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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
6
Rail yard workers and families are listed with moves and visits in Leavenworth Wenatchee and Spokane. A terminal movement date is set for October 1 and draft crew allocations are arranged. Alaska agricultural progress is highlighted with Sitka Ramport Kodiak Fairbanks and Matanuska experiment stations reporting successful crops and new varieties. Beef cattle and sheep numbers decline due to foot and mouth disease and wartime effects.
In 1897 the chief of the division of insular stations surveyed Alaska for the United States Department, marking twenty five years of agricultural investigation in the territory.
The United States Department of Agriculture issued certificates of pure breeding during the last fiscal year. Foxes topped the import list by numbers, followed by dairy cattle and dogs. Beef cattle horses and sheep also ranked high while cats and rare horse imports declined.
The apple harvest is on as ranchers in this division report varied yields from good crops to half crops. Prices are said to be improving this season across the area.
Tuesday primary election held at P H Hertzog residence. Mrs G E Dallison hosted a Sunday dinner. Lectures by Miss Haupp from Washington DC on Indians drew wide interest at the school house. George Shugart and sister Mrs Earl Ault traveled to Wenatchee. Wenatchee families visited here including the Blochers Steele Holland and Baughman Counce. A F Frantz visited with daughters Verna and Hazel from Seattle. Mrs A R Carpenter and daughter left for Idaho where Mr Carpenter is forest ranger at Clear Creek.
A USDA report highlights 268 sows fed corn with a protein supplement farrowed 2,659 pigs, an average of 10 per litter, with 1,713 weaned. By contrast 166 sows on 11 farms, fed corn only, produced 1,194 pigs, averaging 7 per litter and 1,64 weaned, showing a 71 percent higher yield with balanced rations.
The Chelan county jail serves two daily meals to 24 prisoners including two women. Short ribs with pan gravy carrots and cream peas brown potatoes stewed prunes coffee and bread and butter cost five cents per prisoner, says cook Jim Kosmidis who has served as cook for about ten months and will be free in about two months.
Miss Mildred Lichti and Mr. Chas L. Hathaway were married September 2, 1922, at Saint Marks Episcopal church Seattle in a simple ceremony. Attended by Lon W. Hartman and wife, the bride wore periwinkle satin with black lace, and violet rose corsage. The couple hosted a wedding dinner at Hartman home and spent a week at the Hartmans summer camp on American Lake before departing September 10 for Wenatchee to reside. Hathaway served in the navy during World War I and works for Great Northern Lumber Co. in Wenatchee.
A top Georgia peach harvest is reported to the USDA as one of the best. Progress against curculio infestation is strong with all varieties largely free of larvae through the Elberta season. Orchards treated per department and state guidance show wormy fruit at or below average, with dropped fruit removed and cultivation and spray timing used.
The Department of Agriculture begins a national program with beekeepers to establish reliable color grades for extracted honey. A spectrophotometer will be used by agriculturists in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Economics to analyze honeys and standardize color classifications across regions.
Dispatches indicate a settlement of the shop crafts strike is likely with many railroads agreeing to reinstate workers at old wages and standing within 80 days. Violence offenders will not be rehired, strike breakers keep jobs, and disputes to be settled by arbitration. Northern Pacific HQ cautions to ignore settlement rumors.
A newly discovered coal field in Shantung province contains an immense quantity of smokeless coal. Chinese and foreign engineers are exploring it and the project will be developed under Chinese auspices with an expenditure of 500000.
A satirical note mocks a man labeled as the Gent of Leisure who interrupts a crowded scene to share comic stories. The piece hints that oneday authorities or workers may remove him in a firm, unceremonious act.
The pollen content of the honeys will be identified by the micro chemical laboratory if the bureau of chemistry.
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