U S Draft Begins As Nation Prepares For Selective Service
The draft process likely starts before week’s end with 500 000 troops targeted. Pacific Northwest to supply 13 692 men including 1 141 from Seattle and Portland each. Registration by June 1 and calls to colors 1 month to 6 weeks after. Exemptions include dependents and officials, while first 500 000 may train in August.
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Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Portland
House of Representatives
Senate
Army
National Guard
House
France
Adjt
Thompson
Luncheon Honors Bride Elect Mrs Maude Massie
Mrs N L Brown hosted a Thursday luncheon for bride elect Mrs Maude Massie in a prettily appointed setting. Decorations featured sweet peas and Dan Cupid place cards with fourteen covers.
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co Wins in Upper Court
Attorney W F Whitney won a supreme court case for Lamb-Davis Lumber Co concerning a $803 claim for fruit boxes supplied to an estate administrator Maude B French. The ruling holds estates liable for materials furnished to an administrator without a court order when used to prevent waste and conserve beneficiaries interests.
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Lamb- Davis Lumber Co
E. F. Stowell
Maude B. French
Stowell
Adams Named Field Manager for Northwestern Fruit Exchange
J. B. Adams left Tuesday afternoon for Seattle en route to Hood River Oregon to begin duties as Field Manager for the Northwestern Fruit Exchange. The appointment follows his resignation from the Federal Marketing Bureau after two years in marketing and packing apples. He will engage with apple growers across six or eight northwestern states and bring extensive experience to the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Adams
Seattle
Hood River
Oregon
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Northwest
Northwestern
Federal Marketing Bureau
Big Apple Shipping Concern
Peshastin couple wed in Methodist parsonage ceremony
Miss Marjorie Horn became the bride of Harvey Otis in a Friday evening service at the Peshastin Methodist parsonage attended by close relatives. Rev. A H Morton officiated. Marjorie, daughter of Mrs P G Fryberger and Leavenworth High School 1916 graduate, wore Georgette crepe and pink rose bouquet.
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Peshastin
Marjorie Horn
Harvey Otis
Mr. Otis
H. W. Otis
Miss Marjorie Horn
P. G. Fryberger
Leavenworth High School
A. H. Morton
New Logging Method by U N Lumber Co with Donkey Engines
The U N Lumber Co contracted seven large donkey engines to replace horses in logging. Two engines are in use four to five miles up Chumstick valley, delivering about five thousand feet of logs daily. They exceed expectations as new logs reach the mill pond and the saw mill runs daily with steady supply.
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Big
Chumstick Valley
Mill Pond
Methodist Mother's Day Service at 11 O'clock
The Methodist Church announces Mother's Day services at 11 o'clock led by Pastor F L Moore.
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F. L. Moore
Competitive Fourth of July Drill Discussed for Home Guard
Chelan county Home Guard members consider a competitive drill on the 4th of July open to all units. The event would be held in Wenatchee Leavenworth or Cashmere depending on arrangements with a silk American flag as a potential prize to boost turnout and interest in preparedness.
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Chelan County
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Cashmere
Court Deliberates Foreclosure Of Brender Ranch Mortgage
In Leavenworth the suit by Sarah S. Davis to foreclose a $4000 mortgage on Frederick L. Brender’s Chumstick ranch proceeded in superior court last Saturday. Brender, once Kansas resident, faced a challenge from Lou Brender as guardian for the insane wife’s estate alleging the property was not Brender’s separate property and contesting the divorce decree he obtained there.
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Sarah S. Davis
Frederick L. Brender
Superior Court
Brender
Kansas
Chumstick
Steiner
Lou Brender
Chelan County
Fred Brender
Okanogan Dealer Advances Lumber Deal With G N Lumber Co
Maine lumber dealer Mr. D W Holland met with Great Northern Lumber Co. in Okanogan to discuss supplies for Manse a growing town six miles north of Brewster poised to ship the western Colville Indian reservation area. Mott Lumber Co. and N Coleman plan a log drive from Entiat river aiming to saw by mid month.
