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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04

Homesteaders, in making final proof
on their land sometimes fail to be able
to give the desired information relative
to their claim and the cause OF ii is a
lack of knowledge of the information
that is required. Witnesses are re-
quired to give, in substance, the same
information as the homesteader. For
these reasons witnesses should be pre-
pared to give short and correct answers
to the following questions. A little
preparation will simplify the work of
the commissioner, make the proofs
more passable and take up much less
time before commissioner in making
the proof
While there are other questions
to be asked they are all of such ma
ture as anyone eligible as witness or
principal can answer without hesita-
tion or preparation. But the following
questions must be answered to the sat
isfaction of the commissioner and of the
department before patent can be is
sued.
State specifically the character of the
land-whether it is timber, prairie,
grazing, farming, coal or mineral land.
When did the claimant settle upon
the homes tead, and at what date did he
establish his actual residence thereon?
Have claimant and family resided
continuously on the homestead since es-
tablishing residence thereon? (If set
tier is unmarried state the fact).
How much of the homestead has the
settler cultivated and for how many
seasons did he raise crops thereon?
What improvements are on the land
aud what are their value?
The claimant must also be able to an
swer, in addition to the above questions
the following:
When was your house built on the
land?
For what period or periods have you
been absent from the land since estab-
fishing your residence thereon?
Have you ever made any other home
stead entry? If so describe fully.
Have you sold, conveyed or mort
gagged any portion of the land, if so, to
whom and for what purposesp
A little study of these questions will
be beneficial to every homesteader
when he wishes TO make final proof and
will cut short the work of the commits
sioner in taking the proof, as well as to
make the proof more acceptable to the
department.-BigB Bend Chief.
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DRAFT THAT PAID FOR ALASKA
senator piles Discovers Historic Doc
ument which will be on EN-
hibitiOn at the Fair

United States Senator Piles has noli-
fed President Chilberg of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific Exposition that he has
found the original draft for S7,2OO,O0
paid by the United States to Russia for
Alaska. The cancelled draft was found
among the governments papers at the
national capital.
Senator Piles will arrange for the eX-
hibition of the draft at the exposition
in 1909. The check, covering the total
cost of the northern district, is regard
ed by exposition officials as one OF the
most significant and interesting eXhlbl-
tions the government could make for
Alaska.
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An Automatic Reporter

Automatic reporter" is the latest
invention for newspaper men, students
and business men. The new invention
consists of small graphophone, which
can be easily carried. When the news
paper man wants a verbatim interview
he springs his little graphophone on
his victim and proceeds to ask his
questions. AT distance of fifteen feet
the machine will register all that is
said, The record is next attached to a
slow device, so that the whole can be
easily transferred on typewriter. 1t
has an adjustment to connect with a
telephone on which the message can be
sent. The machine can be attached to
a telephone receiver and verbatim
record of all conversations taken while
the person to whom the conversation is
addrest hears it from the receiver
Philadelphia Press.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04
Notice to Dellnauent Oo-Owners

To Mildred Robinson and Frank s Robin.
son, her husband, and their heirs and as
signs:
You and each OF you are hereby notified that
during the year 1905 the undersigned expended
one hundred dollars Isl co. in labor and i'm
provements upon certain mining claim known
ts the Copper Queen" situated on Negro
Creek and about two miles from the mouth OF
said creek, which mining claim is more partic
ulnrly described in the notice of Location in the
office of the County Auditor OF Chelan County,
ecorded May 29th, 1899. Book Nj OF Mining
Claims at page 261; that said sum Of one humid
red dollars ($l0Ul was expended Tor labor and
improvements ON said claim, and the same was
performed and expended as and for the annual
labor on SAID claim for the year 1905 as required
by the provisions of section 1884 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the amend
ment thereto approved January 22nd, 1881.
corning annual labor upon mining claims; aud
the same was the amount required to be expend-
ed in order to hold said claim for said year.
You and each of you are further notified that
unless within ninety days after the personal
service OF this notice upon you or within ninety
days after the publication thereof you contrib
ute your proportion of such expenditure
owners, TO wit: the sum of twenty-five dollars
$3.50, your interest in the said claim win be fol-
faittd to the undersigned co-owners, who have
made such expenditure, and will become their
IN the manner provided by law.
Dated at Seattle, Wash, January |, 1907.
X. +. Nc ;ulough
Lillian S. Mccullough.
Co-owners OF said mining claim, who made
the required expenditure thereon.
First publication January 4, last March ~
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WOULD OCCUPY BROTHER's CELL
Governor Grants Pardon TO Convict
After Hostage Offer Is Made

