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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
4
A well appointed dining room makes it a happy meeting place for family and guests. Our special showing of dining room furniture offers sets and separate pieces sure to appeal to women who take pride in a beautiful home and value the unusual savings disclosed.
Naxle Sales Co offers new shoes and repairs with equal care. They place new sales and heels on old shoes to restore serviceability and presentation regardless of repair needed.
Federal Labor Department launches a plan to mobilize adult male volunteers for both voluntary and wage work essential to wartime needs. Members join the U S Public Service Reserve. details on qualifications and opportunities will be cataloged and shared with relevant government bodies and employers.
Canadian Food Administrator W. J Hanna told a Vanderbilt Hotel representative that strict economy in wheat and other foods is crucial for Allied relief. He urged press support for Hoover, warned against profiteering, and stressed feeding front line troops over local cost, calling for extensive conservation.
Spokane Chamber of Commerce trustees endorse a federal eight hour day for all lumber sector workers. The Loggers club origin and Inland Empire Employers Association memorial argue a standard hours and wages prevents destructive regional competition and promotes industrial peace across the United States.
The new standard price for a 16 ounce loaf is nine cents when paid cash and carried home, with delivery at ten cents. Previously prices ranged from ten to twelve cents. Spokane bakers and grocers agreed after a conference with Charles Heberd, federal food administrator for Washington. Bakers reduced retailer price from eight to seven and a half cents. production costs ranged from six and three quarter to seven and a half cents. The Bellingham Olympic Portland Cement Co will convert its plant to coal firing, and Seattle Veneer Co plans a new plant.
In Chelan County Washington Wm O Rourke sues J B Gallagher to recover 60 dollars for board and cash with a hearing set December 28 1917 at 10 AM in Leavenworth Justice Court before P H Graham JP If Gallagher fails to appear the claim will be confessed. First publication November 23 with December 7 final.
Notice that August Nelson of Leavenworth Wash. and N.H. has filed for three year proof to establish a homestead claim on surveyed tracts in Sec. 1 T.26N R.16E W.M. before R.S. Ludington at Wenatchee on December 2, 1917. Witnesses include Tony Violette Joe Violette John L Murphy and S. Swenson. Registered Ben Spear.
Eighteen thousand Oklahoma boys and girls in clubs are urged by federal and state agricultural authorities to save field and garden seeds for home use and to save extra seed for others. They aim to preserve beet, lettuce, radish, mustard, tomato and other seeds as shortages loom next spring. Senator Owen warns that submission to German brute force would threaten democracies and the United States.
The mock oration questions whether wartime food controls harm families as soldiers cross seas to fight for the nation. Congressman Scott Ferris argues against letting speculators profit from essential goods and urges fair handling of necessities for wives and loved ones during hardship.
A man who burns straw stock commits two offenses. He destroys forage for farm stock and deprives himself of a profit source. Wheat price is high, so farmers cannot sow on poorly prepared land. Business principles alone argue against such waste.
No 8701 in Chelan Superior Court L P Robertson plaintiff against Annie Thomas and Melvin G Thomas defendants summons issued to appear within sixty days after November 2 1917 to answer the complaint The suit seeks foreclosure of a mortgage dated September 18 1914 on a one acre parcel in section 1 township 24 north range 17 east Willamette Meridian north of the Wenatchee River The mortgage secured a $100 promissory note with interest and the plaintiff L J Nelson attorney George Leavenworth Chelan County Washington publication dates November 2 1917 and December 7 1917
Northwestern & Pacific Mortgage Company sues Ned Johnson and Agnes Johnson in Chelan County Superior Court. Judgment for 1736.90 plus interest and costs, forecloses on NW quarter of Section 24, Township 24 N Range 19 E WM with water rights. Sale set for December 29, 1917 at 10 AM at courthouse front door We natchee.
A London dispatch reports Saxon Finance Minister in the Saxon Diet urged Germany to seek indemnity without naming opponents, adding that they should focus on America as a focal point amid postwar tensions.
A contract has been let in Seattle for a new four story apartment house. The project marks a significant addition to the city’s housing stock and is expected to advance construction in the downtown area.
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