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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
4
No finer work is done on new shoes than in repairing. New soles and heels are put on old shoes with the same care as new work. Shoes receive attentive service to make them serviceable and presentable when entrusted to us.
Leavenworth publishes an honor roll of servicemen in the war effort. The list includes Henry Poepmueller Gus Harding Ralph Harris Billy Smith Harry Beam Cloud Hood Harry Maston Tom Featherstone Roswell McNett Harrison Woodrow R. F. Taylor W. F. Ramsdell George Hoxsey Edwin Hoxsey Archie Estes Ellvidge Brady Carl Mischke Carl Freytag Otto Brender Martin Cahill Frank Potter E. C. Booth Stanley Meredith Mayor Wilson Geo Kidd Louis DeBlois John Wunder John Byron Earl Dennison Jas Lamb Carl Anderson Victor Johnson Frank Harris Horace Richardson Joe Betz H. De Long Frank Gregor Harry Ahearn Jas Swan George Stahl Shirley Coleman Claire Doty Ed Sharpe A. L. Meineke James Newell Arthur Wilder Bertrand Duncan C. E. Stevenson Lester Hood Dick Simons Jack Mahoney Sam Ricker Wm Wunder Chas Hathaway Fred Getchman Kenneth McRae Dominick Mc Donald W. H. Stevenson Frank Conway James Merrill Ernest Severson John Nugent Harry Nicholas Howard Blankenship Valentine Franklin Fred B. Davis Chas Westcot Clyde Boyce Louis Dahl Clint Towne Charley Hardy Carl Briggs Otto Anderson Louis F Dahl A. W. Altman Bernard Ross.
A compact report notes hat cords signaling service branch for privates and cadet aviators with color codes for infantry artillery cavalry and other corps. The article shifts to fire insurance urging preparedness and a local ad followed by Seattle mayoral speculation involving Ole Hanson and Frank Waterhouse with charter citizenship issues.
Shoshone county Idaho officials issue an ultimatum that all idlers must seek work or face prosecution under vagrancy laws. With Coeur d Alenes mines short staffed, the government calls for all citizens to aid in labor. loafers without visible means of support within ten days risk charges.
Public notices in Chelan County warn of a February 2 1918 sheriff sale of foreclosed real estate tied to the Riverview Orchard Company and a February 5 1918 timber sale on state land. Foreclosure proceeds cover 25207.50 plus costs. timber sale offers 160 acres SEt Section 22 for at least 2180.50 dollars.
Secretary of War Baker states that at the opening of 1918 the United States had 1 428 650 enlisted men and 110 865 officers, a force more than one and a half times larger than any prior mobilization. During the Spanish American War the peak was 272 000, and the current force is about six times that size.
Seventy five state banks or trust companies joined the Federal Reserve System in September with aggregate capital of 28,918,000 dollars, surplus of 32,050,000 dollars, and resources of 448,728,000 dollars. The total state members rise to 250 with resources around 5,000,000,000 dollars.
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