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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
3
Train travelers and railroad staff are featured in Leavenworth updates with trips to Spokane Coeur d Alene and St. Paul. Families, visits, and illnesses drive shuttle itineraries as officials and relatives move through the region. Weather quips from the east and a local yard clerk change highlight community movement.
Work on the new Dryden school house progresses with concrete foundation work. The Roe family and Nick Davis vacationed on the coast after a Blewett Pass drive. Loren Bland attended a Wayfarer event in Seattle. C K E Society hosted a social at Pickett Andrews’ warehouse. A son was born to H R Duncan on Sunday July 31. Rev J L Ellis preached after arriving from Kutiat. Mrs Harrison Amos toured Dryden while on vacation from Colfax post duties. Visitors include Jess Linkem and wife from Oroville and Ray Sharpe family from Leavenworth with Bernice and Cameron staying a week. Ralph Campbell visits relatives. he previously taught at Dryden school. Mrs Guy Sherman’s August 8th event in Wenatchee was noted.
Silver leaf disease has appeared in many Washington localities this year. The condition causes a silvery leaf look on fruit trees such as plums apples gooseberries currants and related plants and is caused by a wood-decay fungus entering via wounds. Control advised is to cut down and burn severely diseased trees, trim and burn contaminated limbs, disinfect wounds with tar or creosote, and remove dead wood. Some fruit varieties resist the disease. Cow testing associations have tripled, rising from four groups with 1327 cows to ten with 4170 cows, boosting milk and butterfat testing.
Newspaper ads unite farmers, merchants, and officials in Thurs ton county to avert losses from a glutted strawberry market. A three day half page campaign titled Can Your Strawberries Now spurred people to can at home, helping prevent bankruptcy for many growers while city families gained canned fruit for winter. In Olalla valley Kitsap county a heavy strawberry crop went unsold until news stories prompted 1500 crates to be harvested by home canners in a single day.
Milk furnished to school children daily at the Franklin school Aberdeen rose by 31 percent after a milk campaign. The health of the school children also improved with the increased milk consumption.
George L. Shuman and Co. files a claim against Mrs. J. Rindal in Chelan County Washington seeking $26.50 on a written contract for goods. The hearing is set for September 10 1921 at 3 PM in Leavenworth. failure to appear will result in a confessed default.
In Chelan County Washington Commercial Bank & Trust Company as guardian of Oral Violette a minor will sell at private sale for cash on August 19 1921 the estates interest in Lots 1 and 2 Block 6 Grandview Addition Leavenworth Washington at the banks Wenatchee office written bids due by August 19 1921 The hearing on the final account and distribution for J H McEvoy estate is set for August 24 1921 at 9 AM in the Wenatchee court house objections may be filed prior or appearances made.
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