Leavenworth Public Schools Open Next Tuesday Morning
The Leavenworth Public Schools will open at 9 o clock next Tuesday morning with Labor Day observed as a state holiday Monday. Enrollment on the first day is urged. late entry requires make up work. Some graduates from the class of 1919 plan further study at Pullman State College, Chautauqua nursing school, Wenatchee Business College, and the University of Washington.
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Leavenworth
Boards of Education
Leavnworth
Leavenworth High School
Alvin Morton
Goebert Schubert
Bruce Smith
Edward Ritchie
John Coppock
Theodore Kuch
State College
Pullman
Agnes Davis
Chautauqua N. Y
Olive Blankenship
Wenatchee Business College
Emil Schneider
Dery! Motteler
University of Washington At
Miss Conrad
Miss Wansbrough
Erickson
Miss Bickford
Miss Ward
Miss Myer
Flemming
Brynes
N. H. Bakke
Miss Grue
Miss Day
Anderson
W. Foster Bickel
A. T. Sutton
Barkee
Conrad
Bakke
Alaskan
Navy
Miss Flemming
Record July receipts at Chicago Union Stockyards reach new high
July receipts of 457 619 sheep and lambs at the Chicago Union Stockyards were the largest on record for that month surpassing the previous July record by 1 906 animals. The gain exceeds the July 1918 total by 117 277. Factors include mild weather and a good spring boosting marketable lambs and earlier lambing and marketing. Growth in northwest range areas and late Tennessee and Kentucky lambs also contributed.
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Chicago Union
United States Department of Agriculture
Northwest Range
Tennessee
Kentucky
Government food allotment sales posted through postmaster
Postmaster receives a list of government apportioned food items from San Francisco with prices and shipping terms. Most goods, including flour and beans, come in original packages. prices add postage and a five cent first pound plus one cent per extra pound. Refunds are not offered for stale meat or oats.
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Hamilton
Postal Department
San Francisco
County School Population and Budgets Reported
County Superintendent E C Bowersox retires and hands to successor J F Casebeer next month. County has 5454 school age children with 2788 boys and 2666 girls, up from 5131. Enrolled total 2240 boys and 2222 girls. 181 teachers, 25 men 156 women. Men's average salary 163.47 and women 793.67. School sites valued at 522441 and furniture 60262. Year expenditures 229636. teachers salaries 146397. Previous year 220268 with 13429 for teachers.
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E. C. Bowersox
J. F. Casebeer
Wenatchee World
Hood Sustains Injuries Loading Logs at Blewett
Geo Hood suffered painful injuries while loading logs at Blewett on Tuesday afternoon. He will be laid up for some time.
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Geo. Hood
Blewett
City council debates water dam and lighting plant plan
At Tuesday session the City Council tentatively approved spending 15 000 to 20 000 for water system improvements and a dam across the Icicle to ensure steady flow and prevent winter freeze. A Spokane engineer will survey costs near 20 000 and work should finish before winter. The panel also discussed owning a lighting plant with a 500 horsepower plant estimated at 50 000 and a meeting with Tumwater Light Water Co. to price distribution. Protests on a dance hall ordinance were raised with expected revisions forthcoming.
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Weile
Spokane
Beamish
Adams
Tumwater Light Water Co
New Plan Proposed Would Consolidate Railroads
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin introduces a bill proposing nationwide railroad consolidation into a single privately owned system with guaranteed minimum earnings and profit sharing with the public and employees. The plan differs from the Plumb proposal and would place control in one corporation supervised by the Interstate Commerce Commission and run by eleven directors appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
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Lenroot
Wisconsin
Citizen’s National Railroad League
Interstate Commission
Senate
United States Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce
Forest Fire Near Cascade Tunnel Contained
Forest Supervisor Sylvester reports the Cascade tunnel fire near Nason Creek is cut off from green timber and burning out after burning about 1000 acres. A southwest wind aided containment as 50 to 60 firefighters worked since early week, securing aid including army trucks for Okanogan County.
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Sylvester
Cascade Tunnel
Nason Creek
Wenatchee World
Killing Deer Out of Season Sparks Shoreline Arrest
W A Nelson and Neil Sears from Lake Wenatchee brought five Indians to town after arresting them for deer poaching out of season. They were fined 25 dollars and costs after a Justice Davis hearing. Two deer were found. locals fear a winter meat stockpile by the poachers. One Indian had a license and contested the charge while resisting at first. Hunting is said to be fair in White River valley, but concern remains over Siwash deer theft.
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W. A. Nelson
Neil Sears
Lake Wenatchee
J. C. Davis
Sears
Nelson
White River Valley
Mr. Nelson
Roosevelt Memorial Fund Aims to Raise 66 000 State
Washington volunteers form a Roosevelt memorial drive to raise 66 000 in the state and 70 000 in Spokane City and county. W H Cowles reports first eastern Washington donation a 5 dollar check from Deed H Mayor editor of the Leavenworth Echo. The plan mirrors the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign with small subscriptions preferred and certificates signed by William Boice Thompson.
