Sale of Chelan machinery at Wenatchee court house
Notice is given that Chelan county will sell at public auction to the highest bidder the described machinery at the front door of the Court house in Wenatchee Washington at 11 o clock forenoon on June 4 1917. Items include a three ton Avery truck with heavy axle and dump box a Clyde D D hoisting engine boiler 84x10 a double drum friction hoist a No 2 all steel Aurora crusher on trucks with elevator and buckets a six yard Port Huron dump wagon and related equipment. T L Ross Clerk of Board of County Commissioners May 4 to May 25
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Chelan County
Court House
Wenatchee
Washington
Port Huron
High School Volunteers to Help Harvest Washington Crops
Students will sign enrolment cards and be connected with the United States Employment Service in Seattle and regional offices to take farm harvest jobs. The U S Employment Service will place volunteers near their homes to minimize travel costs, with wages and conditions set when work is assigned. An investigation shows labor shortages could affect crops and raise living costs unless volunteers assist in the harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Seattle
U. S. Employment Service
Spokane
Walla Walla
North Yakima
Tacoma
Aberdeen
Bellingham
Everett
Washington
Cascades
Tax Plan Seeks 60 Percent on Large Incomes
Congress weighs a 60 percent tax on incomes of 500000 dollars and higher. Supporters claim it would fund government needs while critics warn it could drive wealth abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Apple Rust Disease Belief Rebutted by Farm and Fireside
A Farm and Fireside writer asserts apple rust is spread from red cedar to apple trees and cites conclusive studies. He urges growers in cedar regions to plant immune or resistant varieties such as Winesap Stayman's Winesap Arkansas Black Grimes Golden Baldwin and Famous. Yellow Transparent noted as resistant. Wealthy remains highly susceptible.
Bull associations cut service costs for dairy herds
USDA studies show the average annual service cost per member in many bull associations is 3.48 dollars. The text also notes humorous and literary quotes and discusses soy beans as a versatile forage crop for humid southern regions and boll weevil areas, highlighting their value as cash crop and oil seed source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Kindness Test Aims To Boost Egg Output In Hens
Vineland New Jersey researchers led by Professor BE R Johnstone will test if kind treatment raises egg production. Two pens of hens receive identical feed and care apart from a cheerful attendant in one and a grouchy handler in the other, with records kept to compare results.
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State Experiment Station
Johnstone
Red Cross Prepares Nurses for Army of a Million
Washington reports the Red Cross is ready to care for an army of a million with 2,970 graduate nurses and over 1,000 doctors. More than 4,450 women hold hygiene and home care certificates as potential aides, totaling over 7,000 personnel. Twenty-six base hospitals, each 300 beds, are established with 1,250 nurses and 599 aides needed for service.
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Red Cross
Washington
Navy
New York Seeks Thousands of Block Captains for Litter Fight
A conference at the Aldine club launches a drive to appoint several thousand block captains to work with the New York Anti Litter league. City officials and civic groups back the plan with pilots from chambers of commerce boards of trade and neighborhood associations. Initial captains will come from participating groups, with a goal of a captain on every block to urge cleanliness and proper litter disposal.
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New York
Anti- Litter League
Aldine Club
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
League
Yale Men in Aero Unit Arrive for Palm Beach Training
Sixteen Yale aviators arrived in New London after enrollment by Commander Yates Stirling. Yale’s 48 man squad departed New York for Palm Beach where ten aircraft awaited for daily practice with instructors William F. Sullivan and David McCulloch.
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New London
Conn
Yale
New Haven
Yates Stirling
Elm City
William F. Sullivan
F. Trubee Davison
New York
Palm Beach
David McCulloch
Gemmed spectacles for dog in Atlantic City gift
Diamond Jim Brady ordered tortoise shell spectacles studded with rose colored stones as a gift for Mickers Mallory a terrier owned by William Mallory on the boardwalk Brady noted the dog's eyesight is affected and took a liking to it.
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Atlantic City
Jim Brady
Mickers Mallory
William Mallory
Brady
Cripple Creek Local Mayoral Pick Decided by Coin Toss
Democratic alderman Thomas Surber won the Cripple Creek mayoral nomination after a coin toss decided between Surber and fellow alderman Frank Vetter. The two good friends agreed to settle the choice with a flip of a dollar, tails winning for Surber.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Thomas Surber
Surber
Frank Vetter
Several Washington Bridging and Building Projects Reported
Across the state numerous improvements and new facilities are announced. Projects include $8,500 bridge work over the Cowlitz river, $72 million in Seattle shipbuilding steel activity, a $50,000 infirmary in Spokane County, and a $1.5 million Wapato irrigation project. Several plants and buildings are planned from Anacortes cannery offices to new highways near Olympia and Renton.
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Kelso
Cowlitz River
Colfax
Buck Canyon
Spokane—County
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Fifth Ave
Mining and shipping deals inked across towns
Chewelah United Copper Mines buys a big mine. Seattle Stone and Webster lease lands for shipbuilding on Harbor Island. Spokane Grant Smith & Co contract to fill the trestle at Brick Yard Gulch for the O W R N Co. Hoquiam North Western to open work with 600 to 800 laborers in Yakima Valley. Printed envelopes available at the Echo for 75c per 100.
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Chewelah
United Copper Mines Co
Big Mine
Seattle
Stone & Webster
Harbor Island
Spokane
Grant, Smith & Co
Yakima Valley
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Wheeler
C. R. Rothen & Co
MIDGE
Cascade Undertaking Co
Leavenworth
John Kuelbs
Prop
T. L. Ross
County Commissioners
The
F. H. Hutchings
Bull Associations
Mother
Louisville Courier-Journal
Charles Dickens
Dr. Daniels
DR. A. C. Daniels, Inc
Boston
Mass
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Army OF Million
Naval Service
Childs
Emmy Lou
Mutual Mercantile Co
State Industrial News
Mansfield
Spokane—Pantages Theatre
Spokane—Washington
Ritzville—Washington
Anacortes
Ellensburg
Here
Sprague—Hercules Stock Farm
Olympia
Pacific
Battle Ground
Richland—Co-operative
Port Angeles
Utah
California Capital
Tregoning Boat Co
Pacific American Fisheries Co. Raymond
Apex Fish Co
Anacortes—Sanitary Fish Co
Spokane Red Cross
Wilbur
Columbia River Milling Co
Scenic Highway
Heybrook
Reardon
Western Tale Co
Sandstrom Shipbuilding Co
Wapato
Leavenworth Meat Market
Inland Meat Co
Wenatchee, Props
Graham’s Repair & Harness Shop
Post Office
Echo Office
Hoquiam—North Western
Chemoise Creek
Yakima
Echo
Naxle Sales Co
Calder Herring, Mer
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