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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
3
Veteran tailor Nolan remains a fixture as fall and winter sample showings draw steady crowds. He keeps his old customers plus new clients busy with stylish fits and reliable satisfaction and invites people to call and inspect his line.
Banishes pimples and headaches by curing indigestion. Po-Do-Lax is marketed as a pleasant laxative that tones the liver, purifies blood, and promotes steady nerves. A 50 cent bottle is offered with a money back guarantee through druggists and Echo want ads.
The District Forester in Portland reports a Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station study on alfalfa as horse feed. Alfalfa is excellent but must be fed judiciously due to palatability, with guidance on rations, mold-free second cuttings, curing dust, and storage practices.
The message urging payment of the new war tax is being sent to tobacco dealers, pool hall operators, and related businesses in the state. The tax was due November 1 per Spokane collector H S Clement, with a 50 percent penalty for delinquency after one month. Schedule A lists tax categories for cigar and tobacco firms, banks, brokers, theatres, museums, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, and commission merchants.
The upcoming Fourteenth Washington Legislature will feature Republicans dominating both chambers with 27 Senate seats and 76 in the House. Democrats hold 6 and 14 in the Senate and House respectively, with 8 and 6 Progressives and nonpartisans also represented. one House vacancy arises from Senator Cotter’s death. New members include Frank Reeves of Wenatchee, Will A. Lowman of Skagit, and Mark Reed of Shelton. No women are elected.
A sixty page colored booklet on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama Canal region will be mailed free to all inquiries. It serves as a guide for visitors and details the Exposition dates from February 20 to December 4, 1915 and the canal project. Write to the Manager, Bureau of Publications, Exposition Building, San Francisco, for a copy.
Governor Lister receives Attorney General Tanner’s ruling that prohibition becomes law 30 days after the November 3 1914 election but provisions do not take effect until January 1 1916, giving brewers and saloon keepers 14 months to wind up affairs.
At the Spokane Sectional Central Labor Council meeting on Monday night, organizers pledged to push the remaining six of the original seven sisters before voters in the next state election two years hence. Discontent was voiced over the prohibition measure, and a legal challenge to enforcement was hinted, with union backing.
Claiming to cure low spirits and dizziness, the ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a tonic for stomach liver and general system. It promises immediate relief after the first dose and notes a 25 cent price at all druggists.
The document lists national and state officials including President Woodrow Wilson, Vice President James Marshall, cabinet officers, U S Senators W L Jones and M K F Poindexter, Congressman W L La Follette, Ernest Lister as Governor with F Hart as Secretary of State, M Howell State Treasurer, Edward Meath State Auditor, C W Clausen Attorney General, land commissioner W V Tanner, column of state and local posts, and district receivers and registers.
Structures deteriorate without repair. If your roof or any repairs are needed attend to them now before snow falls. Buy lumber and building materials from us. get our prices. We promise to make it to your advantage to buy here. telephone orders receive prompt attention and delivery within city limits is free.
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