Booster Trip Friday Draws Large Crowd
A booster trip last Friday drew a large crowd for Wenatchee’s Fourth of July celebration. Stops included Peshastin Dryden Cashmere Monitor and Wenatchee. N B Day advertised the event and urged Leavenworth as a prime Fourth destination.
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Peshastin
Dryden
Cashmere
Monitor
Wenatchee
N. B. Day
Spieler
Leavenworth
Day
Wenatchee Avenue
Guy
Singing Contest At Scenic Theatre Delights Crowd
The Scenic theatre last Friday hosted a singing contest between male and female quartets. The event drew a crowded house and an enthusiastic audience as the playlet and performance impressed. No single winner was declared by the audience. the piece ends with praise for all and a hint of a possible rematch.
Trout Stocking Continues in Chelan County
Game Warden Ross Watson with H Baldridge and K W Carter headed to Chiwaukum with a large load of rainbow trout eggs. The eyed eggs will be placed in sands of several small lakes near the head of Chiwaukum creek, with hatching in about ten days. None of the lakes now hold fish, and it will be about three years before they open to anglers. Chelan County waters are being stocked this year and will be a yearly effort.
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Chelan County
Ross Watson
H. Baldridge
K. W. Carter
Chiwaukum
Chiwaukum Creek
Watson
Oregon Washington Railroad lands aid neighbors yield harvests
The Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. recently turned over unoccupied lands near its yards rights of way to needy families for garden crops. Deserving families have tilled hundreds of acres, now harvesting crops. Company agriculturists and officials praise the effort, noting poverty relief.
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Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co
Idea Growing That Great War Will Soon End
A northern movement argues for ending the war with Germany and predicts prosperity after peace. Officials and Red Cross figures estimate global casualties around 13 million through early 1917, with potential finish in 60 to 90 days. The government notes lower wheat demand and encourages American hog farming as prices rise. Oregon to Montana report rising hog production plans and profitable pork outlook.
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Northwest
Red Cross Society
Turkey
Italy
U. S
Europe
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Insurance Paid in Eight Days After Fire
Mrs. Francis Rosenberger received a $3000 check this week for fire insurance on her home destroyed about three weeks ago. The policy was with St. Paul Fire and Marine Co. and paid in eight days after the ad?tor was here. J. W. Elliott serves as local agent.
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Francis Rosenberger
St. Paul
July 4 and 5 Wenatchee Leavenworth event program
The program lists a July 4–5 schedule with a merchandise trapshoot at 9 a.m. entries from across the state and $150 in prizes, a 2:30 p.m. ballgame Cashmere versus Leavenworth, tug of war at 11 a.m., log rolling in the Wenatchee river with top prizes, a 1 p.m. barbecue, another 2:30 p.m. ballgame, a 5 p.m. quarter-mile horse race with small prizes, morning minor events from 5 to 7 a.m. including foot races and fat race, and various children and novelty races. Evening dancing and band concerts cap the festivities. the Leavenworth Gun Club offers $300 in prizes and a largest family prize of $3.
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Cashmere
Leavenworth
Tholin,s Hall
Firemen’s
Leavenworth Gun Club
Dynamite Cap Explosion Causes Boy’s Narrow Escape
Carelessness near the school grounds led to a serious injury for J. A. Fernstrom’s son when dynamite caps were found by children and exploded. The Fernstrom boy suffered head wounds and chest injuries from shell fragments, but is now out of danger. A physician reported seeing other caps and dynamite on the school steps.
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J. A. Fernstrom
McKeown
Sunday School and Service at Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 and the preaching service at 10 45.
P. H. Graham Takes Over Chas. Roach's Business
P H Graham acquires the harness and shoe repair shop of Charles Roach in a deal closed early this week. Roach previously ran the business after taking it from Graham during ill health. Roach contemplates returning to Canada while Graham plans to expand the shoe line in town.
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P. H. Graham
Charles Roach
Roach
Mr. Graham
Graham
Mr. Roach
Canada
Local palace store owner not yet married
Echo reporter notes a Seattle marriage license issued to Lalien A. Murray of Leavenworth and Elsie Barker of Seattle. Palace store proprietor S A Murray denies marriage, says ceremony will be in Seattle this coming Sunday, and friends wish him joy after the leap.
