Worth Sportsmen Form Local Organization
An organized effort in Leavenworth led to the formation of the Leavenworth Sportsmen Association to protect and propagate game birds, animals, and fish. Officers named include J. A. Hearst president and F. T. Motteler vice president. Aiming to unite sportsmen from Dryden to Wenatchee Lake country, the group seeks county and state affiliations to influence legislation and protect local streams.
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Leavenworth
State
J. A. Hearst
F. T. Motteler
L. R. Hart
S. G. Daly
J. W. Elliott
R. J. Smith
Osborn
A. Pinch
Dryden
Wenatchee Lake
Gunser
Cashmere Wenatchee
Entiat
Chelan
Cashmere Apple Co to Build New Wenatchee Warehouse
The Cashmere Apple Co awarded Bird & Hobson the contract to construct a two story hollow brick warehouse at Wenatchee avenue south and Spokane street Wenatchee. Built to frost proof standards the 90 by 107 foot facility will include a full basement and modern fruit handling storage and shipping facilities costing about 30000 dollars with local labor.
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Cashmere Apple Company
Wenatchee Avenue
Spokane Street
Wenatchee
Bird & Hobson
Seattle
Spokane
Portland
Tacoma
Wenatchee District
Americans Facing the Dawn Message Inspires Optimism
Excerpted quote from the Pocatello Tribune urges vision and courage to meet present burdens. It asserts American genius, reason, justice, and liberty will master current problems and avoid despair from abroad or domestic unrest. Also notes Mrs. Frank Bauer visiting Spokane from her sister in town.
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Frank Bauer
Spokane
Chas. Taylor
Magistrate Bonds Woman After Check Forgery Hearing
Magistrate Day held a hearing on a forged endorsement case. Mrs Ollie Parrish allegedly endorsed a check in Mrs Ross Sears name and cashed it at Leavenworth State Bank. The judge bound Parrish over to the Superior court for action pending further proceedings.
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Ollie Parrish
Ross Sears
Mr. Sears
Parrish
Lake Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Sears
Corydon
Iowa
Par
Superior Court
Morey
N. M. Sorensen
Wenatchee
Auto course planned for disabled soldiers
Idaho and eastern Washington soldiers disabled by war will learn the automobile and tractor engineering trade at Spokane’s Modern Automobile and Tractor schools. The government finances tuition and pays about 60 dollars monthly for board. Special rooms and instructions aid shell shock blindness and deafness cases. About 3 to 4 hundred may train at once, with preparations for 800.
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Idaho
Eastern
Washington
Spokane
Red Cross notes and city finances in Leavenworth Echo
Mrs Gus Bjork holds the luck ticket No 237 in a sewing machine drawing. Leavenworth Red Cross executive committee votes to close rooms soon due to lagging work and high costs, with April 1 as the submission deadline for sewing and knitting. Mr William S Shank reviews city books as state inspector accountant this week. Leavenworth State Bank reports deposits near half a million dollars. Chas LaPointe departs for a business trip to the coast.
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Gus Bjork
Leavenworth
American Red Cross
Wm. S. Shank
State Bureau of Inspection
The
Leavenworth State Bank
Echo
G N Lumber Company Lands Major Box Order
At Wenatchee this week the Skookum Packers Association let a contract to Great Northern Lumber Co for two million apple boxes at about 14 cents. The order cites last year's box quality under tough conditions and calls for heavier boxes with inch ends and inch sides. The company plans to reopen its plant soon as weather allows. A large winter of logging left a substantial log pond supply.
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Skookum Packers Association
Wenatchee
Great Northern Lumber Co
Great Northern Co
Wenatchee Area Social Calendar and Local News Briefs
Local residents and visitors list weekly activities in Wenatchee, Cashmere, Leavenworth and Dryden. Notables include new car purchases by Mr. Boston and Earl Wingate, a well attended oyster supper netting about $300, and several families visiting friends or returning home after trips. Rex Anderson’s discharge from the Postal Detachment marks a military note.
