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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
5
A busy report from Leavenworth and nearby areas notes visits and travels of residents including Arnet Motteler and Mrs. Thos Pipkin. Sheriff McManus remarks bootlegging activity diminished as several people return from Seattle and Port Angeles with news on health, business, and local developments.
Peshastin residents consider moving to Odessa. Weather records 18 degrees below zero Tuesday night. W F Wright remains home, improving slowly. Mrs. P R Bradley misses school due to sickness. J W Rogers fills vacancy. J L Coppack travels coastward for church business. O D Fawcett visited Cashmere. Geo Spanger in Wenatchee. Love family in Ohio may return to Wenatchee valley in spring. Ed Young family leaves for Maine to decide on future home. farewell party held. Hesk Smith of Cashmere visits town. Sheriff McManus in town on office business.
The notice lists Sunday School at 10 a.m. Preaching at 11 a.m. Epworth League at 6:30 p.m. Preaching at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Pastor F. L. Moore says they will be pleased to meet you at any and all services.
Mass times listed 7:30 and 9:30 on the first, third and fifth Sundays. Evening devotions at 7:30 on the second and fourth Sundays. Weekday Mass at eight. Religious instruction for children at two on Saturdays.
The Rev. G. C. Haase will be installed as pastor and deliver his initial sermon next Sunday morning after 9:45 Sunday School and 10:45 preaching.
The fourth annual installment on Improvement District No 1 known as the Paving district including Front Street Eight and Ninth Street will be due and payable before March 4 1917 at the City Clerk's office. A R Brown City Clerk.
U S Forest Service advances rapid drying of eastern hemlock at Madison Wisconsin enabling shiplap to be dried green to shipping weight in 48 hours and two inch plank in six to eight days. Water from National Forest lands in Oregon is huge. 25 million board feet burned in 1916 across Oregon Washington Alaska with 1176 fires and 19000 dollars spent. Bamboo canes in Florida and Louisiana reach 25 feet with propagation methods to grow large plantings from coast to coast ensuring supply of young plants for widespread cultivation.
Fifteen miles of telephone wire were received to extend the Wenatchee National forest line up the Chewawa river, boosting total to 125 miles. A Sunset Highway folder and map describing Snoqualmie pass route will soon be printed in Washington for free distribution to aid auto travelers. Mr. and Mrs. Town returned from Cashmere after visiting friends. Charley Hendricks left on No. 4 for Cashmere on a business trip.
A bidder notes that a strict contract interpretation could trigger penalties totaling 678016 dollars. Based on experience the firm bids 16 inch shells at approximately the same rate per pound as the Allied government awarded a year earlier.
A Seattle chemical manufacturer announced new export activities sending dyes to France China and England while continuing domestic production to meet local demand. The firm expands its international footprint and strengthens its role in global trade.
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