Breezy Bits From Peshastin Local Happenings
Mrs. Fred Sherman travels to Wenatchee while George Hauber joins the Wenatchee band in Seattle for Elks events. A Derby canyon picnic draws a crowd, and a horse mishap near the McFarlans injures Ly Timpe. Funeral services honor J. J. Griffith. Woodmen lodge assists. Twins born at Rex Anderson home. Bergren funeral held in Leavenworth. Other locals attend Seattle events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sherman
Wenatchee
Claude Winder
Windor
Hauber
Derby Canyon
George Hauber
Wedge
Seattle
Elks
John Ehrenberger
McFarlan
Irene Stuart
Secral
Dryden
Pesh
J. J. Griffith
Coppock
Griffith
Woodmen Lodge
Chas. Miller
Leavenworth
Stork
Jis
Rex Anderson
Gus Bergren
Leasonworth
Zinke
John Coppock
Walter
Clarence Spanger
Jake French
Friends Quarterly Meeting
Ti Tj
Craney and Neel Families See Alaska Supply Visit
Mr and Mrs J B Craney depart Monday for a short visit in Spokan. Mr Knapp Neel and family stay at their Entiat ranch home with Knapp aiding thinning his apple crop. Russell Palmer on the Dufoe ranch harvests strawberries aiming for 75 crates. T A Leavell builds a new structure this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Craney
Spokan
Pyank Knapp Neel
Entiat
Knapp
Kalispel Visit Highlighted By Hanson Family Trip
Mr. Chas. Hanson of Camp C left Wednesday for a two week visit with his family in Kalispel Montana. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Leavell entertained Sunday at dinner, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Willet. Mrs. Earl Johnson was a passenger on Wednesday's stage for shopping in Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Hanson
Camp C
Kalispel
Mont
T. A. Leavell
Fred Willet
Earl Johnson
Leavenworth
Dean Perisho to Speak at Western Chautauqua Tour
Dean Ellwood C. Perisho will present The Problems of Today on the second afternoon of Chautauqua. He is a renowned educator who led the College of Arts at Selene and served as President of the Seale College. This marks his first Western appearance on the Chautauqua platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Perisho
Dean Ellwood C. Perisho
College of Arts
Selene
University of South Dale
Tede
Ih Seale College
A. I
Short Time Leases Adopted by State Land Commissioner
Land Commissioner C. V. Savidge adopts short time leases for state grazing lands, limiting new leases to two years to allow reappraisal as conditions change. Many stockmen remain burdened by high-priced leases, while agricultural leases stay at five years. Savidge will monitor market conditions closely to prevent missteps if markets shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Savidge
License enforcement looms for thousands of drivers
As August first nears and licenses surge, Director Fred J. Dibble warns more than 300,000 drivers are taking a chance. Emergency capacity tops at 15,000 licenses daily, yet even full operation may not clear the backlog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Dibble
Louis M. Lang
Highway Police
Washington Inmates to Receive Custom Clothing on Release
J. W. Pace reports state policy shifts toward local production and lower costs for inmate clothing. Prisoners due to be paroled soon will receive commercial shoes and a chosen suit rather than uniform penitentiary brogans and identical outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. W. Pace
East
Pace
Coal strike hangs in balance as talks continue
A report by coal operators and miners to Edward Clifford, director of Labor and Industries, shows the fate of Washington's coal industry at stake as efforts to end the miners strike that began March 15 proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Clifford
Labor and Industries
Washington coal arbitration wage scale eyed for July vote
The wage scale proposed by John H Allport on the Washington coal arbitration board will be voted on by miners July 16. The commission notes Washington coal mines employ about 5 000 directly and 30 000 indirectly, paying 11 000 000 in wages and 9 000 000 in supplies taxes etc. Each sentence ends with a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Allpert
Pennsylvania
Arbitration Board
Washington
Arbitration Commission
Utah
Canada
Pacific Coast
Black Diamond
United States
Commission
Allport
Three Service Men Get Double Permanent Total Disability
Among 842 847 active compensation and insurance claims in the Bureau of War Risk Insurance three cases receive double permanent total disability awards under the War Risk Act. Henry A Bitter Corpl C 352nd Inf 88 Div injured in Toul France Nov 16 1918 by grenade explosion resulting in amputation of both hands and loss of sight of both eyes. Pearl Perry Private Field Artillery injured Verdun Oct 3 1918 with both hands destroyed and right eye lost. receives double permanent total award and retroactive insurance. Charles Joseph Bronner Seaman 1st class U S N injured near Monfalcone Italy Aug 19 1919. both hands and eyes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Henry A. Bitter
352Nd Infantry
Bitter
Toul
France
Federal Board
Pearl Perry
Verdun
Charles Joseph Bronner
Monfalcone
Istria
Trees Grow Inside Capitol Foundation Grounds
A new growth of timber has sprouted inside the old capitol foundation, built during the McGraw era and unused since. Funds ceased years ago, wind and rain seeded a healthy grove near Gov. Stevens’s residence grounds. The capitol committee plans to remove the trees and tidy the site with no new building planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Old Capitol Foundation
McGraw
Thurston County
Capitol
Capitol Committee
Isaac I. Stevens
Notice to Contractors Sealed Bids Leavenworth 1921
City of Leavenworth invites sealed proposals for street and sidewalk improvements on Commercial and Division Streets plus Main Ninth and Eighth Streets. Bids due July 26 1921 5:80 PM. Each bid must include 5 percent certified check and bond. city may reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Leavenworth
Commercial Street
Eighth Street
Thirteenth Street
Division Street
Main Street
Tenth Street
Ninth Street
Washington
A. D
KE. G. Gowing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peshastin
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
Navy
Bronner
Red Cross Institute For the Blind
Baltimore
Maryland
Brenner
Herriman’s
Front St
Masnisan
Herman Howe
L. J. Nelson
Nelson & Howe Law Offices
Elliott Building
J. T. Lindley
J. W. Elliott
Bert Williams
Leavenworth, Wn
G. W. Hoxley
A. Lessing
Leavenworth Hospital
W. W. Elmer, M. D
Leavenworth, Wash
Myrtle Snyder
Barclay Hotel
C. A. Laws
Leavenworth Undertaking Co
Town & Hennessy
Sam R. Sumner
Columbia Valley Bank Bldg
Burt J. Williams
Chelan Co
N. M. Sorenson
Blue Wenatchee
John E. P
Orter
Columbia Valley Bank
E. J. Widbey
Nat'l Bank
Wenatcher
H. Baer
M. D
Commercial Bank Bldg
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