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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1921
Page
4
A collage of farming tips and slogans on production costs, disease prevention, animal care, canning, record keeping, and farm exhibits. Highlights include seed and weed control, cow testing for milk costs, roosters and flies as pests, and canning advice for households and poultrymen.
Advice on planting certified seed, controlling pests, and using vegetable season efficiently. Encourages farming with agricultural agencies, improving dairy through cow testing, and exploiting roadside markets to boost farm income.
West side grain fields show smut reduced to under one percent when seed treated with formaldehyde or blue stone, while east side shows partial control. George L. Zundel reports on farm plots in Thurston Pierce and Whatcom counties where treated seed consistently cut smut compared with untreated plots. Also this week at the Southwestern and Western Washington fairs inmates from the Boys and Girls Training Schools display shoemaking tailoring needlework cooking and related exhibits.
Sanitation expert H E Phelps explains how chloride of lime can prevent typhoid and other intestinal diseases among harvest workers. A simple preparation—one tablespoonful in ten quarts of water—treats 1000 gallons and yields rapid disinfection with minimal taste impact.
Dorothy Mitchell aged sixteen died at home in Dryden after a ten day pneumonia illness. She had lived in the area since childhood and attended Cashmere High School last January. Funeral was held in Cashmere Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. The community extends its sympathy. The article notes progress on the new schoolhouse foundation and bricklaying, and mentions Willis George returning from the coast to teach in the fall term with his family visiting relatives in Everett.
Irene at the village drug store with her ardent swain spots a bent straw and calls the clerk about a broken sucker. The swain reddens as he mutters a sharp reproach. The scene is recounted in the American Legion Weekly style.
In Chelan County Superior Court J W McCollum sues H C Bennett and unknown owners to foreclose on the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter Section 32 Township 24 North Range 18 East W M for unpaid 1916 taxes plus penalties interest and costs. The holder seeks judgment foreclosing the lien and commanding appearance within sixty days. First publication August 26 1921. Summons served through Sumner LeBeck Wenatchee Washington.
Public summons issued in Chelan County Washington directing Mrs J Rindal to appear in Justice Court before J C Davis on September 10 1921 at 3 PM to answer a claim by George L Shuman doing business as George L Shuman Co for 26 50 alleged balance on a contract for goods wares and merchandise. The notice recalls the claim filed July 26 1921 and urges appearance to avoid confession of the demand.
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