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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
1
Paddy Ryan, a trackwalker near Chi waukum, was robbed Monday evening in his shack by burglars who held two guns to his face and took about $35 in cash and his paycheck. Authorities have not arrested anyone yet. Ryan has worked as a trackwalker and this summer flagged for Grant-Smith Co. repairing snowsheds.
About one hundred people attended the Sunday picnic at Ingalls Creek grounds. Amusement featured a race between Alderman Potter and Judge Downing with Downing winning by a nose. Shorty Lancaster won the Fat Men’s race. Mrs Horey beat Mrs Hoff in the women’s race after Hoff was tripped. Ethel Kubelik and Victor Hoff won the melon and boys contests respectively.
The Pentecostal Assembly of God holds Sunday School at 10 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m. Baptismal service is planned Sunday at 3 p.m. in the river below the upper bridge. Congregation gathers at 150 E Benton St at 2:30 p.m. led by Pastor M. McPhee.
Miss Mildred Strome daughter of Mr and Mrs John Strome of Leavenworth wed Sam Burgess son of Mr and Mrs FE N Burgess of Leavenworth last week Wednesday in Wenatchee The Rev Harry L Bell officiated A reception followed at the home of Mr and Mrs H X Featherstone with Mrs Burgess and Mrs Featherstone as hosts The couple will reside in Leavenworth in a house built this summer near Burgess's paternal home
The Echo offers holiday greeting card samples and solicits local orders. It emphasizes high quality from a home institution and encourages patronage with a proverb about winners and knockers.
The dispatch lists Rainbow trout, Eastern brook trout and cutthroat fry planted in Wenatchee River tributaries, lakes, and ponds including Icicle River Entiat River Wenatchee River and many smaller creeks with totals reaching tens of thousands. It also cites 1919 Washington law chapter on game farming licenses with ten dollar fee and five dollar annual payments.
The Leavenworth community plans to display its apple crop at the Seattle Apple Show through Thanksgiving week. Business leaders are urged to prepare and showcase Leavenworth as premier apple country with strong industry participation and organized plans via a Commercial Club meeting.
Sunday School at 9 45 Epworth League at 7 Topic Conscience led by Clara Jones Preaching at 11 a m and 7 p m Morning subject General Rules Evening subject The Devil's Tinder Box Mrs Amanda Town visited Seattle last week and saw the murdered Mrs Mahoney body sunk in a lake inside a trunk
Local notes from Peshastin cover club meetings venries and guest lists. Mrs Bert Luttrell hosts P J F Club while P T A features Dr Lessing talk and student performances. Residents attend picnics huckleberrying trips and phone line updates amid community events and TB tests.
Members of the Seattle Mountainers' Club who left July 30 passed through last Saturday on No 1 en route to their homes. The group appeared well adapted to life in the wilds with tanned skin, mosquito bites, and spry energy. Ladies wore hiking clothes and looked like seasoned woodsmen with the men resembling forest service types.
Universal Jewel showcases a melodrama praised for swift action and a stellar cast led by a noted actress. The feature screens Monday and Tuesday at Grand, reel run time 25 minutes, price 20 cents.
The Chelan County Game Commission sets new rules with broader authority. Deer season runs Oct 1 to Dec 15 with a one buck limit and head kept to prove sex. Chinese pheasants Oct 22 to Oct 3 or 10 days, two birds daily, max two in possession, with exceptions for Hungarian pheasants. Hungarian limit five daily. Blue grouse and native pheasants closed. bear season Sept 1 to May 1 while mountain goats and sheep remain closed. Waterfowl season Oct 1 to Dec 31 with limits 20 ducks daily 30 weekly and 8 geese/brant daily 30 weekly. sunset prohibitions and pre-dawn hunting restrictions apply.
Local items report Brower and Wamsley families returning home from Seattle visits. A harsh untold punishment outside the law is noted. The airship ZR-2 exploded near Hull on a planned US sale. Genevieve Barkee hosted friends for a California-bound cousin. Various social calls and a humorous note about fraud fears closed the week.
Local notes report Willard Holmes laid off from the mill due to a hand infection while railroad work resumes after jobs where workers were laid off since January. Alice Brown visits from Yakima to stay with the Barkees. Jack Klopstein visits from Everett. the Johnsons take a motor trip to Soap Lake. Dr. Lessing attends state medical meetings in Seattle and Olympia, with care arrangements in place for patients. Hoxsey accompanies Merritt party to Seattle for a child’s hospital admission and returns after heavy rain. A telegram from Tolna Dak. conveys the death of C. Lind. Mr. Lee travels to Tolna for the funeral. Otto Kenitz of Libby, Montana visits, then tours the coast before Portland, while DeRosia and family drive via Blewett Pass to Seattle and beyond, praising the Sound country and its crops.
Frank Niles of Everett joins Jick Carpenter editor of the Arlington Times and lawyer G W Hinman of Arlington on a nine day foot journey through Barlow and Indian passes to White River then by auto to Leavenworth. They fished and camped along Rainy creek and endured a knee injury and a two day storm delays. Niles stayed to visit relatives before returning home.
A.C. Barclay announces a special school election will be held Saturday August 27 from 1 to 6 PM at the School Auditorium to vote on a further increase in school taxes. The board asserts the levy remains lower than last year and notes many county schools seek extra funds.
William Luce of Wenatchee during soils demonstrations with Roy Larson rolled 60 feet down a grade near Monitor when passing a truck. Luce suffered a back injury but is reported not seriously hurt. The crash site at the end of Cashmere pavement is a known death trap with several prior wrecks.
LILLIAN NELSON as clerk announces a special election scheduled for August 27 1921 to seek taxpayer approval for an additional school levy for 1921 and 1922. The notice specifies the election authority and dates for voters.
Mr and Mrs WFE Hansen and daughter Hazel returned home from a weeklong auto trip in Western Washington. They camped at Pacific Beach and enjoyed good weather. Other residents traveled with them or visited, including Frost and daughter and the Telfers. The Gossmans discussed county farm affairs and patient numbers at the county poor farm.
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