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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1920
Page
4
A scanned notice cautions that paid advertising is required for condolence messages fundraising events and promotions in The Echo. It states free space only for moral beneficial activities and lists advertising rates and policy details.
The Crawford county sheriff allowed Howatt head of the Kansas miners union to address a crowd from a jail balcony. The scene built a spectacle with the sheriff acting as master of ceremonies and thanking the crowd at the conclusion.
The piece notes a rising trend where businessmen, professionals, clerks, and workers adopt overalls as daily attire over the traditional business suit. It mentions affordability, with some preferring old suits or overalls given current prices.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska criticizes William J. Bryan as an extremist out of touch with Democratic leaders. He likens Bryan to a man who sticks to one road despite a shorter and better route existing.
The Washington teacher told her students that congressmen are grafters and second rate lawyers. She lives at the Capitol and can observe congressional operations firsthand. She claims she spoke only as others believe and less than lawmakers may say about each other during the campaign.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska says President Wilson is an invalid and warns against high expectations for the remainder of his term. He praises Wilson’s overall wartime administration but condemns going abroad to negotiate the peace treaty as a political mistake that caused controversy and health decline.
April 21 birth to Dr and Mrs A G McKeown. A C Barclay excavating near K V B Hardware site. Frank Loskamp returns from Idaho with May 1 plan. J B Adams travels from Seattle. Rufus Wood visits Leavenworth and praises community progress. baseball grounds discussed. Martin Christenson buys Charles Freytag ranch seven miles up the Chumstick for about twenty thousand dollars with cattle hogs and machinery included. family to move onto 21 acre meadow rich ranch resources detailed.
Miss Rose Mathews wed Otto Anderson ex serviceman of Leavenworth at 10 AM in Olympia Rev Goodsell officiated in a simple ceremony. Guests included Mrs Frost of Tacoma and Mrs Mathhews of Portland. After a buffet breakfast the couple left by train for Seattle and a Leavenworth home is planned.
Season ticket sales have funded a moving picture machine for school use and a schedule will be set for show dates, possibly one late this week. Selections will aim to please both adults and children. Chelan High seniors visited Leavenworth High and former Superintendent A T Sutton on Sneak Day, touring town, roasting Weiner sausages, and performing in the assembly hall under Howard Roach’s piano accompaniment.
Supt Sutton and grade teachers from third to eighth rode to Cashmere Monday to witness Mrs Spencer of the Chess Normal demonstrate silent reading. statewide tests last December showed many rural schools below average, prompting a campaign to train teachers in silent reading with county demonstrations at a cost ands of dollars. Meetings also took place in Wen and Chelan this week to promote the method.
Last week the ninth grade girls home economics class held a bread making contest with two prizes. Gladys Wettstein won first prize with a blue ribbon and Mable Bresch took second with a crimson ribbon. All entries were successful.
At the start of six weeks two algebra classes challenged each other for the best average. The losing group treated the other class to a party, planned for Icicle Canyon. Rain forced the event indoors in the Domestic Science room, ending around 7 30 p m.
Athletics notes new interest in track at L. H. S. with negotiations underway for a May 1 meet in Ephrata against Ephrata High. County principals’ meeting results pending but enthusiasm runs high as Chelan and Grant county athletes train harder than before.
Readers report a classroom moment in which a teacher asks to rewrite a sentence about a student at a window. A junior student offers a shorter version. The piece hints at a general science quiz question about three disin.
In a school setting a student noted flies and bugs were addressed with disinfectants and a fresh answer. Gladys joked about preferring a date while a senior claimed authenticity is a city in England, reflecting lively chatter at the event.
Railroad notes from Leavenworth and surrounding areas cover travel between Vancouver Seattle Wenatchee and Spokane. Reports mention Eugene Applegate’s serious illness sleeping sickness and various social events at the Firemen’s Hall and at Mrs Bunch’s home.
The Extension Service releases a Farm Garden Calendar as Circular No issued for home use. Compiled by C. L. Vincent of the State College of Washington, it lists vegetable varieties, seed amounts, planting depth and spacing, row distance and planting times. Free upon request from the Extension Service, State College of Washington.
A fragmented farming column offers tips on breeding livestock and bees, crop health, seed testing, and farm management. It notes actions like docking lambs, castration timing, sanitation for potato seed, bee colony setup, a county fair funded by the farm bureau, and cooperative ventures in Jefferson County.
Local notes from Eagle Creek mention the Andersen family hosting at home with Wing, Biork, and Axel Johnson visiting from Weatchee. Vanderift and Buck families are active, with Madeline Vanderift and Cleo Buck spending time at the Vanderift ranch. Frank of Wenatchee bought hogs, Otto Anderson traveled to Olympia, and A Fredrickson works on an irrigation pump plant while Wright improves after illness.
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