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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1921
Page
1
Chelan county officials launched a campaign to cut expenditures after an audit found indigent aid costs far higher than before. A county city committee will review each case to determine real needs, and past weekly orders were pared down before approval. The move targets welfare lists including food, fuel, and basic supplies.
Olympia reports that the state levy for general, school and military funds may be substantially reduced next year. The equalization committee can adjust only these three funds while fixed levies for 11 others remain by law. Finance officials note the treasury is healthier, with improved revenues and reduced overdraft, supporting anticipation of a sizable general fund cut. Governor Hart foresees broad savings and cautions against excess appropriations.
The Patons and Theo Paine fitted the old tug boat on Lake Wenatchee with sails. About thirty five guests joined in the outing and the craft reportedly sails well. The vessel, forty feet long with a ten to twelve foot beam, was used years ago to raft logs on the lake.
Early Monday morning in the Leavenworth railroad yard a clothed woman in a man’s shirt and unlaced shoes, armed with shears, moved between cars. The crew fled to alert authorities as searches failed to find her, leaving the case a mysterious, unresolved scare for railroad workers and officers.
Fire ripped through J B Schons farm on Eagle Creek early Wednesday, destroying a large barn housing four horses two cows and substantial hay. Neighbors fought flames to save the packing shed shop house and other buildings with about four thousand dollars of loss and eleven hundred dollars insured.
Mr and Mrs E Cromwell and family travel by auto to visit Mrs Cromwell s parents. Miss Tillie Freuchtricht and friends go on a huckleberry trip. Mrs Cahill and girls visit at the Cahill brothers camp. Grain harvest prospects brighter the year. C B Robertson starts new house foundation after a spring fire. Cows pass tuberculin test. Bartrams prepare to winter in Wenatchee.
Dryden reports pears being loaded at Union warehouse for canneries while bulk harvest continues. A new cooperative fruit growers association expands on the burned Bohlke Fruit warehouse site using basement as foundation. Brick walls of a new school rise rapidly as community activity continues with visits to Yakima and Memorial services. The Icicle and Peshastin ditches breach cause immediate repair work. Ladies Aid met, quilting planned for upcoming sale, with next meeting set for late September at Mrs. Amos's home.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. with the lesson The giving of the Law. Sermon at 7:45 p.m. from Matth 12 9 21 to shape the theme. Ladies aid meets at Mrs J Farrells home Thursday afternoon. WM Lueckel pastor.
Attention to the Pythian Sisters a Tuesday Sept 6 meeting at KK P Hall. Brown police chief returned to work. Curtis couple on a Snow Lake hike. Poison fruit scare advised caution for housewives. Lind obituary note via Mr O A Lee. State horticulture to exhibit pest disease advice at Seattle Apple Show. Leavenworth school opening appeals for safe happy first day. Sampson's ad promotes pencils pens and colored tablets.
Schools in Leavenworth will open on Tuesday September 6 instead of Monday the 5th due to Labor Day. Echo readers are asked to notify neighbors without the paper.
State Reclamation Engineer Lars Langlee and a crew surveyed the Wenatchee Wenatchee Park area yesterday to outline a large irrigation ditch. The project may deliver water to about 40 000 acres in the Wenatchee valley and 60 000 to 100 000 acres in Quincy, with overall cost far below 40 million dollars. The work aims to finish the initial survey in two months with ten to twelve men.
Mrs. Sam Daly and her daughter traveled to Omak on Wednesday. Brown's Men's Shop reopened and plans a big sale next week. J C Biles stopped in Tuesday during westbound travel to Leavenworth business matters. Mrs. Marian C Cannon seeks a divorce from R A Cannon of Leavenworth, married January 6 1917 and with one child. Edith Brown from Iowa will teach in Spokane next year after a week here. Bees caused a fire by the railroad yard seizing section men and foresters to control it.
The Keho presents holiday greeting card samples and invites community orders. It touts high quality and urges patrons to support a local home institution.
Information reached here last Saturday of a forest fire started by lightning on French Creek about twenty five miles west of Leavenworth. Ranger John S Brender gathered a small crew and provisions to reach and control the blaze as it burned roughly five acres. The fire threatened to spread on Sunday but was contained as the team arrived in time.
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