BY Offering himself as hostage, G. f.
King, merchant of Rochester, N. Y,
won pardon from Governor Mickey of
Lincoln, Neb., for his brother, Harry
King, and the two are now on their
way east to visit their mother. King
was sentenced from Omaha for stealing
diamonds. Recently he wrote home
that he was dying in the penitentiary
from consumption and that he longed
to see his mother.
Appeals were made for pardon but
they were unheeded by the governor.
Then G. F. King, with his wife, accom-
panied by several friends from Roches-
ter, came to Nebraska and personally
pleaded with the governor. When Mr.
King offered to occupy his brother
cell until his return the governor made
personal inquiry, and finding the pris-
oner was seriously i'll, granted the Iull
pardon Chicago Record-Herald.
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TIMBER LAND NOTICE.

United States Land Onicc,
WaterVllle, Wash.
Sept. s, 1860
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of The Act of Congress Of
June ?, 1873, entitled "An Act for the Sale of
Timber Lands in the States Of California Ore
gon, Nevada and Washington Territory as
extended to all Public Land States by Act of
August 4, .s92,
Calvin Young.
OF Levenworth, County of Chelan, State of
Washington, has this day filed in this office his
sworn statement No. 6S7. for the purchase of
the ma ne14, sel4 nel4 4 neh sell OF Section
No. % in, Township No W N, Range Is T.. W.
M and will offer proof TO show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and TO estab
lish his claim to said land before j. E. Shore
us. Commissioner at his office at Leayenworth
Wash, on Monday, the 18th day of Jany. 1907
He names as witnesses: John Is. Cahill, Jas.
Ainge, William Douglas and John Conway, all
of Leavenworth Wash
Any ana all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said l4th
day of January, 1906.
Nov l6-Jan II w F, HAYNES, Register.
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Ballot Box Stumng at Beauty show
Brings on "a Fight

In riot precipitated in East Finlay,
Pa, recently, following prize beauty
contest, two leading aspirants for prizes
were hurt and are in state OF collapse
while half the male population OF the
township is laid up for repairs and
threatened with arrest.
The contest narrowed down to
struggle between Misses Francis and
Simpson. 1t was asserted that votes
not paid for had been cast, and Miss
Francis hackers are alleged to have
torn open the ballot box.
A partisan of Miss Simpson is said to
have struck Miss Francis and a general
fight ensued The lights were turned
out, and in the confusion and fight both
Miss Francis and Miss Simpson, who
had tainted, were trampeled and SER
iously hurt Several OF their male
friends were badly beaten and two ply
sicians were busy half of the night
Philadelphia North American.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04

If you know yourself to be indebted
to The Echo for past due subscription.
and it will he taken for granted thai If
YOU are behind you know it, we shall
esteem it great favor il you will re-
init One dollar is not much to each
individual subscriber, but if fifty or
seventy-five who are behind would pay
up you can readily see what it will
mean to us The Echo. 36u
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1907-01-04

1t now appears that Uncle Sans
sailors are not barred from public
dancing pavilions because they don't
wear white collars, but because the
plain civilian lads are jealous of Uncle
Sans jolly sea dogs At least that's
one explanation.
FINAL PROOF NOTICE.
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FINAL PROOF NOTICE.
Department OF interior
Land office at Waterville, Wash,

