The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-06-12
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The State Land ONCE reports that
more than 500 inquiries have been
received here concerning the Brew
ster Flat land to be sold at auction
by the state June 6. These inquiries
come from all parts of the state and
from Idaho and British Columbia.
Work of planting the two cars of
oyster seed received last week is go
ing on in the beds in the lower har-
Dor at Hoquiam. Four more cars
with seed are expected to arrive
soon. The company figures 1t may
secure a crop in three years, instead
of in the usual time of Ave years.
The state supreme court affirmed
judgment for plaintiff in the Thurs
ton county case of James Crowley,
Sr., and wife, against George Taylor
and Edward Rogers. The suit was
brought to recover 5000 alleged to
have been lost in gambling in q sa-
loon conducted by defendants in
Aberdeen. Rogers Is now Chief of
Police in Olympia.
George Thomas, a well-known turf
man, who has been at the Puyallup
fair grounds, near Tacoma, for
year with a string of valuable horses
sent there by the Mclaughlin broth
ers of Kansas City, disappeared some
time ago and 1t is feared he has COM
mitted suicide. He was traced as
far as Everett, but has not been
heard from since.
j. H. yesterday, member OF the
state tax commission, has presented
his formal resignation to Governor
Mead, to take effect as soon as his
successor can be appointed and quail
ify. Mr. yesterday retires to be-
come a candidate for attorney-gen-
eral, although inability to agree with
the two other members OF the board
upon important matters OF taxation
also Influenced his decision.
Two of the convicts stationed at
Wright Island, Pitt Lake, a penal
settlement run in connection with
British Columbia penitentiary, last
week made a murderous assault upon
the guards In charge of the 16 pris-
oners. The warden of the peniten-
tiary was notified of the trouble by
a carrier pigeon, and Immediately
left for the scene, accompanied by
several guards. The mutinous con-
victs were taken to Vancouver In
irons and will be disciplined at the
penal institution.
In the eighth annual Tri-State ora
torical contest, held at the University
of Washington, last week, Jesse II.
Bond, speaking for the University OF
Oregon, won over Herman Allen, OF
the University of Washington, and
Willard K Gwinn, of the University
of Idaho. A prize Of SIS. given by
the King County Bar Association.
was awarded the Oregon speaker,
and $25 went to the Washington Or
ator. There was but one point DIFF
ference between the winners Of first
and second place.
H. l.. Hillman and Mare Bunnell,
wealthy Seattle citizens, quarreled
over the speed of their automobiles
and bet $500 side for race OF
100 miles, which was started at the
Meadows last week two hours ahead
of the annual automobile races. At
ter going Is miles, Hillman's car
tipped over on turn, badly injur-
ing A. \. Welty and j. P. Keena.
Bunnell finished the race and
claimed the purse. Keena's skull Is
badly fractured. Hillman's car was
destroyed by fire.
An immense blackfish, or tinback
whale, 80 feet long, located itself
under a piledriver at hshtrap To-
:ation near the east entrance to De-
,eYt.on Pass, at Bellingham, last
week. The pile was forced through
he huge body of the fish and was
bounded into the tidelands under
iea Ii by the heavy driver-hammer.
The struggles of the fish shook the
iledriyer SO vigorously that the loft
man fell from the second station OF
he driver rigging to the deck and
was rescued from drowning only by
he prompt action of fellow-work-
ran.