Booth Writes From the Trenches
In a June 2 letter from France E C Booth describes life on the firing line near Le Havre and a night bombing duel. He recalls training in Canada and England, notes nightly scrapping, and details an air battle with a German plane and a British observation balloon. He mentions massive artillery shells and the constant gunfire as his unit presses a hoped for drive within a week or ten days.
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France
E. C. Booth
Canada
England
Leavenworth
Fritz
Leavenworth Men Make Rock Creek Drive for Lunch
Last Tuesday about a dozen Leavenworth business men and friends drove to Rock Creek a cool mountain stream 36 miles north. The autos covered 26 miles to Rock Cut where the road was fine and shady. The group included R B Field L F Bullis H G Krollpfeiffer O S Sampson Deed H Mayor A A Pinch B C Rutherford A R Brown Alfred Frank Theo Paine Dude Brown James Naughton of the Royal Mining and Development company. They lunch at the mining camp and praise Rock Creek water for its purity and coldness.
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Leavenworth
Rock Creek
Rock Cut
R. B. Field
L F. Bullis
H. G. Krollpfeiffer
O. S. Sampson
Deed H. Mayor
A. A. Pinch
B. C. Rutherford
A. R. Brown
Alfred Frank
Theo Paine
Dude Brown
James Naughton
Royal Mining and Development Company
Wet or Dry Referendum Petition Faces High Court Review
The Thurston County Superior Court ordered Secretary Howell to accept 390 additional names filed June 6 for the state bone dry law referendum. The Supreme Court set Friday July 20 for a special assignment to hear the case. Officials expect the referendum to pass if the lower court order stands, with most of the extra names reportedly valid. A potential lawsuit would decide if a federal amendment affects Washington’s permit system.
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Wright
Thurston County
Howell
Supreme Court
Washington
War ends this year says Holland professor
A Dutch savant, Professor D. Van H. Labberton, touring the East, predicts the great war will end within the year. He cites German hardships, possible worker strikes, and Holland's view that Germany cannot win, as signals of an imminent ceasefire and upheaval in Germany.
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Holland
San Francisco
D. van. H. Labberton
Java
Philippine Islands
Far East
Germany
Professor Labberton
Royal Development Co Forms Articles of Incorporation
Beatrice Naughton, Miles J. Cavanaugh, and James Naughton filed with the county auditor last week to form Royal Development Co. The firm will have $2,000,000 in capital stock with F. E. Carlquist as agent. The company previously prospected in the Red Mountain region and has resumed activity this year.
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Beatrice Naughton
Miles J. Cavanaugh
James Naughton
F. E. Carlquist
Red Mountain
I W W Strike Develops Monday Shuts Several Logs
The I W W strike followed pre arranged plans with workers refusing Monday shifts. Most lumber camps faced disruption though some Great Northern Lumber Co plants stayed staffed while Peshastin Lumber Co and Leavenworth Box Co logging crews quit. Several men moved to town or out of state as logging operations slowed. The Great Northern Lumber Co kept one donkey engine running Tuesday. Peshastin Lumber Co halted logging Monday and Tuesday but planned to resume Wednesday. The hill saw mill closed its logging camp and is expected to reopen next week.
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Great Northern Lumber Co
Seattle
Spokane
Peshastin Lumber Co
Leavenworth Box Co
Leavenworth and Peshastin Home Guards Drill Jointly
Capt Krollpfeiffer led Leavenworth Home Guard to Peshastin Wednesday evening to drill with Capt Starks Peshastin unit. Plans set for future joint drills with Peshastin visiting Fridays and Leavenworth going to Peshastin on Wednesdays. Both companies showed a fine showing.
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Leavenworth and
Peshastin Home Guards
Krollpfeiffer
Peshastin
Starks
Brother of Wenatchee World worker dies in France
Frank Bayley age 26, serving with the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, was killed in action somewhere in France. He enlisted a year ago and left Vancouver with his regiment about three months ago, having served on the firing line for about a month.
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Frank
France
Harry Bayley
Wenatchee World Office
Frank Bayley
Providence
Tanner
72Nd Seaforth Highlanders
Mus Regiment
Vancouver
Heat Deaths Sweep Imperial County in One Day
Nine people including five men two women and two infants died in Imperial County California from heat between noon and midnight on Monday. Twenty five heat sufferers were hospitalized and many horses and mules perished. In Seattle last week lumber and shingle manufacturers from Washington and Oregon pledged to keep a ten hour day and raise five hundred thousand dollars to oppose shorter hours for workers.
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Imperial County
Cal
Washington
Oregon
Seattle
Advertised Letters and Local Labor Raid Hearing
Advertised letters uncalled for at the post office as of July 18 1917 include Ruth Bickford Ed Dunning John R Irwin W J McGowan Zera Nelson Tom O'Brien Chas Thomas Ole Vinje and others. Pasco citizens organize to check I W W raids on harvest hands while Spokane shirt factories bid to make one million shirts for the army.