Department of Interior
Land office at Waterville, Wash,
Dec. l. 1905
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make five year final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
j. E. Shore, u S Commits -ioner, at his office
at Leavenworth, Wash on January l5 1907 viz
Peter Rosen of Merritt, Wash. who made
homestead entry No. S5l7 July 3, 1905 for lot /,
seA nell sec 4, twp 20 n, r 10 f w M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz:
James II. McEyoy, Nelson Forsyth Fred
Cleemann and Harry b. Smith, all of Merritt,
Wash w. +. HAYNES.
Dec 7-Jan Register.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04

culiar course of the temperature, by
marked abdominal symptoms, by an
eruption upon the skin. But there is
nothing in what goes by the name of
insanity to further diagnosis as that
term is understood by medical men
generally
Perhaps, adds DR.. Savage, there is
no need to wonder at this. since many
have to be treated as lunatics whose
brains and nervous systems show no
change whatever from the normal
course of what is. recognized as sanity.
Unfortunately, the impulse to define
and classify sometimes leads to misin-
depreciation of a deplorable kind.
Such, for example, is the false view.
as DR.. Savage deems it, that every per-
son of unsound mind is a lunatic.
That, he says, is 'pseudo-legar' abb
surdity. obviously there are many
persons of unsound mind who are
neither dangerous to themselves nor
to others-why therefore, regard them
as aliens?" The true difficulty, insists
this distinguished expert, is that the
disease insanity does not exist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
New Automatic Rife.

The self-loading or automatic musk
ct is now being seriously considered
as the infantry arm of the future The
equipment of the great armies o. tho
world with an improved rifle is hardly
completed when the mechanics begir
work on a new weapon. At the receni
examinations of the German Wal
Academy the automatic rifle was one
of the themes for discussion. The
piece now on trial has magazine
holding ten cartridges; the recoil il,
utilized to load and cock Consequent
ly the soldier can remain quietly il
position, never removing his eye from
the target, and fire his ten shots
New York Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Many Ladies Have Poor Compilations
from Coffee.

Coffee caused dark colored blotehes
on my face and body. I had beer
drinking it for a long while and these
blotches gradually appeared, until
finally they became permanent and
were about as dark as coffee itself.
It formerly had as fine complex
ion as one could ask for.
when I became convinced that cot.
fee was the cause of my trouble,
changed and took to using Postum
Food Coffee, and as I made it well, &C.
cording to directions, liked it very
much, and have since that time used
it in place of coffee.
Il am thankful to say am not ner
vous any more, as was when was
drinking coffee, and my complexion is
now as fair and good as it was years
ago. 1t is very plain that coffee caused
the trouble"
Most bad compilations are caused
by>some disturbance of the stomach
and coffee is the greatest disturber OF
digestion known. Almost any woman
can have {. fair complexion if she will
leave OF coffee and use Postum Food
Coffee and nutritious, healthy food in
proper quantity. Postum furnishes
certain elements from the natural
grains from the field that Nature uses
to rebuild the nervous system and
when that is in good condition, one
can depend upon a good complexion
as well as a good healthy body.
There's a Reason" Read, THE Road
TO MELVILLE" in Dkgs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
Roehr Bill CONQUERED In.


The assembly concurred in the
Roehr bill providing for charter
convention for the city of Milwaukee.
J. r. Jones, of Monroe county, moved
that the bill be killed, but his motion
was lost. The bill has already passed
the senate and now goes to the SOW
ernor for his approval. 1t provides
that each political party shall be en-
titled to one delegate to the conven-
ton for every 1000 votes or major
fraction thereof cast by it at the last
general election. These delegates
are to be nominated by petition and
elected on the first Tuesday following
the first Monday Of next November
The convention is to meet on the sec
ond Monday of next January. It's du.
ties, as set forth in the bill, are: ITO
make study of the needs of cities of
the first class, Milwaukee, with re-
spect to charter legislation to the end
that it shall be able to present to the
next legislature a measure or meas
ures that shall confer upon cities OF
the first class a comprehensive home
rule charter"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
HAPPENED AT BAD TIME.
Minister'S Fall Significant in View Of
Previous Words.

