The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-03-04
WHAT THEY SAY

That every man who is killed in war
costs s274O.
That water is considered king in the
Yakima country.
That there are no cuss words in the
japanese language.
That a Bellingham Company has
planted seven tons of japanese oysters
at East Sound.
That Frank Dallam is building
house in Riverside and will soon have a
newspaper there.
Senator Scott, of West Virginia, says
Roosevelt and Elkins would make
winning presidential team,
That the Nooksack river which has
been closed to navigation for twelve
years by log jam was opened last
week.
That Colonel Henry Watterson, edi-
tor of the Louisville Courier-Journal,
will he in Washington on lecturing
tour in April.
That more than one fourth of the six
hundred and sixty students at the State
University are working their way
through college.
That the number of newspapers in
Okanogan county have doubled in six
months, and that at the present time
there are about half dozen.
That B. n. Kennedy, well known
newspaper man and printer who was
! formerly connected with the Record at
Conconully, will soon start a paper at
Alma.
That Governor Mcbride is to be in
itiated into the Woodmen Of the World
on March 12th, and big crowd will
go from Seattle to see him ride the
wooden goat.
That Seattle carpenter by the name
of Steva, who is working at Fort Flag
Ter, last Sunday went out in the woods
and killed three hundred pound bear
with club.
That one republican convention will
meet this year, in Tacoma, on May II.
/ instead of two, as heretofore, and that
the wisdom OF the change is questioned
/ by large number Of republican war
horses.
That the Chicago Coliseum where
the Republican national convention will
be held June 81, will seat 10, 900 people.
Two hundred and fifty desks for news
paper men will be grouped in semi
circle around the platform.
That the democratic state convention
is called TO meet in Olympia on the sec
ond day of June to nominate ten dele
gates to the national convention which
meets in ST. Louis. Having decided to
hold two state conventions.
That a man told the marshall of Kit
sap that he was better off in jail than
out, because the city was compelled to
feed him and give him bed, and that it
is Nighttime that measures are adopted
which will change the views of such
men.
That Richard Giblin, of Chiwaukum,
will be a candidate for the nomina-
tion for representative before the dem
ocratic county convention this year, and
that the democrats could not put
up a better man than Uncle Dick, but
there are not enough democrats to elect
him.
That theFarmer's institute which was
held at Mission last week was well at
tended and resulted in much good,
number of papers of interest to farmers
and fruit growers were read and dis
cussed. Prof C. L. Smith of the Agri-
cultralCollege delivered several lectures
on popular topics under discussion.
That the Chelan County Horticultur-
al and Horticultural Association will
meet Tuesday, March IA, at p. M, at
the Commercial Club room in Wenat-
chee. The question of securing spray
material for the coming season will be
considered. Also the proposition OF
warehouse near the depot will be taken
up and acted on As the busy season
soon opens this will be the last oppor-
tunity for large meeting.
That the Waterville high shcool has
accepted the challenge issued by the