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Barton County democrat., 1908-03-20
Clerk Of the District Court

l hereby annouce myself as candidate for
nomination to the office Of Clerk Oh the District
Court d: Barton County, subject to the decision
Of the Democratic voters at the general Iprimarv
In August.
L. J. neCarrno
Barton County democrat., 1908-03-20
Fer Register Of Deeds.

thereby announce myself as a candidate for
the denomination for Register Of Deeds, subject to
the decision Of the Democratic voters at the gen.
eral primary.
E, Z, Emerson
Barton County democrat., 1908-03-20

We cal lyour attention to the an
nouncement of G. F. Younkin now
superintendent Of the Pawnee
Rock schools, as a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
county clerk. A more extended
notice will appear later.
Barton County democrat., 1908-03-20
For County Clerk.

hereby announce myself as a candidate for
the nomination for County Clerk Of Barton County
subject to the decision Of the Democratic voters
the general primary in August.
C. r Younb;n
Barton County democrat., 1908-03-20

beginning saturday morning and last.
ing all next week We shall put on Gale
something like 800 pair of mems pants.
one and two pair of kind. Pants that
nave been selling at $500, 1926, $50 and
even as high as $500. We are going 70
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03

glad of the opportunity to meet and
greet friends and neighbors at the same
time. The ladies of the district, as
sisted by Mrs. H. H. Meeker and
Mr.. Nichols, remained at the
schoolhouse in the afternoon, to
decorate the tree Tor the evening. The
schoolhouse had been previously deco
rated by the teacher and pupils, and
this, with the beautiful tree and its rich
crop of presents, presented an attract
i've appearance.
The program rendered in the even
ing was exceedingly good, and the
teachers and pupils deserve much
credit for their untiring efforts to make
the event a success. At the end of
the program Santa made his appearance
and distributed a large number oil
presents and a nice treat of candy, nuts
and oranges. Everyone returned home
feeling that the day had been well
spent, and looking forward to more
such events.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
As Furnished for the Week Ending Dec. %
by the Chelan County Abstract
Company

CHI Chapman to F c Nielsen, lot
9, b 81, replat First add to Wen, $3.50.
&c Nielsen to Julia A Bullock, lot
g, b 81, replat First add to Wen, $500.
&C Wolcott to H A P Glover, e
interest sH nwA lots 8 and 4, sec. /,
81, 20, 81.
Cary B Fly to Mcfarland, part s13
swA, sec a. %, 10, $875.
IA Shotwell to c F Keiser, part e7a
swA, e1a VIZ sw Il, sec Is, %, 7
10, $1S,5OO.
School Dist 49 to LID Lbr Co, part
swA seH, sec l, "a, II, $500.
&c Lilly to VIM E Human, seq
neH, sec 7, %, 10, 5000.
Wen Dew Co to VIM B Smith, lots
81 and 80, b 80, G N plat Wen, $3.50.
CHI Wildberger to Nell M Wildber-
ger, lot Q, b Q, Fairview add Wen, 81.
u S to VIM Buzzard, e1a nwA n19
neH, sec Z6, 80, II.
Wen Dew Co to M K Wilkinson, lots
II and 13, b 81, G N plat Wen, 5000.
Carrie B Turner to M Raasch, lot
d, b S, Merriams add to Leaven-
worth, 500.
LII Breese to Helen D Trimble,
~ neA, seq swA sec ~ %, 20,
$4,000.
Al Hamilton to J J Burner, lots 10
and II, u lot g, b II, G N plat
Wen, $3.50.
HF Hubbard to Burner, lots 10
and H. s15, lot 9, b II, G N plat
of Wen, 81.
MF Peake to A A Gutherless, part
lot 4, sec 6, "a, IS, $1,000.
Is Phillippi to A B Phillippi, S zoo
| # of ny swA swA, Do, %, T 20,
$3.50.
Helen D Trimble to L H Breese,
lot 6, b 2, Fairview add to Wen, $4,000.
Wen Dew Co to Blanche Leedy, loi
g, b 81, G N plat OF Wen, 500.
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TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
Routine Business Transacted and Num-
Der of Bills Allowed

