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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
WHERE IS JOHNSON'S CANYON!
Milwaukee Engineer finds What is Believed
to be Diamond

The Ellensburg Localizer has the
following story:
1.-TWO weeks ago G. M. Rice, local
division engineer of the Milwaukee was
walking in Johnson Canyon, when he
noticed an attractive stone lying in the
dirt. He picked it up and brought it
to this city, where he showed the stone
to a number Of friends, who pronounced
it of some value. He then sent it to
Albert Hansen, a Seattle jeweler, who
upon investigation recommended that
it be sent to lapidary, where thor
ough examination of the stone could
be made. Accordingly Mr.. Rice in
structed that the stone be sent to the
University Of Washington for test.
According to the reports from the
University the stone has all the ear
marks of a diamond, apparently free
from all foreign substances, and cuts
glass like the real article. The stone
is now being polished and ground, but
the exact nature Of the stone has not
been decided"
The above story is reprinted by the
Wenatchee World Of Monday which
also recalls the story Of the finding Of a
stone thirty years ago near Wenatchee
by Frank Wilkeson, representative ol
the New York Sun, which he sold fol
5000. This occurred when the pre-
liminary survey for the Northern Pacific
railway was made.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
Runaway Bob Sled ImperiIs Many Lives

An exciting incident connected with
a runaway sleigh is thus described by
the Colville correspondent to the Re
view. The incident occurred last week:
Speeding with the swiftness Of the
wind over an icy glare on lis per
cent grade down Munson hill, two miles
east of Colville, bob sled, loaded with
5000 feet of green lumber, went down
the half mile slope tearing and crush
ing everything before it. Six teams
were groping their way carefully and
by easy stages down the hill when
Thomas Dixon hove to on the summit
and cautiously began the descent.
Below were two teams with lumber,
two with wood and two with families
going to town, the last being Wesley
Keough, his wife and two children.
The tongue of Dixon's sleigh broke in
such a way as to detach the team.
Dixon swung the horses out of the way
of his sleigh and jumped for safety.
He Immediately yelled a warning to
those below and wild scramble took
place for safety.
Keough saw that he could not es-
cape and in desperation grabbed his
two children, one at time and threw
them bodily through the air distance
of thirty feet down the hill where they
fell without hurt in the deep snow.
His wife he dragged out of danger.
He then grabbed the lines and put
lash to his sisters team, but the flying
sledge struck the sleigh astern, smash
ing it into thousand pieces, the oc-
cupants being thrown against the upper
grade covered with snow, escaping
without injury, but Keough was knock
ed down by the flying wagon box
from which Mrs. Star and the children
had escaped without injury. One man
turned his team loose and it ran away
with its freight of lumber half mile to
safety, another went over the grade
and upset its cargo. The two wood
teams were out OF range.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

The Columbia and Okanogan Steam
boat Co. made their last run up river
last Saturday and now have their boats
tied up at Wenatchee and Brewster.
For some time it has been impos-
sible for the boats to carry more than
half load on account of the low water
but they continued to run and carry
what they could until the cold snap oi
last week, not only lowered the
water considerably but started floating
ice down the river, thus making trans
portation almost impossible. Unless
the weather changes soon it will
probably be some time before the boats
are again put on the run up the river.
The mail from Wenatchee is now
hauled by stage, the Waterville stage
meeting them about half way and
transferring loads which makes the
mail arrive somewhat later than usual.
The mail is now taken all the way
thru to Okanogan county by stage.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
Howl Because They Were Hit

A New York dispatch Of Feby. 8,
says:
Rev. Dr.. J. Wesley Hall, pastor OF
the Metropolitan Methodist temple, in
a speech eulogizing President Roose-
velt tonight at banquet Of the Del
aware Valley society at the Manhattan
hotel, related the incidents Of per
sonal visit to the president in Wash
ington yesterday, which occasioned
much applause from the banqueters.
The doctor said the president told him:
II was never more alive than at the
present moment, and never more de-
termined to destroy anarchy at the top
and at the bottom Of society. There
has been lots of bowling on all sides
down there, but as long as the bowling
keeps up and the atmosphere is filed
with curses and maledictions Of men
who are hurt, the country is safe"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
THE ELECTRIC POWER PLANT
Gerick & Gerrick Have contract to Do
Steei Work on Power Plant.

