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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
1
The district reports a strong start with high school enrollment and large grade attendance. Superintendent A T Sutton notes a lack of a grade principal and several teachers. large class sizes challenge even distribution, with total district enrollment reaching 379 in the first week.
A letter from State Game Warden L H Darwin to Chelan County Game Commissioner P F Scheble reports fifty Chinese pheasants will be delivered to the county from the State Game Farm at Walla Walla. They are to meet at Spokane on September 1 and be released where they will not be shot, boosting brood stock for next year. Further shipments are hoped later this season.
J G Dollar sold his ten acre Dryden orchard to John Harting of Odessa for 80000 dollars, about 3000 dollars an acre. The district’s top price and a high value site with a large crop are highlighted. Harting plans to move his family there to reside.
Fires and feed scarcity force thousands of sheep from forests. Sheep are loaded at Chelan, Paterous, and other stations on the Oroville branch of the Great Northern. Over 100000 sheep are fed in nearby reserves but feed remains scarce. Buyers face falling prices as shipments continue and reclamation to mountains is not possible.
Conductor Van Orden returned from St. Cloud Minnesota after the Pan Motor Co stockholders meeting. He reports over four thousand in person. a rising vote reelects the current board and officers. Barbecue hosted by management. stockholders toured the plant and heard the manager’s report. The Pan Motor Co now produces ten cars daily and will increase output. tractors and trucks are sold. Mr. Van Orden notes over $200,000 in stock sold to visitors. The company has faced court challenges but remains in operation.
Forest Service announces that campers in Pacific coast national forests must obtain permits to build camp fires during September. The rule aims to help rangers track camping parties and distinguish camp fire smoke from forest fires amid dry, windy conditions. Apply to the local forest supervisor or ranger with approximate camping location information.
In August permits costing 135000 dollars were issued, the largest monthly total in Wenatchee history. Year to date permits reach 250000 dollars, up from 65000 last year. A 100000 dollar permit for the Liberty theatre, now partly finished, should allow occupancy by early October.
Mrs. McClain alleges E R McClain violated a court order by taking their ten year old son from Texas. She obtained a writ of Habeas Corpus bringing the boy to Wenatchee where he will stay under court order until a decision. The couple divorced five years ago with a custody agreement for alternating possession. McClain, manager of Leavenworth Mercantile Co, resided in Leavenworth. he says he left Texas with justification. Superior Court in Wenatchee will hear Monday the pending case.
Railroad shopmen in the Chicago district voted 96 percent against accepting the four cent per hour wage increase announced by President Wilson and Director General Hines. The tally was forwarded to international officers in Washington.
Shippers object to loading apples in box cars any time citing temperature sensitivity. With box cars carrying 1000 to 1500 boxes each, Wenatchee apples valued at 3 to 4 dollars per box pose risk of $3000 to $5000 per shipment if unprotected cars are used, despite no fridge car shortage forecast for summer.
A Bismarck newspaper reports that the Nonpartisan League controls North Dakota government and payrolls have surged from 26 000 monthly in 1917 to 56 000 in July with salaries predicted to reach 78 000 as new officials take office. State expenses rise faster than revenues.
The Twelfth Federal Reserve District ended July short 34.8 million of its 41.3 million War Savings Stamp quota for 1919. Robert E. Smith urged every resident to buy stamps to cover the deficit as education on thrift continues. Hawaii led district in quota subscribed at 26.4 percent, followed by Oregon at 30.7 percent.
The Wenatchee army recruiting station reports blank forms for reinstatement and conversion of war risk insurance. Eligible honorably discharged personnel may reinstate lapsed or cancelled policies within eighteen months with proper premiums and health statements. After eighteen months a one year window requires health verification or physician certificates. questions answered at the recruiting office.
The army air service and forest service extend forest fire patrols into Oregon with five officers, seven enlisted men, and eight planes based in Salem. Portland contributes a land field and hangar as patrol routes are planned in the Oregon and Santiam forests. A flight to Yosemite demonstrated high altitude landing challenges and the value of aerial forest work. Winter storage plans set 700 to 800 carloads of apples in Great Northern ice houses due to potential car shortages.
D F Shaser sold a 20 acre ranch at Mission creek to Sullivan and Grinen for 12000 dollars. The property includes seven acres of bearing orchard. Shaser plans to spend his spare time camping hunting and fishing.
Mrs. Ferdinand Wettstein and her daughter Gladys came back last week from a lengthy visit with friends in Minnesota and Michigan.
Senator McNary of Oregon proposes a bill to provide weekly pensions of 4 dollars to persons over 65 earning not more than 6 dollars per week. The measure was referred to the pensions committee.
Thirty four countries will be represented when the first world congress of working women opens in Washington on October 22. Each country can send ten delegates with ten votes. credentials must be signed by accredited trade unions. Delegates will present data on women’s employment abroad, child labor, the eight hour day, and unemployment remedies. Mrs. Raymond Robins urges representation as women assume global responsibilities.
The state health department reports 11 Typhoid fever cases among a Pateros Okanogan county group at an Epworth League convention in Chelan. Investigation ties outbreak to two open unscreened toilets near the camping ground with flies spreading disease, despite clean milk and water.
Washington promotes extending small fruit farming as a path to community development. Markets for perries juices jams and preserves are large and demand is global. With minimal capital on one to ten acres of loganberries raspberries blackberries strawberries or gooseberries growers can start, aided by nearby plants and capital. A Salem Oregon farmer earned $790 from a third acre of strawberries at eight cents per pound as an encouraging example.
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