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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
HALF A BILLION LETTERS
MAILED.

More than 5O0,0OO,OO0 letters have
been written by soldiers on Y. NJ. c.
A. Red Triangle stationery to their
homes. Here is what one soldier
wrote: Mother dear, you would not
know me if you saw me now. l
haven't washed for five days and am
covered with mud from head to foot,
and am writing this in hole about
three feet in diameter and four feet
deep, with plenty of straw and a
couple of green window shutters for
a roof. The paper was supplied me
by a Y. NJ. C. A. secretary, who
brought it to us with the shells
bursting all about him, but he knew
we wanted to write home and let our
folks know that we were safe" 1t
is estimated that million letters are
being written home by soldiers every
day.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
FOOD CONSERVATION TO BE
URGED HERE.

Mrs. Allison Barry, of Wenatchee,
was here this week in the interest
of food conservation. She is Chair
man of the National League for
Women's Service, also Chairman of
the Food Production and Conserva-
ton Committee of the County Council
of Defense, for Chelan county.
Mrs. Barry is devoting her whole
time to this work. She travels all
over the county appointing COM
mittees and assisting them in their
work. She receives no remuneration,
and pays her own travelling expenses.
While here she appointed the fol-
lowing women to look after Food
Production and Conservation in Lea
venworth: Mrs. Guy Hamilton, Food
Captain; Mrs. A. G. McKeown, Sur
vey Work; Mrs. A. 7. Eickmeyer,
Exhibit Specialist; Mrs. o. S. Samp-
son, Administration Food Bulletins:
Mrs. D. H. Magyar, Publicity.
Every home in Leavenworth will
be visited by the minute women with
new food pledges sent out by the
Government.
No patriotic housewife will refuse
to sign these pledges, for Food will
win the war"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
FEDERAL ROAD ACTIVITY.

May saw the birth of a new
monthly periodical in the Department
of Agriculture, Public Roads," is
sued by the Office of Public Roads
and Rural Engineering. Its 48 pages,
some of them illustrated, contain
material intended primarily for State
and county highway officials actively
engaged in the construction and main
tenance of highways. The principal
object of the publication is to act as
a medium of exchange of knowledge
and experiences between highway de-
partments of the 48 States. The
magazine is designed to be perma-
nent and complete record of activities
and construction under the Federal
Aid Road Act.
In March and April the Secretary,
on recommendation of the Office of
Public Roads and Rural Engineering,
approved 212 State road-building pro-
jects involving more than $500 miles
of highways under the Federal Aid
Road Act. The estimated cost of
these improvements to the States is
about S15,O00,000. The Federal aid
allowed is more than s5,000,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
BANK DEPOSITORS GUAR
ANTEED AGAINST LOSS.

Through an oversight we did not
carry out our purpose to call the
readers attention to last weeks bank
statement and to the fact that the
Leavenworth State Bank had arrang-
ed for admission to the Washington
Bank Depositors Guarantee Fund,
under law passed by the last Wash
ington legislature. Under this law
the state will guarantee depositors
against loss by bank failures. The
law is very strict, however, and all
banks can not become members. To
be eligible to membership bank
undergoes rigid examination and if
its affairs are not in gilt edge shapa
it is rejected. The last report r
by the State Bank to the State /
examiner, printed last week, sh.
its affairs to be in healthy an
growing condition.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
HOW MEMORIAL DAY WAS
OBSERVED IN LEAVFNWORTH
Business Houses all ClOsed-Services
in the Churches-Cemetery Re-
ceives AttentiOn-Band Con-
cert in the Evening.

The one big institution in Leaven-
worth that did not suspend operations
was the mill of the Great Northern
Lumber Co. The matter was left
to a vote of the employees and they
voted to remain on the job They
decided to take three days off on
the Fourth of July. All the business
houses closed their doors, services
were held in the churches. A con-
siderable number repaired to the
cemetery and strewed flowers on the
graves. In the evening the band
gave a concert in the park and had
practically every person in the town
for an audience. While the band was
playing Montana troop train, bound
for Camp Lewis, with over six hun
dred drafted men aboard, pulled into
town and stopped opposite the park.
Bandmaster McDaniels had his boys
play several popular war airs which
set the whole crowd to cheering
Many of those who owned autos took
to the hills and spent the day on
some stream and enjoyed a picnic
dinner. Altogether the day was
nationally spent in healthful recrea-
ton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
WAY OVER OUR RED CROSS
REQUIREMENT
S4,731.93 Had Been Deposited in Bank
Up to Monday Night
More to Deposit.