The council met in adjourned ses-
sion, Thursday night, Dec. Dc.
The paying Of the usual monthly
bills was the first matter of importance
to come up, and the following were
allowed:
D. H. Magyar, 5000.
Moore Co., $16.05.
Leavenworth Mercantile Co., $15.95.
VIM. Harris, SIS.
Debord & Abbott, $3.50.
J. G. Debord, Inspector of cleo
tions, So.
]. R. Persinger, election clerk, IS.
]. D. Wheeler, election judge, IS.
Thos. Burke, election judge, IS.
Bert Coble,. election clerk, So.
]. G. Debord, ST.,
Guy Hamilton, $500.
Pioneer Bindery & Printing Co.,
$4.2O.
Star Livery Barn, So.
Tum. Light & Water Co., $1,000.
Total allowance of $1,000.
Ordinance No. SO coming up on the
second reading, action was postponed.
Ordinance No. 40, relating to the
storing and use of explosives, was read
a second time and passed.
Messrs. Edwards and Woldenberg
were appointed a committee to inter
view President Davis Of the light and
water company, in regard to the light
ing bill and the cost of printing the
ordinance granting the franchise for the
Wenatchee Valley & Northern Railway
Company.
Council adjourned to meet again
Jan. 3.
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to take effect Jan. /, 1908. The New
York Herald, and Times, are consider
ing the same thing. Next thing we
know, pencils and paste will be adj
vanced in price, and as for shears, well,
country editors will have to borrow a
pocket knife from some subscriber,
that's all.
Two witnesses were in the justice
court, the other day, in case which
concerned long-continued poultry-steal-
ing. AS usual, nothing could be got
from them in the way of evidence, un-
til the manipulated prosecuting attor-
ney asked in a tragic tone: Will
you swear, Mike Brady, that Jerry Ma
lone has never, to your knowledge,
stolen chickens ?" The responsibility
of this last lie was too much for the
witness. Shure, l don't know about
that same,'' said Mike; but I do
know" he added, Strengthening him
self, that if I was a chicken, and
Malone was about, I'd roost high"
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New Canning factory

Did We hear about the new can
ming factory we're going to have in
Leavenworth ?" said one citizen to
another, yesterday, in the Leavenworth
Mere. Co.'S store; they're going to
begin work on it next week"
All, g'wan," said citizen No. 3;
they can't build this kinda weather.
What kinda factory ( What they going
to can ?"
Going to can snow to ship to Alas
ka," said No. I, as he dug a SNOWFALL
out of his ear, where kid outside had
more or less carefully deposited it,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03

In the fire which occurred in the
Washington Children's Home, at Nor
timer, near Seattle, at an early hour on
Saturday morning, little Hazel Lee was
one of the two children burned to
death. Death mercifully removed the
mother, and thus spared her the an
guish of this last stroke Of the hand OF
fate for the Lee family.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03
Rank FoOlishness

When attacked by a cough or
cold, or when your throat is sore, it is
rank foolishness to take any other med
icine than DR.. King New Discovery"
says c. o. Eldridge, Of Empire, Ga.
" I have used New Discovery seven
years and I know it is the best remedy
on earth for coughs and colds, Group,
and all throat and lung troubles. My
children are subject to Group, but New
Discovery quickly cures every attack. "
Known the world over as the King Of
throat and long remedies. Sold under
guarantee at City Drug Store. SOC and
S1.00. Trial bottle free.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03
FIR 7 " IGS
By Lue +. Vernon

A woman in Tacoma, who advertised
for " girl to do light house work ="
received a letter from an applicant,
who said her health needed sea air, and
asked if the woman would kindly in
form her where the lighthouse was
situated.
A scientific journal says that a load
of coal left outdoors for month loses
one-third of its heating power" 1t loses
all of it here in Leavenworth, so far as
the owner of the coal is concerned.
In territorial days they used to string
a man up for stealing horse. Now
adays a man who steals an automobile
is given a purse for Kidding the coun-
try of nuisance.
If the Sunday newspapers continue
to enlarge in the future as in the past,
a special building will have to be
erected, by cooperation Of publishers,
in each town, to store them in.
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TOUCHING TALE OF DESERTION
Wenatchee Woman Abandoned by Her
Husband Dies in Seattle
Hospital

