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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
6
Chelan County Commissioners issue notice to all residents to burn or haul away accumulated brush and refuse along road rights of way within thirty days from the order date. The warning emphasizes enforcement following the given deadline.
The forestry office received 75000 young firs from Wind River nursery unloaded at Merritt. Mr Ramsdel will transport them to White Pine Creek where they will be stored in snow until planting. The project aims to reforest about 100 acres burned years ago, though trees will take 100 to 150 years to reach saw timber size.
Mrs. Himes, sister of Mrs. A J O Leary, left Tuesday for Sioux City Iowa. Fred Kenyon and wife, recently from Detroit Michigan, have taken charge of the Kenyon ranch at the foot of the hill north of town and will make their home there this coming summer.
Local newspaper promotes their business paragraph column promising results for readers seeking services and opportunities. The ad emphasizes practical listings and quick visibility for merchants and professionals in the community.
Washington farmers are urged to conserve breeding stock to sustain future food supply and farm prosperity. Director Ira D. Cardiff warns against selling heifers and brood sows despite high prices, calling it a patriotic duty to preserve livestock for postwar stability and ongoing agricultural health.
A 1916 government report shows 804 million bushels of US wheat stock for 1916 after carrying over 164 million from 1915. By April 1 1917 that stock was wiped out and analysts warn of high flour prices possibly reaching eight dollars per hundredweight between May and July.
Ten large galvanized iron tanks each holding ten barrels were unloaded Wednesday for the fish hatchery. Salmon will be moved from hatching troughs into these tanks and kept until about three inches long before release into the river.
Washington postmaster general Burleson issues an order applying domestic postage rates and conditions to mail exchanges between the Virgin Islands and the United States, updating the status of the Danish West Indies.
Entente allies gain in anti submarine battles as naval experts report light four to six pound guns from ship decks as most effective. Officers say multiple submarines were knocked out in a day using broadsides, with torpedoes costly and unreliable. Periscope distant shots at 200 to 800 yards suffice, submarines often surfacing to engage with deck guns.
W B Greeley assistant government forester told the Southwestern Lumbermen association at Hotel Mucklebach that the lumber trade is asleep as substitutes like cement and steel take market share. He cited lack of effort to develop new uses for wood and warned social movements push demand for safer steel and fireproof buildings.
Los Angeles dealer Cliff Oliver, handling hali and sole from Japanese and Russian fishermen near Santa Monica, reports an almost fishless season yet says each fish he received bore a perfect eight on its back. He wonders if a new species exists, but suspects the eight is an added mark on common fish.
In Washington April 18, Representative George P. Darrow of Pennsylvania introduces a pension bill for disabled veterans offering 65 to 150 dollars monthly. The piece notes his re election by a wide margin and discusses Republican discontent with White House conduct and Gen. Wood's reassignment. It also cites Moses P. Kinkaid praising the 1904 arid land act expanding western Nebraska homesteads to 640 acres and boosting regional growth.
Bob Holcombe, a Wyoming rancher, walked and crawled for two miles after his horse slipped, breaking his leg. He improvised crutches from a plank, splints from a cracker box, and bound his limb with flour sacks before a neighbor arranged transport to Laramie for medical help.
In the Superior Court of Washington Chelan County notice is given by executor GEO W HANSEL of the John H Hansel will deceased for creditors and all claimants to present their claims with vouchers within twelve months from April 11 1917 at Burt J Williams Wenatchee WA. Dated Wenatchee April 18 1917. (1st pub Apr 20 4th pub May 11)
The article warns the wheat shortage and rising flour prices threaten future supplies. It urges readers to maximize home food production by planting edible crops, using all available ground, and prioritizing sustenance over ornamentals to feed allies and meet domestic needs.
Cleveland Ohio Uncle John Flannagan a defiance resident aged ninety one rises at five to tend two teams of horses and do chores before attending an Elks meeting and issuing a statewide endurance challenge for any ninety year old in Ohio to compete under a year’s handicap in age.
Soy beans can be grown across humid and semihumid southern areas and the southern portion of the corn belt. It is a valuable forage crop with potential as a cash crop and oil seed source for mills in boll weevil regions.
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