War Workers Headquarter Opened In Commercial Block
Largely through the efforts of women on conservation committees a room is secured as war activities headquarters. Mrs. G A Hamilton led efforts securing the space in the Commercial block with free use, water supplied by city authorities, and lighting and a telephone installed at no cost. Donations of furniture and a future typewriter are promised. The space will serve troop trains, food conservation, canning demonstrations, and various war drives. Red Cross headquarters remain in the High School building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Hamilton
Seattle
Weigand
Chas. Osner
D. A. Burgett
Tumwater Light & Water Co
Chas. Dahlgren
Leavenworth
Women’s Conservation Committee
Hamilton
Alexander
Agricultural College
Red Cross
Warning Against Idle Witty Letters To Soldiers
A letter writer warned soldiers about harmful jokes sent to the front. The piece recounts a girl who hoped a hero would strike the Kaiser, only for the recipient to face grave repercussions as his captured note accompanied his execution by the enemy. Readers are urged to avoid implicating papers and share only helpful news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. C. Booth
Fast Mail Derailed Near Dryden Saturday Morning
The west bound Great Northern Fast Mail No. 27 derailed near Dryden early Saturday, one car left the track into a ditch. No crew injured as train slowed. a broken axle on the rear tank track caused the wreck, with officials investigating possible tampering amid recent similar freight incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Dryden
Government Study Aims At Expanding Farm Labor
The government considers relaxing labor laws to bring farm workers from Mexico and Canada for war needs. Immigrant limits are suspended for farm purposes. prevailing wages are required and 25 cents daily reserved for deportation insurance. Workers are to return home after the war, not seek permanent residency. State governments urged to allocate labor to areas with crop shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Canada
Million Youths Registered in U S Tuesday 17 in Leavenworth
One million young men reaching age eligibility since June 5 last year registered on June 5 per government releases. Seventeen registered before City Clerk Brown at Wenatchee with Leavenworth listed as residence for several registrants including Clarence Herzog William Harding Harry Sitan Henry Dohlman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Clarence E. Herzog
William A. Harding
Harry C. Sitan
Henry T. Dohlman
Charles M. Love
William C. Barham
Max R. Anderson
John H. MacGrew
John W. Burgess
Walter A. Koerner
Sadaguma Ogata
Roose Patrick
John P. Brewer
Frank C. Holinger
Heizi Hirakuri
Charles W. Arbogast
Albert L. Dynes
Roland C. Nichols
Red Cross Sewing and Classes at Leavenworth High School
Red Cross headquarters are in the High School building with Mrs. Crotty and Mrs. Eckhardt in charge. Sewing must be taken out, inspected on return, and there are sewing machines for use. Evening surgical classes meet Monday and Wednesday 7 to 10 in Domestic Science, with a Wednesday 2 to 5 day class urged for women to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crotty
Eckhardt
Red Cross
Leavenworth
Farm House Burns on Icicle Ranch
The J. S. Turner ranch house on Icicle burned last Sunday evening with all contents lost. Dick Turner, recently arrived to manage the ranch, slept through the blaze and barely escaped as the fire consumed the building. Origin remains a mystery to Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Turner
Dick Turner
Mr. Turner
War Savings Convention Draws Delegates by Auto Convoy
The Wenatchee Chelan county group joined eight auto loads from across the county to attend a War Savings Convention in Leavenworth. Sessions promoted the sale of war savings stamps with talks by Daniel Kelleher Judge D G Wooten and Capt Dark. Leavenworth's delegation arrived with methods and data to help meet allotments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peshastin
Wenatchee
Chelan County
Blewett Pass
Snoqualmie Falls
Great Falls
Daniel Kelleher
State War Savings Director
D. G. Wooten
Seattle
United States
Germany
Dark
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Leavenworth
R. B. Field
Guy A. Hamilton
Deed H. Mayor
J. A. Warman
A. G. McKeown
Geo. A. Bunch
James Thompson
L. R. Hart
J. W. Elliott
A. R. Brown
Frank Wingate
L. F. Speidel
L. O. Taylor
L. W. Woodrow
Building Up Home Factories
A state focused on expanding payrolls through U S factory growth. Consumers should prefer local products on equal price and quality, with equitable taxes and minimal regulation to boost payrolls, communities, and war effort. Larger factories reaching other states bring more state payroll income and stability.