A story of the desertion at Wenat-
chez of a woman with a three-year-old
child, and her death in Seattle hos
pital after giving birth to another, is
told in a Seattle paper of Saturday last
The day following the death of the
mother the little three-year-old girl
was burned to death in the fire which
destroyed the Washington Children's
Home. near Seattle, on Saturday, Dec.
18th.
The following is the story of this un-
usually sad affair:
Deserted by her husband, abandoned
by her father, and forgotten by all her
natural protectors, Mrs. Hazel Lee OF
Wenatchee died at the Wayside Emer-
gency hospital three days after her ar
rival, Dec. 10, and a few hours after
she had given to the world little girl
babe. When she died, Miss Catherine
Major, superintendent of the hospital,
wired Mrs. Lees father, Dan Watson,
at Conconully, informing him of her
death and that he was the grandfather
of another child. But she received
the brief reply, Bury her there" and
no offer of assistance either for the
three-year-old child or the newly born
babe was made.
1T is the saddest and most heart
rending case that have ever come IN
contact with" said Miss Major. Just
three days before the poor woman died
she came to the hospital. Her strength
was nearly gone, but she managed to
tell US that she was penniless and a6an-
doned. She brought with her sweet
faced child called Hazel, and seemed
to be afraid that she would be taken
from her. Her love for the infant was
touching. I managed to get from her
the information that her father lived IN
Conconully, and Immediately com
municated with him, but he absolutely
refused to help her in any way l
thought, however, when she died he
would show some feeling, but death
never changed him and he has taken
no notice of the children. As for the
husband, have no means OF tndlng
out where he is, but l think man
who would abandon woman at the
time when his affection and support are
most needed should be severely pun
ished."
The two little ones, Hazel and We
natchee, are in the care OF the Wash
ington Children's Home Society. Su-
perintendent L. J. Covington today
said that he would apply for warrant
for the arrest of Lee, charging him
with abandonment Of his children.
This, under the law, is felony punish
able with a penitentiary sentence.
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Congregational Church.

Services will be held next Sunday as
usual. Sunday school at 10 o'clock
M: sermon at II; young people,
meeting at $50, followed by sermon
at 1880. All welcome.
Many thanks to all for contributions
and patronage of the New Years din
ner serv. I'd in the church parlor. The
sum real lied was upwards of $50.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03

Now the holiday papers come
The mistress, how happy she looks,
For she knows the cook can now make
fire,
Without tearing the large cook
books
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Advertised Letters

Remaining in postoffice, uncalled for
Dec. 80, 1907:
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03

A Leavenworth man was waiting for
his wife to get ready to go to a show
called, Are You Crazy? ~ recently,
and impatiently called: " For good
ness sake, Emma, why do you have
six buttons on your gloves 1t takes
you a day to get ready. Wouldn't
two buttons do Just as we'll " No,
dear" replied his better half; if
there were only two buttons there
would be four vacant button holes.
Now, just help me on with my cloak,
that's dear man.
A Seattle minister ordered quail in
the Rathskeller cafe in that city. The
game warden happened along and after
the divine had finished his repast,
gathered in the bones as evidence.
Quail is out of season, you know. The
waiter VINO SGINCu lllC lAlAlIotSA was "a
rested and fined one hundred dollars.
It's my opinion that the waiter does
not think the minister bird. "
It's strange and peculiar, but hard
boiled fact, so to speak, just the same,
that wages of laborers in Seattle are
being reduced, while room rent and
foodstuff is advancing in cost, and if
a man takes time to study economic
matters, he is just losing that amount
of time he should seize and grasp in
hustling enough coin of the realm to
pay his laundry bill and for his bowl OF
noodles. Hey
Owing to increased cost of white
paper, the P.-I. and Times, of Seattle,
have advanced the price Of subscription,
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There is a report among the railroad
men that ]. E. Hood, formerly division
superint, .ndent of the Spokane division,
is now holding down a job on the
Portland & Seattle road.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-01-03
To Our Friends,
Patrons and All

We extend our heartfelt wishes for happy
and prosperous New Year. We thank you
for the generous business extended us. The
closing year has been the biggest year, by
far, in our history
The coming year will find us trying harder
than ever to give you bigger Values larger
assortments, and better SERVICE We want you
to be satisfied with anything and everything
you buy, and we stand ready always to re-
fund money exchange goods, if you are
not satisfied.
Our constant aim is to more thoroy satisfy
our increasing trade. You can always rely on
our advertisements, and depend on the quail
ity of our goods, no matter how low the price,
Surely this is a safe place to trade. We
want your patronage only by deserving it.
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PESHASTIN NEWS

