his sight.
HOTEL BARCLAY WILL
OPEN TO-MORROW
Thirty-Three Sleeping Rooms on the
Second and Third floors—Moving
Pictures on Street floor
The A. C. Barclay building, under
construction since last spring is so far
completed as to admit that portion in
tended for hotel purposes to be opened
to the public Saturday. There are
thirty-three handsomely furnished
rooms on the two upper floors, every
room supplied with hot and cold water,
electrically lighted and steam heated.
The hotel office and lobby will be lo
cated in the two rooms on the ground
floor to the left of the entrance. The
room on the right of the entrance will
be occupied by a cigar and confec
tionery store. Immediately back of
this is a large room 30x80 which is
being fitted up for a moving picture
show house, which will be opened
within the next ten days. It will have
a seating capacity for 350 people. The
basement, which has also been ar
ranged 'or business purposes has not
yet been occupied but will doubtless
be shortly.
The building was erected under the
direction of a superintendent, by day
labor, and no expense was spared to
make everything first-class. It is prob
ably the best and most expensive buil
ding put up in Leavenworth. Mr.
Barclay intends to take charge of the
hoiel and moving picture show him
self. His wife and little daughter
came over from Seattle with him last
Saturday evening and his auto arrived
here Wednesday. Since leaving here
twelve years ago he has made his home
in Seattle and we are pleased at his
decision to again become a citizen of
Leavenworth. He has rented his Se
attle home.
ELKS HAVE SMOKER IN WENAICHEE
Many Members of the Popular Frater
nity go to County Seat to Take in
the big Doings
To help celebrate the occupancy of
! their new quarters in the Elk hall in
' Wenatchee. 16 local Eiks went to that
city Tuesday afternoon on No. 4, re
turning home on No. 3 in the morn
ing. Members of the lodge from Pe
jshastin, Cashmere, Waterville and the
upper Columbia river country were
i present at the meeting which was
; more on the order of a smoker. Those
■attending froai here whose names we
I learned were: W. A. Decker, J. T.
i McDonald, Harry Wall, F. E. Carl
quist. M. A. Mariey, W. W. Wilder,
R. Norberg, S. A. Biuce, Frank John
! son. P. E. Galloway, A. V. Jones, O.
IS. Sampson, R. B. Fields, 7. J. Cos
tello, A. J. O'Larev, L. F. Bullis.
Dr. George B. Burr of Wenatchee
the well known osteopath of that city,
whose ad appears on the last page of
the Echo has decided to lccate in this
city for a month and maybe longer,
beginning with today. The doctor
who comes here well recommended
will have his offices in the new Barclay
hotel during his stay in the city. He
has had ten years successful practice.
As an advertising med
ium this paper X unsur
passed.
It 1% read every week by
:t.r>«> people In the Wenxt
i-h«e valley. ,
•""^^l are uslnlg'lt nnd
nir results. Bo will
Try v.
$1.50 Per Year
J. B. VIOLETTE PLANS
NEW BRICK BUILDING
Will Begin Early in the Spring and Erect
Two-Story Business House
J. B. Violette, proprietor of the
Overland Bar, who recently purchased
j the lot of Adams & Burke, adjoing the
! John Bjork building on East Front
! street, announced his intention this
| week to erect a modern two-story brick
structure at an early date in the
spring, The work on the building
will begin in April and it is planned to
have it ready for occupancy by the first
of July. The ground floor will be
i fitted up as a storeroom and the upper
floor will be designed for hall purposes.
There will be a full basement in which
will be installed a first class heating
system. Mr. Violette states that he
j has had chances to rent the building
I but may decide to move his own busi-
I ness into the ground floor.
The work of putting in the founda
tion and basement wall began this
week under the supervision of Con
tractor Moon, who expects to finish
the job in about two weeks. The ob
ject of putting in the foundation this
fall is that the brick work may be
started at an earlier date next year.
The foundation is being built to ac
commodate four stories, two more than
are planned at present, and which the
owner may decide to add at a later
date.
DFATH Of A. H. BIAKf
Old Timer in the Valley Passes Away
Saturday Evening, Funeral Held
Monday
After a lingering illness of several
weeks. A. H. Blake passed away last
Saturday evening at 11 o'clock, aged
52 years. The cause of death accord
ing to Dr. Judah was cirrhosis of the
liver. Mr. Blake was engaged in
business here with Chas. Mischke for
nearly five years, they sold out their
business last summer and in August
Mr. Blake and his wife left for his old
home, Indianapolis and on the way
visited relatives at St. Joseph, Mo.
He had not been feeling in the best
of health and was in the hope that a
change of climate would be beneficial.
He had only been in Missouri a few
weeks however until his condition be
came such he was forced to enter a
hospital. There it is said he realized
that his death was close at hand and it
was his wish that he might spend his
remaining days here among friends.
While in no condition to travel, his
determination was strong and his one
last effort was exerted in making the
long trip. After arriving here he
gradually became worse and finally
lapsed into unconsciousness in which
state he remained for several days
prior to his death Mr. Blake 01
"Dad," as he was called, by his more
intimate acquaintances numbered his
friends by the hundreds. During his
last days he doubtless bore untold
aeonies, knowing that the end might
come at any moment, but thru it all
he was patient and cheerful to the last.
That his long sleep which has just be
gun may be a peaceful one is the wish
• of his friends.
He Sieved here four years, coming
■ from Wenatchee where he lived nine
■ years. He is survived by his wife and
three sisters and a brother who live in
Missouri. He was a member oi the
Eagles, which fraternity had charge of
the funeral.
Methodist Church
Bible school 10 o'clock; preaching
11 o'clock; preaching 7:30. All are
welcome. Snowden, Pastor.
A fall house greeted Rev. Thomp
son last Sunday and all enjoyed his
lecture. Two new members united
with our church.
Lutheran Church
Regular services next Sunday. L.
J. AveLalleraant, pastor.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. P.
A. Snyder who was born Monday died
Tuesday morning.