In small church in one of the min
ing towns of Pennsylvania was pull
pit both antique and unique. 1t was
about the size and shape of flour
barrel, was elevated from the floor
about four feet and was fastened to
the wall. The ascent was by narrow
winding steps.
A minister from neighboring town.
q man of great vigor and vehemence,
preached there one Sunday. While
preaching he bent forward and shout
ed out with great force the words of
his text:
'The righteous shall stand, but the
wicked shall fall"
Just as these words escaped from
MS lips, the pulpit broke from its
fastening, and he fell out and rolled
over on the floor before his cougre-
CATION In an instant he was on his
feet again and said:
Brethren, am not hurt, and l
don't mind the fall much, but do
hate the connection"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
Ia the Sailors Friend.

Sixty thousand sailors look to H. A.
HaSbury for advice and for protec.
ton. Nj. Hamburg is the United
States shipping commissioner for the
port CT New York. He is the sailors
judge and jury. The men who sign
on foreign craft now must appear be.
fore him for their papers instead OF
going to the consuls of the various
countries. He decides all disputed
questions between the men and their
sailing masters. Many of the abuses
of these men that formerly were com.
mon, such as compelling them to buy
their outfits from the ship owners OF
captains, have been done away with
under Mr.. Hanbury's rule. His Office
is on the Battery park, New York,
where he easily can reach all the
ships leaving that port.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04

of his fine mansion, and of all the val
liable things that are in its many
rooms, Mr.. Croker is far prouder of
his stud. That was what he wanted
me to see all the time.
But before we came to the stables
| was able to get good general i'm
preston of Glencairne itself. The en-
trance gate, in solid cut granite, seems
rather strange to an Irish eye, and
looks like the gable of a house in an
old Belgian town like Broges. The
lawns and flower beds are laid out
with great taste, and to-day are per-
feet riot of green and colors.
There are few buildings in Ireland
like Glencairne Most of the great
residential houses in this country
were erected in the eighteenth CEN
fury, when domestic architecture was
conceived in somewhat commonplace
vein. Glencairne is not unique, but
is certainly exceptional in Ireland. 1t
is a noble pile, crowned with an Irish
tower in the center and beautifully
chaste Italian portico running from
the hall door on the west, round the
building to the south, and Sc to the
gardens. The house is built of cut
granite, and part of the wall of the
original building, once the residence
of well known Irish judge, is incor-
porated in it.
In the Japanese Room.
But to return to the Japanese room.
1t is indeed a gem. There are no cor
ners in it as in an ordinary room. The
corners" are all circular, and they are
covered with charming and quaint
Japanese tapestry. The ceiling is
Japanese, with a perfect aviary of
Japanese birds painted with excellent
taste, full of life and movement. At
the other side of the hall is Mr..
Cookers own study. Here on the wall
is an address from the Democratic
club of New York, of which the ex-
leader is absolutely proud. Here, too,
are some books, many of them relat-
ing to American affairs, one by his
friend, w. J. Bryan.
And here, above all, are large pho
tographs of Mr. Crokers two dead
sons. He shows the pictures to you
without any apparent emotion, be-
cause he is a man who has mastered
emotion. Presently, as you go through
the house, you will see, off the large
and handsome corridor upstairs, a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04

various branches of the Croker fam
lily as given in Burke.
On the left of the staircase, as you
go up, there is a fine piece of tapes
try, showing Glencairne itself, with
gaily dressed women on the lawn.
Setting aside the oratory and the
fine corridor, there is nothing upstairs
that Mr.. Croker seems to be anxious
to show you, except an old-fashioned
bed in one of the rooms, which once,
it appears, belonged to Daniel O'Con-
nell
Old and Quaint Engraving.
After this substantial piece of do.
nestle comfort, the thing that seemed
to excite Mr.. Cookers interest most
was an old and quaint engraving of a
meeting of the pugilists, Heenan and
Sayers, hanging among other things
of the kind, in passage leading to
the billiard room
| mentioned the billiard room. Like
the large strong room, with the Gro
ker archives, it is off Mr. Cookers
study, and is a noble apartment, con-
Mr.. Croker in the United States. This
room can be entered not only from
Mr.. CrOker's own room, but also from
the hall and again from the grounds
and, finally, there is communication
with the kitchen, to facilitate the at
tendance of servants. The walls are
oak panelled, and decorated with oil
s,,ks oI1A ~1o4zo
of the chief streets and buildings of
New York, including Wall street,
Tammany Hall, the post Office, the
city hall, Central park, Fifty-ninth
street, Fifth avenue and the Demo-
cratic club
The bedrooms are in the Adam
style. The bathrooms, ETC., are sump-
tuously fitted and have beautiful tiled
walls and floors, and all the bedrooms
have their own supply of hot and cold
water
The drawing room and dining room
were the two last apartments to
which Mr.. Croker conducted me- The
most striking adornment of the draw
ing room is a gigantic tiger rug with
the head raised, the jaws open and
the terrifying teeth fully displayed
Glad to Show People Around.
Mind the tiger" said Mr.. Croker
a timely injunction, as one might cas-
lily trip over its head.
"A wonderful skim" answered ad-
.miringly.
Yes" replied Mr.. Croker. Il get
the finest. / admire the tiger The
panelling is in bird's-eye maple, and
here again the elaborate decorating
of the ceiling is in the refined and
delicate Adam style.
The dining room is the most spa
cious room at Glencairne. The walls,
like those of the hall. are mahogany
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
INSURANCE INVESTMENTS.
How One company's Assets Are Dis.
tributed in the South and West.