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D. W. Holland
Maine
Great Northern
Okanogan River
Great Northern Lumber Co
Manse
Brewster
Colville
Mr. Mott
Mott Lumber Mill Co
Entiat
N. Coleman
Coleman
Mott
Mott Lumber Mill
Mrs Leslie Seeks Divorce In Wenatchee Suit
Mrs Wanda Leslie of Leavenworth files for absolute divorce from Robt G Leslie in the Wenatchee Superior Court. She cites abandonment and new support, seeks custody of their seven year old daughter, and notes they married in Trinidad Colorado on July 10 1906. She claims the husband has provided little support and whereabouts are unknown.
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Wanda Leslie
A. N. Corbin
Wenatchee
Robt. G. Leslie
Leslie
Trinidad
Col
Leavenworth
Great Northern
Lighted lamps required on animal drawn vehicles by 1917 law
The 1917 Legislature required all vehicles drawn by animals to carry at least one lighted lamp visible from front and rear after dark. Secretary of State I M Howell notes the rule aims to reduce night accidents and lessen danger to horse drawn carriages and road users alike.
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I. M. Howell
Council Proceedings on Water System Repairs and Warrants
The council discussed repairing and improving the water system this summer to prevent winter troubles. A new intake for the supply pipe is planned with total expenditures around $2,000. Bills totaling $435.95 were approved. Water Extension Warrants will be paid under protest. E G Wheeler and F J Brady may operate popcorn wagons. Deed H Mayor left for Seattle on the early morning train.
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E.G. Wheeler
F. J. Brady
Mountain Highways Open For Travel Soon
Weather has melted snow rapidly and most routes will be passable within a week to ten days. Lake Wenatchee road opens within two weeks. several snow banks exist but are being cleared. Blewett Mines access may take two to three weeks. Cascade Scenic Highway work will finish between Berne and Cascade Tunnel. Cars may reach Seattle via the highway by August.
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Lake Wenatchee
Parrish
John Brender
Echo
Blewett Mines
Kittitas County
Chelan County
Berne
Cascade Tunnel
King County
Snohomish County
Cascade Scenic Highway
Seattle
Birth of a Nation to be Shown with Real Life Acting
David Griffith commands actors to perform without acting in The Birth of a Nation to depict real life. The scenic show includes a three hour screening with a musical score, matinee at 3 pm and 8 pm, limited seating, and a Bible lecture at Community Church in Peshastin. W R Fraser of Everett will speak on Why Do Nations War.
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David Ward Griffith
David Griffith
Peshastin
W. R. Fraser
Everett
Wash
Home Guard Improves Soldierlike Drills on Street
About forty men attend home guard drills regularly and now display a soldierly appearance. Most had little prior drill experience, but two weeks of practice has yielded notable improvement in bearing and step. If needed by the government, these weekly sessions would make the unit more useful and efficient, despite taking a little time from other activities.
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Home Guard
Second metal plant to build seven freighters in Tacoma
Across the state items report a second metal craft plant ordered to produce seven 8800 ton freighters at about 1 million each in Tacoma. Other notes include shipyard talks in Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor, road and bridge work, and improvements to waterways from Olympia to Seattle.
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Tacoma, Wash
Vancouver—Shipyards
Colfax
Colfax Flouring Mill
Seattle
Yakima
South Bend
O. W
Proctor & Gamble
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor
Cranberry Co
Centralia
Gould
Toledo
Pacific Highway
Forest
Union Flat Creek
Here
Salmon Bay
Congress
Puget Sound
Olympia
Tacoma
Bellingham
Lake Washington Ship Canal
Only One More Liquor Permit Before June Prohibition
County auditors issue 60 to 90 permits daily as new law takes effect June 1. After that Washington becomes bone dry, and whiskey becomes a thing of the past under the dry era. Act now to secure one last shipment before deadlines.
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Washington
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U. S
The
United States
Lamb-Davis Lumber Co
W. F. Whitney
Supreme Court
Adams
BIG Fruit Exchange
U. N. Lumber CO
Okanogan
G. N. Lumber CO
Columbia River
Council Proceedings
Deed H. Mayor
Blewett Roads
Scenic
A. J. Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Milwaukee
Food Production League
Hoquiam
Willapa Harbor
Olympia—State Highway Board
Orient—F. H. & C. Gold Mining Co
Spokane
Davenport
Anacortes
Decatur Island
Walla Walla
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