Modern Army Pay and Family Allowances Revealed
An article explains the new U S Army pay system. Privates receive 88 dollars monthly in the U S with clothing and medical care, rising to 39 60 dollars abroad. Dependents allowances add up to 50 dollars monthly, with child and spouse payments, plus optional war risk life insurance up to 10 000 dollars. The system bases compensation on family size and includes death and disability benefits.
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Uncle Sam
United States Army
National Guard
National Army
United States
Europe
Sam
Treasury
Masons Install Officers and Initiate Five Members
Members of the Masonic Fraternity held a large meeting at their Temple on Monday from 3 PM to midnight for installation of officers and initiation of five new members. A 6:30 PM banquet, served by Eastern Star members, drew about seventy guests. Visitors from Wenatchee and John Weaver of Hillyard attended, and the new officers installed for the coming year were L. F. Speidel W M L. O. Taylor S W Thos Pipkin J W L. W. Woodrow Sec A G McKeown Treas.
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Masonic Fraternity
Free Masonry
E. Lake
Jay Cushan
W. R. McCleary
Jas. Gullet
J. M. King
N. Sampson
W. C. Arnold
T. van Valkenberg
A. J. Gilman
W. G. Wright
Mr. Bach
John Weaver
Hillyard
L. F. Speidel
W. M
L. O. Taylor
S. W
Thos. Pipkin
J. W
L. W. Woodrow
Sec
A. G. McKeown
Treas
Chelan County Tax Rolls Extended and Levies Increased
Chelan County Assessor E. R. Spencer has finalized the 1917 tax rolls and the lists have been handed to the county treasurer for collection. The total taxable property value is $16,483,459 with a county tax of $189,168 and state levy up to 8.486 mills. The current expense levy rises to 4.665 mills raising about $76,641, up from 4.875 mills last year, partly to cover costs including I W W protections. The Great Northern Railway will pay roughly $21,000 more due to higher property valuation.
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E. R. Spencer
Chelan County
Great Northern Railway Company
Field Agent Appointed to Enforce Food Laws
R B Smith deputy sealer of weights and measures from the secretary of state's office has been named field agent for Washington state. The appointment grants powers of inquiry and inspection under federal food administration acts and Smith, often in the field, will monitor compliance in hotels, restaurants, stores and other places.
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R. B. Smith
Secretary of State
Washington
State of Washington
Smith
Food Administration
Act of Congress
Marriages Rise in Chelan County in 1917 Data Show
Chelan county records indicate a rise in marriages in 1917 with 248 licenses issued, up from 208 the previous year and higher than 188 in 1915 and 211 in 1916. December yielded the peak with 36 licenses, followed by June at 34. Half-year totals split to 96 in the first six months and 147 in the second half.
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Chelan County
Bootlegging defendant fined and jailed in Wenatchee
Aay Anderson pleaded guilty to bootlegging before Judge McCoy in Wenatchee last Thursday. He was fined $100 and sentenced to thirty days in the county jail, unable to pay the fine, he will serve the time in the county hoose. Walter Mulligan of Leavenworth awaits trial on a similar charge for selling liquor to an Indian. December floods washed out fourteen Blewett road bridges between Ingles Creek and The Summit, all wooden and small. replacement costs and repairs estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars.
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Aay Anderson
Blewett Road
Ingles Creek
Summitt
Income tax 1917 guidance urges wage earners to report
The article explains 1917 income tax rules for single and married earners, with thresholds of $1,000 and $2,000, respectively. It describes tax rates, surcharges, and reporting deadlines, urging all eligible individuals to compute their earnings and file with the collector of internal revenue.
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Sam
Colector of Internal Revenue
Government may seize Seattle traction system
A. L. Kempster, manager of Puget Sound Light and Power Co., says the government may take over Seattle's traction system because the company cannot maintain service. He notes workers quitting at ten to fifteen a day to join shipyards.
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A. L. Kempster
Puget Sound Light and Power Co
Seattle
Local Meat Cutter Mert Elfers Dies at Camp Lewis
Mert Elfers once employed as a meat cutter at the Frank market and a Wenatchee Valley native died at Camp Lewis on the fourth of this month after an appendectomy followed by a severe measles complication. He was 28 and buried in Wenatchee this week with full military honors.
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Mert Elfers
Frank Market
Camp Lewis
Elfers
Wenatchee Valley
Wenatchee
Boulder wrecks engine on Oroville branch near Brewster
W. J. Barrett and G. N. passenger engineer on the Oroville branch escaped serious injury when a large stone rolled from a hill near Brewster, lodged under the engine, and was shot upward into the cab. The train was delayed for hours due to the mishap.
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Boulder
W. J. Barrett
G. N
Oroville
Brewster
Rawlins Brothers Reach France in War Service
Mrs. Anna Mercer learns her son Harlan M. Rawlins has arrived in France with the second balloon squadron after leaving Fort Omaha, traveling via Canada and New York. He is the second son. another son, Gabe Rawlins, serves in the Engineering corps and arrived months ago.
