Leavenworth Schools Shown From 1894 To Modern Campus
Wenatchee World features 1894 schoolhouse photo with pupils including Carrie Driskey Gertrude Gunn Minnie Estes and many others. The article describes three modern buildings the grade school high school gymnasium auditorium and a large motion picture room with seating for about two hundred, plus a potential thousand with extra chairs, and lists the school board and superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee World
Carrie Driskey
Gertrude Gunn
Minnie Estes
Tillie Cromwell
Ella Estes
Kya Blinn
KH. T. Balch
Lulu Jensen
Carrie Posey
Mary Johnson
Katie Johnson
Bessie Donaldson
Barton Rankin
Elston Cromwell
Joe Barker
Anni
Leavenworth
Kf.t. Balch
Gymmnasium
LJ Nelson
A C. Barclay
M. Rumohr
A. T. Sutton
Senator Wadsworth Opposes Stockyard Regulation Bill
Washington July 12 Senator James W Wadsworth of New York argues Congress has no constitutional right to regulate stockyards as part of the meat packer bill now in Congress. He says stockyards lack interstate commerce status and opposes broader government control in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Congress
Friends of the
Wadsworth
Supreme Court
Harding
Lake Wenatchee Quincy irrigation project organized
At a Wenatchee meeting last Saturday an organization was formed for the Lake Wenatchee Quincy irrigation plan. FF W Shultz elected president Vaughn Clearman secretary H Remley district vice president Leavenworth committee J B Schons R B Field C A Campbell. They plan a 15000 dollar fund for a permanent survey and urge community support to bring water to thousands of acres aiding the area’s growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Lake Wenatchee-Quincy
FF. W. Shultz
Vaughn Clearman
H. Remley
Sunny Slope
Leavenworth
J. B. Schons
R. B. Field
C. A. Campbell
Baseball Wizard Praises Scotty McLain Endurance Record
Oroville Gazette lauds Scott FE McLain of Leavenworth for pitching 22 almost straight innings across games against Chelan Keremeos and Penticton. The piece highlights his nerve, muscle, and cool judgment in pressure moments and notes potential drafting to a professional team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oroville
Scott FE. McLain
Leavenworth
M. BE. McLain
McLain
Cashmere
Chelan
Auto
Keremeos
Scotty McLain
Portland
Railway pays Duffy claim in out of court settlement
The Great Northern Railway settled a damages suit filed by Mrs Mary A Duffy after her husband William H Duffy was killed February 24 on the W O branch above Pateros. Damages sought were 15000 but the case was withdrawn with a payment of 8700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railway
Mary A. Duffy
William H. Duffy
Pateros
Lutheran Services and Sunday School Schedule
Sunday School at 10 a m Lesson titled Josephs Brethren Come to Egypt. Worship services at 10 45 a m led by Pastor William Lueckel.
Roy Homes Hurt In Roundhouse Accident Saturday Morning
Roy Homes, hostler's helper, sustained severe bruises when dragged under a slowly moving engine at the roundhouse. He fell while attempting to step on the pilot, was dragged about twenty feet, then removed to Dr Hoxsey's office for examination showing severe bruises but no broken bones. He will be confined at home for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Homes
Hostler
Roundhouse
Calder Herring Declared Bankrupt Before Creditors Meeting
Leavenworth creditors learned Calder Herring was adjudicated bankrupt on June 29. The first meeting of creditors will be July 19 at 10 a m before C J Christopher referee in bankruptcy at Wenatchee. Creditors may attend, prove claims, appoint a trustee, and examine the bankrupt. The case arose after Herring turned his business over to creditors amid bank dealings with Citizens State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Calder Herring
C. J. Christopher
Wenatchee
Herring
Mr. Herring
Citizens State Bank
S. T. Hills
Seattle Markets steady as prices edge, supplies tight
Market notes from Seattle show butter steady with limited cream, strong demand for raspberries though crop looks heavy. Eggs at 35c with bids 30c, poultry firm on large stock, top butter grades up slightly, cattle and hog receipts cited with varied price ranges. Livestock and grain prices listed, including wheat oats barley alfalfa and producer purchasing prices for eggs and butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Avenue
Puget Sound
Seattle
Automatic Block System Upgrade Across Alpine Rails
Crews organize and material arrives for remodeling the Great Northern block system from Leavenworth to Skykomish. Automatic operation will replace many workers, with two crews and work trains, Cascade tunnel retaining staff signals, and no confirmed plans for a Merritt to Scenic tunnel. Crews also repair snowsheds in the canyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern Railroad
Leavenworth
Skykomish
Cascade Tunnel
Chumstick
Merritt
Scenic
Arrested for Running Auto Without Light
World: M D Graimes was arrested by the sheriff's force Tuesday morning after a complaint by John F E Logan that Graimes drove without lights on Wenatchee avenue Monday night and struck Logan's car causing $21.50 in damage. Graimes faces trial before Judge Porter for violating the state motor vehicle lighting law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.D. Graimes
Sheriffs Force
John FE. Logan
Graimes
Wenatchee Avenue
Logan
Porter
Methodist Services and Epworth League Schedule
Sunday School begins at 9 45 with preaching at 11 o clock Clarence Seely will preach at the 11 am service The Epworth League will conduct the 8 o clock service Everyone is invited to attend and participate The sermon topic is Judging Un kindly Matt 7 1 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Seely
Epworth League
Dryden Doings Reflect Orchard Labor and Market Prices
Local notes show busy thinning apples and near harvest of cherries. Visitors include H. G. Bohlke from Seattle and families traveling to Wenatchee Puyallup and Oroville. Housekeeping shifts follow moves. price list lists raw milk at 1.55 per cwt and various livestock meat prices per pound.
