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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

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''ea'lie' NaSiioh heightS aud hitsap
county was reachea AZ the meeting
heia lueSoay' Much valuable time
was consumed py lew OF the taNpay-
ers IRON hitsap county oyer the ioca-
commissioners OF the two counties viii
again 90 over the ground 70 determine
definitely the Kitsap terminal prob
ably within week. Owing 10 lack OF
adequate transportation facilities at
present to aud from the shipyards, all
available boats are being used to ac-
commodate the workers. But prom
Use was given that ferry service to the
north end OF the Island would not be
delayed for long.
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Seattle shinyandS are settino nace
Il, cons,r,c,;an ,yo,.t saa,,io,al con
tracts p'"esu y my government ioi
carriers wltnin a week prlpgs the total
hummer uilu'r construction up 70 LID
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
THE PEOPLES FORUM
STILL PENDING

The gentleman who wrote the arti-
Gle, "Aetion Still Pending in q re.
cent issue of The Record. seems 10
have an erroneous idea OF fourth
class postmastcrs lob as he ok
presses it. Being one Of EN- want to
say that ! know of noclass OF workmen
who toll for their fellowinen more
faithfully, or for smaller recompense,
than do the fourth class postmasters,
Nor do | know OF any working men
who are held more strictly 10 account
Tor every penny that passes through
their hands, aud their honesty cannot
be questioned.
But this gentleman probably nnin-
tentionally- does question their hon
esiy Of purpose, when he infcrs that
because Of their "jobsa they would not
recommend an improvement in the
service.
But WOULD a central office, such as
he suggests, improve our local systcm2
With one r. + delivery ii day, let
tiers would be carried one day to the
central station for distrihution, and de-
livery could not be made until the next
day which SHOULD be done under our
present SYSTEM, With the central sta
lions in Seattle or Tacoma, as they
are now.
The citizens Of The towns here on
the Islands now have two mails each
day, and they do not want to be re-
duced to one mail, such a. the r. T..
d. gives, and all the petitions the post
masters could circulate would not con-
VINCE the people who have the con-
veniences OF n nearby post Office, with
two mails day, that il would be pro-
iitable or convenient to stand at cor
ner cross road, under an umbrella,
waiting for the mail carrier to come
to weigh parcel post package or make
GOT a money order
4. I, d. is great blessing to PEG.
pie who live in rural districts. Bat
people in towns that have posi- Offices,
want to keep them, and it takes man
Or woman who can pass a civil service
examination to hold down the jon, so
they might be depended on to display
sense enough to recommend any I'M
proyement real improvement that
could be made in the service, despite
their jobs, which are not remunerative
enough to destroy their honesty Of
purpose, and rest assured that the in
come tax collector viii not waste his
time on One of En-.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Get four posts or timbersabout
four inches in diameter and eight
feet long; put each post or tim.
Der about two feet in the ground
eight feet apart in one direction
and twenty five feet apart in an.
other direction. Then get two
scantlings two by four inches
and eight feet long, fasten the
ends to the top of the posts and
fasten five screw hooks or small
pulleys TO the scantling two feet
apart Fix one end Of the
clothesline at one corner. run
ming the line through the pulley
or hook on opposite scantling,
then through pulley Of hook No.
? and so on until the line has
been run through all of the pul.
leys CT hooks.
Fill ten,quart pail with sand
orusea twenty-five. pound weight
and secure it to the loose end Of
the line. You now have 100 feet
OF clothesline III space eight
feet wide and twenty-five feet
long, and the line is Away, taut,
Carl l.. Thompson, New lis
bon, Wis,
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

