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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
4
A schoolmaster once regarded as the brightest student ends up a nonentity due to lack of effort while many duller peers rise with persistent work. The piece argues brains are developed through continuous energy and practice, not natural brilliance alone, and success is found in ongoing effort, not at a final goal.
The annual winter school covering agriculture horticulture forestry and home economics opens at Pullman January 6 for six weeks. Twenty four faculty members will lecture and demonstrate for short course students. Tuition is free and board costs five to six dollars weekly. books may total ten to fifteen dollars.
The board of regents asks the Legislature for about $1,390,000 for next year with $350,000 for new buildings and $1,040,000 from mill tax and current funds. A women's building is urged for all departments serving women's interests, plus a recitation hall to relieve crowded rooms. Enrollment rose from 601 in 1901 to 2632 in 1912, per the regents' annual report.
Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft Smith Ark recalls a six year illness cure after reading an advertisement for Chamberlains Tablets. She says her father took a box and has not been sick since and adds her sister also benefited. For sale by all dealers.
Investigators urge legislation to curb abuses by a Seattle commission men group. Lawmakers seek a full accounting of produce handled, buyers and sales, plus immediate consignor reports on condition to empower farmers to verify alleged price returns.
Preliminary returns from the Red Cross seal sale show Tacoma students raising over $1300, Seattle likely reaching one seal per capita, Everett reordering seals, and several towns near or at full sellout. Women’s clubs and newspapers boost the campaign as Washington aims to curb tuberculosis in a few years.
At a Spokane meeting last week fruit growers began plans for a storage and warehouse association with a Spokane headquarters and a Northwest chain of warehouses. The group aims to finance and handle the apple crop, pairing with the existing distribution group to cover Washington Idaho Oregon and Montana. A committee is drafting details of the storage organization. Get Butter Wrappers at Echo office.
The December shopping season brought the largest Christmas business in years, perhaps the biggest ever in Washington. Merchants and all industrial sectors show rising activity, with western railroads spending vast sums to improve lines and equipment as a barometer of future prosperity.
The University of Washington College of Forestry will run a three month short course from January 6 to March 27 to train forest rangers cruisers loggers and woodland owners. The program includes field work and a strong logging and lumbering focus with US Forest Service cooperation. Dean Hugo Winkenwerder says the course benefits experienced workers and offers tuition free with a nominal lab fee. Six four students are enrolled including graduates and extension students.
Iva Smith of Point Blank Texas says she suffered with a liver complaint and tried a 25c box of Chamberlain’s Tablets. She reports that they cured her and she recommends them to everyone. For sale by all dealers.
The note touts pneumonia as the winter and spring killer with colds and grip as its advance agents. It claims rapid relief using Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and bronchial affections. Mrs Place of Rawsonville Vermont endorses it for pneumonia prevention and general use. Trial bottle free at druggists.
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