In connection with its withdrawal
from Texas, along with many other
companies, rather than to submit to
the new law which requires that 1870
of the reserves on Texas policies shall
be invested in securities of that state,
which securities shall be deposited in
the state and subjected to heavy taxa
ton, in addition to the large tax now
imposed on life insurance premiums,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society
has made public the distribution of its
assets, at the end of the second year
of the new management. The Equit-
able now has $10,958, 900 invested in
Texas, which is twice as much as the
new law requires, but the manage
ment decided that to submit to the
additional taxation would be an injus-
tice to it's policyhoIders in other
states, which impose no such penalty
on the thrift of their citizens.
The Equitable's report shows that
more than 379o of it's total reserves
are now invested in the southern and
western states, while only $3.50 of its
total insurance is carried in these
states. It's investments are distributed
as follows: Ala, $3,O99,0OO; Ariz.,
$974,0OO; Ark, $4,O3S,OOO CAL, S.
$4,000; Col, 1922, 900; Fla, $4,924,-
900; Ca. $4,O48. 900; Idaho, SIS, 49,, 900;
ILL.,, $12,617,00O; Ind. Ter, SAB, 900;
Ind, $6,S36,OO0; Iowa, $3,690,OOO; Kan.
sas, $11,637, 900; KY, $2,631, 900; La,
$3,054,O00 Nd, $2.2O7, 900; Mich, &c.
009, 900; Mimi, $2,O65 900; Miss, $751;
900; Mo-, $8,197, 900; Mont, 81, 800, 900;
Neb., $7,526,OOO; New, $64O,OOO; New
Mex, $1,376,O0O; N. c., s1,649OOO; N.
d., $677, 900; Ohio, $11, 1884, 900; Okla,
$1,OO6,0O0; Ore, $1,15S,OOO; S. c.,
1915, 900; S. D., $1,3O5, 900; Tenn, ST.
100000; Utah, $2,134,OOO; Va, $685.
900; Wash, $1,2O2, 900; w. Va, $5,523,-
900; Wis, $2.342. 900; Wyo., $3,367 900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-04
is THERE INSANITY?
Absolute Sanity Declared by Expert
Not to Exist.

Anglo Saxons are so prone to take
.common-sense views of things that
they seldom realize the full force of
the familiar saying that all men have
some form of madness in them, says
Current Literature. The sound infer
ence is, as is pointed out by DR.. G. H.
Savage, the eminent English alienist.
In a recent Lancet paper, that perfect
sanity would be not only undesirable
in itself, but from a strictly scientific
point of view, impossible For a per-
fectly sane person-were such thing
thinkable-would be dull and uninter-
esting-a medfocrity, nonenity The
point to seize, however, as DR.. Savage
impresses upon us, is that there can
be no comprehensive idea or defini-
ton of insanity, because the thing
does not really exist. No scientist can
set up any standard of nationality de-
parture from which would comprise or
denote insanity. One can diagnose a
case of typhoid because it is a con-
tinued fever characterized by a pc