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Roosevelt
Spokane
Washington
W. H. Cowles
Deed H. Mayor
Leavenworth Echo
L. Roy Slater
Thaddeus
Lane
National
William Boice Thompson
Washington, D. C
Oyster Bay
Colonel Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
National Association
State Committee
Washington State
Offer Railroad Men Forty Cent Increase
Railroad shop crafts face a potential strike set for September 2 if demands are unmet. The administration proposes a four cent hourly raise retroactive to May 1, boosting pay from 68 to 72 cents per hour for ten hours of work. Presidents and officials weigh costs and impact on freight rates.
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Duta
Wilson
Congress
Apple exports begin as Wenatchee district starts picking
Apple picking for export begins in the Wenatchee district with Winter Bananas and Jonathans first. Crews work around Rock Island Tribidag and near Wenatchee, shipping several carloads overseas ten days earlier than usual. Northwest Fruit Exchange prices stabilize the market with Delici ous at 3.50, Winter Bananas 3.25, Winesap 2.75, Spitzenberg 2.75, Jonathans 2.50, about a dollar higher per box than last year.
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Wenatchee
Rock Island
Trinidad
Northwest Fruit Exchange
Seattle leaders form campaign committee for city effort
A large list of Seattle and regional leaders is named as part of a campaign committee with roles across districts. Notable figures include Mayor Ole Hanson, Judge Thomas Burke, Clark Nettleton, Rufus Woods, Miles Poindexter, and Miles C. Moore. The group spans Seattle, Olympia, Yakima, Walla Walla, Spokane, and Tacoma with banking, legal, and business representation.
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W. H. Cowles
C. S. Wills
Northwestern
Seattle Hardware Company
First Avenue
Seattle
Ole Hanson
Harold Preston
Lowman Building
A. B. Stewart
Stewart & Holmes Drug Company
Thomas Burke
Clark Nettleton
the Post-Intelligencer
P. C. Tyler
Botsford, Constantine & Tyler
Henry Building
William T. Lyons
Wash
Josephine C. Preston
Olympia
H. C. Lucas
Yakima Trust Company
Yakima
South Central District
Rufus Woods
the World
Wenatchee
North Central District
H. H. Turner
Baker-Boyer Bank
Walla Walla
Southeastern
S. &. E. Trust Company
Spokane
Doctor De Raymonte Opens Private Sanitarium in Medford
A private source reports that Dr De Raymonte, once based elsewhere, now runs a private sanitarium in Medford Oregon. He allegedly mingled with the unsuspecting and patrons of such clinics, achieving notable early success. Readers are left to draw their own conclusions about his methods and influence on locals.
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Leavenworth
Medford
Ore
Oregon City
Valley Apple Crop Valued At 17 Million
A Wenatchee Daily World report quotes an apple buyer estimating 1919 season results for the Wenatchee district. With 7,000,000 boxes and $2.25 per box, Apple growers could net about $15.75 million from apples plus мяг $1.5 million from soft fruits, totaling roughly $17.25 million on 30,000 acres.
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Wenatchee
International
Apple Shipers’ Association
Nitrate of Soda Demonstration Sparks Orchard Purchases
County Agent Meikle reports orders for several tons of nitrate of soda after a county orchard demonstration. A large shipment is expected around November 1. About 500 growers from Chelan Okanogan Douglas and Grant counties attended, with remarks by Dean Johnson Professor Morris and E S Robertson.
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Meikle
Chelan
Okanogan
Douglas
Grant
Dean Johnson
State College Experiment Station
O. M. Morris
Department of Horticulture
E. S. Robertson
Experiment Station
Wenatchee Plans Temporary Homes for Fruit Harvesters
The Wenatchee council votes to vacate Alaska Street for three blocks to erect about 100 tents or temporary houses to house surplus city population as fruit harvest nears. The move addresses a growing housing shortage and a critical situation.
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Wenatchee
Alaska Street
Largest county bond issue in U S history for roads
St Louis county Minnesota approved July 1 by about nine to one a road bond issue totaling 7 500 000 the largest ever voted for road building by a county in the United States The second largest was Dallas county Texas with 6 500 000 more than a few weeks earlier.
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St. Louis County
Minn
United States
Dallas County
Texas
Hunting Season Postponed Indefinitely by Governor Hart
Gov Hart delayed the opening of hunting season indefinitely citing extreme drought and forest fire danger. Grouse, pheasant and otter game will be unlawful to shoot until further notice, disappointing local sportsmen planning to hunt next Tuesday in the woods.
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Hart
Thas
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Henry Temme
Monroe Monitor
Charles Simpson
Wenatchee Valley
G. H. Ellis
J. E. Forde
Oroville
G. J. Fraiser
City Council
National Rail Road League
Okanogan County
DE Raymonte
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