The Information given the senate
military committee by Secretary Of
War Baker certainly resulted in turn
ing the tide OF disapproyal, voiced by
a few congressman, in the secremry's
favor
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Scald Z cupfnl corn meal with
, 3 cupful of hot milk; let stand
i've minutes. Sift y cupful Of
flour, 4 teaspoonful salt, 3 tea
spoonfllls baking powder, ? Ia
blespoonfuls sugar beat in l
egg, l tablespoonful Crisco, Z
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Plan for mere than you can do,
Then do it.
Bite of moro than you can chew.
Then chew il.
Hitch Nour wagon to a star,
Keep your seat, and there you are.
Gx
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

at is as much the act Of Stacker 10
fail to economize or farm as much rs
possible, as II would be TO flee ON the
battlefield said Col. ousley. And all
loyal people will endorse tho state
ment.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Owing to the low stage of water in
the Red river, the town courcii of
Fisher, Mimi, has decrced that deni-
zcns OF that burg be limited to two
baths month. In that climate such
a decree may not be hard to enforce,
during the winter, at least. People
who Insist on taking a baihh,equently,
whether they need IL or not, should
come to Puget Sound where they can
enjoy an invigorating plunge bath 305
days of the year,
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

And too many of as are so well
pleased with ourselves and our sur
lVnndings that we frown At the mere
suggestion OF change or improve
ment in the old order OF things.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT


cup cooked rice; bake in sheet or
muffin tins Mrs. J. V. Mollett,
Tacoma.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

a sLet-George-Do-It' attitude is as
sumed BY too many people when ma I
tors OF public concern are agitated.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Col Clarence onslev. oss;stnn, snc.
rotary If aor,cn,,,rs adares.ed /,
eatherino Of farmers and ,n.,n ,en.o
senting the poult.v indbstry, ~ a
meeting held in seat,le IN Monday
The chicken n,,n v,er,, on hand Win a
,coues, tor .orne rei,ef from no r.e
str;ctions laid anon them h. tho oov.
e,nmen, roIa,tvo ~ H. o,,,nti,,, -
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
For Knittel.s

To straigh'en the kinks out OF
wool that has been used, wind
the wool in a skein in four
places. Then dip in the luke
warm water, squeeze water out
gently, and hang up to dry. The
wool will look like new.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Let's climb out OF the rut. You owe
ID to the community, toyour family, TO
make your place as attractive as pos
sible. Consult with neighbors about
graveled walk something inexpens-
i've; a tree removed or topped and trim
med; a fence or gate repaired. At
tention to apparently trifling things
enhances the value of your properly.
Wake NJ, clean up, brush up, paint up.
Spring is at the door.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
40 Remove cake from Fan

Set the pan, while very hot,
on \ damp cloth, Let ii stand u
few minutes and cake will come
out of pan easily. McCall's
Magazine.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

The disclosures made of the opera
tions Of Theodore +. Ferris. ship de-
signer for the shipping board, win re-
fresh the memories Of many who lived
during the period Of the Civil War,
when under the guisc of government
contracts dishonest officials aeeced the
people right and left Verify the graft
er is always with us.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
WHY COULD NOT SOMETHING
OF THE KIND BE WORKED
HERE?

We frequently hear complaints
from ranchers about difficulty IN
disposing of their fruits and vege-
tables. Why could not some arrange
ment be made to remedy this trout ie
here? We encourage the people on
the land to grow fruits and vege-
tables and they often have to go
from store or house to house to dis
pose of their products. Lose valu-
able time and often have to sell
their product at less than it is
worth. If there was a central place
to go to, a town market, much OF
this trouble could be avoided. Often
if an overplus accumulated it could
be shipped to some other point. 1t
is to the interest of all towns that
the tributary country population be
prosperous. 1t is to the interest of
towns that they do all things pos
sible to bring about this condition.
Why could not the Women War
Workers undertake this public spir-
tied work? Here is how one town
solved the problem:
Women Run Curb Market.
A curb market recently organized
by the women of Miami, Fla, has
proved so successful that the city
council has taken it over as mu-
nicipal enterprise. The plan was
worked out by the urban home dem
onstration agent of the United
States department of agriculture
and the state agricultural college,
together with several of Miami's
public-spirited women, in order to
give fairer prices to both the house
wife ano the producer. A committee
co-operates with nearby truckers
in arranging for the produce. The
truckers are planting every two
weeks in order to guarantee the
women a constant supply of fresh
vegetables. Fruit, eggs, butter, COT
tage cheese, and poultry are also
all those selling products. This goes
all those selling products. This goes
into a genearl fund for advertising
the market and keeping the street
clean.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
DEATH OF S. J. VAN DE GRIFT

