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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
ANNUAL ELECTION lFAVEN-
WORTH RED CROSS CHAPTER
Large Crowds Present at Scenic
Theatre Last Friday Evening.

The annual election of officers of
the Leavenworth Red Cross chapter
brought out a good crowd. Mr.. L. ].
Nelson presided in his usual happy
manner. The first matter to come
up was the selection of an executive
committee of thirty-sx, after which
Mrs. A. B. Wescott was elected chair
man without opposition. Mrs. Wes-
colt has served as chairman for some
four months having been elected to
the position after Mrs. Smyth re-
signed on account of i'll health. Mrs.
Ferdinand Wettstein was elected
ce-chairman, Mr.. L. R. Hart was
reelected treasurer, and Mrs. Warren
Reid secretary.
The report of the retiring secre-
tary, Mrs. Chas. Eckhart was read
and accepted.
The Red Cross headquarters were
this week removed from the school
house to the war workers room on
Ninth street, where all business of
the Leavenworth chapter will hereaf-
ter be conducted.
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WILL BRENDER, MIGHTY HUN
TER, BRINGS IN FIRST DEER.

Will again claims the distinction of
bringing the first deer since the
shooting season opened, October 1st.
His trophy was on exhibition in the
window of the hardware company
several days and showed buck with
five prongs on his horns which the
hunters say means he was five years
cid. Mr.. Brender has had the dis
tinction of getting the first deer for
several past seasons and hunters, of
whom there are several hereabout,
are at loss to know how he does it,
Mrs. Grundy's husband says he has
a deer preserve of his own up on the
Chumstick somewhere. All he has
to do is to go there and whistle and
Mr.. Deer comes out to be shot. Very
obliging, are his deer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
CASHMERE CONSCIENTIOUS
OBJfCTOR PAINTED YELLOW
Anderson Drake, Recently Married,
Member Church of God, Stripped
To Waist and Painted.

Our neighboring town of Cashmere,
usually very orderly, was last Satur-
day brought into the limelight. The
bond drive was on there and men,
bers of the Church of God, a new
religious cult which claims con-
siderable following there, have here
tofore persistently refused to buy
government bonds, contribute to the
Red Cross or any of the other war
activity funds. One of these, Ander-
son Drake, recently married, well to
do, IS years old, large able-bodied
man, was last Saturday afternoon,
taken in hand by some of the irate
citizens and stripped to the waist
and his skin painted yellow. By a
rope around his neck and tied to a
truck, he was paraded thru the
streets. Drake is said to be in every
other respect an industrious, peace
able citizen.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
FIRST DEATH FROM INFLUENZA

Mr.. Charles Whitman, Great Nor
then fireman, who died last Sun
day evening at 7:30, is the first Lea
venworth citizen to fall a victim of
the Spanish influenza in this town.
He was first taken down with a Sc
we're cold and fever the first of the
past week, which a short time be-
fore his death developed into pneu-
monia. Mr.. Whitman made his home
here for the past seven years and
was highly esteemed by all who knew
him. He was married in Everett a
year ago. He was a member of the
Everett Elks lodge where he was also
buried, by his request, by the men,
bers of the order. The body was pre-
pared by the local undertaking COM
pany and shipped to Everett. He
has relatives residing there.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
OROVILLE SOLDIER BOY
HAS SINGULAR EXPERIENCE

The case of James Brooks, one of
the Oroville boys serving in France,
is one of the most singular that has
come to light in connection with the
casualty cases. Weeks ago Mrs.
Brooks received telegram from the
war department announcing that her
son was among the missing. Some
time after that telegram came let
ter from young Brooks stating that
he had been slightly wounded in ac-
ton, that he had almost recovered
and expected to go back to the front
and was glad of it. AS we were read
ing that letter his sister, Mrs. Je-
rome Hankin, came into the office
with a telegram stating that James
Brooks was captured and in the hands
of the Germans. Tuesday Mrs.
Brooks, who had returned to Oroville
from Leavenworth, received a tele-
gram from the war department stat
ing that her son was wounded, ex-
tent undetermined. Whatever the
Huns have done to him it is evident
that young Brooks has had run of
hard luck, and his friends here only
hope that his woundlob. .hodoes,. j
hope that he will speedily recover
from his wound, for he has shown of
what stuff the American boy is made
-Oroville Gazette.
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QUARANTINE ON. THEN OFF.
- p NOW ON AGAIN TO REMAIN
BY Order of County Health Officer
Culp Rigid Quarantine Went in
Force Yesterday Morning.

