First Step Taken for Nation's Army Draft
Leavenworth crowds awaited draft results as Uncle Sam’s lottery began. More than 50 locals appeared on the list with about half expected to be exempt or rejected, including J. M. Inamura Oscar Johnson John McKinnon C E Stevenson H F Ring and many others.
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Leavenworth
Uncle Sam
Lower Valley
J. M. Inamura
Oscar Johnson
John McKinnon
C. E. Stevenson
H. F. Ring
C. W. Shadler
Jerry Young
Joseph Marsh
T. C. McKenzie
Bert Gardiner
Teddy Berg
Elia Evanoff
Kenneth A. McRae
Earl Harris
Glen Marble
Ralph Harris
Carl Dostron
Frank Potter
Unekichi Tsukanoto
Roy Albright
Louis Dahl
Bernard Ron
Shigezo Shingai
Lee McMinds
L. C
Moritaro Yamamoto
William H. Berger
Jacob Garretson
Edwin S. Gero
Joe Miller
Morito Suguichi
Harvey Robertson
Ansel Walton
Claude Murcar
Fred Cahill
Herman Slater
Andrew H. McIntosh
Blewett & Peshastin
Miles Ludwig
Carl Jones
Harry Staples
Johan H. Wallin
August Harding
James R. Shell
Geo. L. Smith
Horance H. Harvey
James Merrill
Herbert Bakke
Harry Beam
Walter Wood
William Doty
Otto Brender
Willie E. Smith
Leonard Harvey
C.J. Lunsden
Forrest R. Leedy
Luther Lewis
Clifton Swarner
Game Warden Warns Hunters About Bear Law
Editor Echo Howard Payne reports a tale of a hunter who shot a black bear after being chased to his feet. Warden R. C. Watson warns violators gain no immunity by tall tales. Fourth bear-law conviction this month. bears protected May 1 to September 1 when pelts are worthless.
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Echo—Howard Payne
Ckinawa
Daily World
Spokesman- Review
R. C. Watson
Trout Planting Expands to Eight Mile Lake Area
Warden Watson plants Mackinaw trout at Chiwaukum Lake and Josephine Lakes and plans a release at Eight Mile Lake within a week. Eggs came from Minnesota and hatched locally under Superintendent Prouty. The fish, praised for sport, target anglers in the 1920 season.
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Watson
Chiwaukum Lake
Josephine Lakes
Chiwaukum Creek
Eight Mile Lake
Minnesota
Prouty
Patterson Begins New Post with Cashmere Hardware
N Patterson leaves Leavenworth after fifteen years to join Dooley Hardware Co of Cashmere. He served on the Leavenworth school board six years and helped raise the city's public school standard. Friends remember him as "Pat" and regret his departure.
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N. Patterson
Dooley Hardware Co
Cashmere
Patterson
Leavenworth
Pat
Home Canned Foods Pride and School Kitchen Aid
A Peshastin reader praises home canning and urges high school Domestic Science to help. Everett reports show thrifty housewives conserve food, shell peas, and use Central school kitchens supervised by experts to can fruits and vegetables daily.
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Echo
Everett Tribune
Everett
Central School
Leavenworth Mill Destroyed by Fire
The Leavenworth Lumber Co box factory and planer burned last Friday afternoon. Fire started likely in the engine room, consuming the plant with about $40,000 in losses and $10,000 of insurance. The mill may be rebuilt as orders for fruit boxes were flooding in and a busy season loomed.
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Leavenworth Lumber Co
Burns
F. S. Jacobsen
J. C. Biles
Peshastin Lumber Co
Wenatchee growers set wage scale for orchard work
A Wenatchee Harvesters league committee recommended uniform wage rates for orchard work. The scale covers hand sorting 35 cents per hour and box making 1 cent per box, with various per box rates for packing apples pears and peaches. Saturday's meeting drew many growers and lively harvest-discussion.