A Wenatchee dispatch in the daily
press states that Gerrick & Genick, the
contractors who put up the Columbia
river bridge are preparing to move to
Leavenworth, Wash, where they will
begin on big contract which they
have with the Great Northern Railway
for putting up the steel work in con-
nection with the million dollar electric
power plant now under construction at
Leavenworth. They will start the
work about March / and will employ
about so men
The electric plant will be used for
the purpose Of furnishing power to run
trains over the mountains from Lea
venworth to Skykomish, and will be
one Of the largest plants in the state.
The contractors will lay 1000 feet
Of steel pipe, nine and half feet in
diameter, running across the Wenat-
chez river on a steel bridge and at
taching onto large steel tank which
will stand about 1876 feet high and
will hold about 1000, 900 gallons of
water. This water will run through
the large turbines that will be used to
make the power.
Four of the largest electric motors
ever built will be used. These motors
have a capacity of 1900 horsepower
each, and are now being built by the
General Electric company.
The railroad company has had from
three to five hundred men employed
on the plant for the past six months.
Three miles Of the bed for the pipe
line is completed and tunnel 1900
feet long thru which the pipe line will
run is almost completed. The con-
crete piers for the bridge are COM
pleted. The foundations for the
power house are under construction
and will be completed by March one.
Work on the dam is progressing as
fast as under the circumstances it is
possible. The foundations for the
dam and the head gate had to be
built during the low water stage in the
Wenatchee river, which is in Decem-
Der, January and February. Speaking
with one OF the employees recently
we were told that satisfactory progress
was made the past three months on
this part Of the work and that by the
time high water was due to come the
foundation of the dam would be COM
plete. At present three hundred men
are employed on this work. 1t is
thought that by the first of July the
electric power plant may be COM
pleted and a test of the plant made.
Four large electric locomotives were
ordered from the General Electric Co.,
some four months ago for use on this
division of the Great Northern railway.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

Between July l and January / the
government shipped 100000 in
actual gold coin to the Seattle assay Office
for use in exchanging coin for gold
dust.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
ST ATE NEWS ITEMS

Franklin county will this year expend
about $50,000 in road work. The
County commissioners met this week
and appointed seven additional road
supervisors making IL in all. Up
wards of 500mile of road will be either
built or improved in the county this
year. The county commissioners be-
lieve that good roads is one of the
best inducements to settlers, and will
try to attract them by that means.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

In the region Of Bridgeport, Doug
lass county, horses are dying from
what is believed to be spinal men
ingitus. James Buckingham re-
Gently lost II head.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

Henry Ellis, a saloon keeper at
Cashmere and Geo. Cary, bar keeper,
were arrested last Friday for selling
liquor to Jack Yates, habitual drunk
ard. The warrants are in the hands Of
Sheriff Webb and the trial will be held
at an early date. This is the second
offense of this kind since the habitual
drunkard statute was put in force in
this county, and the first offender was
fined 800 and the costs of the case.
Yates was declared habitual drunkard
last summer, and for some time he has
been securing whiskey somewhere, the
place being unknown to the officers.
Yates is young man about "a years
of age and unmarried, but he had be-
come such slave to drink that it was
considered the best plan to place him
upon the list and try to break him from
the habit.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

According to recent dispatch from
New York a transcontinental electric
railway line from Minneapolis to
to Seattle is one OF the possibilities
of the future. New York and Boston
6nanciers who represent Southern
Michigan railway interests are or
ganizing a company with several mil
lions Of capital to put the project thru.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

A deed with the consideration in
volved amounting to $35, 900, 900 was
filed in the Office of the county auditor,
says Wenatchee dispatch Of last Fri
day, and is the biggest transaction that
has ever been filed in the county office.
1t is an instrument transferring all the
rights, title and interest Of the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba road to the
Great Northern.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

The Oregon Tax Reform Association
is circulating the initiative petitions
for an amendment to section l, article
9, of the state constitution, so as to
provide for the exemption Of factories,
dwelling houses, farm implements and
stock from taxation. More than 5000
signatures have already been obtained.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