Up to Monday evening there had
been deposited in the Leavenworth
State Bank $4,731.93. About $50
more was taken in after the bank
closed In addition to this there
has been pledged for future payment
between four and five hundred dol
lars, which will come in later, with
still more to follow.
1t was the purpose to print the
names of all the contributors but it
was found impossible for the COM
mittee having the Red Cross affairs
in hand to make an abstract of the
names. They may, however, be
printed later on, together with the
names of those who should, and could,
have given, but did not.
In this connection it is not out of
place to say that not only did the
people of Leavenworth contribute
literally, but willingly, promptly and
cheerfully. They just walked up
and planked down their money as if
they thought it privilege to give.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
AL VAN EPPs DIED IN THE EAST

A letter received here recently from
mining associates in Seattle says Mr.
Van Epps died very suddenly in the
east about May 18th. An uncon-
firmed story is to the effect that he
was found dead in bed at a hotel.
Having died sometime during the
night. Supposedly of heart disease.
He was over sixty and made his home
in Leavenworth twenty-five years
ago. for the past twenty years he
has devoted his time to developing
mining property on the head Of the
Ieicle river, about forty miles west
of Leavenworth, and went east two
months ego with the purpose of in
teresting Lartiss in his property.
There is no doubt that his property
is valuabla but the lack of way to
get his min ,ral to the raj road has
held it Gp II was to overcome
this obstacle that he made the trip
east. Considerable Seattle capital
has been invested in the property,
approximately one hundred Thousand
dollars, and there is a possibility
that the Seattle people may take the
matter up later.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
BOY SCOUTS HUNTING WAR
TIMBER.

5 The War Department and the Forest
Service are aiding the Boy Scouts in
efforts to find black walnut timber
needed for airplane propellers and
gun stocks, following President Will
sons appeal to the Scouts to locate
supplies of the Liberty Tree" Special
report forms have been prepared for
use of the Scouts, who will submit
them for tabulation to the Forest
Service, which in turn will report the
results to the War Department. The
bulk of the standing black walnut is
said to be in farmers woodlots in the
Middle West, the Middle Atlantic
States and the Southern Appalach-
ians, and it is mainly these sources
that the Scouts will climb in their
search for material.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ARE
PATRIOTIC

Mr.. Geo A. Hauber returned last
Saturday from Tacoma, where he at
tended a three days meeting of the
Grand Lodge of the order of knights
of Pythias. This order, if we are
correctly informed, is the only frater-
nal organization chartered by act of
congress, and oddly enough, had its
origin under conditions similar to
those now prevailing. The charter
was granted by congress in 1864,
when this country was engaged
in a great war for the preservation
of the union.
Mr.. Hauber says the state lodge
subscribed for $4,000 worth of Lib
erty Bonds and donated $500 to the
Red Cross and gave like amount to
the Y. M. C. A. He says the meeting
was unusually interesting and the at
tendance large. Mr.. L. H. Hart was
the regularly elected delegate from
Leavenworth but found it impossible
to attend and Mr.. Hauber went in his
place.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
ARBITRATION

One answer has already come to
the question of whether or not or
ganized labor would submit its
troubles to the new arbitration board.
The answer was formulated in To-
ledo, Ohio, when 1900 men walked
out on strike from the plant of the
Toledo Shipbuilding Company, which
has been taken over by the shipping
board and is engaged in the construc-
ton of ships for the government. The
question was one of wages, and the
men became impatient, and refused
to wait for action by the adjustment
board.
This also goes to, show the harm
that was done the nation and the
nations war program, by the elimina-
tion of the clause from the sabotage
bill which would have made strikes
unlawful for the period of the war,
and by which union men would have
been compelled to arbitrate their
differences.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
4 TOUCHING PLEA FOR FOOD
SAVING FROM HOOVER.

