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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1914
Page
3
A collage of practical science notes from agriculture to weather. Topics include Icelandic month knuckles, portable skating rinks, civil service tests, a one hand clock, tar paper nests, pressure canning, horse pulling dynamics, rain-maker claims, concrete silos, student lamp designs, long range weather forecasts, artificial pearls from gelatin, a tooth edged shovel, chimney demolition methods, divining rods, and rapid crop report distribution pilots.
A meeting of cattle and sheep raisers with forest supervisors at North Yakima ended in a harmony banquet. Duncan Dunn of Wapato served as toastmaster while Chief Forester McKenzie and supervisors Allen Sylvester Hale spoke. McKenzie proposed a toast to the sheep dog signaling fraternity on the range.
A joint meeting of Washington Fruit Growers Association officers and Waulnches Prairie farmers at Oak View Grange Hall urged north of Centralia growers to buy stock in the association which plans to take over the Centraliacanning plant idle for three years. The association, capitalized at 5000 dollars, has many shares sold and aims to dispose of all local fruit and berries. If no market exists for fresh fruit it will go to the cannery to prevent annual farmer losses. J O Norton and E O Pearsall led the meeting which was deemed a success.
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