Merry Christina" and happy New
Year" are once more sayings of the
past, and 1907 is no more. Have you
resolved to make more of the coming
year than you did of the past one?
E. L. Meeker lost horse last Satur-
day. The animal suddenly dropped
dead in the harness without any appar-
ent cause.
On the Thursday following Christ
mas, Messrs. A. Walters, J. ]. Griffith,
Johnnie Griffith, S. P. Beecher, Chas.
Miller, E. L. Nichols, Bert Clark, L. P.
Hylton, Mr.. Sweely and Mr.. Burdick
joined forces and cut wood for the
Widow Love. On the completion of
the days work they finished up the re-
mains of a Christmas dinner by the
campfire. Such neighborly acts show
the right spirit. May the good work
continue.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Otis and son,
R. Otis, Mrs. Evanson, Chas. and An
ma Harvey, G. B. Kinney, E. L. Mich
OILS and Mr.. Olden were visitors to We
natchee during the holidays.
Chas. and Darwin Harvey spent the
holidays with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. K. Harvey. Darwin returned
to his work in Oregon, last Saturday,
and Charles will return to his college
work at Pullman the coming Saturday.
Mrs. J. H. Allen is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Gallaher, on the Sound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Stage have re-
turned from Mt. Vernon, Wash, where
they visited Mr.. Stages parents.
Quite a crowd Of young folks gath
cred at the home Of Chas. Stage on
New Years eve, and enjoyed an even
ing of games and dancing. At late
hour a nice lunch was served, which
was greatly appreciated.
Peshastin is certainly devoting lots
of time to fighting the cold, if one
may Judge by the ricks of wood piled
up here.
Have you taken that sleigh ride yeti
If not, why not7
Christmas at Peshastin. THE peo
pie of Peshastin gathered at Dist. No
"a schoolhouse on Christmas day, and
enjoyed a Christmas dinner which
would be hard to surpass anywhere
There were nearly one hundred per
sons present, and the ladies are to BIZ
congratulated on their success in pre-
pairing the many dainty edibles tina
filed the three large tables. In add
ton to the large number present from
Peshastin and vicinity were Mr.. H. H
Meeker and the Misses Pratt, from
Leayenworth. Everyone present en-
joyed the sumptuous feast, and wa
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
Maine Sexton for sixty-six Years.

After &C consecutive years service
Obed w. Russell has resigned as SEX
ton of the Union church in the town
of Phillips, and he is probably the
dean of Maine sections. And for all
these services he has never accepted
a cent in payment.
All the old Phillips families of his
time have been greeted by the sound
of the bell rung by Mr.. Russelps
steady hand, and when the last scene
of all came it was Mr.. Russell who
sounded the knell. In those days
there was a custom to signalize the
departure of each member of the
church by tolling the bell at intervals
of about 80 seconds to the number of
the departed's years, and on many
occasions Mr.. Russell has been called
from his warm bed to climb the
steeple in all sorts of weather.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
MONKEY HUGS TWO GIRLS.
SimIan's Attempt at Filtration Makes
Both of Them Faint.

Mrs. Stella Bruggeman and Miss
May Wood of Montclair. N. j., and
young Jack Ebbels, Montclair beau,
went chestnutting in the woods around
the new state normal school, Mont
clair Heights, Monday, says the New
York World. OF sudden Miss
Bruggeman, who had wandered little
way from her companions, shrieked
affrightedly. Jack Ebbels ran to her;
a monkey, with funny bearded
face and long TAIL jumped from Miss
Bruggeman's shoulder, clambered up
an oak tree and vanished through a
hole in big limb.
The frightened girl said she had
not seen the monkey until it sprang
on her shoulder, threw its arms around
her neck and squeezed her so violently
that 1t scratched her cheek and neck.
Young Ebbels vengefully swore he
would catch the monkey, and, with
the girls help, he climbed the tree
and caught its lowest branches. AS he
ascended, TIE monkey resppeared and
pelted Ebbels with chestnuts, of which,
1t proved, it had a great stack In the
hollow branch
AS Ebbels approached, the monkey
ran down the tree and again sprung
on Miss Bruggeman's shoulder, chat
tering excitedly as If 1t wanted to tell
her what pretty girl she is. Miss
Bruggeman tainted.
Screaming, Miss Wood ran away;
the monkey, as If to show no favorit-
ism, chased and overlook her, and,
leaping on her shoulder, clasped her
neck and held ON tight Miss Wood
ran to the nearest house and tainted.
why, here's Jocko come home
again." cried the woman living in the
house. The monkey sprang in her
arms; her children came running and
petted the monkey. The woman re-
vived Miss Wood and told her she had
owned Jocko three years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
DEW PONDS OF THE ANclENTs.
Description of Prehistoric Method of
Obtaining Water Supply.