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Mike” Rawlins
France
Anna Mercer
Harlan M. Rawlins
Baloon
Fort Omaha
Canada
New York
Mike
Pig Raising Profitable Near Wenatchee
Sun ny Slope youngsters Gilbert Pearne and Blanche Smith saved money to buy a pig two years ago. They sold it to buy three more pigs at $2 each. Last week the three pigs dressed about 300 pounds each and should bring at least 20 cents a pound, totaling around $180, with feed costs about $25.
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Sunny Slope
Wenatchee
Gilbert
Pearne
Blanche Smith
C. E. Smith
Early Signs of Spring Disturbing Fruit Growers
J S Quigley reports young grasshoppers in Chumstick valley while others sight bees and butterflies. Unseasonably warm days raise sap and swell fruit buds prompting worry for peach apricot and cherry crops. Yakima river flow offers little flood relief as rail bridges hindered by swift currents. Bethlehem Steel surpasses Krupp in torpedo boat destroyer contracts.
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J. S. Quigley
Chumstick Valley
Yakima
N. P
Milwaukee
Bethlehem Steel Company
Krupp’s
Germany
Wenatchee Club Official Speaks on War Saving Plan
C W Finlayson secretary of the Wenatchee Commercial Club and acting counsel of defense spoke at a noon luncheon in Leavenworth outlining authority for the council and urging business leaders to close shops at 6 pm limit daily deliveries and promote economical buying to ease national finances. He cited strong local support across Douglas Okanogan and Chelan counties and noted Leavenworth stores mostly observed the guidelines with deliveries limited to one per day.
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C. W. Finlayson
Wenatchee Comercial Club
County Council of Defense
Peshastin
Rainier Cafe
Finlayson
B. C. Rutherford
County Council
Douglas
Okanogan
Chelan
Leavenworth
M. W. Stark
J.A. Warman
Guy Stage
Rutherford
Conservation Board
Burke
Wenatchee Man Faced Trial for False Misrepresentation
In Wenatchee Superior Court on Tuesday W Melvin Dowsing faced a charge of obtaining 35 dollars from the Wenatchee Hotel proprietor by false pretenses. He allegedly sought memberships for an Automobile Club and claimed Los Angeles representation. Arrested in Spokane last November, he has been jailed on 2000 dollars bail and treated for typhoid fever in hospital.
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Superior Court
Wenatchee
W. Melvin Dowsing
Wenatchee Hotel
Dowsing
Automobile Club
Los Angeles
Spokane
General Hospital
Alt Ho
Burt J. Williams
N. A. Pearson
Crollard & Crollard
Cascade Garage
Barclay
Cascade Chapter Installs Eastern Star Officers
Cascade Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star installed its officers for the coming year. Francis B. Field and Effie Heatherton supervised as installing officers, naming Worthy Matron Annie Geerds and Worthy Patron F. T. Motteler among others. Mrs Field received a Past Matron pin and floral bouquet from Past Matrons. Refreshments followed the ceremony.
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Eastern Star
Cascade
Order of Eastern Star
Francis B. Field
Effie Heatherington
Marshall
Annie Geerds
F. T. Motteler
Asso
Nellie Ewing
Sec
Mary Motteler
Treas
Pearl Wheeler
Clara Blomeke
Emma Irwin
Emma Walker
Marshall Mabel Cline
Anna Sampson
Adah
Ada
Hodge Ruth
Hattie Stall
Esther
Jessie Mohler
Martha
Myrtle Ruth
Electra
Warder
Ida Davis
Sentinel
A. G
Field
Annie Sampson
Angela Gatherless
Frisco Quarantine Ends as Sailor Details Holiday Rest
Chas Hathaway records shore leave on December 24 1917 after quarantine ends aboard. He describes Christmas dinner at Ellinger's in Frisco the rough seas to Oakland visits and warm barracks hammocks. He notes shipboard drills, planned San Diego training, and a Red Cross Christmas package plus thoughts on radio and Harvard electrician training.
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Frisco
Ellinger’s
Oakland
San Diego
Harvard
Meinecke
The
Red Cross
Chas. Hathaway
Freckles drama at Scenic Theater Wednesday night
Freckles the popular story by Gene Stratton Porter comes to Scenic Theater for one night on Wednesday Jan 16. Neil Twooney who dramatized the tale has created a song play with the same tender simplicity and familiar characters. The production promises strong scenic effects and a New York company of excellent singers and players.
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Neil Twooney
Mrs. Porter
Indiana Limberlost
New York
Lumber Camp Strike Stops Work At I W W Camp
About twenty Great Northern Lumber Co. workers in the Chumstick valley logging camp known as the I W W camp struck yesterday and moved to town. The men demanded different groceries including Wenatchee's Best brand, objected to Everett Best meat, and refused to accept other goods supplied. The dispute led to the entire camp striking rather than accept the company provisions.
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Great Northern Lumber Co
Chumstick
Everett
Wenatchee
Tax relief for Yakima valley fruit orchards next year
The Yakima county assessor rules fruit trees in the valley will be exempt from land-value taxation next year. Previously $40 per acre was added to six year old orchards and $50 for older trees. The change follows federal farm loan bank appraisal practices that ignore orchards and refuse loans on them.
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Yakima Valley
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Masons
G. N. Ry
Nelson
Blewett Pass
Aeanssenteenaceeses
Ateaneres
Nworth
the “Wobblies
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