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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1922

Page

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Leavenworth Schools Set September Fifth Opening

Leavenworth Public Schools begin the 1922 23 term at 9 00 a m Tuesday September 5 with Labor Day observed. The board plans renovations new books and seating changes and assigns early counseling for course selection noting admissions rules for six year olds. Five new teachers are hired from 150 applicants to fill vacancies.

Leavenworth van Tassel Lulu A. Nelson Plummer Idaho Mayme Conrad Colfax Wash Genevieve Barkee-Mercer Norma Wansbrough-Laws Merle Green Lillie G. Becken Bellingham Minnie G Anna D. van Tassel Wenatchee Vassar College Phi Delta Kappa van Tassel Will

Auto Hit Post In Dark Auto Hit Post In Dark

Wenatchee two men Harry Jones and Percy Schebel escaped serious injury after a car struck a street post on a viaduct return from Lake Wenatchee. Jones suffered a deep neck cut, others minor, windshield broken. both resumed home.

Harry Jones Percy Schebel Wenatchee Lake Wenatchee Jones Schebel Lessing

The Village Weekly Echoes Whitman Whittier Snowbound

Poem excerpt reflects a small town newspaper expanding its reach and capturing the stir of life from weddings to deaths, sales to lost items. It envisions a weekly edition broadening to warmer zones, inviting readers into hall and street life and the world beyond the door.

Whittier’s

Enrollment Week Signals School Start Date

The echo notes high school enrollment week occurs the week after next in preparation for the school opening on Tuesday September 5. Mrs Van Tassel principal of the high school will publish in next issue the days and hours she will be in the office for enrollment. Watch for this announcement.

The Echo van Tassel

Jack Love Hospitalized After Logging Road Wreck

Jack Love suffers a broken leg at Community hospital following a wreck on the Great Northern Lumber Co. logging road last Friday afternoon. The crew's train, with two loaded log cars, failed to control on a steep grade below Second Creek due to wet rails and a broken eccentric. all but Engineer Love jumped to safety as the engine was brought in for repairs.

Jack Love Great Northern Lumber Co Second Creek Engineer Love

City Council Bill Payments July 25 1922

The city settled numerous accounts including Mutual Merc Co water extension 9.80 Crane Co pipe fittings 49.60 Franklin Lumber 85.65 labor water extension 4.00 36.00 14.00 64.00 siren tower lumber and supplies Echo Publishing 13.80 T P Harris city hall 45.00 T L and W Co light 127.48 Ray Hubbard street labor 6.00 Leav Public Library 44.22 Echo Pub Co water supplies 59.75 H M Blankenship multiple calls 17.50 12.50 Cascade Garage 26.10 G N Lumber 57.7 L C Brender blacksmith 57.7 28.50 40.00 8.00 Purchasing agent authorized to buy 500 feet fire hose O A Weile named city plant appraiser.

Mutual Merc. Co Pacha Water Extension Crane Co Vesteereee Franklin Lbr. Co John Kellams Roy Hubbard Ralph Fisher Labor Water H. E. Ogden Siren Tower Ee Mutual Merc. Co Sones Echo Pub. Co Ptg T. P. Harris Work City Hall Light Ray Hubbard Echo Pub. Co Ptg. & Pub. Water Supplies H. M. Blankenship Frankbine Br G. N. Ice House Edo L. C. Brender

Local Bills And Payments For Public Works And Police

A list of allowances and expenditures includes Bert Williams for drayage six dollars Art Franklin labor in the park ten dollars F J Hanover refund for unspecified item nineteen dollars sixty seven cents L I D No 10 concrete rain 125 dollars eighty four cents Jack Gaines special police five dollars Carl Bently five dollars T L W Co lights 125 dollars thirty cents Art Franklin labor six dollars H E Ogden team work eight dollars fifty cents Ray Hubbard labor on streets four dollars Ray Hubbard labor on water system fifty six dollars H M Blankenship fire call to post office twenty dollars H Aig Blankenship fire call to de coy of teat twenty dollars Garage eight dollars forty five cents Cascade Garage nine dollars forty cents H E Ogden freight and drayage ninety nine cents L C Brender blacksmith supply ten dollars ninety cents W T Ogden salary for July one hundred fifty dollars F Yama meals for prisoners ten dollars five cents Motion to sell police department safe lost A Lindblom cross walk permit Henry Koch shade over popcorn stand permit

Bert Williams Art Franklin Labor F. J. Hanover L. Tsop Carl Bently H. E. Ogden Ray Hubbard H. M. Blankenship Aig Blankenship Aes Cascade Garage L. C. Brender W. T. Ogden F. Yama A. Lindblom Henry Koch

Court House Foundations Contract Let

The Continental Building Company of Spokane won the county courthouse foundations bid at 4459 dollars. C H Ludberg will visit Wenatchee to arrange start. Excavation is finished. foundation size planned at 80 by 140 feet. Morrison Stimson & Co. designed plans. Other bidders listed include E B Link and Johnson Construction Co.