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Harry Harvey
Dude Brown
Leavenworth
John McCoy
Spencer
Burt Luttrell
R. E. Schuchardt
Cashmere
W. G. Davis
Earl Wingate
Wenatchee
Maxwell
Ladies Aid
Grange Hall
Merle Wilcox
H. S. Williams
Lyman Harvey
J. N. Hobson
Bradley
Miss Bagley
Geo. Hauber
Oscar Boswell
Dryden
Geo. Fields
Ned Cook
Mr. Page
Bill Cook
Vern Jones
Irene Stewart
Lewis Arbogast
Harry Moore
Billy Stage
Seattle
Bert Goff
Lyle
H. H. Kelly
Rex Anderson
Anderson
Kirby
Rosa Pendleton
Joe Kirby
Weekly Out-of-Town Visits Liven Local Commerce
Local residents made trips to Wenatchee Leavenworth and Spokane on Monday and Tuesday for business. Notables include Mrs. Chas Maxon Mrs Bentley Cozart and Miss Sheldon visiting from Wenatchee. The Crone man family hosted revival guests while several households planned summer moves and construction projects.
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Seattle
Chas. Maxon
Bentley Cozart
Leavenworth
George Coburn
Wenatchee
John Bergren
Ted Gray
Hazel Wingate
Frank French
Spokane
J. A. Wilson
C. A. Wright
Campbell
Butler
Emery Campbell
Rex Anderson
R. E. Schuchardt
Cashmere
Miss Sheldon
J. A. Warman
Walter Smith
Daniels
Rev. Croneman
Blewett
del McCoy
Ruby Montana
C. E. Campbell
Ellen Ryan
A. G. Stage
Inez
E. Brugette
Mr. Coppock
Biglow
Wingate
Kirby
Sinclair
City Council Hears Plans Amid Regular Session
The council adopted a resolution condemning two danger from collapsing buildings between the Club poolroom and K V Hardware. A vault for city records was discussed and a committee appointed to study cost. Proposals for a new two story city hall with fire department on ground floor and clerk offices upstairs were floated with an estimated cost not exceeding 10000 dollars.
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Echo
Fire Department
Leavenworth Service Club Meeting Notice
A regular meeting of the Leavenworth Service Club will be held Thursday evening at o'clock in the basement of the Methodist church. All old members and those who want to ally themselves with the club and its work for town betterment and advancement are cordially invited to attend.
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Leavenworth Service Club
Methodist Church
Billy Smith Writes From Over There in France 1919
Soldier Billy Smith reports from Saint Nazaire in early 1919 about his 129th Engineers unit, duties on a large dock project, 1400 by 50 feet, housing in Nice and Monte Carlo, travel with diverse troops, and plans after the war including fishing. He notes furlough luxuries, hopes for a commission, and longing for home as the war ends.
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France
States
Sam
Saint Nazaire
Saturday Evening Post
Nice
Monte Carlo
Alps
Wenatchee Valley
Cincinnatus
W. E. Smith
Engrs
Leavenworth Seniors Plan Busy Close to School Year
High school events center on Senior class activities with plans for a big pay advertisement game, a basketball trip to Cashmere, and a Wenatchee Y.M.C.A. midget game. The senior play It Pays to Advertise is highlighted with student preparations and a new stage in the auditorium.
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Cashmere
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Y. M. C. A
Wenatchee
Guest
Barbano
Miss Johnson
Miss Grue
Meek
Chas. Rann Kennedy
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Worth Sportsmen
Cashmere Apple CO
Red
Chas. LaPointe
G.N. Lumber Company
Peshastin
Archie Mills
Radabah
Fred Miller
City Council
Service Club
Billy Smith
Agnes Davis
Ted
Sunshine Smith
Altho
Bruce
Good Old
Leavenworth High School
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