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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
1
An advance questionnaire will be sent to all registered men not yet called. The new classifications replace order numbers for determining when men are drafted, with Class A and B guiding the call. Respond within seven days. failure carries legal penalties and possible induction.
The Utah Sugar Company will start a large beet sugar plant at Toppenish Washington after pledges exceeded 6 000 acres. A driven pledge push pledged 6 900 acres and a mill for syrup byproducts will also be built. Yakima beet growers earned 125 000 from 18 000 tons harvested in October with expected 300 000 distributions in November and December.
Thanksgiving affair for the Red Cross raised nearly eighty dollars for the Leavenworth Chapter. Also report says the first snow of the season began during dinner and left an eight inch white blanket in Leavenworth after falling from about 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The railroad brotherhood chiefs after a two hour conference with President Wilson announced that they would avoid suspending transport and would discuss any suggested solution. Wilson said the representatives agreed to stand by the government and consider proposals in a spirit of accommodation, not insisting on anything beyond their welfare.
A Peshastin meeting on Friday November meeting elected J A Warman as chairman and Chas Wright as secretary. The group unanimously resolved to submit all water source and cost information to voters, pledge commissioners to seek voter input, and ensure bond proceeds fund the chosen water source. A committee including Maxson Stage French Starks Wingate Beecher Arbogast was formed to evaluate candidates and secure district harmony ahead of the December 11 1917 election.
The Philomathean society plans a Friday 8 oclock program featuring musical and vocal solos readings a scientific paper and a debate on an eight hour working day. The public is invited. Waterville locals defeat basketball team citing poor team work and need for practice. Pupils celebrate Thanksgiving holidays Thursday and Friday.
Katherine M Portch of Almira wins ten boxes of extra fancy apples for best war period slogan advocating apple use. Her line Lets Apples Eat and save the wheat.
Elizabeth L. Code of Seattle sues William J. Lewis of Leavenworth for $25,000 claiming he broke an engagement made in 1908 and induced her to quit her Sand Point Alaska job to marry in Seattle. She seeks $500 plus travel and hotel expenses and $25,000 damages. Attorneys H A Martin and William Martin of Seattle represent her.
The United States Food Administration urges grocers to limit sugar sales. Rules limit family purchases to 1 dollar, hotels and large buyers to 10 days, distant buyers to 25 pounds, and reporting of large buyers to Spokane. Sugar aid to troops abroad is stated as reason.
J F Phillips of Spokane pleaded to be placed on the firing line or elsewhere rather than return to his wife, declaring he cannot live in peace with her. He was arrested in Tacoma yesterday on a complaint of wife desertion and jailed awaiting Spokane officers.
The office has received many complaints about liquor sales in Leavenworth and will conduct an investigation with expected disclosures in the near future.
A naval recruiting office opens on the ground floor of the Echo building to help young men learn what the navy offers. Representatives describe steady employment, training, rapid promotion, old age provisions, a healthy life, travel and education opportunities, with on-site physical examinations for enlistment.
The Council of Defense met at the Scenic Theater on Wednesday night with limited attendance. Speakers included J A Gellatly Barney Segra Sam Sumner and Mrs Delvin who addressed patriotism and citizen duty. Mrs Delvin travels from Pullman College to discuss food substitution with local women.
Northwestern Division in Seattle calls all chapters to knit and rush sweaters socks and wristlets for soldiers and sailors. Local Leavenworth women urged to return finished items to the chapter for shipment to Seattle and on to France as winter demand rises.
Large crowd attends the Leavenworth Gun Club fifth annual Thanksgiving shoot. J B Adams wins the Lamb Davis trophy and shares top finishes at traps and rifle range. Scores show Adams 25 and several 21s and 22s amid a festive program with food, prizes, and officers praised.
Christopher Brown from Braintree visited a Philadelphia Marine recruiting station and offered to enlist. He claimed Braintree produced four presidents including Adams and Adams. The recruiter teased him about the town, noting Brown’s flat feet make enlistment impossible, though Brown jokes he could run the Marine Corps in a year.
At the bride's parents home on Wednesday November 28 at high noon Miss Hazel V Ingham and Mr James P Haris were married. Rev F L Moore performed the ceremony with Miss Leota Silsbe as bridesmaid and Edward Cullens as best man. The couple left for Lake Stevens that day to reside with the groom's family. A quarantine was placed on the Sylvester home after daughter Margaret contracted scarlet fever and Mr S Bannished to the ranch until the quarantine ends.
The Great Northern railway has taken over all the property of the Western Union Telegraph Company along the St. Paul to Seattle right-of-way. Valued at over $2,000,000, the transfer ends the old operating contract between the firms.
The article argues the war could last five to twenty years with US forces possibly reaching 5 to 10 million. It cites War Department estimates for 8 million active in fiscal 1918 and a total near 20 billion dollars, noting experts foresee a long, costly struggle and the need to plan for large, rapid mobilization beyond any minimum.
Gus Harding and Ralph Harris traveled from the military encampment to spend a week with relatives but were notified Wednesday to report for duty immediately as their unit moved east. They departed on No. 1 yesterday.
Echo prints announce the arrival and assembly of a No 5 Mer ganthaler Linotype. The team worked to set type and promises improved issues, inviting local readers to visit the office to inspect the new machine and compare printing prices.
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