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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
8
Mrs. C. P. Stringer announces piano lessons from a pupil trained by European and American teachers. Terms and arrangements by mail. Phone 95 Peshastin or visit Starks' ranch residence.
The piece recounts firefighters building trenches to contain fires in a vast forest blaze. A fierce August hurricane merged separate fires into a wall of flame. Seventy nine fire fighters were killed, with many deaths caused by disobeying ranger orders. rangers’ skill saved more lives.
The Seattle potato market is quiet as government crop reports warn of heavy Washington yields. Freight cost and potential lack of Eastern demand keep prices weak, with Yakima Valley storage noted. Hog, cattle, and sheep markets show firm to weak activity. various quotes listed for primes, middles, and feeds along with dairy, egg, and grain bids.
No. 3 W C Oats bids and asks for farm goods. sale of five thousand bushels of hard winter oats Oct shipment at 2.5414. A boiler, kettle lid, Maggie’s broken plates, chopping block, knuckle bone, phonograph, lingerie, mattress, grandma’s trunk bustle, junk items, demijohn, kite sticks, lamp, tomato cans, washing line, demobilized pants, derubberized hose, rocker, canary cage, niblick, baseball bat, bedstead, rabbit box, bike, and more from a shop.
A newspaper representative warns that about 12 000 weekly and 800 daily country papers may fail within six months without drastic changes. The crisis stems from a print paper shortage driving costs up and causing many papers to go out of business or be starved of supply.
Roscoe S. Chapman warns that press rate increases threaten small-town and rural papers. Despite efforts to boost supply, improvements remain minor and relief may take nearly two years. The public depends on these papers as a vital link to local life.
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