After lingering illness of many
months, S. ]. Van de Grift passed
away Wednesday at the ranch home
of his son in the Eagle creek valley.
Mr. Van de Grift, who had recently
passed the 74th milestone, was a
sufferer from apoplexy and had been
in i'll health for several years. Up
to about three years ago the de-
ceased followed the occupation of a
contractor and builder and was a
familiar figure on the streets. OF
late, however, due to his failing
health. he seldom left his home.
He was man of kindly disposf-
ton and well liked by all who made
his acquaintance. According to his
wishes he was buried beside his son,
Walter, who was called to the great
beyond many years ago. He leaves
one son, w. P. Van de Grift, of this
city.
The funeral services were held
Thursday by Rev. Moore. The
Leavenworth Undertaking Co. had
charge of the burial.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
R. ". GRFENMAN AND WIFE
RAILROAD tVANGfLISTS
In the Congregational Church Aug.
25-Morning and Evening
Service

Mr.. Greenman is devoting his life
to religious work among railroad
men. By profession he is a marine
engineer and holds a life certificate.
Because of the work he is engaged
in he rides on all the railroads IN
the country, wherever his work calls
him. He is not unknown to Leaven-
worth railroad men, having visited
here in the past.
He vii speak in the Congregation
al church Sunday, Aug. 25. In the
morning at II o'clock, and in the ev-
ening at o'clock. Railroad men
and their wives are especially in
vited to be present, though he will
be pleased to have all others inter
ested in religion and religious work
to hear him.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
NEW MANAGER FOR LtAVEN-
WORTH MFRCANTILFCO. HERE.
Wife Will Be Instructor in Grammar
School Formerly with Wen
atchee Department Store

Mr.. E. R. McLain, for several
years head of the dry goods depart
ment in the Wenatchee Department
Store, arrived the first of the week
to take up his duties as manager of
the Leavenworth Mercantile Co. Mr..
McLain comes highly recommended,
having been CONNECTED with the dry
goods business in Texas and Oregon
before coming to Washington. His
family will join him as soon as he
makes suitable arrangements. Be-
cause teachers are short and every
one is expected to do his or her ut
most to help out, Mrs. McLain was
induced to accept a position in our
public school and will have charge
of the grammar class in the sixth
grade.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIBERS
DELINQUENT

The managers of the Liberty Loan
drive want the Echo to make 1t
known that a dozen or more who
subscribed for bonds and made the
first payment have not since met
their monthly installments as pro-
vided in the signed agreement. 1t
may be possible, they tell US, that
the names of the delinquents may
be made public when their subscrip-
tions are offered for sale.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
A FAMILY REUNION AT THE
SAUER HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Sauer were
hosts of their children last Sunday.
There were present their son George
Sauer and wife, recently returned
from Stave Falls, B. c., their
daughter, Mrs. S. F. Shrock and
husband from Nebraska; their
daughter, Mrs. Willard Wamsley,
and Mr.. Wamsley, of Leavenworth;
their son Henry Sauer, wife and
daughter, of Peshastin; and their
daughter, Miss Minnie Sauer and
Mr. and Mrs w. A. Cline and fam
ily of Leavenworth. A delightful
time was had by all. A delicious
repast was served.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
WOUNDED IN FRANCE

Richard DAILY received a card from
the war department Wednesday ad-
vising him of the fact that his
brother-in-law, Joe Betz, was in a
hospital in France suffering from a
wound received on the fighting line.
The card states that his wound is
not regarded as serious and that he
will recover. A lot of Leavenworth
people will recall Joe, who was not
quite eighteen when he enlisted. He
lived here with his father until some
seven years ago and removed to
Grant county. He enlisted at Sc
attle and had to tell a story to get
into the service.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
ONE MANS EXPERIENCE WITH
A SILO