Josh Clary, whose saloon license was
revoked about year ago by the town
council of Chelan because he sold
liquor to habitual drunkard and to
Indians, has brought suit against the
town for S6,025.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

The Texas editor adds poetry to his
notice Of the marriage of Mr.. Day to
Miss Weeks, as follows:
"A Day is made, Week is lost,
Yet let not time complain;
There'll soon be little Days enough
To make a week again"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14

The sale of two sections of land near
the town of Hanford, on the Columbia
river on February 9th, by John w.
Cover, of Seattle, and VIM. R. Todd,
of Tacoma, to the Hanford Irrigation
and Power Co., for $250,000 may be
taken as an indication that some peo-
pie with money have faith in the future
of this country. Cover and Todd
bought the land four years ago for
$4,000, approximately five dollars per
acre.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-02-14
COUNTY NEWS ITEMS

The estate of ]. M. Tompkins has
been sued for $63,o64.s6 the COM
plant having been filed in the clerks
Office last week. Mr.. Tompkins was
president of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of this city up to the
time Of his death, which occurred
early last spring.-Wenatchee World.
For several years Wenatchee has
begged, cajoled and petitioned the
Great Northern railway in the hope Of
getting a new depot. Now they pro-
pose to test the virtue of coercion.
Thru the medium of Track Commits
sioner Perley the people Of Wenatchee
are now appealing to the State Railway
Commission.
, 1908-09-03
Heavy Work for Fireman

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Eager and
little daughter left yesterday for
Ogden, where Mr.. Eager will try
to find a O cougenial occupa-
ton than firing a locomotive on
the U. p road. He says that in
every trip over the line from Lar
annie to Rawlins, or vice versa,
the fireman handles from q to %
tons of coal. This is an enormous
amount of work for one man to do
and is occasioned by the large
amount of extra work the road is
now putting on its freight en-
gines, though the passenger en-
gines are almost as bad.
, 1908-09-03
Grand Lodge and Chapter

Last Friday Judge W. l.. kuy-
kendall, the Grand Secretary of
the Grand Lodge of Masons for
Wyoming, left for Sheridan to at
tend the session oe the Grand
Lodge which was held there yes
terday. On Saturday G. r. Bren-
ner, w. M, of the Saratoga Lodge
and G. B. Sterrett, as proxy for j.
f. Simonson, senior Warden,
Mrs. Rosa NJ. Judd, Worthy Ma
tron and Mrs. Gus Jensen, Asso-
ciate Worthy Matron of Saratoga
Chapter No. IL, o Z. s., left for
Sheridan to be present at the
Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter.
Saratoga is well represented at
these grand bodies.
, 1908-09-03
New Freight Rate Card

The s. & E. Ry., have issued a
new local freight rate card, etfec-
tive September !st. The rate on
freight Walcott to Saratoga is as
follows; First class, 80 cents;
second class, 80 cents; third class,
26 cents; fourth class, "a cents.
Cattle in carload lots, Saratoga to
Walcott. $3.50 per car; Canyon
to Walcott, SIS per car. Grain
in car load lots, Walcott to Sara
toga, IL cents per 100 pounds;
flour, Ii cents per 100 pounds
hay, 8 cents per 100 pounds; pota-
toes, IL cents per 100 pounds.
, 1908-09-03
Vice.President M0hler

General Manager and Vice.
President Mohler of the Union
Pacific came up Tuesday morning
from Walcott in his private car,
accompanied by his private secre-
tary, c. F. Scharmann, for Il little
outing. L. NJ. FISH back, the act
ing superintendent of the 5. d E.
Ry., and Major Comstock got
busy and made arrangements for
the party to have the best shoot
ing that the country affords. The
party remained over until yester-
day evening and Mr.. Mohler is
reported to have said it was the
best and most enjoyable outing he
had had in many years.
c. E. Oehler and Geo. Sisson
did some tail old hustling to lind
birds for Mr.. Mohler, but they got
there in good shape and sent him
away well pleased.
, 1908-09-03
Leased Jensen Hall

j. c. Gardner and wife left yes
terday for Denvor on a business
trip. Before Mr.. Gardner left he
leased the Jensen Opera house
for a term of six months, with the
privilege of Il year. Mr.. Gardner
goes to Denver to try and get Sar-
atoga put on the route of theatri-
cal troupes, in order that we may
be visited by some of the best at
fractions of the day. Mr.. Gard.
ner will invest in a moving pic.
ture show which will be a fixture
at the opera house. Mr.. Gardner
is to be commended for his enter
prising spirit and we hope he will
succeed. y
, 1908-09-03
To Take Course in Washington