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Wenatchee Harvesters’ League
Wenatchee
County stockade for prisoners completed and occupied
The stockade, 150 by 200 feet, sits about a mile from the city center. Four corner watch towers, barbed wire on and around the six foot high fence, running water and toilets, and a large bunk house greet over fifty prisoners transferred in the afternoon. The World calls it a great improvement over the previous facility.
Portland Attorney Detained by Citizens in Klamath Falls
Dan Powers, a Portland lawyer aiding the I. W. W., was seized by locals in Klamath Falls on a Thursday night. He faced a threat of expulsion, begged for release, and chose to depart the country, being taken to Ashland for removal.
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Klamath Falls
Dan Powers
Portland
Oregon
Ashland
Masons Hold Wenatchee Gala for New Post Office Cornerstone
Masons from North Central Washington gathered in Wenatchee on Friday for the cornerstone laying of the new post office. Grand Master Geo Lawler and Grand Secretary Horace W. Tyler led the event with lodge masters present. Dr H Van Patten of Garfield gave the day’s address, Mayor Gray of Wenatchee spoke, and Leavenworth and Cashmere lodges performed third degree initiations amid a banquet and speeches. About 25 Leavenworth members attended.
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Washington
Wenatchee
Geo. Lawler
Horace W. Tyler
Tacoma
Grand Lodge of
H. van Patten
Garfield Wash
Gray
Cashmere
Lawler
Blewett Pass
Leavenworth
Band Conductor Seeks Public Support for Park Concerts
Mr. James McDaniel, organizer of the Kid Band and its teacher for ten years, says public band concerts in the park require funding. He notes instrument and music costs, hard work, and time, with only a few past helpers while many enjoy the music but contribute nothing.
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James McDaniel
Echo
Washington
Postmaster Urges Use of Single Ten Cent Stamp to Save Costs
The postmaster argues with other war economists that the public should use only one postage stamp where possible to reduce government printing costs. He cites using a ten cent stamp on packages instead of multiple smaller stamps and recommends two cent stamps over two one cent stamps.
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Hamilton
Post Office Department
Twenty Three Nations Break Relations With Germany
The foreign office announced that 23 countries have severed diplomatic ties with Germany. Of these 23, 13 are at war with Germany and may act in alliance for that purpose. Nations listed include Russia France Belgium Great Britain Serbia Montenegro China Brazil Bolivia Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Japan Portugal Italy Romania United States Cuba Panama Liberia Haiti San Domingo and Siam. The piece notes a recent heat spell ended last Saturday with irrigation keeping crops safe. apple crop, hay, potatoes and vegetables all look plentiful.
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Foreign Office
Germany
Russia
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Serbia
Montenegro
China
Brazil
Bolivia
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Japan
Portugal
Italy
Romania
United States
Cuba
Panama
Liberia
Haiti
San Domingo
Siam
Lands to be leased for dry farming in three valleys
North Yakima 80 000 acres that had been withdrawn in Yakima Kittitas and Palouse Valleys will be leased for dry farming under new allocations. The move involves the three valley regions as part of a broader agricultural program.
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Yakima
Kittitas
Palouse
Tragic Cashmere Murder of Gertrude Cloud
Five year old Gertrude Cloud was killed on a Sunday evening near Cashmere while her parents were at church. A masked intruder fled through the orchard as neighbors searched for clues and no motive or suspect was found despite a county investigation.
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Gertrude Cloud
Geo. Cloud
Little Gertrude
Mason Hadley
Cloud
Everett
Wash
Cashmere
Alva Burgette
The
Clouds
Burgette
Gertrude
Congress of Youths Moves to Promote Patriotism Across State
The last movement to promote patriotism, the Congress of Youth, will run two sessions in August for ages 16 to 19 and 12 to 15. Delegates from each city are sought. Leavenworth will send one, Wenatchee three, with four names already submitted from this place. Bainbridge Island is a suggested site, and the aims include instilling responsibility, patriotism, awareness of social and political issues, and high ideals for clean speech and conduct, with no military training involved. Vancouver Alaska marble arrives for a new post office.