Because the Spanish influenza
threatened to become epidemic ac-
cording to reports made by Drs. Hor-
sey and Judah the first OF tlus week,
Mayor Irwin order,d the schools,
lodges. theatres, pool halls and all
places where people congregate
closed. On Wednesday, on arthority
of the city health officer, the quarGn-
tine was raised and the schools op-
ened. Thursday County Health Of
ficer Culp stepped into the breach
and ordered all schools, lodges and
places of public assembly in Chelan
county closed and to remain closed
until further orders
Wednesday afternoon DR.. Judah in
| formed the Echo that he had more
than 20 cases of what he would call
grippe, or Spanish influenza. In each
case he stated, the patient had fever
in degrees ranging from 101 to 105.
ard all were sneezing and coughing.
DR.. Hoxsey reported fifteen cases
with symptoms similar to those re-
ported by DIR. Judah. DR.. Elmer re-
ported that he had a few cases in
dicating that they were developing
the influeAza.
At a meeting held in the city hall
Wednesday night, called by Mayor r.
win, to which every doctor was in
vited, at which were present Doctors
Hoxsey, Judah and Elmer, and Mayor
Irwin. School director Motteler and
a representative of the Echo. 1t was
decided to appeal to County Health
Officer Culp. 1t developed later
however, that Mr.. Culp had already
decided that the proper thing to dc
in view of the grave condition was
to put the entire county under quaran-
tine, and the order went out by tele-
phone yesterday morning.
Late yesterday evening both Drs
Hoxsey and Judah reported additional
cases, so that at this time it is safe
to say that more than fifty persons
have so far been affected by the in
fluenza or grippe, whichever you
choose to call it. DR.. Elmer says he
thinks it is nothing more than the ole
grippe by new name. He also says
where the patient is prudent anc
avoids taking cold, which might bring
on complications, there is no reason
to be alarmed, as the patient usually
lrecovers in from SO to 48 hours, tho
Iremaining in a weakened condition
for several days. Of course, he added
liz the patient takes cold, which may
leasily lead to pneumonia, then the
lcondition becomes serious.
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POSPFRITY OR STAGNATION
AFTER THE WAR. WHICH.
This Question is UppermOst in the
Minds of Many PeOple-Echo
Sees No Reason for Any
Apprehension.

Many people are wondering Just
what will be the business situation
when peace comes. A few are open
ly skeptical as to the prospect and
are inclined to talk pessimistically,
but evidently they are either short
sighted or altogether blind, for the
signs of the times all point to great
business activity and prosperity IN
America after the war.
This country will be the one great
creditor nation. England, France,
Italy, Russia and other countries will
not only, like America, owe huge war
debts to their own people, but they
will be indebted to America to the
extent of billions of dollars. Then
too, the destruction of great areas OF
their urban and rural sections, and
the depletion of their resources will
make it necessary for them to call
upon America for manufactured pro-
ducts of many kinds as well as for
great quantities of raw materials.
Moreover, the antipathy which all the
world is certain to feel towards Ger
many and German products for many
years to come as we'll as the cordial
ity which they are likely to feel to-
wards America for her powerful as
sistance in destroying the German
menace, are certain to add greatly to
the extent and volume of our foreign
trade after the war not only with Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa, Australia and Can
ada, but also with Central and South
America. This trade will also be very
greatly facilitated by our enormous
and rapidly growing merchant marine
Foreign trade will do much to
quicken American business after the
war, but business will also be greatly
stimulated by domestic conditions, for
while taxes may be heavy for some
years, they will soon be reduced much
below the wartime level; then too,
there will be no more need for buy
ing new issues of government bonds,
and the millions of people who are
now saving and econonizing to buy
thrift stamps and bonds will be free
to puchase the many things that ap-
peal to them and contribute to their
comfort and happiness. Indeed the
reaction from the long financial strain
and stress of wartime saving is like
ly to result, for a time at least, in
extraordinary heavy purchasing, all
of which will have a tendency to
make business prosper.
Readjustments in business will of
course be necessary as the armies de
mobilize and the boys come home
again, and also as the munition
plants and other strictly war indus
tries slow down, but it will not take
long for pre-war industrial conditions
to reestablish themselves and, unless
the war continues much longer than
now seems probable, it is extremely
unlikely that this process of read
justment will seriously delay the
coming of prosperous business con-
ditions in America after the war.-
Copyright, General Welfare League.
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RED CROSS WOOD DRIVE
PROVED GREAT SUCCESS
Some Twenty Cords of Wood Hauled.
Cut and Slowed Away By Will
ing Workers last Sunday.