Referring to the necessity for food
saving by the people of the United
States in a telegram to a Washing
ton representative of the food ad-
ministration, Mr.. Herbert Hoover en-
ployed the following words:
1--WE stand at the Threshold of per-
haps the greatest crisis we have ever
faced as a nation. We have staked
our fortunes, the lives of our sons
and sunk our personal desires, in the
struggle for Liberty. Our own men
who have gone over need never
question our support, but it is just
as important to continue the stream
of supplies especially wheat and flour
to Britain, France and Italy, without
whose assistance and unimparied
morale our forces can accomplish
nothing. The allies use every pos
sible cereal substitute and yet re-
quire some wheat flour to bind their
scanty loaf. This flour must be
furnished and because our surplus has
long been exhausted it can only be
supplied from our saving from all
sections of the country. From or
ganizations and individuals have come
messages pledging complete Austen
ton from wheat until next harvest.
l am hopeful that the response will
be nation wide from all who can af-
ford it, and we will be able to give
to the women and children and
soldiers of our allies the bread they
ask"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN-
TON TACOMA, JUNE 27
County Convention, Wenatchee, June
Is. Precinct Meetings Satur-
day, June 8.

The Chelan County Republican Cen
trail Committee met in Wenatchee last
Thursday evening, and was presided
over by republican county chairman
Ed. S. Russell. The attendance was
not large but fairly representative
of the different parts of the county
Chelan county will have Fl dele
gates in the state convention.
The Poindexter vote in the last
general state election is the basis
on which representation is fixed IN
the state convention. Each county
will have one delegate for every 200
votes, or major fraction thereof, but
every county will have at least two
delegates.
In the county convention every pre-
cinct will have one vote for every
25 votes cast for Poindexter, and one
delegate at large.
The Leavenworth precinct chair
men are, Ward 1, NJ. A. Marley;
Ward 2, L. w. Woodrow; Ward 3,
l.. o. Taylor; Lake Wenatchee, Geo.
w. Brown; Tumwater precinct, Chas.
Fox; Peshastin, F. A. Wingate; Plain,
w. w. Burgess; Winton, W. w.
Thompson.
Precinct chairmenare requested by
the county Central Committee to call
caucusses for Saturday, June 8th, to
select delegates to the county conven-
ton.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
WINTER INJURY TO APPL E
TREES. ALSO CALLED
COLLAR ROT

There are a number of evidences
of injury which involve the lower
trunks of apple trees of all sizes;
they are many times due to freezing
injury; while this name Winter In
jury appears at the beginning of tle
paragraph, and while the name Collar
Rot has been applied for a long time
to similar conditions, the injuries are
directly due to freezing, sometimes
occurring in winter and sometimes due
to premature low temperatures when
the trees are gorged with sap and
there is a stimulous to excessive water
absorption and no tendancy to hasten
ripening of tissues through water
loss and reduced water content such
as occur in dry autumn periods.
1t is quite evident that where we
have such excessive water supply in
the inner bark and in the process
of freezing layer of crystals is
formed, therefore, there is great
danger of separation of the bark
layers from the wood at that time.
The writer finds much of this con-
dition from a few miles above Pc
shastin on down through the valley,
Spitzenburgs and Wine saps are very
susceptible to this condition. tho other
varities may also be affected.
AS the inspector cannot reach all
the growers at once he takes this
means of advising them to look care
fully after such trees as have not
bright healthy look, trees showing
scanty foliage or foliage turning to
light green, sickley color.
Remove the soil foot or more from
around the crown of the tree down
to the main roots. Inspect the ex-
posed crown and large roots closely
for these cankers. If the cankers
have not already encircled the crown
of the tree, there is still fair chance
to save it by carefully cutting away
the decayed portions of the bark back
to the live bark, this work should be
neatly and carefully done; leaving
the hole open so as to let the sun
and air dry up the decayed parts,
the sole object of this precaution is
to keep the base of the tree dry and
from further decay until the new
growth, which forms from the grow
ing tissue Immediately under the
bark and which has had time to de-
velop over the exposed dead wood.
Sometimes these cankers do not
appear at the collar of the tree but
are found down upon the large roots
near the crown, the same measures
should be applied as in the crown in
fection, being very sure to keep the
water out and leave the hole open
until the new bark tissues have
formed.
F. C. Nielsen,
Dist. Hort. Inspector
Cashmere, Wash
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HAS
PICNIC WITH TRIMMINGS.

