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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1917

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Chelan County Registration Officials list for June 5

Chelan county registration board provides western precinct officers for the June 5 male 21 to 30 registration. Names, precincts, and contact points listed. noncompliance carries imprisonment.

Chelan Military Naval Service United States Regular Army Regular Army Reserve Officers Reserve Corps Enlisted Reserve Corps National Guard and National Guard Reserve Militia Bureau War Department Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Naval Militia Naval Reserve Force Marine Corps Reserve Registration Board Sheriffs Office Wenatchee Washington Blewett A. M. Ashton Brender John Knox Knox Cashmere H. F. Brown Chiwaukum W. W. Thomson Thomson Cascade

Cider Industry Warns of Loss Without Fermentation Easing

C. H. Feilberg of the Spokane Cider mill warns that state and city officials in Spokane Valley Pleasant Prairie Deer Park and Moran Prairie may ruin a $50 000 cider business by enforcing a prohibition that bars any fermentation He argues a small alcohol percentage in cider should be allowed as cider mills process about 1230 tons a season and roughly 6000 tons annually are used locally farmers gain under $50 000 from mills and would suffer if arrests rise for cider with 1 2 percent alcohol

Spokane Valley Pleasant Prairie Deer Park Moran Prairie C. H. Feilberg Feilberg Spokane

Wenatchee Pioneer Dies After Decoration Day Return

An 80 year old Wenatchee Civil War veteran, a longtime resident, died Wednesday after attending Decoration Day events. He was in good spirits earlier, survived by his wife and relatives in Wenatchee and Texas. He served under General Sherman and held multiple city offices.

J. A. Adams Frank G. Palmer Wenatchee Thomas Groves Texas Sherman

Col Fox Dies at Soldiers Home in California

Col Edward Hugh Fox former adjutant general of Washington died May 23 at the California Soldiers Home and was buried there May 24. He survived by five children and had practiced law in Dayton Aberdeen and Leavenworth. He had health problems since last fall and moved south for the climate.

Col. Fox Soldiers Home California Seattle Post- Intelligencer Edward Hugh Fox Washington Soldiers’ Home Home Post-Intelligencer George J. Becker North Yakima Georgetown Joseph Maurice Fox Susan Spedden Fox St. Louis National Guard Spain Rogers Washington Volunteers Vancouver Gov. Rogers Aberdeen Leavenworth Wash Great Northern Railroad Pythias L. L. Swaney Westport Francis Phillips B. C Maurice A. Fox American Lake Joseph R. Fox Fox

Medical Lake area 240 acres sells for 18000

A tract of 240 acres near Medical Lake sells for eighteen thousand dollars. The listing notes the land as available near the city with potential agricultural or development use.

Medical Lake

Lincoln county officers seize big liquor haul

Railroad era tale says Lincoln county officers intercepted a Sunday liquor shipment near Odessa. Two Great Northern breakmen delivered the cargo. one fled, McDonald was captured, and a postmaster was wounded and arrested. Officials expect court action and notoriety.

Lincoln County Odessa Great Northern McDonald Sheriffs

Registration Questions for June 5 Deadlines

A list of required registration questions for those aged 21 to 31, detailing name, address, birth date, citizenship status, birthplace, employment, dependents, marital status, race, military service, and draft exemption. The notice instructs registrants to study and be prepared to answer in writing on registration day.

Spokane Man Announces War Bread From Wheat And Water

A Spokane Washington man named A G Stall plans to start a mill to produce a war bread made solely from whole wheat and water. Stall claims the loaf is worth three normal loaves, more nutritious and tastier, and has submitted it to government food expert Dr Harvey Wiley who found it pure and wholesome.

A. G. Stall Spokane Harvey Wiley

First Auto Over Blewett Pass Reaches Cle Elum

Supervisor Sylvester and Road Supervisor Parish of Leavenworth completed the first automobile trip over Blewett pass last Friday reaching Cle Elum. Chelan County has cleared the highway for traffic and the Kittitas side is open for travel. Trade in Leavenworth.

