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.
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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
1
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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