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Ruth Bickford
Ed Dunning
John R. Irwin
W. J. McGowan
Zera Nelson
Tom O’brien
Chas
Thomas Ole Vinje
Guy A. Hamilton
P. M
Pasco
Spokane
Army
First Shipment of Sheep From Washington Range
Furman Adiline shipped 3000 two year old sheep in nineteen cars to the Chicago market last Saturday. The animals, from Oregon origins, were grazed between Mission and Peshastin Creek and wintered in Yakima country. Judges praised the lot as fine mutton. Buyer H Stanfield of Portland purchased them at about 14 dollars per head.
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Furman Adiline
Chicago
Oregon
Mission
Peshastin Creek
Yakima
H. Stanfield
Portland
One in 33 Chance of Draft From Chelan County
Chelan county has 1707 registrations and would furnish about 52 men to the new national army under the draft plan. War department estimates set Washington’s population at 1,166,855 and the nation at 103,000,000 with Chelan county facing a 1 in 33 chance. The two thirds of one percent rule would require 118 men from the county if based on paper population. about 50 percent exemption or failure rates are anticipated. Wenatchee World reports.
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Chelan County
National Army
War Department
Washington
United States
Chelan
Baker
NAN Nno
Wenatchee World
Northwest
Postoffice Department Launches New Parcel Insurance System
The Postoffice Department introduces an updated parcel insurance method effective July 1. Patrons will no longer fill insurance tags, with receipts issued at mailing and records kept centrally. Delivery receipts not required unless a return receipt is requested, reducing window congestion.
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Uncle Sam
Fourty Four J W W Arrested By U S Sammies
United States Marshals and soldiers arrested forty four members of the I W W movement after an extended investigation into strike activity. Thirty one were taken to Wenatchee on an early train, eleven more later, with Phil Hambrecht and Fred Beauchamp among those detained. Beauchamp had opened the I W W headquarters here six weeks ago and Hambrecht, a local logger, was active as an organizer. Cal Young was also among the detainees. Most arrestees were strangers to the area, drawn here since logging began this spring.
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United States
Wenatchee
Phil Hambrecht
Fred Beauchamp
Lilly
Massie
Ninth Street
Cal Young
Body Found Floating in Columbia Near Wenatchee River Outlet
The body of a man was found floating in the Columbia near the Wenatchee river outlet by Columbia G. W. Drinkwater of Birch Flats while fishing Monday. The coroner was notified and the body was brought ashore. Believed to be A. L. Lott of the Colville reservation, who reportedly drowned when his Ford car plunged off a Brewster ferry some time ago.
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G. W. Drinkwater
Birch Flats
Columbia
Wenatchee River
A. L. Lott
Colville Reservation
Brewster
Red Cross to Organize Leavenworth Chapter Meeting
Public meeting called by the American Red Cross to organize a Leavenworth chapter. Monday July 23 at 8 p.m. Scenic Theater to elect an executive committee of 36 for chapter management. C. & Bull chairs Organization Committee. Mrs. J. R. Meath is secretary. All residents within the chapter area urged to attend.
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American Red Cross
Leavenworth
Scenic Theater
The
C. &. Bull
J. R. Meath
Wheat production across three states hits seventy million bushels
Washington Oregon and Idaho anticipate a combined wheat output of 70,000,000 bushels this year signaling strong crop prospects. The estimate reflects weather patterns and farm activity across the Pacific Northwest.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Icicle Ditch Water Confirmed Free of Impurities
City officials investigated rumors that Icicle ditch water was contaminated. An employee inspected the entire ditch line and found no basis for the claim. The water remains clean and free from any obstruction or contamination.
Two Old Citizens Pass Away
James B. Hathaway died Wednesday at 1 am and was buried Thursday in Leavenworth cemetery after services at his son Geo W Hathaway home. Born Elmira New York October 14 1850 he was 67 and survived by three children Geo W Mary and James B. He lived in Leavenworth since 1903 and suffered a head injury from a runaway horse and a stroke of paralysis in recent years.
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James B. Hathaway
Leavenworth
Geo. W. Hathaway
F. L. Moore
James Beetle Hathaway
Elmira
New York
Tioga
Penn
Viola R. Dean
Geo. W
Mary
James B
Nebraska
Holdridge
Jennie Fee
Harriet L
Charles L. D
Missouri
Washington
Business Men Picnic Set for Wenatchee July 25
Wenatchee business men plan an annual picnic at Monitor grounds with a special train arranged. stores will close all day for families to attend. F A Losekamp traveled from Seattle to Elk River Idaho on mining interests and may return to Leavenworth if a property sale closes. Mrs E K Barnum visited Clear Lake with local Wilder family friends. Tacoma rail shops employ 1200 with wage raise.
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Wenatchee
F. A. Losekamp
Seattle
Elk River
Idaho
Leavenworth
E. K. Barnum
Clear Lake
Wash
W W. Wilder
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Royal Development Co
Fourty
U. S. Sammies
Federal Prison
Eastabrook
Tacoma
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