In talking with Mr.. o. S. Samp-
son one day this week We learned
that he installed a silo on his place
near Peshastin last fall and has
therefore had a years experience
with it. He says that his son-in-
law, Mr.. Miller, who is in charge of
the ranch tells him that he is con-
fident that the cost of the silo was
made the first year. Mr.. Miller
says he did not raise enough stuff
to fill the silo last year and ran out
of ensilage before green feed was
available last spring and had to re-
sort to dry feed for his cows. He
says in two days after he quit feed
ing ensilage his milk cows dropped
off nearly one-half in milk yield. He
says his milk cows simply go crazy
over ensilage. In fact all kinds of
stock likes it. He says with ensi-
lage to feed the cows they will give
practically as much milk in winter
as in summer. He has made pre-
parations to fill his silo this year.
1t costs, labor and material, about
S160, and will hold sixty tons when
full. Every COW owner ought 10
make it a point to visit Mr.. Miller's
place and learn more about silos. If
every man can do as well as Mr..
Miller, and every one should be able
10 do equally as well, the ranchers
can afford to go into debt for part
of the cost in order to have a silo
this winter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
L. w. WOODROW GOES HIGHER
UP

Mr. L. W. Woodrow, who was
this week transferred from Leaven-
worth to Everett where he will be
yard master, has made Leavenworth
his home since January, 1908, and
for several years was station agent.
Some four years ago he was pro-
NOTED to terminal agent He is
looked upon as first class railroad
man, and we predict will go higher
up ere long. In every respect he is
a good citizen. We rejoice with all
his many friends at his promotion
but at the same time regret to see
him leave us.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
LIST OF REGISTRATION Of
FICERS

Following are the voting places
and the names of the registration
officers in the western part of the
county. See the officer of your dis
trict and ascertain if you are regis
tered. If not have your name en-
rolled at once. Of all times this is
the time when every man and
woman should make it a point to
register and vote in the primary
election.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
RED CROSS RAFFLE

The winners in the sewing ma
chine rattle, gotten up for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross, for which sixty
tickets have been sold, will be de-
cided at the War Workers rooms
this evening at o'clock. All tick
et holders are requested to be pres
ent.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

Miss f. C. Wall, stenographer at
the forestry office the past five
left last Saturday for Des-
chutes, Oregon, to continue her
work in the forestry department.
Mrs. Frank Lenzie will take Miss
Walls place in the local office tenn
porarily.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

John Rosenberg was taken 10 the
Leavenworth Hospital Wednesday
suffering from asevere case Of pneu-
monia.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

motion softly and to finish the clos
ing motion softly. Neither gun
hammers open and crashes shut, in
spite of its high rate of fire. This
is why one gun shot $4,000 cart
ridges without a break.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

Think before You spend Buy War
Savings Stampe.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

Under date of June 30, Geo Hox-
sey writes to his parents:
"I am still having the same good
times as I have written you about
before. Yesterday I rode a bicycle
35 kilometers, about % miles. We
visited several small towns and one
old castle or rather the ruins of a
castle. 1t was built by the Romans
who came up into this country be-
fore the time of Christ. 1t was very
interesting, especially for me be
cause I have studied so much about
the old Romans, but never did I ex-
pect to see anything built by them
We came back over an old road also
built by these same Romans, and it
is still very good road; not wide
but it would be plenty wide enough
for our country.
Today | have done nothing in par
ticular, but on the Fourth I shall
go to the country, to the home of
the Americans | have written you
about and am sure I shall have Il
good time. Anyway, I can fish, and
that will be enough fun for me, if
only I can catch fish I shall be per-
fectly satisfied.
Tell everyone I know hello for
me, and thank Mcdaniel for the
cigarettes. also tell him he does not
need to meet me with his band as
| have heard enough noise"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

