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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
7
A reader from Leavenworth honors Lou Brender for designing and using a tractor snow grader at his own expense to keep main roads and city streets passable during heavy snow. The letter notes prior councils rejected winter plowing as impractical and costly, praising Brender’s example and urging community support.
Prof. B. L. Steele of the State College of Washington outlines ways to save fuel. He urges substituting wood kerosene or electricity where possible, choosing efficient equipment, weighing daily coal use for a month, firing plants economically, heating only needed areas and preventing heat loss.
President S C Barrett of the National Farmers Union urges State College of Washington students to start early and work hard. He proclaims opportunities are plentiful and many positions unfilled, advising students to study themselves to death as preparation for a successful future.
On lonely seas the battleships once wandered and darkened days. Christmas angels look down to see men and nations meet to pray. They lay aside tools of war and set the idea of peace upon a throne.
A lyrical portrait traces Santa Claus through each month wearing seasonal dress and moods, from January’s skin to December’s fur and bells. Children recognize him by his gifts, wreaths, and merry laughter as he travels with holly and cherries, clothing imagery and color in a festive verse.
A poetic Christmas medley urging peace and mercy. The speaker, Louella C. Pook, invokes bells to spread a message of universal peace and compassion, imagining a world where war ends and all creatures dwell in brotherhood with gentle, tender hearts.
Omak Chronicle reports incorporation of J C Biles Lumber Co with capital stock of 350000 dollars, 150000 preferred and 200000 common, to operate in Omak. Incorporators J C Biles Nona I Biles and N Coleman are trustees. The firm plans to absorb Biles Coleman Lumber Co, a 75000 dollar stock entity, and begins timber cutting on 500 million feet of Omak creek timber.
A nearly 200 year old English cook book, Howard's Cookery printed in London in 1733, is donated to the State College of Washington library. The mellow leather volume includes five hundred receipts, many using white wine and ale, with a monthly fare section showing era meals.
Miss Mary F Sutherland, nutrition specialist for the extension division at the State College of Washington, notes that eggs are a rich storehouse of fuel, energy and tissue building materials. She emphasizes their value in a balanced diet and practical use.
The passage extols eggs as nearly perfect nutrition noting their phosphorus calcium and iron in organic form. It highlights albumin in the white fat in the yolk and the protein salts and minerals essential for health including sodium chloride potassium salts and sulfur. It also mentions iron forming the material for hemoglobin in red blood cells.
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