Original road improvement plans are finally accepted
The nine member executive committee in Wenatchee approved the bond issue and road program. $175,000 from district No. 2 will fund county roads with a similar amount for the other districts, and $300,000 will fix missing links on the Leavenworth to Wenatchee highway. An election on an $800,000 bond was tentatively set for the first Monday in June. Forestry funds may add more for national forest roads. The plan includes $175,000 per district and $300,000 for highway gaps, plus forestry money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Leavenworth
Roach Buys The Pastime Pool Room In Leavenworth
W M C Roach takes over the Pastime Pool room from F H Hutchings after four years of management. Roach, a former Great Northern engineer and Leavenworth pioneer, plans expansion. Hutchings expects to move to the Coast later this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. C. Roach
F. H. Hutchings
Mr. Roach
Great Northern
Leavenworth
Hutchings
Red Mountain Mining Camp to See Reopened Operations
Mr Jas Naughten returns from Butte Montana reviving interest in the Red Mountain Mining venture. Work on the Royal Development Co property will resume as soon as road improvements between Rock Creek and the camp are completed. Naughton is an experienced miner who helped test the ore body believed to be a low grade but workable copper deposit with abundant ore. Two tunnels have been started reaching 2000 and 300 feet respectively and a water power plant has been installed to supply lighting and tunnel power.
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Jas Naughten
Butte
Mont
Red Mountain
Naughen
Royal Development Co’s
Rock Creek
Naughton
Montana
Rate Increase Necessary for Government Railways
Washington reports a 1919 deficit of 768 million dollars in government railway management. Director Hines says part of the shortfall may require higher freight and passenger rates, despite McAdoo already raising passenger rates and freight rates. He cites reduced business and higher costs as causes and notes Congress will examine possible mismanagement or extravagance since the railway takeover.
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Washington
Director of Railways
McAdoo
Hines
Congress
Forester Flory Promoted To Alaska Forest Superintendency
C H Flory former assistant district forester at Portland since 1908 is promoted to the Alaska forests superintendency and will start July 1 He succeeds W G Weigle reassigned to Seattle and Snoqualmie National Forest Flory will base his headquarters in Ketchikan and be replaced in Portland by A C Waha of Washington DC
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Daily Press
Flory
Leavenworth
Sylvester
C. H. Flory
Portland
Oregon
W. G. Weigle
Seattle
Snoqualmie National Forest
A. C. Waha
Washington, D. C
Ketchikan
Yakima Seeks Berry Pickers For Heavy Strawberry Crop
Yakima Washington reports appeals for strawberry pickers from the lower valley. Employment offices are asked to provide 150 pickers as the crop is expected to be exceptionally heavy though not ripe for another week.
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Yakima Wash
Yakima
Sampson Grocery Co. Quits as Rutherford Purchases Stock
A contract this week transfers the Samp son Grocery Co. stock and building to Rutherford Grocery Co. The Rutherford plan calls for a June 1 relocation with a large, well-equipped store between Seattle and Spokane. Sampson, Leavenworth’s oldest merchant since 1904, will devote time to his other local interests.
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Rutherford Grocery Co
Sampson Grocery Co
Rutherford
Seattle
Spokane
Sampson
Leavenworth
Wenatchee Valley
Briskey Judgment and the Gold Mine Claim
Local dispute centers on Geo Briskey alleging damages from operations of a lumber company. He claims repeated tapping of a “gold mine” under litigation and asserts the Great Northern Lumber Co never compensated him. Echo editors are urged to publish the author’s name and details.
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Echo
Geo. Briskey
Briskey
Great Northern Lumber Co
Wenatchee
Fifty annual Leavenworth High School commencement
The Fifty annual commencement exercises were held at the Scenic Theater on May 17. Prof. E. J. Klemme spoke on The Hope of the World. Graduates included Hazel Peterson Alvin Morton Louise Rumohr Theodore Kuch Olive Blankenship John Coppock Iva West Emil Schneider Eleanor Gage Goebert Schubert Florence Pinch Bruce Smith Agnes Davis Deryl Motteler Edward Ritchie with musical interludes by Elinor Gage Anne Yenney and W M Pulver.
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Elinor Gage
Theodore Kuch
Hazel Peterson
Bruce Smith
Deryl
Leavenworth High School
E. J. Klemme
Bellingham State Normal
Anne Yenney
W. M. Pulver
Alvin Morton
Louise Rumohr
Olive Blankenship
John Coppock
Iva West
Emil Schneider
Eleanor Gage
Goebert Schubert
Florence Pinch
Agnes Davis
Deryl Motteler
Edward Ritchie
Roosevelt Memorial Fund Drive Set to Break Records
Col. John M. Carmody of Kansas City predicts a nationwide drive next fall for funds to erect Theodore Roosevelt’s memorial will surpass previous records. He says in the West Roosevelt stands for Americanism, and even critics admit his virile patriotism.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
John M. Carmody
Kansas City
Col. Carmody
Administration Refuses Help for Western Harvest Labor
Washington May 22 The railroad administration refused to reduce passenger rates for harvest hands going west of Chicago to harvest crops. Senator Curtis of Kansas asked for a reduced fare, but the administration said no deviation from present rates.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Curtis
Kansas
Chicago
Merritt to Get New Saw Mill Project
W N Greeve of Merritt visited and announced plans to erect a saw mill at Merritt aiming to start operations by early June. He has a large order for railroad ties and a lumber company agreement to take all pine lumber he saws for box making, with ample local timber to sustain years of operation.