Are YOU keeping your War Savings
Pledge?
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23

War Savings Stamps cost $419 ln
August. Pay $5 later.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-08-23
LETTERS FROM SOLDIER
BOYS

From a Letter dated July 1S, from
Edwin Hoxsey to his parents, we
take the following extracts:
81 am working in general head
quarters office but expect to move
most any day for I am going up in
the rear of the trenches with lieu
tenant and am going to do part of
my work in the office and part out
side, so that sounds pretty good to
me for l can get up there where all
the excitement is and yet be safe.
The reason l am doing office work
is that l put down clerk on my SER
vice record when l enlisted and they
sent me to a clerk school over here
so I could learn all about the paper
work of the army, and that is some
thing I never expected. I have NOT
the address of George now.
They have broken up the 41st di-
vision and some of the boys are al
ready back from the front and are
in the hospital. While all this was
going on I was at school in St.
Aignon, but now I am in the large
town of Tours l am back of the
advance line of communication and
can write just what l think but be-
fore could not for all I could say
was hello. I have been In seven
different towns in France.
La Valdaton is up near the Swiss
barber. I was up there in the Win
ter and we sure had some winter.
In the office where I work there
are about two hundred and fifty
English girls. I had not talked with
a girl that speaks English for very
near seven months 1t don't seem
that long to me; how long does it
seem to you since I was a darned
fool and thought I knew it all? But
| have found that experience is the
best teacher and the letters l get
from George indicate to me he
would like to be home too. But as
they say the first seven years are
always the worst, I guess I will have
to cheer up and take life as it
comes.
Tell all my friends hello and for
them to write. Tell Mr.. Osborne
that I will be back to school next
Christmas, or some time between
now and a year from Christmas.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-30

Judge Walter M. French, of the Kit
sap County Superior Court, has an
nounced his candidacy for the two-year
term on the Supreme Bench. There is,
perhaps, no jurist now serving the
State better known than is Judge
French; as he has frequently held
court in practically every county in
the commonwealth, coming to know
and to be known b. the laity as well
- members Of the bar. AS the judi
ciafy has been removed from partisan
politics, Judge French will thus have
the support of his great mass OF
friends of all political faiths.
The voters of Kitsap County elected
Judge French to the Superior Bench In
1912 and again in 1916, the latter time
unanimously. The Judge has been q
seat of Kitsap County, for more than
twelve years. Perhaps nowhere out
side of his own country is Judge
French so we'll known ANA u44to4n-.
esteemed as in King County, where he
Il as familiar figure on the Superior
Bench as is one of the regular jurists.
Judge French has the reputation
through the State as one of the hard
est wOrking members of the judiciary.
When his own docket has been. CON-
pleted and he is not holding court in
some other county, his services are in
demand In King, where the amount of
litigation is rapidly mounting, and a
call is never sent to him in vain. FIRE.
Quently he prOffers his assistance when
the trial dockets grow unusually heavy.
Judge French was born in Hillsdale,
Michigan, January so, 1874, coming TO
Washington in 1899 and locating in
Seattle. He entered the newly organ
ised law department of the University
Of Washington and bears the distinc-
ton Of being, the first law graduate of
that institute to pass the bar examina'
ton, and the first graduate to hold a
judicial position. During the Spanish
American war he served in the army,
vas mustered out first lieutenant,
and since then has been an active
nAmber of the Spanish American War
Veterans.
All the time possible that can be
spared from his judicial duties. Judge
French is now devoting to the present
war. He Is chairman of the Kitsap
County Council Of Defense. and has
taken conspicuous parts in the Red
Cross and Liberty Loan drives.
He has received the strong official
endorsement of Union Labor in con-
uection with his present candidacy for
Justice of the Supreme Court; first,
that of the Bremerton Labor Council,
Kitsap County; then, that Of the
Seattle Central Labor Council. He
also has the support of the entire
bench and bar of King County, the
members of which know him 30 we'll
and appreciate him highly ~ = par
tBulassy able turist