The movement started last week
to provide wood to heat the rooms
jointly used by the Rcd Cross and
the war workers was brought to a
successful close last Sunday when ap-
proximately twenty cords were hauled
in from the woods by the trucks of
the F. S. Jacobson Lumber Co. and
F. T. Motteler, and sawed into stove
length by a power saw, the use of
which was also donated by Mr.. ia
cobsen. Twenty-odd volunteer work
ers showed up at the war workers
headquarters by 7:30 last Sunday
morning and the work began with a
will. Truck loads of logs soon be-
gan to arrive and were quickly cut
into stove length and slowed away
in the basement. The writer watched
the work a short time and can truth
fully say there was no Stacking on
the job. Every man worked as if
his life depended on getting the job
finished At noon they sat down to
bountiful and appetizing lunch in
the war workers room, provided by
the women, and did not take up the
entire noon hour before they returned
to work.
Following are the names of the
volunteer workers:
H. A. Franklin, J. C. Roth, A. G.
McKeon, H G Krollpfeiffer, w 7 Van
Brocklin, Sandy Black, of Merritt, o.
NJ. Pobst, Frank Lenzie, w. E. Ander-
son, E. G. Gowing, S. H. Knowlton,
John Brender, Ed, Kassell, George
Watson, C. A. Couchman and F. s
Scritsmeier, C. S. Farmer and Bar
ney Yocum.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
URGES HEALTH PRtCAUTION
How to Minimize the Evil Effects
and Spread of Spanish
Influenza.

A good deal has been published in
regard to the outbreak of Spanish
Influenza" in our army camps and
cities, especially in the eastern part
of the United States. This disease
is spreading very rapidly. We are
frequently asked "What is the pro-
liability of an outbreak of this dis
ease in the state of Washington ?"
My answer is, the disease is already
here. 1t has not assumed epidemic
form as yet. 1t can be prevented
from assuming epidemic form only
by the earnest, conscientious and in
telligent help of every citizen of the
state. It is not deemed practical to
establish general quarantine for this
disease. The means of preventing
the spread of the disease are so sim
pie that they are usually neglected,
but we. urge them upon each citizen
and ask each man, woman and child
in the state, as a patriotic duty, as an
effort to conserve man-power and wo-
man-power, to practice the following
simple precautions:
1. Never cough or sneeze without
holding handkerchief before your
face.
2. Keep away from public gath
erings and public places as much as
possible. If necessary for you to go
into crowded places get out as soon
as possible.
8. If you have cold, even the
most simple cold, keep your face away
from other peoples faces. Do not
kiss the members of your family, and
do not breathe directly into other peo-
pies faces.
a. If you have any symptoms
whatsoever of grippe stay at home.
Do not visit others or permit others
to visit you. Keep your windows
wide open so that you may have an
abundance of fresh air. If you do
not promptly recover, or if you feel
i'll, call your physician.
The above mentioned precautions
are extremely simple and yet if you
will only consider for a moment, You
will realize that we are asking you
to practice voluntary quarantine in
stead of trying to put you under the
quarantine by law. We are asking
you as a patriotic service to actually
go into quarantine and stay there un-
til all danger of spreading the dis
ease is passed. Should the disease
become epidemic in your community,
it will be necessary to close all places
of public gathering.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
FULL CITY TICKET WILL BE
UP TO VOTERS AT PRIMARY
Election Will Be Held Tuesday, No
vember 5-TwO Women Have
Filed for CounciIwomen.

