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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
6
A $117,535 contract has been awarded for construction of a girls dormitory at Washington State College. Work is being rushed on a Rod and Jun Club clubhouse in Walla Walla. A modern creamery and cold storage plant worth $20,000 is now assured for Chewelah.
A We nātchee Commercial Club meeting debated fighting high living costs and potential profiteering. A Fair Price Committee was formed per Palmer guidance with diverse local members including Mrs. Allison Barry, O. B. Shay as secretary, and plans to pursue cost studies and price fairness under government direction.
Fruitgrowers of the Spokane Valley plan to arm themselves and patrol their orchards to deter fruit thefts after a regional meeting. Officials report orchard damage has driven losses to a heavy figure for the growers.
All business houses except soft drink establishments will stay closed in observance of Labor Day in Leavenworth. No formal demonstration has been arranged by local laborers so far.
United States District Attorney R C Saunders announced in Seattle that all retailers believed guilty of profiteering will be prosecuted. He said wage earners bear the burden and charged merchants with making consumers pay income and excess profits taxes.
The medical doctors of Okanogan, Omak and Riverside raise residence call charges by 25 percent while office rates stay unchanged. County agent Meikle notes nitrate fertilizer orders must be placed this week, with prices at 80 dollars per ton for carload lots and 85 dollars per ton for smaller lots. Orders should be sent to Mr. Meikle in Wenatchee or to horticultural inspector Mr. Darlington. A search continues for Mark H. Maxwell, the 20 year old Wenatchee postal clerk missing since Aug 7, with $6,000 in currency reported missing between Wenatchee and Waterville. Maxwell was last seen at Wenatchee depot platform. authorities suspect travel toward Spokane and Canada. Spokane reports coal prices up to 12 dollars per ton. Thirty-two million trout fry will be released in Washington this year. Washington, Idaho and Oregon expect to market 20,000 carloads of apples. Colville samples at Pierre Lake show gold copper and lead valued at 200 dollars per ton. Whitman county wheat yields projected at 12,000,000 bushels. The Eastern Star plans a 1,000,000 dollar temple in Seattle. Sprague may host a 200 barrel flour mill costing 60,000 dollars. Tacoma plumbers gain a daily raise to nine dollars for eight hours.
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