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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
6
A group including General Benjamin Butler and Father Taylor share spicy repartee on lawyers mistakes and ministers excuses. The pacey items switch to verse, club life, a child’s boast, and a Kansas City minister tale, ending with a dining room training scene and witty quips.
A humorous domestic scene opens with oysters on the shell and Norah asking about nut crackers. A Scottish farmer recalls a plate mishap and the beadle’s stern warning. A Michigan minister’s pulpit anecdote and a vivid condor description follow, ending with a Russian moujik tale about ages and army enlistment.
The article outlines starting government allowances and officer salaries at West Point and after commissioning. Cadets receive 609.50 annually, second lieutenants start at 1400 or 1500, with raises to 1960 or 2100 after twenty years. Other ranks begin at 1500 1600 for lieutenants, 1800 2000 for captains, 2500 major, 3000 lieutenant colonel, 3500 colonel, with a 40 percent ceiling raise in twenty years.
The Pacific Monthly recounts Rudyard Kipling in his Brattleboro study. He writes in bursts while in a revolving chair and hums to keep rhythm when drafting poetry.
Describes a method to immobilize humming birds for commercial capture using water from a blowgun or a syringe then suffocating with cyanide. Notes the birds’ minute size ranges and their rapid, darting flight, making precise shooting nearly impossible except when momentarily still above flowers.
Advice from Suburban Life on dog feeding routines promotes fixed meal times and simple meals with greens and small meat scraps. The jokes feature a trombone player, a chimney sweep, and a diver trading quips about finances, seating, and a diver’s remark.
Notice is hereby given that George W Brown of Telma Washington has filed intent to make final five year proof to establish his homestead claim for selection 18 in township 27 north range 17 west meridian. The proof will be at Leavenworth Washington before J E Shore on April 19 1000. Witnesses are Oliver Bates George W Liverly Marvine Logan all of Telma and Spencer A Blankenship of Leavenworth.
Notice sets final accounting for Mary Ann Tholin as administratrix of John Tholin deceased to be heard at 10 a m on Thursday April 15 1909 at the Chelan county court house Wenatchee Washington Dated March 11 1909 Mary Ann Tholin Administratrix Restoration to Entry of Lands in National Forest announces settlement rights for 170 acres in Wenatchee National Forest Waterville Washington Apr 12 1909 with preference rights for settlers under homestead laws and listed applicants Paul W Van de Grift and Ainsley B Mitchell FRED Deneett Commissioner FRANK PIERCE Assistant Secretary February 26 to March 1909
Notice announces that all grazing permit applications for cattle horses and sheep in Wenatchee National Forest must be filed in Leavenworth Washington by April 19 1909. Full details on grazing fees and petition forms available on request. A H Sylvester Supervisor.
Notice that on a Saturday in April 1900 a public auction will sell a 1.76 acre school site described as the nw of the sw of section 16 township 24 north range 18 east WM in Chelan County Washington. Terms require 10 percent down, annual payments with 6 percent interest, and full payment can speed deed. The sale is per Board of State Land Commissioners order and urges adherence to oil mineral reservations and 1907 act terms. J Godfrey county auditor Wenatchee date February 17 1900.
Joseph A. Duncan of Telman Wa filed final five year proof for land in section 10 township 27 north range 16 east, under No 0878. He will present witnesses Maryine O. Logan John J. Henry Oliver Bates and George W. Brown at Leavenworth Washington on April 14 1909 before U S Commissioner J K Shore.
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