A social picnic of the "Theosophi-
cal Society local lodge was held at
the home of Geo. Brisky south of
town Sunday, May 26th.
First on the program were several
musical selections by the McDaniel's
orchestra, followed by an address, of
welcome, and an explanation of the
object and aim of Theosophy by Mrs.
Inez Williams.
A talk on needed war work was
next given by Mrs. R. Coleman. Fol-
lowing her an interesting lecture on
Theosophy, subject "The One Life,
and One Law" by Mrs. C. E. Andrews
After more music by the orchestra
refreshments were served.
After refreshments duets by the
little Mcdaniel boys were highly en-
joyed by all.
Songs by Mrs. Williams and Mrs.
Andrews were entertaining numbers.
A good social chat followed, and
some pictures were taken.
The following were present: Mr..
and Mrs. R. Coleman, Mr.. and Mrs.
H Carp, Mr.. and Mrs. C. Imbleau
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Nc
Daniel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Beason and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Hathaway and family, Mrs. Inez Will
liams, Mrs. C. E. Andrews, Mrs c..
L. Hagler, Mrs. A. B. Westcott, Mrs.
VIM. Cahail and daughters, Mrs.
Mary Cahail, Mrs. w. C. Collins and
Messrs. Geo. Briskey, VIM. Briskey,
Olin Briskey, H. McPhee, F. C. Var
ney, Geo. Walker, and j. L. Hopkins.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
FIGHTERS FROM
BAD MEAT.

Sixty-seven inspectors of the Blu
Ieau of Animal Industry are 1ow
with the army inspecting the meat
products supplied for the soldiers,
and thirty others are similarly en-
gagged with the navy. Operations
are under Federal supervision from
the time the live animals are driven
into the slaughtering houses until the
finished product is delivered in good
condition to the mess cooks.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
DIR. KLAINAUER'S LECTURE.

The Doctor was greeted by large
and enthusiastic audience at the
Scenic theatre last Friday evening.
His talk was very enjoyable and drew
out considerable applause. In be-
tween serious matters, relating to
Red Cross work, he told a
number of apt and pointed stories,
and did not forget to hand Mr.. Jacob
sen and Mr.. McKeown, who were in
strumental in getting him to come
here, and also managed the Drive
which closed very successfully, a
boquet in words.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
WEATHER FORECASTS FOR
AERIAL MAIL.

Special daily forecasts of weather
conditions between New York and
Washington are being furnished to
the Post Office Department by the
Weather Bureau for use in connec-
tion with the airplane-mail service
between these points. The forecasts
are telephoned each morning as soon
as they are mode up.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
HATS OFF TO PACIFIC COAST
SHIPYARDS.

Eastern publications are lauding
western shipbuilders to the skys.
They finally admit that Pacific
Coast yards have broken all records
for speed in construction and tonnage
launched.
This is bringing coast yards to the
attention of the whole world and plac-
ing them on such solid foundation
that they viii be able to draw busi-
ness from all countries.
As chairman Hurley of the Ship
ping Board says, "they are building
ships out there" Yes, and they are
building them faster than they were
ever built in America before.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
DEATH OF MRS. J. b. VIOLETTE
IN SEATTLE.

1t will be recalled that Mrs. Violette
was taken to Seattle last week by
DR.. Elmer, for operation. She was
taken to a hospital and tumor re-
moved from the liver but survived
the operation only a short time. She
died last Sunday evening at o'clock.
Burial took place at Blanchard, near
Bellingham, Tuesday morning. Beside
her husband, who was absent from
home, she left a little girl about ten
years old
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
SIX TRAINS DRAFTED MEN ON
WAY To CAMP LEWIS.

