Community Notes Highlight Local Travel And Ventures
City residents head to Seattle and beyond with many leaving for new homes or visits. bridge work on Lake Wenatchee road progresses while Blewett Pass proves busy for motorists despite rough conditions. Local industry adjusts as box mill, shipyards, and forestries report activity and a three million dollar Knights of Columbus relief fund is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wenatchee Road
Blewett Pass
Lester Hood
Fort Wright
U. S. Artillery
Claude Hood
Bob Hull
Forestry Regiment
Mike McNulty
Hillyard
Leavenworth
S. D. Knowles
Winton
W. W. Rice
Iowa
Order
Knights Columbus
A. W. Drum
Geo. Likfelt
White River
Wenatchee Lake
Wenatchee
A. C. McCoy
Sand Point
Idaho
Birthday Lawn Party at Mrs Durracha’s Home
Mrs Jos Durracha hosted a late evening lawn party last Thursday for her husband’s birthday with dancing games and a long serving of lunch. Attendees included Chester Dawson Herman Franklin C Johnson Arthur Franklin R A Briggs Wm Franklin B Williams Leo Ahearn James Doty R Cannon C Higginbotham Evelyn Franklin Kathryn Harding Gus Harding Wm Harding and Geo Dryer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Durracha
Chester Dawson
Herman Franklin
C. Johnson
Arthur Franklin
R. A. Briggs
Wm. Franklin
B. Williams
Leo. Ahearn
James Doty
R. Cannon
C. Higginbotham
Evelyn Franklin
Kathryn Harding
Gus Harding
Wm. Harding
Geo. Dryer
State Industrial Developments Across Washington Region
White Salmon builds a $6000 concrete building while Vancouver cannery hires 450 workers and more in orchards. South Bend to get three concrete bridges for national highway. Kelso crews rebuild double track bridges. Tacoma engineers receive $5 raise monthly from Aug. 1. Vancouver doubles lifeboat plant capacity. Eight hour day pledge noted amid labor and cost concerns. Yakima reservation plans 10000 more acres plowed in 1918. Regional efforts curb IWW activity and protect industry. Oakesdale cheese factory begins 7000 pounds daily milk intake. Norton mill cuts 100 timbers 52 by 32 inches long 120 feet. Spokane Post Division street bridges concrete work. Raymond to build fireproof laundry. Port Angeles bitulithic paving on Second street. North Yakima cannery pays $75000 to labor and $48000 to growers for cherry pack. Bellingham canneries process up to 310000 sockeye daily. Waterville wheat harvest wages range $3.50 to $6.00 daily.
Also Mentioned on This Page
City News
Mr. E. V. Nelson
Seattle
Jimmy Miller
O. S. Sampson
Geo. Sterling
al Moon
E. J
Randolph Heinrichs
Packing House of Troy Company
E. G. Wheeler
Ketchikan
Alaska
Alice Stady
E. V. Nelson
Study
N. Dakota
John McKinnon
Thos. C. McKinney
Joe Smith
Glen Marble
Geo. Atkinson
Della
Cottage Grove
Oregon
Jim Atkinson
E. J. Heinrichs
Cheney
Wash
Hoxsey
Army Medical Corp
Uncle Sam
Cashmere
J. T. McDonald
Peshastin Lumber Co
Blewett
Frank Davis
Davis
Eastern Wash
E. F. Stowell
Rainier National Park
Stowell
Will Brender
G. B. Kinney
Peshastin
Nate Coleman
Leavenworth Box Co
F. E. Bailey
Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding Yards
Snoqualmie Pass
Ira Baird
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
The
Echo
Gus Nelson
Nelson
G. W. Sampson
Missouri
Henry Poepmuller
Fort Lawton
Henry
Geo. Brown
Lake Wenatchee
G. N
Forestry Department
Lake Keechelus
D. A. Burgett
Jessie E. DeLong
Wm. T. Terry
Burgett
Annie Martin
Dorothy Houck
Gladys West
Hazel West
E. M. Kratzer
Grace
A. T. Eickmeyer
Spokane
Pauline Frederick
Scenic Theatre
Rome
Wm. C. Roach
Rose Shackler
Portland
Wenatchee Valley
S. H. Prouty
State
Fish Department of the State
Fish Department
Fred Beyers
N. B. Sutton
Montana
Sutton
Butte
Little
Citizens of
Anderson
Pacific Meat Company of
Wenatchee Meat Company
State Industrial News
White Salmon
Vancouver
South Bend—County
Kelso
Tacoma—Marine Engineers
Vancouver—Lifeboat
Yakima Reservation
Washington
Utah
I. W.W
Oakesdale
Norton
Raymond
Port Angeles
North Yakima
Bellingham
Waterville
Louisville Courier-Journal
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