Odd Fellows Install Officers in Lodge Ceremony
Monday evening the Odd Fellows lodge installed officers led by District Deputy Grant Master W. G. Fields. New officers include Albert Anderson as Noble Grand Floyd McNamara Vice Grand W. H. Moore Recording Secy Lawrence O'Brien Warden J J Gull Conductor James Nelson Inside Guardian J D Ross Right Support Noble Grand Claude Fuller Left Support Noble L J DeRosia Right Support Vice John Ingles Left Support Vice W W Hatmaker Chaplin Fred Franklin Right Scene Supporter Dan Reich Left Scene Supporter. The ceremony featured festive atmosphere and a promising term ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Lodge
W. G. Fields
Albert Anderson
Noble
Floyd McNamara
W. H. Moore
Lawrence O’brien
J. J. Gull
James Nelson
Inside Guardian
J. D. Ross
Claude Fuller
L. J. DeRosia
John Ingles
W. W. Hatmaker
Fred Franklin
Dan Reich
Upper Silesia Plebiscite Sparks Allied Disregard Claims
The piece argues that the Versailles Treaty unjustly favors Germany over Poland in Upper Silesia amid a coal-driven motive, accusing the Allies of bypassing the treaty and the League of Nations. It warns against US ratification with reservations, deeming the agreement unreliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Publicity Assn
Upper Silesia
Connecticut
Republic of
Poland
Great Britain
Germany
Upper Silesian
League of Nations
Harding
Senate
United States
House Fire Destroys Peshastin Home and Outbuildings
Near Peshastin, W. Gray reports a night time fire destroyed his house, green house, storage cellar, and woodshed. Loss placed at 3500 with only 1000 dollars insured. Bedding saved. fire started in the woodshed and the dwelling collapsed fifteen minutes after alarm. Origin of the fire unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. W. Gray
Peshastin
One Dead and Three Injured in Canyon Accidents
A bridge carpenter died and a man from Minneapolis suffered internal injuries after a snow shed accident near Leavenworth. A Cascade Tunnel section hand, Nic Ferri, lost a hand in a crush injury. Frank Easton, a Blewett mines teamster, broke a leg. Dr. Hoxsey treated all cases, with the dead man's body sent to Leavenworth Undertaking Parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaverworth
Cascade Tunnel
Blewett Mines
Hoxsey
C. F. Browning
Leavenworth
James MccEssen
Minneapolis
Grant-Smith Co
Nic Ferri
George
Peshastin
Frank Easton
Tieton Dam Construction Aims For World High Record
United States Reclamation Service engineers begin laying the foundation for the Tieton dam in Yakima Washington to become possibly the world highest earth and rock fill structure. About 400 workers are on site with plans to reach 600 as the project expands. The dam will hold 202 500 acre feet of water for 100 000 acres of irrigated land and cost about 4 million dollars over four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
United States Reclamation Service
Tieton Canyon
Tieton
Blewett Pass road widening bids announced
Charles Monary Construction Co of Wenatchee won the contract for sections 2 and 5 of the Blewett Pass widening project after bids opened at the U S Forestry Service Bureau of Roads in Portland. The work employs fifty men to widen five miles of road on the Kittitas county side making the highway safer and more scenic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Monary
Blewett Pass
Kittitas County
U. S. Forestry Service
Bureau of Roads
Portland
George Bandaret
Bryn Mawr
Wash
White, Brown and Leahy
Moore & Anderson
Tacoma
Presalef & Brice
Seattle
Monary Construction Co
Wenatchee
Sponse
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Try
Echo
Railway
DUFFY
Lutheran Services
Roy
Christopher
M. WD. Graimes
J. J. Logan
Dryden Doings
H. G. Bohlke
Clint Peters
Puyallup
J. G. Peters
Bert Scheble
Mrs. Irving
A. F. Farris
Olive Amos
Chas. Amos
ODD Fellows
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