Between seven and ten thousand
men have passed thru here this week
from Minnesota, the Dakotas and
Montana. They began coming thru
here over the Great Northern last
Sunday and on Monday six train loads
passed thru. There are usually from
five to six hundred and fifty men on
each train. These trains stop from
twenty to thirty minutes and attract
quite a crowd. The boys seem cheer
full and willing to serve their country.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
A MONTHLY SURVEY OF FOOD
STOCKS.

An inventory of commercial stocks
of grain, flour, meal and other food
products is being taken each month
by the Bureau of Markets and the
results published in a new monthly
publication called Food Surveys"
two numbers of which have already
been issued. These monthly surveys
began April 1, 1918.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
F. C. Nielsen,
Dist. Hort. Inspector,
Cashmere, Wash.

1t is estimated that $4,000 helpers
will be necessary to harvest the crops
in Kansas this year, and the CONNER
cial organizations in Kansas City
have undertaken to supply 10000 of
this number.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31
A. ID. ALLEN TAKES OVER
WINTON STORE

Mr.. o. S. Sampson, manager OF
the Sampson Grocery Co. closed deal
last Saturday with Mr.. A. D. Allen
for the branch store of the company
at Winton, and he took charge the
first of this week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31

The Spokane district reports out
look for a heavy crop. Farm reports
from eastern Washington and Idaho
are flattering. Conditions in these
two states being 90 per cent. Esti-
mated acreage sown is $4,000
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31

A patriotic duty, whether voG be an
editor, public official or private citi-
zen you should fight for strictest
economy in all municipal and state
tax expenditures at this time.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31

Two Seattle shjpyards, one belong
ing to Skinner & Eddy corporation
and the other to the Seattle Construc-
ton and Dry Dock company are to
be merged, it has been announced.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-05-31

From Skagit county comes the re-
port of a new coal find. The coal
is said to be semi-anthracite and over
a million and half tons are in sight.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
France Had 5000, 900
At Front Before Drive

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April Is. = AL
though Alsace-Lorraine is by no means
the only obstacle to peace, no peace
can come. Louis Auber.. of the French
High Commission, declared in a speech
here tonight. until the territory
wrested from France nearly half a
century ago is restored.
THE return of Alsace-Lorraine to
France" he said, would commemorate
the victory of the principles for which
we are all fighting. When Herr Won
huehlmann or. Count Czernin proclaim
that Alsace-Lorraine is the only OBJ
stacle to peace do not believe them.
But no peace is possible with
out the return of Alsace-Lorraine to
France, for the brutal severance of
these French provinces was the first
crime of the new German Empire
against democracy, and. out of that
CRIME have come all the others that
have astounded the world"
The great sacrifices France has
undergone were outlined by Mr.. Aubert
in a graphic recital of what the coun-
try has done.
""Challenged to a fight to the death :"
said he, Eve have sacrificed eyery-
thing, land and men, without stint. For
over three years and half, out of a
population that invasion has reduced
to 35,OOO,O00, France has mobilized
100000 men. Previous to the last
drive 100000 French soldiers were
holding more than two-thirds of the
Western front"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-19
Chinese Warships
Sent to Vladivostok
sBy a Japanese Correspondent,

China has not only decided to send
warships to Vladivostok, but actually
two of them are even now speeding for
the Siberian port. according to the
Toxic special cable dispatch to jap
anese paper here.
The message says that when the
Chinese warships reach Vladivostok
they are to land their forces at once.
The Chinese are to join the British
and Japanese marines to maintain the
peace and order in the city against the
looting and numbering and other out
law tactics of the rioting Bolsheviki
there.
That the American marines were not
landed at Vladivostok when the jap
anese and the British sailors went
ashore is confirmed by the Toxic cable
dispatches.
The Japanese and British forces
which had been landed are still guard
ing the sections of the city assigned
them, the Toxic cable says. But the
American naval force in the harhor
has acte1 independently from the be-
ginning: The United States has not
landed its marines. Only some officers
and sailors of an American warship
nre seen now and then walking through
the streets of Vladivostok, evidently
on shore leave, to all appearances
merely taking in the sights of the town.
The Toxic reports say, however, that
these American sailors seem to have
their weather eyes open for everything
which is taking place in the city.