Supervisor j. w. Nelson will
leave about the 18th of this month
for Washington to take a course
in the Grazing Department of the
National Forest Office at that
place. 1t is the custom to have
the heads of the different Nation
bal Forests thruout the country
come to Washington aud familiar
6Ze themselves with the affairs of
'the Department in Washington.
.1t is believed that this fits a man
10 better understand his own work
and to better understand the work
at headquarters.
Mr.. Nelson will take his wife
and children with him as far as
Rising Sun, Ind. where they will
visit Mr.. Nelson's people until in
December, when Mr.. Nelson ex-
pects to join her husband in
Washington and together they
~ill make a tour of the sea- board
cities before finally returning to
Saratoga.
During Mr.. Nelson's absence F.
B. Agee will be acting supervisor,
. position he is we'll equipped for
by reason of his close acquain-
lance with the office work there
Tor the past two or three years.
, 1908-09-03
Doings at the Alleys

Last week Mrs. Hamilton won
the ladies' prize and incidentally
established a new record for la
dies high score-l39. Tom Cor
ton and Fred Holck tied at III
for the mems prize. This week
Miss Blanche Champlain and
Carl Wicklin are ahead at the
time we go to press.
Prizes for ladies' and for gentle
men are being offered every week
and now is your chance to get n
nice souvenir to remind you of a
pleasant time spent in enjoying a
quiet game at the alleys.
, 1908-09-03
School Opened Monday

The public school opened Non.
day with a good attendance with
Miss Emma Sensintsffar as prin-
'cipal, Miss Eva l. Andrews in
|the Grammar department, Miss
Mae McCandliss in the informed
iate and Miss Pearl F. Kitch in
|the Primary. The term starts out
under the most favorable auspices,
the teachers seem to take hold
with much enth usiasm and every
indication points to "A good school.
There were "a pupils enrolled
|in the four rooms for the first three
days, which is considered encourag.
'ing, owing to the fact that school
began a week. earlier this year
than for several years. There are
, 1908-09-03
HORSE
FOUND
Was Stolen From Hitch.Rack q
Week Ago and has Been
Recovered.

w. j. Horn came down to Sara
toga Monday a week ago, and tied
his horse to a rack. 1t WAS late in
the evening when he started to 20
home and then be found his ami.
NAL missing from the rack. Sup
posing she had come united and
|gone home of her own accord he
walked out home. Reaching there
|he found no trace of the animal.
he cent word to Marshal Taylor
who at once got out haudbills, adj
vertising a reward for the return
|of the animal aud the apprehen-
|sion of the thief.
Yesterday morning about IL
O'Clock A. w. Eager happened to
stumble onto the animal, hidden
away in the upper end of the Car
bon Timber Company's ranch, re-
Gently owned by Willard Caldwell.
She WAS emaciated and almost
dead from hunger and thirst. He
came to town and notified Deputy
Sheriff Dave Richmond, who went
out and took charge of the animal
and brought her to town.
1t is supposed that some one
rode the animal out and cached
her in the willows, intending to
return and get her when the
search for her was over. Some
thing, however, had prevented
his return. Why the animal was
tied up and left to starve is a
mystery. No clue to .he thief as
yet.
, 1908-09-03
Camping Out Party

Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Rumsey
and daughter, accompanied by
Mrs. Ramsey and Mr.. Thornburg,
John Brodt, Eugene Schalck, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Savage and
daughters Gladys. and Irene all
went camping Monday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Savage and daughters went
on down to the ranch, but the
rest of the party returned to Sar-
atoga yesterday where they will
remain for a few days, except MIR.
Rumsey who returned to Rawlins
on the afternoon train.
, 1908-09-03

quite a number who are out of
town at this time, but will enter
in a short time. Four more pupils
were enrolled in the high school
at the beginning of the year than
the same time last year. Mrs W
d.. Greene presented the school
library with three volumes of the
Nineteenth Century and After"
which were gratefully received.
If any II else has books they cal
spare from their libraries they can
do no act that will be appreciated
more than to give them to the
school library
, 1908-09-03
The Hanna Nine Disaster.