Continental Building Company of Spokane C. H. Ludberg Continental Building Company Wenatchee Morrison, Stimson & Company E. B. Link The Johnson Construction Company Monary and Thombine Godfellow Bros Wm. Wills

Strikebreaker Arrest For Concealed Weapon

O. C. Laughlin, a strikebreaker, was arrested late last week for carrying a concealed weapon. He pled guilty before Justice J. C. Davis and was fined $25 with costs totaling just over $31. his gun was confiscated. Gordon C. Green, also sought for the offense, fled town with a 45 caliber army Colt reported.

O. C. Laughlin J. C. Davis Gordon C. Green

Strikebreaking and minor stone throwing at Leavenworth

An attorney from Great Northern in Spokane says a strikebreaker was stoned by boys at Leavenworth, but only a few stones were thrown and no one was hurt. They report no disorder beyond two minor incidents by children and deny violence by strikers.

Great Northern Spokane Leavenworth

Tommy Richards in Serious Condition After Abscess Operation

Tommy Richards, ill for several days, underwent an operation at Community hospital to remove an abscess. His condition is considered very serious due to prior infection, though recovery is expected.

Tommy Richards

Printing Plant Attached In Cashmere Record Case

The Cashmere Record publisher W. L. Cave faces bank attachments on the paper. Cave, who bought the paper from J. D. Cornelius, moved in a Granite Falls plant and may print this week’s issue in Wenatchee while contesting the bank action.

Cashmere Record W. L. Cave Record J. D. Cornelius Granite Falls Wenatchee Still Waters

Local Residents Take Weekend Trips Around Wenatchee

Eagle Creek residents Mrs Ed Reynolds and children with Mrs J H Sharpe visited Wenatchee and spent the day with friends. Mr and Mrs U Harry Milham came from Wenatchee with Mr and Mrs Curtis Chase for a Lake Wenatchee visit. Various local families traveled to nearby towns and attended a church social in the week.

Ed. Reynolds J. H. Sharpe Wenatchee Bjork Peshastin U Harry Milham Curtis Chase Lake Wenatchee Otto Anderson Hitman Heath Robert Heath H. A. Anderson Sands Methodist Church

Jurors Drawn for Superior Court Jury Duty

Sheriff McManus summons a list of residents from Dryden Cashmere Peshastin Leavenworth Plain and Leavenworth to serve on the county superior court jury beginning at 9 o clock Sept 5. Names include J W Caldwell O F Johnson John Lean L A Leavall I M Morgan C E Northrup Marvin A Peters D H Phillips Clinton Randolph H S Rearick J F Reister T F Robinson Mrs J C Ruth B C Rutherford J B Schons Mrs Anna Spanier Elmer Staggs Archie Staley A C Stoltenberg J E Tholin J W Thompson Mrs W S Weeden.

McManus Superior Court J. W. Caldwell Dryden O. F. Johnson John Lean Cashmere L. A. Leavall Plain I. M. Morgan Leavenworth C. E. Northrup Marvin A. Peters D. H. Phillips Peshastin Clinton Randolph H. S. Rearick J. F. Reister T. F. Robinson J. C. Ruth B. C. Rutherford J. B. Schons Anna Spanier Elmer Staggs Archie Staley A. C. Stoltenberg J. E. Tholin J. W. Thompson W. S. Weeden

St Pauls Evang Lutheran Church Sunday Schedule

No Sunday school next Sunday. Sunday school begins the first Sunday in September. Church services at 10 45 am. Sermon topic The Gospel Answering the World Acts 17 16 34. Everyone is cordially invited to attend our services.

Lutheran Church

Prodnrs Hold Meeting On Strike In Wenatchee

A large gathering of North Central Washington producers from ranches and towns met in Wenatchee to urge government action on the railroad strike. They warn prolonged disruption threatens fruit harvests valued at twenty five million dollars and call for immediate settlement to protect producers and consumers nationwide.

Washington Wenatchee Northwest United States Congress Senate

Settlement efforts stall in seventh week of rail strike

Negotiations for ending the rail strike have collapsed with no near settlement. Strikers mostly orderly, some refusals to work citing poor equipment or safety concerns. Washington reports federal inspection may resume, tying non compliant engines to possible stoppage. roads reject seniority talks and a Big Four mediation conference is hoped to avert a broader tieup.

Needles Arizona Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Labor Board

Hospital to be Built at Adams Property in Leavenworth

A sanitarium plan is abandoned but a hospital will be built beside Dr. Lessing’s recently purchased Adams residence. Ground space on the west side is secured and the facility will include reception and operating rooms and space for about fifteen patients. The project promises returnable investment and urges community support.

Leavenworth Adams Lessing

Call for immediate resumption of railway services nationwide

A public appeal to the Governor of Washington, the press, railway executives and unions demands immediate restart of interrupted railway services with or without settlement of disputes. It pledges support to the President, requests a suitable committee and possible congressional session to grant authority to end service disruption, and urges other communities to join the protest.

House of Representatives State of Washington Congress

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