The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-08-13

SeCIioHS IL may go as strong as last
year. It will be of better grade this
year, too, than it was last year. 1t is
running So and 81 pounds to the
bushel. Spring wheat around Ritz
vile is running from 10 to 20 bush
els to the acre, which is good for that
district. Montana will have a great
crop. 1t is estimated at 10000, 900
bushels, compared with 10000, 900
last year"
Edward Stanfeld received the an
nual prize of a four horse whip from
the Superior Milling company of Wi
mona, Whitman county, for the first
load of wheat brought in. This wheat
was Early Balth, and tested 50
pounds to the bushel.
Pullman residents will assist farm
ers of the community in extinguish-
ing field and other farm fires. Tele-
phone calls from the rural district,
will bring a volunteer fire brigade
from the chamber of commerce.
equipped with apparatus. The idea
is novel and should prove an effective
channel for looking up the interests
of town and district.
Leonard Reister, pioneer of Hunt
ers, Stevens county, died July 26 af-
ter a lingering Illness. Mr.. Reister
was civil war veteran, served two
enlistments and was fond of telling
of when Buffalo Bill, attached to his
company as a scout, wanted to give
him $400 and new horse for a par
ticularly fine horse Mr.. Reister had.
An escort and firing party of ex-ser-
vice men provided military honors az
the funeral.
Beginning August 4 the road 20
Mount Spokane was opened to autos.
County Engineer Baker of Spokane,
says a guard will be placed at each
end of the mountain road to prevent
accidents and no cars will be allowed
to start up the mountain after / p.
M, and none will be allowed to start
down until after 2:30 p. m. He also
advised those who plan to make the
trip to the summit to see that the
brakes on cars are in good order
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Hay harvest in the timothy district
along the Palouse river, east of the
town of Palouse, is now we'll under
way and the yield is reported to be
equal to that of any in the history of
the country. Cleared land along the
river bottom for 35 miles or more
east of Palouse, in Idaho, is virtually
all in timothy, the country having
been noted for many years for fine
forage produced Growers are re-
ceivng $50 ton and the yield rang
es from two to three tons per acre.
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J. T. Worthington, aged 50, one of
the most widely known pioneers of
the Palouse, died at Rosalia. He was
born in Kentucky and came to Whit
man county "A years ago, locating on
a homestead near Rosalia, which he
still owned, with other extensive
farm holdings, at the time of his
death.
f. G. Bonny, publisher of the Trib-
une-Register at Connel which was
burned out July s, is moving O
Uniontown where he will publish a
weekly paper. The Pasco Herald
has taken over the Tribune Register
and will continue its publication.
The old Crab Creek postoffice on
the Russell NJ. Bacon estate near Da
venport, and built in 1871, will bc
moved to the Lincoln County Pioneer
picnic grounds. The cabin will be
equipped with typical pioneer furn-
ture, This was the first postoffice in
the Big Bend country and mail was
carried on horseback in the early days
from Walla Walla and distributed
there to the inhabitants of Daven-
port, Wilson Creek, Almira, Wilbur
and other towns throughout the
county.
The first annual Merchants conven-
tion covering Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon at Spokane was
eminently successful. The 500 mer-
chants in attendance will reach g.
OO'OO persons in Spokane's trade ter
ritory. The object was the education
Of the public in retailing and dis
tributive methods and the develop
ment of cooperation between retail