Wenatchee Good Roads Group Plans $800000 Bond County Road Build
The County Good Roads committee in Wenatchee formed a permanent organization electing Gellatly as president Gillette as vice president Shotwell as secretary and Field as treasurer. They proposed an $800000 twenty year bond issue to be spent over three years on feeder and state highways, with $500000 for county feeder roads and $300000 for state highways plus federal and forestry funds.
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County Good Roads Committee
Wenatchee
John A. Gellatly
E. M. Gillette
Harry Shotwell
R. B. Field
Leavenworth
J. C. Biles
A. H. Bohlke
Matt Hickey
Chelan County
Monitor
Cashmere
Dryden
Peshastin
Lake Wenatchee
Auto Collides With Speeding Vehicle Near City Crossing
Nick Kinscherf on his way home last Sunday evening collided with a speeder at the Great Northern crossing west of the city. One Ford wheel broken and a tire punctured. Mr. Daniels, a lineman, was thrown from the speeder and sustained severe bruises but no serious injuries. Sidings are often filled with cars, hiding the main line, raising risk of a serious accident. City Marshal Pratt warns chickens at large violate the law and must be kept contained.
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Nick Kinscherf
Great Northern
Daniels
Dryden fruitgrower visits with kin as Yakima shipments rise
Mr. Carr and his son visited over Sunday with his brother in law Thos Nolan. Yakima 1918 fruit shipments through March first stood at 10 351 cars. Plans are being prepared for a new governor residence at Olympia. Echo want ads bring results.
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Mr. Carr
Dryden
Thos. Nolan
Yakima
Olympia
Leavenworth High to Hold Commencement May 17
The fifth annual Leavenworth High School commencement exercises move to Scenic Theater on Saturday May 17 at 8 30 PM instead of Friday May 16. Speaker Prof. E J Klemme of Bellingham will discuss The Hope of the World.
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Leavenworth High School
E. J. Klemme
Bellingham
Wenatchee Valley Apple Crop Near Normal After Frost
Frosts last week did not ruin the Wenatchee Valley harvest. Experts say damage is limited and yields may reach 60 to 75 percent of normal, with lower ground most affected and Stayman and Delicious apples hardest hit. Yakima reports show no frost damage. moisture helped protect trees.
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Peshastin
Wenatchee Valley
Darlington
Yakima
Wash
Wenus
Selah
Flandersfield
Victory Loan tops local drive with big Royal Development gift
The Royal Development Co. New York office sent $6,700 in bonds and the Trophy train exhibit spurred daily subscriptions past the $10,000 mark. Dr McKeown, local chairman, says Leavenworth should be well over the top when checks are tallied.
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New York
Royal Development Co
Dr. McKeown
Leavenworth
Insane by wood alcohol case leads to asylum
Charles Stenius of Ilwaco Washington was brought to trial after a year of insanity linked to wood alcohol. Doctors Geo A Tripp and J M Bammert state his condition worsened as he refused food for forty days before his arrest and commitment to the Steilacoom asylum.
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Charles Stenius
Ilwaco
Wash
Geo. A. Tripp
J. M. Bammert
Stenius
Steilacoom Asylum
Law increases highway upkeep funding to counties
A new law provides counties with 200 dollars per mile to maintain permanent highways. In a separate development Olympia plans to expand a canal from Puget Sound to Grays Harbor, signaling large-scale infrastructure efforts.
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Olympia
Puget Sound
Grays Harbor
Farmers Convention to be Held in Spokane in June
Spokane May 8. The northwest farmers convention set for June 11 to 13 in Spokane reflects changes in farming with many visiting by auto and staying in first class hotels. The event aims to promote organization and a national board with representation from farm groups, echoing unions and trade associations. Maurice Mc Auliffe of Kansas Farmers Union is among the speakers.
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Spokane
Wash
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Manufacturers’ Association of the United States
Maurice McAuliffe
Farmers’ Union of Kansas
Debate on Wilsons Abroad Authority and Congress Action
An editorial questions the legality of President Wilson and cabinet officers abroad during wartime. It notes officials in Paris and England, contrasts with Commerce Secretary Redfield at home, and urges Congress to define presidential privileges and authority while overseas.
