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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1921

Page

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Car Stolen and Safe Robbed Monday Night

A Ford owned by F. A. Sinclair was taken from his garage Monday night and driven to Lou Brender’s shops where thieves broke in and stole a small safe with St.25 in change and some cash. They ditched the car near a trestle, damaged the front axle, and left tools in Brender’s shop. Tourists nearby heard noise but saw nothing, and no suspects are identified.

F. A. Sinclair Lou Brender G. N Larey

Cashmere Residents connections and Fourth of July events

Cashmere residents and visitors share holiday plans and travels from Camas to Wenatchee. Attendees include Rev I V Moxsey, Mr and Mrs Chas Replogle, Mr and Mrs Neiderhouser, and many others visiting relatives, attending dances, races in Tacoma, or sightseeing in Dell Rapids Mansfield Hartline Spokane. Apple thinning and a 3 to 2 local baseball loss are noted along with a resignation at the telephone exchange.

I. V. Moxsey Roland Bollman Camas Chas. Replogle Friends Church Everett John Trelove Dell Rapids S. D Herman Chappell Neiderhouser N. G Joe Evers Wenatchee R. S. Parsons Amanda Town Frank Hennessey South of Town California Henry Hurd A. J. Protzman Fred McConnel Hartline Mansfield Spokane

One Difference in the Kitchen Dress

A cook on her day off wears a stylish frock prompting a lady to remark that she could not tell mistress from cook. Mary replies that the cooking would reveal the difference.

Mary

Bohlke Buys New Seattle Residence in Exclusive District

H G Bohlke of the Bohlke Fruit Company, now in bankruptcy, has purchased a two story English style home at 2607 Harvard Avenue North Seattle. The 8000 dollar? residence sits in an exclusive area with hardwood floors and built in features. The home was built by Henry Jude and changed hands through R C Erskine & Company.

Scott's H. G. Bohlke Bohlke Fruit Company Harvard Avenue North Seattle Henry Jude John Rebhahn H. G. Bohlkee R. C. Erskine & Company Bohlke Bohlke Fruit Co

Real estate transfers filed in Leavenworth listings

Transfers report multiple parcels in Leavenworth and Merriam Additions with buyers and nominal sums. Wm C Roach to G W Wicklander parcels in Central Add, $1. Iva M Atwood to D McDonald parcels Merriam Add, $10. Max Spromberg to O J Schmoker parcels in Sec 24-25-17. Bergren to John Johnson several lots in replat A M Merriam Add, $1. I C Varney to Herman Burkee part SE1-4 Sec 1-24-17, $1.

Wm. C. Roach G. W. Wicklander Central Add Leavenworth Iva M. Atwood D. McDonald Merriam Add Max Spromberg O. J. Schmoker John Bergren John Johnson A. M. Merriam Add I. C. Varney Herman Burkee

Leavenworth High School Inspectors Report 1921

The state inspector reported Leavenworth High School's 1921 status with 148 total enrollment, 83 high school students, 18 teachers, and several newly added or upgraded facilities. There is a $415 motion picture machine, a community hall with auditorium and gym, and a growing library though needs building up. Accreditation continued. more inexperienced staff than ideal.

Leavenworth High School State Board of Education Olympia Purchas

Farmer and clerk debate bicycle purchase on farm

A hardware clerk tries selling a $35 bicycle to a farmer who would rather spend the money on a cow The farmer jokes that milking a bicycle would be no more foolish than milking a cow.

Daylight Robbery Reported On Wenatchee Avenue

Louis Smith, a apple thinner, was held up and robbed of $30 by two armed men along Wenatchee Avenue just outside city limits. They restrained him at a culvert under Gunn Ditch as cars passed. One suspect was later jailed with revolver, blackjack, and burglary tools. Smith plans to use checks instead of cash.

Louis Smith Wenatchee Avenue Smith Wenatchee

New General Manager Named for Great Northern Mill

Mr. FF W Stevens resigns as general manager after just over a year at Great Northern Lumber Co. He will be succeeded by O F Gardner who joined as assistant general manager this spring. Stevens and his family plan to move from Spokane to ship household effects possibly heading to Portland. Gardner is described as an experienced lumberman and Jarvis remains as superintendent with no staff changes anticipated.

FF. W. Stevens Great Northern Lumber Co O. F. Gardner Stevens Spokane Portland Gardner Jarvis

Social Notes From Eagle Creek Area

Mrs. Larson of Leavenworth visited her sister in law Mrs. Bjork this week. Mrs. Ed Reynolds and Mrs. Sparks with children called on Mr. and Mrs. J H Sharpe. Mrs Sparks from Bellingham is visiting. Otto Anderson smiles because his wife returned from Olympia. The Heath Sands and Andersons spent the Fourth at Cashmere.

Frank Heath Sands Bery and Albert Otto Anderson Harry Anderson Cashmere

Dryden to Meet Leavenworth Mill Team Next Sunday

Dryden and the Leavenworth mill team will play a game here Sunday afternoon. The match is set for 2:30 PM with admission to be announced. Both sides have developed strong squads as the season has progressed, and local fans are urged to attend.

Dryden

Methodist Services Bible topics and times

Sunday School at 9 45 with Epworth League at 7 evening sermon at 11 o clock and 8 o clock morning topic Elements of Christian Character evening topic The Importance of Personal Contact Leader Minnie Sauer presiding Pastor William Hoskins leads services.

