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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
3
The piece urges moderation and avoids excess in consuming wine and liquor for cooking while advising against tobacco. It emphasizes choosing the pureest options if one must use substances and cautions against overeating, presenting a moral tone on self control.
The state tax commission asks the next legislature to create a public administrator in each county to handle estates with no heirs in the state and to curb probate costs. The plan, handled by the superior court, would appoint a resident attorney as administrator who would receive a fixed commission and work with the tax commission to collect inheritance taxes on deeds made before death. The measure aims to recover funds lost to double probate fees and unfiled taxes, with examples showing heirs receiving only a fraction after expenses.
UW now ranks fifteenth by size with 3,335 students surpassing Yale’s 3,263. In Bremerton a suit seeks 850 dollars found by a Times carrier under a stump. Monroe merchants adopt a cash system offering five percent discount for cash groceries and three percent for feed. Oil discovery at Sequim creamer y site has sparked citywide excitement as drillers strike at 280 feet.
H D Ely of Bantam Ohio suffered a four year foot ulcer. After a doctor urged amputation he tried Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a last resort and reports his foot was soon completely cured. Advertises its use for burns cuts bruises and eczema with 25 cent boxes from H E Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
Four state banks have notified the State Bank Examiner of plans to convert to national charters under the new federal currency law. Meanwhile eight or 10 new banks aim to apply for state charters after March 1, with two institutions this week granted state charters. The banks organizing post March 1 seek a one year tax exemption. The two banks organizing this week are the State Bank of Charleston and the Port Angeles Trust and Savings Bank. The four converting banks are Exchange Bank of Reardan Farmers State Bank of Colfax Lynden State Bank and Enumclaw State Bank. No national bank has indicated abandoning its charter over the currency act.
Aberdeen dispatch reports all lumber manufacturers anticipate a strike by mill workers on May 1 to press for the eight hour day. In Everett two hundred Robinson Manufacturing workers quit February 14 over the discharge of 23 union men. Five large mills back Robinson, pledging to close plants to enforce open shop policies and urging reinstatement of the union men.
Rumors place Gilman and John F. Stevens as likely successors to Carl Gray as Great Northern president. Gilman may keep his current lines while W D Scott would become vice president and general manager. Old papers for sale at this office, 10c a bunch.
The article outlines initiative and referendum rules noting 30 000 signatures per petition and the need for voter lists from city clerks and county auditors. It states ten measures have been initiated, mailing costs at 5 cents per voter, and a total state budget of 300 000 for printing binding and mailing, with estimated mailing costs at 175 000 for ten measures.
State reports show 12,832,145 pounds of butter made in Washington in the year ending November 1 1913, down from 13,078,648 pounds the prior year. King county dropped from 3,191,379 to 2,483,473 pounds. Eastern Washington counties largely increased production.
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