One of the prehistoric methods used
in securing water supply in sections
where it was impossible to secure it
from natural sources, or where it be-
came necessary to live on elevated
territory for defense was by the con-
struction of dew ponds. These dew
ponds were made by following out
the earth for space far in excess of
the apparent requirements of such
pond, then thickly covering the whole
of the hollow with a coating of straw.
The straw in its turn was covered by
layer of we'll chosen, finely pud-
died clay, and the upper surface of
the clay closely strewn with stones.
Such pond will gradually become
filled with water, the more rapidly the
larger. it is, even though no rain may
fall. During the warmth of summer
day the earth will store considerable
amount of heat, while the pond, pro-
tected from the heat by the noncon-
ductivity of the straw, is at the same
time chilled by the process of evapora-
tion from the puddled clay. The con-
sequence is that during the night the
moisture of the comparatively warm
air is condensed on the surface of the
cold clay. AS the condensation during
the nights is in excess of the evapora-
tion during the day, the pond becomes,
night by night, gradually tilled.-Popu
lar Mechanics.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
SALES AGENTS WANTED.

$4,000 per week or 400 per cent
profit. All samples, stationery and
art catalogue free. We want one
permanent agent in this locality for
the largest picture and frame house
in America Experience unneces-
sary. We instruct you how to sell
our goods and furnish the capital If
you want permanent, honorable
and profitable position, write us to-
day for particulars, catalogue and
samples. FRANK w. WILLIAMS
COMPANY, 1914 w. Taylor St, Chi
cago, Ill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
ILL OMEN OF splLLINe SALT.
Superstition Has Come Down to Us
from the Ancient Romans.

Girls and boys have all heard, per-
haps, that 1t is "unlucky" to spill salt,
but that the evil effects may probably
be averted by throwing some of 1t
over your right shoulder. 1t is won
derful how old some Of these super
stitions are! This one about the salt,
for example, came to us from the
ancient Romans. Salt was regarded
by them as an emblem of publication,
and they always placed some on the
head of victim in sacrifice. II the
salt were spilled in doing this, it was
looked upon as bad omen.
1t is said that the Romans got the
custom from the Jews, and after
while the spilling of salt on any occa-
sion was regarded as unlucky The
custom of throwing a part of it over
the right shoulder arose from their
belief that anything pertaining to the
right side was lucky, but to the left
side, unlucky.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
TO SEND BACK SHIPS SOUNDS.
Experiments with New Safety Device
for Fosey Weather.


The United States government is ex-
perimenting in San Francisco bay
with safety device for foggy weather
which Is remarkable In the uniqueness
of It's idea. 1t is nothing less than a
fog buoy which will make no noise of
It's own, but which will be expected to
catch the sound waves of vessels
whistle and echo them back across the
water.
The buoy, or structure is construct
ed OF corrugated iron sheeting, placed
on piles. and built In three wings
placed at different angles. Each wing
is 32 feet square.
The idea was given birth accidental
ly. There has always been much
trouble in the upper part of San Fran
cisco bay because the shore lights
cannot be seen when the weather is
bad. Pilots and shippers began to no
tice, however, how clearly the CORFU
gated steel warehouses around Benicia
returned the sound of their whistles,
and for some time have been guiding
their way along by the echoes. The
government is confident that the new
buoys will act in the same manner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-12-18
Insurance GAMBLING.

A system of gambling in ships by
persons who take out policies of in.
surance on British vessels in which
they have not the slightest ownership
has become so prevalent that the gov
ernment is determined to suppress
the practice, If possible, and thus put
a stop to a form of speculation which,
If not in itself criminal, is held to be
conducive to criminality. The London
board of trade has also taken up the
matter and will bring all the pressure
possible to bear in ai6 of the efforts
of the authorities. AS Grst step, it
has invited conference of shipown-
ers, underwriters and Others to con-
slider the matter and to take such ae-
ton as may be feasible.