Epworth League Christ Minnie Sauer WM. Hoskins

The Time of Year

A brief humorous exchange between a wife and husband about his growing looks near her birthday. The husband admits the change is tied to approaching her birthday, framing it as a seasonal phenomenon.

Love Succeeds as New Owner of Club Pool Room

J. P. Love has become proprietor of the Club pool room after buying out R. E. Davis and Andy Willis. He assumed charge at the start of the month. Davis heads to California to join his wife for a vacation before resuming work. Willis plans a visit to Raymond.

J. P. Love R. E. Davis Andy Willis Mr. Davis California Davis Mr. Willis Raymond Leavenworth

Small Fire in Outbuilding on Coleman Property

Last Saturday morning at 8 50 the fire department battled a shed blaze on the Robert Coleman property home of the W A Tegtmier family. Mrs. Tegtmier saw flames from the back door and prompt work by neighbors and firefighters confined the fire to the shed with a roughly hundred dollar loss. The origin remains unknown.

Robert Coleman W. A. Tegtmeier Tegtmeiers

G N Lumber Co Baseball Team Beats Tye in Texas

The G N Lumber Co team defeated Tye 12 to 8 on the road. Briggs pitched for G N Lumber with fifteen strikeouts as the visitors extended a winning streak. Dryden will face Great Northern Lumber Co next Sunday in Leavenworth for a likely high‑drama game.

G. N. Lumber Company Tye Briggs Saw Mill Dryden Great Northern Lumber Co Leavenworth

Joseph Made Ruler in Egypt Sermon at St. Paul’s

St Pauls Evangel Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 10. Lesson Joseph Made Ruler in Egypt. Sermon at 7 45 p m based on Matthew 15 10 20. Quarterly congregational meeting after services next Sunday. All members urged to attend for important business. Pastor Wm Lueckel.

Joseph Egypt WM. Lueckel

Water System Work Nears Completion In Town

The new water main was laid Thursday evening and crews finished for now. The ten inch main to reach town near the saw mill yard remains to be laid, awaiting bridge cleaning dispute southwest of town before completion.

Eighth graders win state diploma eligibility list named

Forty six students earned state eighth grade diploma eligibility allowing admission to high school without exam. Names include Roger Alexander and Ruth Field. Carl Love and Helen Studebaker will receive diplomas after geography and physiology credits from Seattle. Clarence Seeley tops with 92.9 percent, Thelma Field 92.8, Fred Sinclair 89.125. Freshman enrollment expected near forty.

Roger Alexander Orville Algyer Pearl Applegate Purnesse Ethel Leonard Brender Fifie Brown Doris Burgett Tommy Darling Alfreda Davis Maud Elliott Pauline Evesch Ruth Field Virginia Gray Hazel Hansen Mildred Hearst Mary Jones Margaret Kinscherf Virgil Lindley Eugene McClain Leroy McKinley Kya Sauer Clarence Seeley Fred Sinclair Deloris Smith John Strome Loretta Templin Harwet Tolbert Thelma Field

Chautauqua Season Promises Star-Studded Tour

Advance information from the Ellison-White association outlines Leavenworth Chautauqua July 24 to 29 with Mary Adel Hays coloratura soprano and her opera company. The program features Ruth Peavey, Claude Schell, John Wainman, Lowell Patton and Lucille Collette plus the Liberty Belles and several notable ensembles. The Keighley New York Players present It Pays to Advertise, and lecturers include Dr. E L House Chief Strongheart EF B Fish Dean Filwood C Perish and Dr. Robert Parker Miles.

Ellison-White Association Leavenworth Mary Adel Hays New York Chautauqua Miss Hays West Ruth Peavcy Claude Schell John Wainman Lowell Patton Lucille Collette America Lula Reot Washington Opera Company Liberty Belles of Boston Alexander Stone-Platt-Brager Electra Platt Keighley New York Players E L. House Chief Strongheart EF. B. Fish Labor and Industry Dean Filwood C. Perish State College of South Dakota Educations A.E.F Robert Parker Miles

Big Meeting at Wenatchee Saturday for Irrigation Ditch

A meeting will be held in Wenatchee at 2 o clock to unite landowners from Lake Wenatchee to Quincy in backing a proposed irrigation canal. The canal would run down the Churistic to water thousands of acres tributary to Leavenworth and extend water access along the Wenatchee valley, including areas blocked by current ditches. Attendees include landowners and business leaders from the region to give strong support to the project.

Wenatchee Lake Wenatchee Quincy Quincey Leavenworth

Tax burden in California eclipses crop values in 1920

A San Francisco chamber and bank analysis compares California tax take for 1920 with crop values from 1919. It cites state and local taxes totaling 336.6 million dollars and notes an average annual tax of about 98 dollars per resident, about 500 dollars for a family of five, fueling demand for tax relief.

Boston American National Bank of San Francisco California

Icicle Water main to be activated today says Ogden

Water Commissioner Ogden said yesterday that he expected to turn on the Icicle water through the new main today and patrons may begin using it at once. A delay in air valves for the crossing high ground held up service to insure safety and proper operation.

Ogden

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Tyro Ford North Broadway City Wenatchee Ave Fifth Ninth Great Northern Mill Eagle Creek Methodist Services P. J. Love Club Pool Room Davis and Willis Pinch Bros G. N. Lumber CO ST. Paul's Evang Lutheran Church OUR Qather Lowell Paton Company Greater Wenatchee Prunes
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