The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-06-24

The democratic state convention is
called to meet at Bellingham on Au-
gust End.
A. E. Mead, republican candidate
for governor will deliver an address on
the 9th OF July at Twisp, Okanogan
county.
The assessor OF Douglas county has
doubled the railroad assessment in that
county. Last year it was $500, 900. this
year 1t is fixed at 81, 100000.
Surveyors are at work on the propos-
ed line Of railway from the Great
Northern to the northern part of the
county. The survey began at Ephrata.
Big Bend Empire.
There have been three deaths from
diphtheria in Waterville within the
last two weeks. 1t is believed that
others who have the disease will recov-
er says the Empire.
The Big Bend Empire sa' a party
of gentlemen who went from Water
Vile to the Entiat river fishing, last
week, had to go to Orondo for accom-
modations, the Entiat people would not
keep them on account of the diphtheria
scare.
Arrangements are lready under way
for market day opening, July 10, and
it is evidently going to be the next
thing to celebration. The Wenatche
band has already been engaged for the
occasion and monster dance is to be
given in the evening .-Wenatche Ad-
vance.
The engineer of the Adams county
electric line company has arrived from
the east and he is now engaged in sur
veying the route OF the projected road
from Davenport, Wash, north to the
Columbia river. The promoters of the
project expect to begin construction on
the work this summer.
The Editor of the Brewster Herald
says he has hundred dollar bill to wa
ger that the Bridgeport baseball nine
cannot beat the Brewster team. A
country editor with hundred dollar
bill? Great Scott. Where did you get
it? Oh! All! l see. That is his boy Bill
that he values at hundred dollars.
The widest planks ever cut in the
state of Washington have been turned
out by the Grays Harbor Commercial
Company, Cosmopolis, for exhibition at
the worlds fair. They are Grays Har-
Dor spruce, are six in number and their
dimensions are three inches in thick
ness, ten feet four inches in width and
seven feet long. They were cut this
short length for the purpose for getting
them into the car.
A Pendleton man has applied for a
pension and states that he has been
married ten times and divorced from
eight of the ten, one having died before
he had time to secure divorce and
the last one he is yet living with. II
they do not hurry up with that pension
the chances are he will have q divorce
and be married again, as he was only
divorced one time twelve days before
being married again.
The whole number OF government
employees under the civil service rules
is $50, 1888. OF these 1855 are in the
District of Columbia There is a great
range in ages; 101 are over 80 years of
age, while 8, 422 are below the age of 20
years. There are but 32S clerks who
have served more than forty years
Out of the whole number 1000 receive
salaries OF less than S720 per annum,
and so, 900 of more than sl400.
C. W. Mccoy & Co. this week closed
up big real estate deal in which the
c. nsideration was $40,sSO The land
sold was the old Brown ranch, Is miles
southeast of Sprague. There are 1855
acres in the ranch. This land was pur
chased about a year ago by Glenn s.
Dent OF Spokane fors3o, 900. The recent