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Congress of Youth
Bainbridge Island
Seattle
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
Lot
Red Cross Committee Chooses Members for Year
The executive Red Cross committee met at the Scenic Theatre Monday evening with about twenty committee members present. Thirty six citizens were named to form the year’s committee and were authorized to fill any vacancies that occur. The selected list includes O. S. Sampson, L. J. Nelson, A. R. Brown, M. A. Marley, R. B. Field, Dr. Hoxsey, L. W. Woodrow, D. H. Mayor, L. F. Bullis, Mrs. Hoxsey, Mrs. J. R. Meath, Miss Bullis, Rev. Moore, Geo. Stirling, J. H. Osborn, C. G. Smyth, J. C. Biles, Mrs. J. E. Cullen, Mrs M. W. Stark, Mrs. G. W. Sampson, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Telfer, Mrs. D. C. Town, Mrs. Wm. Roach, Mrs. J. W. Elliott, G. L. Gardner, Father O'Rafferty, H. S. McNett, J. B. Adams, R. L. Smith, Jno. McKinnon, Frank Wingate, Mrs. C. G. Smyth, Wm McIntosh, A. C. Barclay, T. C. Nolan.
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the Red Cross
Scenic Theatre
O. S. Sampson
L. J. Nelson
A. R. Brown
M. A. Marley
R. B. Field
Dr. Hoxsey
L. W. Woodrow
D. H. Mayor
L. F. Bullis
Hoxsey
J. R. Meath
Miss Bullis
Rev. Moore
Geo. Stirling
J. H. Osborn
C. G. Smyth
J. C. Biles
J. E. Cullen
M. W. Stark
G. W. Sampson
Tucker
Telfer
D. C. Town
City Council Proceedings and Budget Actions
Councilmen Daly Miller Pipkin Warner and Wunder attended the regular meeting. The auditing committee reviewed claims including two for Britton family supplies. amounts were 42.75 and 47.45 with a future allowance set at 15 per month. T G Jarvis was authorized to tap city water mains with 50 feet of pipe. Reports from Magistrate Reynolds and City Treasurer Woodrow for the quarter to June 30 were approved. Hayes family received 5 for household supplies. Hayes linked to I W W raid and detained at Wenatchee. A Round Robbin urged Mayor Hale to appoint a Street and Water Commissioner to replace C E Tolbert. Miller opposed the move. Bills totaling 1252.34 were approved along with 527.87 for water system improvement 188.12 miscellaneous and 465 for July salaries.
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Daly
Miller
Pipkin
Warner
Wunder
Britton
McKeown
T. G. Jarvis
Reynolds
Woodrow
Hayes
Wenatchee
Hale
Bresch
C. E. Tolbert
Viaduct Replanking Urged by Echo Readers
Echo readers urge council action to repair the viaduct over the Great Northern tracks. Planking is worn with spikes protruding, risking tire punctures. Citizens request road and street work within city limits.
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Great Northern
Echo
Wenatchee Guards Receive Carbines For Home Defense
Wenatchee authorities report government carbines issued for local home guards. Arrival expected soon, enabling the boys to resemble soldiers and deter law violators with a stronger impression.
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Wenatchee
Cashmere grower and Peshastin man catch No 1 train
Barney Segru of Cashmere and C. A. Warman of Peshastin traveled last Sunday to Seattle aboard No. 1 train. Segru said a Wenatchee fruit drying plant would become reality by the time valley fruit growers need it.
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Barney Segru
Cashmere
C. A. Warman
Peshastin
Seattle
Mr. Segru
Wenatchee
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Wenatchee Valley
W. W
Leavenworth Lodge
Congress of Youths
Vancouver
Alaska
Red Cross Committee
Council Proceedings
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