Creamery meeting poises dairy growth in Skagit valley
Ranchers and cow owners from Chumstick Eagle Creek Peshastin Merritt Cascade Orchards and Nason Creek attended a meeting on a recent Saturday. Thirteen cow owners subscribed for stock and plans for a creamery were endorsed. Emil Frank and M O Van Brocklin will contact absent owners. Bene dict a Skagit valley dairyman urged cooperation noting solid profits from dairy work and creamery success. A further meeting is planned for late January or early February with notice to participants.
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Emil Frank
M. O. van Brocklin
Benedict
Skagit Valley
Washington
Chelan County Roads Highlight State Highway Work
The State Highway Commission reports 2.7 miles of gravel road with a new steel bridge at $19 000 and 3.38 miles of waterbound macadam at $18 163 completed in Chelan. One more mile of gravel road with a 240 foot concrete bridge near Leavenworth is under contract. County work totals $53 500 for 50 miles of earth road and ten miles surfaced with gravel or shell rock.
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State Highway Commission
Leavenworth
Chelan
Chelan County
Leavenworth Mercantile Co. Announces Annual Clearance Sale
Leavenworth Mercantile Co. promotes a large clearance sale this week with most stock offered at half price. The sale runs from January 20 to January 26 as they clear room for new spring stock. A separate note mentions shipment of 31 carloads of horses to New Jersey for France aboard ships, part of earlier wartime logistics.
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Leavenworth Mercantile
Walla
New Jersey
France
Advertising Pays Echo Claim: Lost Muffs Recovered
In two recent weeks two women placed ads in the Echo for lost muffs. Finders read the ads and returned the items to their rightful owners, proving advertising pays. The piece notes the value of advertising for business and warns that lack of ads can lead to public exposure.
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Echo
Interesting figures on Leavenworth finances
City Treasurer Koerner presented figures from the 1914 financials at the council meeting. Expenditures totaled 20 963.99 with warrants drawn on the general fund 13 567.32 and water fund 3 006.54. Improvement district warrants were 4 285.35, total income 24 634.81, and outstanding warrants around 7 000.
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Leavenworth
Water Fund
Improvement District Fund
Old Creamery Man Predicts Sure Success
O G Fish and wife, early Wenatchee residents, visit family. Fish, a former Seattle area creamery worker turned valley orchardist, says the Leavenworth Creamery movement will succeed if enough cows are kept, calling the dairy business the mortgage lifter.
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O. G. Fish
Wenatchee
C. V. Stevens
Fish
Wenatchee Valley
Seattle
Leavenworth Creamery
Leavenworth Rumors And 1914 Washington Licenses
A Wenatchee correspondent claims Leavenworth is wild due to murders fires and forgeries. The reply says locals favor grape juice not liquor though Wenatchee visitors dispute the claim. Washington issued 30257 motor vehicle licenses in 1914, up 6078 from the prior year.
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The
Echo
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
State of Washington
Earthquake Ruins Italian Towns. Vatican Damaged
A central Italy quake lasting about 30 seconds devastated towns and ancient monuments. Avezzano near Rome reports up to 8000 deaths. Vatican vicinity also harmed. Recovery details unclear as investigators probe the disaster.
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Italy
Vatican
Avezzano
Rome
Peshastin Notes From Wenatchee and Nearby
Peshastin residents attend church meetings led by Rev. Moore across the river. Local foreman W D Edwards starts duties and plans to move from Lind. J A Warman and S P Beecher visit Wenatchee. jurors include Peshastin names for next court term. Curtis farm changes eyed as Clyde Clark and family may relocate. Chas Barkman digs a high hill well with E E Riley assisting. A surprise party celebrated at the Garretson home for Mr and Mrs J C Garretson and son Jake.
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Garretson
H. L. Hart
A. G. Stage
O. H. Green
P. R. Bradley
Wm. Stage
T. J. Foster
P. N. Gregory
A. Aston
J. B. Duncan
J. A. Warman
Ed. Brugette
J. W. Sussex
C. L. Barker
Glen Smith
Thos. Gosslee
Hugh Stewart
Minnie Reed
Trent
Vera Maguire
Vivian Sweeney
Florence Irving
Katherine Gosslee
del McCoy
R. P. Gosslee
E. D. Young
Scott Young
Victor Haskins
F. A. Wingate
Earl Wingate
M. E
Rev. Moore
Curtis Farm
S. P. Beecher
Wenatchee
Carr
Fred Hobson
Hobson
Kyoritsu Club
Clyde Clark
Mrs. Clark
Ralph Curtis
Mr. Clark
Chas. Barkman
Chas
E. E. Riley
J. C. Garretson
Jake Garretson
Two Train Loads Of Autos Pass Thru Here This Week
Long-distance freight moves include twenty-one J I Case auto trucks bound for the Russian government via the Pacific and Siberian railway. A second shipment, twenty-eight Buicks from Flint Michigan, travels on a special train with ten cars left at Spokane and two at Odessa. Remaining cars head for Seattle and Portland.