The following filings were made
last Saturday for the different Of
fices in the city government:
Mayor-M. Rumohr.
City clerk-Mrs. G. W. Sampson
and E. G. Gowing.
City treasurer-Mrs. Edna Reid
and Sam DAILY.
Councilman at large-J. L. Maston.
Councilman, First ward, two to be
elected-Mrs. K. johnson and ]. NJ.
Beamish.
Second ward, two to be elected
Mrs. A. Horey and Jas. Stelzig.
Councilman, Third ward, one to be
elected-A. T. Eyckmeier and Ches-
ter Dawson.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
WINTER AN OPPORTUNf TIME TO
TRAIN SCHOOL GARDEN ARMY
Secretary of Interior Lane Urges
This on All Public
Schools.

The United States School Garden
Army was organized in March, 1918.
President Wilson set aside $4,000
from his National Security and De-
fense appropriation to promote the
work for the first six months. He
has since appropriated 100000 more
to carry the work through another
ten months.
Two main purposes prompted the
planning of the U. S. School garden
army: (a) Increased food production
and (b) training of school children
in thrift, industry, service, patriotism
and responsibility.
The necessity for man power was
being felt. This was especially true
in agricultural pursuits. Not alone
were the drafted young men going
from the farms, but great numbers
of farm employees were being at
tracted to the cities by higher wages
offered in other industries. If the
millions of city boys and girls could
be induced to give their leisure time
to cultivating the thousands of acres
of untitled land in front and back
yards and vacant lots of our cities,
towns and villages, it would result in
substantial increase in food produc-
ton and an improvement in the quail
ity of our coming citizenship.
The bureau of education undertook
to accomplish this through the organ
ization of the United States school
garden army. 1t is an educational
problem and can be solved with econ
omy and efficiency only by the school
The plan or organization involves
(a) a general director who is respon-
sible for organization, propaganda,
and administration. (b) Regional
directors who are charged with the
responsibility of writing instructions
upon gardening that will enable the
supervisors and teachers to take a
garden company successfully through
season, even though not an expert
gardener. These instructions have
been put out in leaflet form and sent
from the central offices to all who
applied for them, (c) Assistant re-
r'onal directors who work under the
regional director and whose duties are
similar to those of the regional d.
rector excepting that of writing gar
- leaflets. (d) Cooperation with
state council of defense through a
state representative appointed by
them. (e) The army plan of organ
izing school boys and girls into COM
panies. of $50 or less under the di-
rection of a garden teacher, a cap
tain, first lieutenant and second lieu.
tenant. (f) An insignia for each en-
listed soldier. A double bronze bal
for the captain, single bronze ban
with two stars in the border for tht
first lieutenant, and one star for the
second lieutenant, and a combination
bronze and black enameled bar fol-
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have become interested in the garden
movement and are working with their
children in the home gardens. In
Salt Lake City alone 5000 mothers
representing sixty-two parental asso-
Citations are actively supporting food
production in the schools.
Thousands of civic, commercial and
patriotic organizations have become
interested in the movement and are
giving it hearty support.
One and one-half million children
have been given something to do IN
the summer; something that will help
carry the burden of their country in
this struggle for freedom, something
that will help them to build char acter
and something that viii appeal to
and develop their patriotism.
Home and vacant lot gardening in
cities, towns and villages have beer
dignified and made popular to / de-
gree that practically insures then :
prominent place in the school sys-
tenn of our country. 1t would be diff
ficult to estimate the educational ant
material value of such results.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
MEN ARRESTED FOR PAINT
ING A. DRAKE ACQUITTED

The following twelve Cashmere
citizens were arrested Tuesday for
stripping and painting Anderson
Drake last Saturday because he
would not buy Liberty bonds:
Charles Waters, w. 7. Terry, E. B.
Stowell, w. B. Patton, Tom Parrish,
E. A. Jacobs, Steward Sims, William
Doelle, Fred Weise, John Mallock, D.
F. Pickett and Chas. Becker.
They were tried in Wenatchee on
Wednesday by jury in justice court
and acquitted. In commenting on the
verdict the Wenatchee World of yes
terday said: "The verdict of the jury
was, Not guilty, but don't do il
again."
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
LEAVENWORTH BOND QUOTA
OVER TOP LAST SATURDAY
Now Twelve Thousand Over and Still
More to COme-First Town in
Chelan County.