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Wn. T. Greeve
Merritt
Supreme Court showdown on child labor tax law
Nebraska State Journal argues that Congress overreached by taxing child labor products in interstate commerce. The piece warns of federal habit of eroding state powers and risks a national precedent touching hours of labor, crop varieties, roads and schools if the act is upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Congress
Supreme Court
United States
New England
Scylla
Charybdis
Nebraska State Journal
Government Now Pays Five Cents Per Mile To Soldiers
Recruiting Officer George S. Bowling reports a War Department circular giving discharged service members the option to collect 5 cents per mile for travel from discharge to home or muster location. Those paid 3.5 cents per mile are owed 1.5 cents more. Claims should be sent to Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C., Travel Allowance. More details available at the Plough Building recruiting office.
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George S. Bowling
Wenatchee
War Department
Department
Bowling
Lemon Building
Washington, D. C
Plough
Government Ten-Year Lease Secures Post Office Site
The post office will stay in its current building for ten years from next October. Leavenworth Building & Loan Association, owners of the premises, signed papers last week giving the government a ten year lease.
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Leavenworth Building & Loan Association
High Taxes Strain State Communities As Levy Grows
A bulletin from the Lower Cost of Government League warns that taxes have surged in the state with city rates often above five percent and some above six. It notes rising per capita taxes from 10.40 in 1891 to about 33 in 1919 and projects levies exceeding 40 million to support veterans and postwar reconstruction, urging a halt before property is confiscated.
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League
Decomposed Body Found Near Cle Elum Station
The partially decomposed body of W. Whitney a Cashmere Washington logger was found behind bushes near a railroad station near Cle Elum. He had been killed by a blow behind the right ear and had lain since November or December 1918. Robbery is believed the motive and a receipt showing $500 of Liberty loan bonds was found on him.
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W. Whitney
Cashmere, Wash
Liberty Loan
Who is Back of Burleson
The piece questions who is behind the Burleson policy and criticizes him as responsible for the deplorable conditions. It asks who made Burleson postmaster general and who initiated wire control and ultimate ownership, and who ordered seizing the cables.
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Burleson
Protest over U S soldiers sent to France for road work
Washington reports hold protests against using American soldiers in France to build roads. Ft. Wayne councilman Frank W. King urged Senator Harry New to push back on the war department. He cited the 115th Engineers and complained of unequal releases and transfers while in France for seven months. Senator New raised the issue with the War Department, which said the regiment stays for military necessity.
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Washington
France
Congress
War Department
Frank W. King
Ft. Wayne
Harry New
New
Irrigation Planned for East County Lands and Local Developments
Port Angeles notes 138000 acres in the east end to be irrigated while nearby lands near Montesano are leased by Wylmont Gas & Oil Co. Tacoma begins a $300000 unit toward a $1000000 plant. Yakima Grandview road bonds of $500000 approved. Governor Lister hospitalized in Seattle with special accommodations arranged. Peanuts totaling 190000 pounds arrive from Kyoto aboard Katori Maru, a major shipment.
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Port Angeles
Montesano
The
Wylmont Gas & Oil Co
Spokane
Western Rubber Co
Tacoma
Yakima
Grandview
Ernest Lister
Seattle
Orient
Katori
B. C. White
Buffalo
Montana
Joel Warren
Peats seek $15000 in railroad death suit
A. E. Peats, through his attorneys, files a Spokane suit against the Great Northern railroad for $15000 over the death of his wife, a night station operator. Ten thousand is sought for two children and five thousand for Peats himself. Mrs Peat was killed when she crawled under moving cars near the depot after work last fall. It is alleged she asked a brakeman who said the train would not move.
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Peat
Spokane
Great Northern Railroad
Zarath Lodge Masons Aid Fourth Degree Class at Wenatchee
About twenty members of Zar than Lodge A F and A M traveled to Wenatchee last Friday evening to assist in initiating a class of four in the third degree work. Dinner was served at 6 o clock and all reported a very enjoyable evening.
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Zarthan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Wenatchee
Local Sailor Charley Westcott Discharged in Navy Return
Charley Westcott was discharged from the navy recently after passing an examination that qualified him as a first class machinist. Following his release he accepted a Seattle job at a wage of 6.40 dollars per day.
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Charley Westcott
Navy
Seattle
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Roach
Forester Flory
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