Local happenings plus travel and civic notes
Mrs. Butler Sampson hosted the Dix club. Mrs. Floyd Williams acts city clerk this week. Mrs. Roy Alexander of Seattle visits friends here. Town Marshall J. S. Love and family departed for home. Attorney Jay Adams attends matters with Hughes Adams of Wenatchee. A. B. Westcott family returned from the Coast via Snoqualmie Pass. Several residents travel to Seattle for a Culross Mining Co. meeting. Leavenworth relocations noted and club meetings held. The peach crop is 135 cars with 50 cents a box average. A birthday party honors Mr. Will with ten at table. Various local movements and jobs including a Great Northern Lumber Co. employee joining Standard Oil Co. in Wenatchee. Ben Gritsmacher rides a work train to Scenic. Camp Lewis subsistence stores projected at 1.75 million for two months for 47,000 mobilizing men. War-time draft exemptions and local alcohol concerns mentioned as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Love
Ben Gritsmacher
Charles Will
Will
Laura Hartley
Cashmere
Leavenworth
M. A. Draper
Wenatchee
Local happenings sketch from Peshastin and nearby areas
A summary of town notes includes A Bigelow driving a Ford into town as a substitute for a circus, new warehouse work by Bird and Hobson for the P F G association, Otis Elevator Co installing a new elevator, preparatory work for an eating house, sewer work by P D Fawcett, and apple business preparation by Wingate and Bigelow. A double wedding at the Methodist church, Mrs O Daniels visiting, and local births and building projects are noted. Government orders for 75 wooden ships favor Seattle and Portland. Aberdeen lumber gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Watson
Otis Elevator Co
Portland Oregon
Bird and Hobson
Anderson
P. F. G. Association
P. D. Fawcett
Gus Bergren
Beulah Gilbert
Nels Larson
Eva Wilcox
Morton
Fruit box costs rise as boxmakers and growers meet
In Portland last week a joint meeting of boxmakers fruit growers and food conservation advocates discussed the sharp rise in fruit box costs. Government agents attended and emphasized that higher costs reflect broader labor and input increases. Local mills including Great Northern Lumber Co Wenatchee valley and Leavenworth Box Co and Peshastin Lumber Co pledge to meet domestic demand first and keep shipments within the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Taylor
Portland
Great Northern Lumber Co
Wenatchee Valley
Leavenworth Box Co
W. E. Biles
Peshastin Lumber Co
Blewett
J. C. Biles
State 1916 tax take totals $37 million plus
Total tax collections in this state for 1916 amounted to 37,466,786 dollars a sum representing about one half of one percent less than the 1915 figure.
Also Mentioned on This Page
City News
Butler Sampson
Dix Club
Floyd Williams
Art Brown
Roy Alexander
Seattle
Joe Durradia
Florence Allen
Mildred Adams
Adams
Guy Hamilton
J. C. Davis
The
Thomas Culross Mining Co
A. L. Haines
Kumlux Club
G. T. Sterling
Harry Moore
Bellingham
J. M. Bottsford
Bottsford
Ormerly
Donald McIntosh
Standard Oil Co
Nick Kinchers
A. A. Pinch
D. A. Burgett
Okanogan Country
C. Warren Reid
American Lake
Uncle Sam
A. D. Gregoir
Sound
Camp Lewis
Geo. L. Gardner
Spokane
O. B. Robertson
Quincy
District Board
Lister
Wilson
Peshastin
Ringling Bros
A. Bigelow
Mr. Pratt
John Coppock
H. S. Williams
Geo. Moore
Everett
Vacinity
F. A. Wingate
J. S. Smith
J. N. Hobson
Ford
Isaac English
Aberdeen
Stanley
F. C. Walker
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Minn
Yellowstone National Park
Snoqualmie Pass
Fairbanks
Alaska
Lee Howerton
Monitor
Lee
B. M. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Charley Shugart
Beaver Creek Valley
F. L. Brender
Government
Bremerton Navy Yard
Harold Worsley
New York
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Aviation Division
Wheelerisms
E. G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Wheeler’s Drug Store
Rexark
P. A. Snyder
Graham’s Shoe & Harness Shop
Leavenworth Mercantile CO
Red Cross
Florsheim
Jey Tole Eee A
Ruth Roland
Fatty Arbuckle
Romeo
Morgan
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