Miss Ella Alexander Demonstrates Food Canning in Leavenworth
Miss Ella Alexander of Washington State College will be in Leavenworth all day tomorrow to show women how to can and dry fruits and vegetables. Demonstrations will be held in the former Cash store building next to Ahlin's. All women are urged to attend and learn food preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Alexander
Washington State College
Leavenworth and
Ahlin’s
Government wartime rail rates go into effect nationwide
Travelers by rail face a three cents per mile rate with no mileage books honored and a continued eight percent war tax. Excess baggage coupons are canceled and sleeping and dining car service remains but at higher prices. Nurses and enlisted men on furlough receive one cent per mile with officer certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Simons
Great Northern
Has the farmer cause for grief
The piece argues farmers receive swift hearings and strong government support yet questions their real grievance amid reports of cheap mortgage demand and high prices. It notes that 70 percent of farm mortgages maturing are paid off and only 30 percent renewed, while warning against socialist agitators portraying farmers as plundered peasants by big business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Postal Service
The
Chicago Tribune
Beasts of
Big Business
Giant Mor Tars Move East Loaded With Guns
Last Friday morning eight freight cars passed through Leavenworth yards heading east. Each car carried two guns fourteen feet long and about 30 inches diameter at the muzzle, forty inches at the breech, stripped of all gear and weighing 14,500 pounds. Guns were loaded at Seattle's Great Northern dock and consigned to Alliance Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Great Northern
Seattle
Alliance
Ohio
Foreign trade development after the war urged
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board warns that enduring prosperity hinges on expanding foreign trade after victory. He notes postwar debt will demand huge interest, urging higher productivity, greater industrial efficiency, and broader markets to sustain wages and living standards. Mining Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
Shipping Board
United States
Mining Journal
Stamp Drive Meeting Led by Judge Webster Planned
The Leavenworth Elks and Wenatchee brethren stage a major thrift stamp drive with a 100 member Elks band coming to town Wednesday. Judge Stanley Webster of Spokane, a congress candidate, will give the principal address as part of a program to promote the drive beginning Friday June 28. Other speakers are to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth Elks
Wenatchee
Elks Band
Stanley Webster
Spokane
Congress
N T Shotwell Dies in Cashmere at 76
N T Shotwell, aged 76, died Tuesday morning after moving to the Wenatchee valley in 1902 and settling near Cashmere. Survived by wife, two sons Nathaniel of Cashmere and Will of Wenatchee, two daughters Mrs O M Brooks of Cashmere and Mrs H G Krollpfeiffer of Leavenworth. Remains laid to rest in Cashmere cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. T. Shotwell
H. G. Krollpfeiffer
Wenatchee Valley
Cashmere
Nathaniel
Will
Wenatchee
O. M. Brooks
Leavenworth
Gun Club Holds First Trap Shoot at Leavenworth
Wenatchee trap gun enthusiasts traveled Tuesday evening to the Leavenworth gun club grounds for an inaugural trap shoot. Ideal conditions produced good scores though a bird shortage prevented a full tally. Participants included O. F. Netzger T. Stannard Guy Brown M. Whalen F. C. Thornhill M. W. Curtis D. Burgette R. Smith J. Hartman and W. McIntosh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Leavenworth Gun Club
O. F. Netzger
T. Stannard
Guy Brown
M. Whalen
F. C. Thornhill
M. W. Curtis
Lost silk handbag left at Echo office in Leavenworth
Lost and found notice reports a ladies silk handbag containing a purse cashmere bank check book and keys left at the Echo office in Leavenworth on June 14. Contact Echo office to identify and claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Echo Office
Freight Wreck Near Crater Ties Up Railroad Traffic
A collision between an east bound freight train and a gravel laden work train near Crater caused heavy damage and halted traffic for hours. No crew members were seriously hurt. The wreck delayed No. 25 and delayed east and west bound services by several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crater
Leavenworth
Leslie
Steele
Republican Caucus Names Delegates in Leavenworth
The Republican voters across three Leavenworth precincts elected delegates and alternates to the county convention at Wenatchee. Delegates and alternates are listed by each precinct with names such as J. W. Elliott and L. O. Taylor among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
J. W. Elliott
D. H. Mayor
S. A. Potter
M. A. Marley
O. S. Sampson
L. O. Taylor
Art O’leary
B. C. Rutherford
Ross Irwin
Butler Sampson
Early Blewett Pass Traffic Booms In 1918
The Daily World reports heavy early season traffic over Blewett Pass with about 150 cars counted in four hours. Fred Reeves, returning from Seattle, noted 42 westbound and estimated 100 westbound and 50 eastbound trips, with as many as 200 cars possible. Roads are described as in better shape than before and the Snoqualmie route remains passable despite snow on the pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blewett Pass
Daily World
Fred Reeves
Reeves
Seattle
Leavenworth Couple Married in Douglas Wedding
Leavenworth's popular ter maker Charles Minter Love wed Elizabeth Gertrude Serben of Douglas Washington. Rev. Robert Warner officiated at the Methodist parsonage at 10 this morning. They were joined by a few friends and will reside in Leavenworth where the groom runs a creamery business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Wenatchee
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WAR Workers
U. S
Foreign Trade Development
Webster
Wenatchee Elks
GUN Club
Blewett
Serben
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