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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
8
The 1917 income tax must be filed from January 1 to March 1 1918 with district collectors assigned to each county. Officials promise local help as postmasters bankers and newspapers announce when collectors will visit. The law lowers exemptions raising many new filers including farmers merchants and wage earners.
Chelan county Pomona Grange aims to send a carload of apples to Camp Lewis for Christmas. Wm O Rourke, State Food Administration member, toured the Wenatchee Valley noting good compliance with the new ration rules. The program currently enforces meatless Tuesday wheatless Wednesday porkless Saturday and two medium sugar lumps plus two ounces bread per person. Everett plans a one million dollar ship and dry dock yards.
Former Leavenworth boy Ralph Thornton writes from Camp Lewis describing a rainy season and a Thanksgiving feast. Local items include an army deserter arrest, Red Cross shipments, upcoming Christmas events, a church program, and the marriage of James Murcar and Miss Etta Hauck in the city.
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