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S. A. Murray
Palace
Seattle
Ace
The
Echo
Lalien A. Murray
Leavenworth
Elsie Barker
Murray
Palace Store
Lightning Storm Sparks Multiple Forest Fires in We natchee Area
The June 24 thunder storm caused seven to eight fires in the We natchee National Forest. Fires were set at Derby canyon Eagle creek Peshastin Sawmill Rye Grass canyon West Winton near Miller's peak and on Little Camas creek. All were quickly controlled with minor damage. The Kid Band led by Prof James McDaniel drew applause at the Saturday park concert. Ralph Koerner traveled to Chiwaukum to visit Frank Lenzie.
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Sylvester
Wenatchee National Forest
Derby Canyon
Eagle Creek
Peshastin Sawmill
Rye Grass Canyon
West Winton
Miller’s Peak
Little Camas Creek
James. McDaniel
Park Pavilion
Mack
Subscription Contest Closes. Laura Hartley Wins Diamond Ring
The campaign to gain subscribers ended last Saturday at 9 pm. Laura Hartley of Leavenworth won the diamond ring with 196,700 points, leading a field that included Reatha Hutchings and Gladys Pinch. The venture aimed for several hundred new subscribers to boost readership and advertising impact.
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Laura Hartley
Reatha Hutchings
Gladys Pinch
Leavenworth
Lavallier Idabelle Kelly
Peshastin
Alice Lingley
Lavallier
Stella Newsham
Blewett
Coyle Duncan
What's the Matter With the Potatoes in Wenatchee Valley
Mr N H Briskey writes to Pullman Experiment Station seeking causes of black spots in potato centers. Plant pathologist F D Heald of Washington State College suggests storage or soil conditions as possible factors. Briskey will pursue investigation to identify eradication method.
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N. H. Briskey
Pullman
Pullman College
Wenatchee Valley
F. D. Heald
Briskey
Prof. Heald
Well Known Drivers Pass Through Leavenworth Heading to Tacoma
Dario Resta and Earl Cooper, famed speed racers, stop in Leavenworth en route to Tacoma for the Montamaro fest in early July. Their Stutz and French cars, each over 150 horsepower, carried on a special train car. Resta’s crew touts a 97.6 mph seven-stop Chicago record on a wooden track, while Cooper clocked 90.3 mph over 500 miles, surpassing Ralph De Palma’s Indy mark. both aim for new records in Tacoma next week.
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Resta
Echo
Chicago
Cooper
Ralph de Palma
Indianapolis
Tacoma
Telephone Line Open To Lake Wenatchee
Oliver Bates, pioneer resident of the Wenatchee lake district, announced in Leavenworth that poles are set and wire on the ground. The line to Leavenworth via the Chumstick at Winton should be strung by midweek and connected by Friday. The shingle mill on the lake’s south end may also get service.
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Oliver Bates
Wenatchee Lake District
Leavenworth
Chumstick
Winton
Fourth of July safety and trail project report
A public safety message urges restraint on fireworks and dangerous devices to prevent injuries on Independence Day. It notes past fatalities and wounds and reports the three mile trail to Lookout Station west of town was completed with plans to build telephones lines to both Lookout stations on Lookout and Dirty Face mountains near Lake Wenatchee.
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Forestry Service
Dirty Face Mountain
Lake Wenatchee
Marketing Peach Crop Meeting in Wenatchee Valley
The Wenatchee Valley Growers Council calls a meeting in Commercial Club rooms to plan peach marketing for a large and high quality crop. President Paulhamus notes a practical plan from Yakima valley discussions and will involve sales agents and J B Adams of the Chelan Douglas Okanogan Grant counties league. A camping party then recounts a weekend trip to Icicle canyon.
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Wenatchee Valley
Growers’ Council
Paulhamus
J. B. Adams
League of Fruit Growers
Chelan
Douglas
Okanogan
Grant Counties
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Germany
Wenatchee Vs
Wenatchee River
Cashmere Vs. Leavenworth
Boy
Lutheran Church
Chas. Roach
the Pal
Ralph Koerner
Frank Lenzie
L. W. Woodrow
Laura Hardy
Mildred Logan
Lavalilier
Mildred James
Helen Nicholas
Cascade Or
Lois Ruth
Dario Resta
Earl Cooper
Montamaro
Tellphone
J. S. Brownlow
Claud Brownlow
W. S. Brownlow
Grace Hayes
E. C. Garrett
Icicle Canyon
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