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Newspaper

Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1914

Page

4

State Funds Boost Washington Education Costs and Tax Reform

Washington officials project a permanent school fund revenue of about 4.15 million dollars annually to cover current educational expenses. The plan includes creating a $92.25 million permanent fund and potential tax relief, with debates over constitutional tax reform and revenue sources. Also noted are initiative petitions, horticultural amendments, liquor license delinquencies, a large forestry exhibit for Panama-Pacific, and a June surge in motor vehicle licenses.

Washington T. E. Skaggs Tax Commission State Land Board Mr. Skaggs Connecticut Skaggs Forestry Department The University of Washington North Yakima Department of Agriculture Fair Commission

Steel mail cars on G N road

Electric lighted steel mail cars approved by the post office will run from Wenatchee to Oroville on the Great Northern newly opened line opened July 1. The cars, dynamos generate from the axles and feature advanced mail handling devices. Eight cars are now in service between St Paul and the coast with the fast mail westbound and the Oriental Limited eastbound.

Post Office Department Wenatchee Oroville Great Northern St. Paul Coast Fast Oriental Limited

Fire blight and how it attacks fruit trees

J. G. Hall state college plant pathologist explains fire blight symptoms in apples and pears with wilting twigs and brown or black blossoms leaves and cankers. He urges immediate cutting and burning of all affected parts and disinfection of tools with corrosive sublimate, noting spraying cannot cure blight and that stamping it out requires surgical removal.

J. G. Hall State College

Apple tree disease described as worse than fire blight

George Hingston of Spokane warns of a mysterious apple tree illness ravaging local orchards. Experts cannot diagnose it, no remedy exists, and afflicted trees die, threatening widespread destruction if not controlled.

George Hingston Spokane Shinn Pullman College Hingston

Bees Kill Draft Horse Shaken by Beehive Toll Near Arlington

At the Stiles farm near Arlington Washington a draft horse valued at $200 was killed by a swarm of honey bees after overturning two hives. The bees attacked around the nostrils eyes and ears, causing rapid swelling and death. Mr Stiles, distant at first, drove off the swarm but too late to save the animal.

Stiles Arlington Wash Mr. Stiles

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Lister Tures T. O. Morrison State Tax Commission Seattle J. J. Higgins Pure Food Division Pacific Coast and Norway Packing Company Wenatchee Milling Co Wenatchee, Wash Lamb Davis Lumber Co G. N J. Ss. Newcomb P. A. Snyder W. M. McCoy Columbia Valley Bank Building Ofice W. Hoxley Leavenworth, Wash DR. J. Stillson Judah Leavenworth Hospital A. G. McKeown P. Hammer Architect Cedar St P. O. Box Leavenworth, Wn KE. Briggs King's Drug Store Telma Winton Wenatchee Lake Neil Thompson Prop Attorneys AT Law Wm, A. Reneau G. G. Hannan Tra Thomas Reeves, Crollard Crollard Reeves Building Farmers B. J. Williams An, Corbin Williams Corbin Whitney & Hughes Lawyers Columbia Valley Bank Bldg Wenatchee Wash Lewis J. Nelson Elliott Block J. B. Adams E. H W. Fox Smith Building Carlquist’s Jewelry Leavenworth, Washington John E. Porter Attorney At Law Notary Public Columbia Valley Bank Edmund K. Barnum, C. E Leavenworth, Wa Chelan County Chelan County Abstract Co J. A. Gellatly President W. W. Gray Secy Wase City Drag Line Rainier Beer Lee J. Howerton Knights of Pythias Firemen’s Hall Davis A. R. Vies K Woodrow Wilson Thos. R. Marshal Secretary of Secretary of Treasury Secretary of War Secretary of Navy Secretary of Interior Sec. of Agriculture Sec Labor Secretary of Labor U. S W.L. Jones M. BE Poindexter W. L. LaFollette Wm. J. Bryan G. McAdoo L. M. Garrison James Reynolds Albert Burleson Josephus Daniels Franklin K, Lane David F. Houston Redfield B. Wilson Gover Land Commission Behool Supt Insurance Commi George Eb, Morris Frank H. Rudkin A. D Gose Wallace Mount Columb Ernest Lister Louis F. Hart M. Howell Edward Meath C. W. Clausen Tanner Bavidge Towephiang Preston O. Fishback Udges Dunbar D Crowe J. Chadwick Parker W. F. Haynes J. KE Shore Venworth Hotel Leavenworth Wenatchee Abstract Company Incorporated R. W. Vermilya Mgr Columbia Vally Bank Bldg Wenatchee, Washington Barclay A. C. Barclay P. O Auto For Manifold Typewriter Paper Echo
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