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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
1
The new buried water line, designed for permanence, requires about ten more days to finish. Rock blasting created an 18 inch by two foot deep trench, with several hundred feet laid by Wednesday evening. If in service by July 4, the project will meet a timely milestone.
The Great Northern Lumber Co. defeated a strong local club 5 to 3 at Dryden. Macnamara pitched steadily, O Connor rooted behind the plate, and strong defense and timely hits from Nelson Capp Norman Nelson Pentz Quinn Briggs fueled the win.
Latest word states Blewett Pass will remain open most of the time with occasional few hour closures. Tourists are urged to check conditions before traveling. Some towns reportedly spread rumors of a seasonal closure, while Seattle Times questions the claim and discusses a Pasco bridge idea.
Mrs Eckstrom offers guidance through an ad in the New York Globe urging Lizzie to return home and be forgiven. The note reflects a lighthearted plea amid the woes of a missing vehicle.
County game commissions set open seasons and bag limits for upland birds and game fish across Okanogan Chelan Douglas Grant Ferry counties. Key rules include October pheasant and partridge periods with five bird bag limits in several counties, and a general game fish season April 1 to November 30 with a 50 fish daily cap or 20 pounds and one fish per day, not exceeding 80 pounds per week.
Richard Simons and Hazel Strome were married last Sunday at 6 AM in the Mrs parsonage with Rev. William Hoskins officiating. Witnesses included Mildred Strome and Mrs. Robert Smith. The couple planned a Portland trip afterward and will return in a couple weeks.
Railroad social notes report travels by Mrs R J Lewis to Baker Oregon and Mrs J F Darmody visiting Bonners Ferry Idaho. Mention of C H Gephart becoming day yardmaster on Spokane division and Logan’s seniority options. Wedding of Florence Freuchtricht to Claude McLeod in Wenatchee. Many brief updates on railroad families and a fatal accident involving Billy Farrell on the Cascade Division.
G. H. Schubert returned last Saturday from Pullman where he had been attending the state college. He says that Ted Kuch who went to Hillsdale will return in about a month.
Mr and Mrs W W Burgess and daughters Alpha Melvin and Rita plus her husband arrived from Bellingham to spend ten days on the old farm. Frank Knapp entertained forty people at a weenie roast at his summer cottage. N S Shore and daughter May came from Kent to spend the summer with sons A V and Viv Shore. Mattie Brown of Lake Wenatchee visits sister Mrs George Shuvart. Wenatchee Chewawa Land Co road progress two miles toward Old Beaver Hill. Helen Woodward Verna Frantz Wenatchee visit with Verna’s mother Mrs D C Armstrong. Carl Norine left for Wenatchee after carpenter work here last month. Frank Knapp family spent the weekend at their Entiat ranch home.
Ayer Massachusetts dispatch reports a humorous mix up as a man finds his wife's diamond ring in his trousers pocket after a breakfast mishap. The brief notes the discovery and the light tone of the exchange.
Community page from Peshastin covers a social banquet at the school auditorium hosted by the P L F Club for Kumlux ladies of Leavenworth and Cashmere women, with music by local groups. It notes Sunday school programs, town visits, vandalism at the new school addition, upcoming ice cream social, and changes in Washington salmon fishing regulations impacting Grays Harbor and the Columbia River.
The report lists residents at Pwisp with a move home on Monday and a new phone installed at the Erle Wingate residence on Tuesday. It notes Harlan McFarland's illness and Mrs. Billy Loudenbeck visiting her parents, J. S. and Mrs. Coons, while Little Roy Cedargrist visits his grandparents up the Chum stick.
Leavenworth and nearby towns report 347 examinations with 806 defects found in the first annual school health inspection for 1920-21. The summary lists per-city findings in Chelan county.
The Helping Hand Society social drew a good crowd with ice cream cake and sales. Sunday the German Congregational church hosted Sunday School delegates from Quincy Odessa Ritzville and others with a Monday picnic planned to view mountain scenery. About 200 attended. Dryden Woodmen joined the M W A in Mansfield. Haying and thinning apples continue as the season progresses.
Sunday School at 9 45. Epworth League at 7 00 with topic Men and Women Whose Lives Inspire Us led by Ruth McClure. Preaching at 11 00 a.m. and 8 00 p.m. Morning sermon The Impartial God. Evening sermon Empty Vessels.
The board tightens limits near river mouths in Willapa Harbor Grays Harbor and Duwamish River areas. Salmon fishing is prohibited south and east of a line from Duwamish Head to Four Mile Rock except for household use under Order Three. A hearing on all other Puget Sound fishery questions is set for June 20 at the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
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