Victor w. Watteyne, chief of
the Belgian department of mines
is over in this country for the
purpose of inspecting the Hanna
mine and will endeavor to give
such advice and assistance rela-
tive to the management of the
mine as will enable the company
TO again open it up and operate it.
The coal in this mine, Hanna No.
l, is much superior than that of
the other two mines at that place
and the company is very 10th to
give it up. Moreover the COM
pany have invested not less than
$4,000 in improvements and con-
v%eniences in the mine, all of
which will be lost if the mine is
abandoned. The mines in Bel
GUM are much deeper and more
dangerous than those at Hanna,
yet the death rate is only about l
to 1000, while in America it is 3
to 1000.
Thirty six bodies have been re-
covered from the mine and search
ing parties have reached the 9Th
well down the slope, but the
body of state inspector d. M.
Ellis has not yet been recovered.
, 1908-09-03
GOVERNMENT
TELEPHONE LINE
Now Being Rapidly Extended
Under the Supervision Of an
Experienced Line-man.

From Supervisor J. w. Nelson,
the Sun learns that the Govern
ment telephone line, the construc-
ton of which was begun in the
spring, will not run to Goid Hill
as contemplated at first. 1t is
now at the French creek tie camp.
1t is being extended rapidly under
the supervision of a practical line
man who arrived recently for the
purpose of taking charge of the
construction.
From the French creek tie
camp the line will cross over to
Mullin creek at the foot of what
is known as Rambler hill" From
there it will follow the road to the
New Rambler niue until it reach
rs Holmes. Here it will inter-
sect with the line built by the.
Carbon lumber Co, with material
furnished by the Government,
which connects with all the COM
pany's tie camps ON Douglas
creek. This line is under the su-
pervision of the Government also.
The line will also be built to
Chimney Park ranger station and
when it is completed, which will
be in about ten days, will connect
the Saratoga office up with about
% miles of telephone line.
, 1908-09-03
Return From Inspection Trip

j. w. Nelson, Supervisor of the
Cheyenne reserve, and +. B. Agee
returned Sunday from a look over
the different timber sales in the
Medicine Bow range of noun
tains. They travelled a distance
of about 300 miles, all ON horse.
back, and yer nine days in max
ing the journey. Mr.. Nelson
takes great ARE to keep in close
personal touch with all the affairs
of the
, 1908-09-03
SARATOGA CHIPS

George Graf has been working
nights at the electric light plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. G. Moore we're
down from the Davis ranch Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Priquet were
down from Brush creek Saturday and
Sunday.
Little Olive Scribner has the meas
les but is dong nicely and will soon
be well again.
William Gerlach, S. & Z. Master
Mechanic and wife have been Sarato.
ga visitors this week.
Mrs. James Barnes was up from
Fit. Steele Suuda on a short bust.
ness visit, returning to that rlace
Monday.
Mrs.. w. NJ. Mace and MIS-. Frank
Schilt and her son Louis returned Fri.
day from a pleasant. visit of IA week al
the hospitable ranch of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ekdahl.
K. II. Platt of Downington, who
was married recently g Lincoln
Nebr., passed thru this morning with
his bride.
, 1908-09-03
Birthday Party for Babies

There will be a birthday party
from 2 until 4 at the home of Mrs.
W. NJ. Mace next Saturday. The
occasion is the birthday of Cath
arine Elna, the first born of Mr..
and Mrs. O.. E. Ekdahl, and COM
monty known as One of the En-
est" Miss Ekdahl will do the
honors and she has invited IL
other wee n to partake with
her on that occasion. Please re-
member that it is from 2 to 4 ..
NJ.