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Woodrow Wilson
Paris
France
Robert Lansing
Josephus Daniels
Navy
England
Newton D. Baker
Albert Sidney Burleson
New York Tribune
William Cox Redfield
Commerce
the Tribune
Congress
United States
Senior Play Postponed To May 16 At Scenic Theater
The Senior Class play It Pays to Advertise starring Deryl Motteler is postponed due to his illness. The production at the Scenic theater will now run Friday night May 16.
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Deryl Motteler
Scenic Theater
Peshastin Elects Road Delegates
About fifty road enthusiasts gathered at the Peshastin Grange Hall to elect two delegates for the county good roads meeting in Wenatchee. C. A. Warman chaired, G. P. Freyberger was secretary, J. A. Gellatly spoke on road improvements, with delegates M. W. Starks and J. A. Wilson chosen for Peshastin.
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Peshastin Grange Hall
County Good Roads
Wenatchee
C. A. Warman
G. P. Freyberger
J. A. Gellatly
President Wilson faces Republican criticism over foreign alliance plan
Washington dispatch notes Congress attacking Wilson for reportedly backing an alliance with Great Britain and France at Versailles. Critics argue the move undermines American sovereignty and the open covenant principle while fearing Japan and England aims conflict with U S plans for global influence and trade.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Versailles
United States
Great Britain
France
Europe
League of Nations
League
Germany
Senate
Japan
Pacific
Eastern
Asia
England
Globe
Manager Barclay Presents The Prussian CurFilm Drama
A Scenic Theater booking for next Monday and Tuesday evenings features The Prussian Cur a photo drama starring Von Der Goltz a leading German spy figure. The Wm Fox production exposes the German secret system and portrays the Hun struggle for world domination with a democracy triumph.
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von der Goltz
Wm. Fox
Taft Praises Democracy of Labor in War Era Remarks
Former President Taft endorses labor democracy, urging employers to heed workers' just demands. He aligns with Cummins on labor as not a commodity and cautions against Bolshevik distortions while outlining that industrial democracy allows union and nonunion workers to influence wage and condition discussions through representative committees.
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Washington
William H. Taft
Congress
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Taft
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Germany
Gompers
Europe
Law
Cummins
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Russia
Own Your Own Home Move Ment Growning
The own-your-own-home campaign from the U S department of labor reports improving general building conditions and rising city participation in construction. Building permits rose from November lows to about 40 percent in February and early March, with private contracts dominating. Residential work grows, notably in the middle west, amid apartment-centered activity in cities.
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United States Department of Labor
Altho
Middle West
Chelan County Teachers Get Across-the-Board Salary Increases
Chelan county schools announce next year’s teaching staffs with general salary increases averaging 10 to 20 percent. Where current pay is below 100 dollars, monthly increases of 10 to 12 dollars are added. In most cases the same teachers are being reemployed.
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Chelan County
Sandpoint Opens Rest Room for Visiting Women
The first floor of Sandpoint City Hall now offers a rest room for out of town women with free use of the space and lockers at 10 cents a day. Furnishings include comfortable furniture pictures and draperies. The room was funded by the Sandpoint Civic Club and local business leaders.
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Sandpoint
War Trophy Train and Veterans Visit Leavenworth
The trophy train arrived at 7 30 am to a large crowd. School children toured the cars while veterans spoke about front line experiences and medals. Major E P Lowry led the unit and a baby tank failed to display in Leavenworth though it toured Wenatchee. bond sales rose after the train’s departure, boosting hopes to exceed the quota.
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Leavenworth
Bolshevists
Reds
Breed
E. P. Lowry
Western Front
Wenatchee
New Shepard Plant to Use 400 Carloads of Apples
Otto Case president of Shepard Products predicts the Wenatchee facility will process 400 carloads of apples this season as it expands the fruit brick business. The method originated from Mrs Shepard's east experiments with apple butter residue, leading to a dried brick product now produced by the company in Wenatchee.
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Shepard Products
Wenatchee
Otto Case
Wenatchee Daily World
Northwest
Shepard
Lake Chelan
Shepard Products Company
Wilson and Philippine citizenship lie to American Negroes
Henry Waterson criticizes the Democratic Party for becoming the Wilson party unable to form independent principles. He notes Wilson tells Philippine colored people they are ready for citizenship but withholds such a message for African Americans in the United States, questioning why.
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Henry Waterson
Democratic
Democratic Party
Wilson Party
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Philippines
United States
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Echo
Farmers’ Convention
Barclay
MR. Taft
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