Mr.. A. H. Sylvester, who had
charge of the Fourth Liberty bond
drive which began Saturday evening
September %, when practically one
half the amount required of this town
was subscribed, was made up and
went over the top in just one week.
When the Echo went to press last
night the amount subscribed was
slightly over 100000. 1t is known
that this amount will be yet further
augmented when the subscriptions
are all in. Leavenworth's quota is
$4,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
FIRST CAR OF WHEAT
FROM THE UPPER VALLEY

A car of wheat was recently shipped
from here to the Wenatchee Milling
company. This was the first car of
wheat ever shipped from here and by
someone who processes to know we
are told it is the first car of wheat
ever shipped by rail in Chelan county.
About two more cars are known to
be in the hands of the ranchers of
the upper valley, From this time on
it is probable that wheat growing
will become one of the occupations Of
the ranchers in this section.
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CHELAN BOY NOW ENSIGN.

A telegram from New York brings
the information that Ward ]. Hea-
cock, of Chelan, successfully COM
pleted the course in the U. S. N. A.
R. officers training school and was
last week commissioned an ensign.
He enlisted in the navy last Decem-
ber.-Chelan Leader.
Young Mr.. Heacock's father was
employed on the Echo for several
months the past summer and is now
employed on the Wenatchee World.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11

Mrs. D. NJ. Farris this week brought
the editor a sample of Alexander
apples grown on the Farris ranch at
Entiat, that have anything we have
yet seen beat to a standstill. The
three apples are perfect in form and
color, and free from blemish; weigh
three and one-half pounds and each
one measures fourteen and one-halt
inces in circumference. They look
good enough to eat, and we have a
feeling that in a very few days now
we'll be able to tell just how they
taste. Can anybody beat this sam
ple.-Entiat Times.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
KEEP CHILDREN OFF STREETS

The intention and the spirit of the
quarantine declared by County Health
Officer Culp, who was here today in
consultation with the town authori-
ties, will not be effective unless par
ents keep their children at home. The
object of closing the school is to
prevent groups getting together. This
can only be attained if children arc
kept off the street. If the law is
not obeyed in this respect way will
be found to make it cost parents
something for allowing their children
to disobey the quarantine law.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11

Fireman C. B. Thurston, well known
hcrke because of his long employ
ment on the Great Northern railroad,
died at Eveett October 5, victim of
the influenza. He was called to leave
here early in the morning, September
2sth, and told the round house fore
man that he was not feeling well,
and had a severe cold, but because of
the shortage of men he was urged to
go out on his regular run. He was
taken off the engine at Gold Bar, west
of the tunnel, and taken to the Eve
rett hospital, where he died on the
5th inst. 1t is said he developed
pneumonia before he died.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
CHUMsTIC SCHOOL NOTES.

The following pupils made a grade
of 100 in attendance during the first
month of school: Carl Foster, Anna
Fruechtnicht, Emma Fruechtnicht,
Lucille Horsman and Clara Webb. The
following pupils missed one day dur
ing the first month: Lizzie Cahill,
Susie Cahill and Willie Hanson.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-10-11
RAILROAD MEN SHOW WHICH
SIDE THEY ARE ON

Round House Foreman Smith said
up to Wednesday noon seven thous-
and dollars in subscriptions for the
Fourth Liberty loan had been taken
among the railroad men, and that he
hoped and believed that the subscrip-
ton could be increased to an even
ten thousand dollars.
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privates.
privates.
What Garden Army Has Ac-
complished in Six Month


One million five hundred thousand
boys and girls have responded to the
call of the president and enlisted in
the United States school garden army.
Twenty thousand acres of unpro-
ductive home and vacant lots have
been converted into productive land.
This will release an equal acreage
now used in truck gardening for the
production of other foodstuffs more
important for war purposes. 1t will
also relieve transportation conges-
ton through home consumption of
home produced foodstuffs.
Fifty thousand teachers have re-
ceived valuable instruction in gar
dening through the garden leaflet
written by experts in the office and
distributed from here.
Boards of education and other civic
organizations have been influenced
to give financial and moral support
to the school and home garden move
ment and to pay extra salaries foi
supervision and teaching.
Hundreds of thousands Of parents