Sylvester Parish of

Wheat Outlook Encouraging Across Columbia to Spokane

Mr. F. T. Motteler reports from a trip through the wheat belt between the Columbia River and Spokane that the crop looks fine and growing rapidly. He notes unusually moist ground for this time of year and strong farmer optimism about yields. Winter wheat damaged has been resown to spring wheat and new land is being planted.

F. T. Motteler Columbia River Spokane

Hard fight to classify apples as food for transport

Curtis Robinson of the Northwest Fruit Growers reports Washington officials support treating apples as a food product. He notes storage at origin is needed to avoid car shortages and urges Northwest growers to press authorities to recognize fruit as essential.

Curtis Robinson Transportation Bureau of the Fruit Growers Agency Washington D. C Interstate Commerce Commission Northwest Washington Car Service Committee Committee of National Defense Robinson Poindexter Houston Department of Agriculture Herbert C. Hoover

Wenatchee Plans Fifty Thousand Dollar Columbia Theatre

Businessmen will erect a new $50,000 Wenatchee theatre named the Columbia with seating for about 900. Plans are drawn in Seattle. The corporation is led by A Z Wells T M Gibbons Emil Miller Fred Mattoon Charles Hansen Louis Crollard and others. John Howard named manager. Seattle Halibut schooners sell 120000 pounds for 12000.

Wenatchee The Columbia Seattle A. Z. Wells T. M. Gibbons Emil Miller Fred Mattoon Charles Hansen Louis Crollard John Howard

New Lumber Mill to Reopen Leavenworth Plant

A new corporation formed to take over Leavenworth Lumber Co. assets will operate the mill and woods, with Mr. N. Coleman in charge of the saw mill. Logging starts next week under an experienced foreman, employing about sixty to seventy workers and adding roughly six thousand dollars to the monthly payroll.

Leavenworth Lumber Co N. Coleman J. C. Biles Peshastin Lumber Co F. S. Jacobsen Coleman

Uncle Sam urges wider use of corn for human food

The government argues corn can greatly boost human food supply without harming livestock feed. It notes normal corn use for people is 5 to 10 percent of production, about 200 million bushels annually, and urges expanding corn in diets as a wheat substitute in breads and mushes.

United States

The Kid Band Concert Opens Summer Series on Front Street

Our Kid Band played an outdoor concert last Friday evening near the Band stand on Front street to a large crowd. The program lacked patriotic airs but will include them in future shows. The boys seek funds to replace worn instruments and will perform at Fourth of July celebrations in Oroville and Mansfield. Open air concerts will run every two weeks on Friday evenings. Vancouver work on 400 men barrack buildings has begun.

Front Street Oroville Mansfield

Sheepmen Arrive in Leavenworth for Summer Grazing

Leavenworth hosts about twenty flock owners who winter in lower altitudes and come annually to summer in the government forest reserve. Early arrivals include M. O. Yates S. O. Stewart and Wm Knox with his first band, with weekly arrivals expected as wool and mutton prices rise. The sheepmen boost town prosperity by spending thousands on supplies.

M. O. Yates S. O. Stewart Wm. Knox

Red Cross Week Urges Town to Join War Aid

The Red Cross asks residents to enroll new members and donate one dollar each to fund ambulances bandages and medical supplies for soldiers and nurses. Dr Mackenzie from Portland notes depleted reserves and urges civilians to support Red Cross week now.

Europe Red Cross Dr. Mackenzie Portland Oregon Washington The

Six Krause brothers join government service after mother’s plea

Mary Krause of 108 Jackson Street Philadelphia prays for her son William as he faces a crucial military exam. Father Miles Keegan of Our Lady of Mount Carmel church offers prayers, and William ultimately passes. The Krause family speaks of loyalty despite mixed heritage while another note cites Ephrata yards shipping 217000 pounds of wool valued at 75000 and Seattleman contracts delivering 21000 lambs for September.

Mary Krause Jackson Street Philadelphia William Krause Miles Keegan Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Third Wolf Streets William Keegan Ephrata Seattleman

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