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J. I. Case Auto
Pacific Ocean
Siberian
Buick
Flint
Michigan
Great Northern
Spokane
Odessa
Seattle
Portland
Oregon
M. J. Costello
F. W. Graham
Bogus check artist nabbed after short spree
C. W. Kelch, staying about town, passed about five checks drawn on Leavenworth State Bank signing N. L. Browns name. He cashed them for under ten dollars each, then took a horse owned by Liveryman Wallace and fled to Cashmere. Officers apprehended him. Kelch pleaded guilty and is jailed awaiting superior court sentence.
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C. W. Kelch
Leavenworth
J. W. Corcoran Arrested in Spokane for Robbery
The Spokesman-Review reports J. W. Corcoran 42 a printer well known in Spokane and Peshastin faces a robbery charge. Foreman E R Mast was assaulted at the McKee Printing Company plant taking eighty dollars. Mast injured forehead and nose was treated at the emergency hospital. Corcoran was arrested at his residence N1413 Post Street by Detectives Edwards and Edwardson on the robbery warrant.
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McKee Printing Company
Mast
Thomas D. Herndon
J. W. Corcoran
Corcoran
Edwards and Edwardson
Post Street
Lumber Manufacturers Look for Better Times
Pacific Coast mills have resumed some operations and others expect spring reopenings. European orders appear, railroads show rising activity after rate hikes, and Panama Canal opening is seen boosting East Coast trade. Overall, outlook improves weekly but no broad revival has yet occurred.
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Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Shingle Mill Plans Box Factory Expansion
E. E. Batchelor, longtime Wenatchee lake resident, says the Wenatchee Lake Shingle Mill will add a box factory to its plant in the spring. The new owners, who recently took over, intend to expand if demand justifies full capacity through winter and next summer. Timber owners around the lake welcome the improved market for shingle bolts and box timber.
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E. E. Batchelor
Wenatchee Lake Country
Wenatchee Lake
Governor and Legislature Rush Economy Plan Battle
Lister asserts that $500,000 has been returned to the treasury in 1914. He warns that failure to match this level of reductions could trigger his veto, as lawmakers push an economy program.
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Lister
Treasury
Chelan County Divorces Highlight Rising Marital Failures
Auditor David Keith reports Che lan county saw 124 divorces from 774 marriages over four years, a rate near one in six. Compare to Seattle with three divorces per eight marriages. Counts for 1911 to 1914 show 21, 38, 33, and 32 divorces respectively, urging prospective marriages to hesitate.
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David Keith
Chelan County
Seattle
City Council approves budget items and contemplates bond issue
City officials met at city hall to hear appointments and approve bills totaling 746.68. A proposed ordinance would authorize a 9000 bond to refinance warrants at 6 percent, replacing 8 percent financing. the measure failed 5 to 2 with Miller siding with the ex-mayor.
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Council O. K
Woldenberg
Registration books open for city elections
City registrar announces registration is open at city hall clerk’s office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. All voters must register before the fall general city election. A. R. Brown, City Clerk.
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A. R. Brown
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Chumstick and
Eagle Creek
Valleys
Peshastin
Merritt
Cascade Orchards
Nason Creek
Chelan Co
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
Water Department
Koerner
Hallowell Concert Co
Scenic Theatre
Chicago
W. D. Edwards
Lind, Wash
Russia
Judah
Will Thompson, Jr
Chiwausum
Quincy
J. W. Cor
Coran
Spokesman- Review
E. R. Mast
Woodrow
Wheeler
Schubert
Water
See
Ley
Woldenberg, Seeley
Park—Snyder
Miller and Feather
Stone
Light — Featherstone, Snyder and Miller
J. B. Violette
F. H. Hutchings
Western Washington
Walla Walla City
Warren Construction Co
Clinton Street
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