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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Canned Choir Music

A Lynn mass. } church has substi-
tuted a photograph for its choir, with
general satisfaction to the congregation.
The machine has many points in its
favor. 1t does not wear picture hats
or display the human features in dis
tress. 1t does not cough or pass notes
during the sermon-nor firt. Its music
though machine made, can not be
more mechanical than that of some
choirs.
It might be difficult to start the
machine smoothly, but there is the
same trouble with a choir. The ma
chine produces harmony by friction,
while the friction in many choirs is
known to produce any thing but har-
mony. OF course, there will be sor-
row in certain young hearts at the
thought of no more choir practise, ;"
and the chances are this innovation will
not be hailed with gladness at Bing-
vile or Podunk.
1t must be admitted that the auto
matte choir is grim warning to those
clergymen who are in danger Of be-
coming mere talking machines to wake
up in the pulpit and make themselves
otherwise indispensable, else the pull
pit may be filed just as well and at
less expense by a record.-Spokes-
man Review.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
To Keep Hands Soft

With the approach Of fall and winter
we must begin to think OF ways to
keep our hands soft and white. Even
the woman who does her own work
can have pretty hands if she will but
exercise a little care and patience.
Keep a jar OF almond meal, oatmeal,
or even cornmeal on your washstand,
and after washing the hands thor
oughly with soap and water rub the
meal we'll over the hands. A cake of
toilet pumice will take off all obstinate
spots and stains from the hands. If
the hands are wrinkled from having
been in water for any length Of time
dip them in vinegar before washing
them. Dry every part Of the hand care
fully and rub in any healing cream that
you find agrees with the skin.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
PREVENT EXTINCTION OF BISON
The United States Government VIII fence
10000 Acres in Montana

The bison range in the Flathead
Indian Reservation in Montana, to es-
tablish which Congress at its last ses-
sion appropriated $40, 900, has been
selected. The location OF the range
is the one recommended by Prof.
Morton ]. Elrod, Of the University Of
Montana, after he had carefully ex-
amined several parts Of the country.
It lies directly north Of the Jocko river
near the towns OF Ravalli and Jocko.
Approximately 1890 acres are en-
braced in the tract, which will be
fenced in a substantial manner under
the direction Of the Engineering de-
partment OF the United States Forest
Service.
OF the $4,000 appropriated only
$40, 900 will be available for fencing
the range and constructing the shelter
sheds and other buildings necessary
for the proper maintenance and care
of the bison. The remaining $50, 900
will be paid to the owners Of the land
many of whom are Indians. Funds
for the purchase OF bison are being
raised under the auspices Of the
American Bison Society, which was
largely instrumental in securing the
appropriation.
The first person to spend actual
money in the effort to preserve the
American bison from total extinction
was the late Austin Corbin, who many
years ago fenced some 5000 acres
at Blue Mountain Park, New Hamp-
shire, and secured a herd of bison.
The Corbin herd became in course OF
time the inspiration of the national
movement which is now furthered by
the American Bision Society. This
society, OF which President Roosevelt
is honorary president, and William T.
Hornaday, director Of the New York
Geological Park, is president, was
founded in 1904, and the Montana
bison range is directly the results of its
efforts.
Details of the management of the
herd in the new national bison range
will be worked out as soon as the herd
is purchased, when the construction
work on fences and buildings will also
be begun.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Acquiring and Removing Tan

Tan is awfully, awfully easy to get,
and it is really difficult to remove. We
are always apt to want to acquire a
lovely coat of tan when we are on our
vacation to show our friends in town
what lovely and lively time we have
had at the summer resort, but when
we return to town our friends do not
seem to envy US our lovely coat of tan.
They giggle and tell US how funny our
noses look. The best cure for tan is
not to acquire it, but if it is too late
to accept this suggestion then we must
take immediate steps to remove the
coat of brown.
Lemon juice will remove tan and
freckles effectively. Apply the juice
with a cancels hair brush, and let it
dry in. When the face has dried rub
in a good, soothing cold cream, or
otherwise the lemon juice may smart
and crack the face. 1t may take sew
eral applications of the lemon juice to
remove the tan. If the pure juice of
the lemon smarts the face and makes
it burn dilute it with water.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Going Back To Sleep

Rip Van Wrinkle returned from his
long sleep, looking as fresh as a daisy,
and made his way to the village barber
shop, not only because he needed a
haircut and shave, but also because
he wished to catch up with the news.
Let see," said he to the barber,
after he was safely tucked in the chair.
'I've been asleep twenty years,
haven't II" YES" replied the ton
sorialist.
Have I missed much?"
Nope, we bin Standin' pat
Has Congress done anything YETI"
mot a thing"
Jerome done anything7"
Nope"
PLAT resigned1"
Nope"
Panama Canal built?"
Nope"
Bryan been elected9"
Nope"
Carnegie poor9"
Nope"
well, say" said Rip, rising up in
the chair, never mind shaving the
other side of my face. I'm going
back to sleep again. success.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
APPLES AT A.Y.P. EXPOSITION
The CheIan County Committee VIII Pay for
First Class Exhibition Fruit

D. N. Gellatly, secretary of the com
mittee is sending out notices to growers.
He says, as the A. Y. P. exposition
opens June /, 1909, it is necessary
that Chelan county put several hundred
boxes of apples in cold storage SO as to
make a creditable exhibit until 1909
apples are fit for exhibiting.
In order to secure the very best
apples, we will pay the market price
for them. 1t being our desire for every
fruit grower to select the very choicest
of his different varieties when picking.
All apples must be extra fancy, free
from blemish and we'll colored and
shaped according to variety. They
should be well wrapped. Do not bulge
the boxes so as to in any way whatever
bruise or damage the apples when put
ting on the box lids.
N. G. Craig has charge of the Pc
shastin district and H. E. Car is
receiving Leavenworth's contribution,
to whom apple raisers in their respec-
tive districts should report.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Bread OmeIette

If you have ever taken lunch in one
Of those quaint little restaurants in the
French quarter Of New Orleans, you have
Of course eaten a bread omelette.
Down there in that city Of toothsome
food, this dish is universal. 1t has been
brought up to the north by those who
like new and good things to eat, and it
is made in the following manner:
A cupful of stale bread is cut into
tiny pieces, then fried in fat until it is
a good brown. Three eggs are well
beaten, seasoned with salt and pepper,
mixed with a little minced parsley,
then turned over the bread and cooked
until the bottom is brown. 1t is served
hot on hot plates. - New Orleans
Picayune.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Lincoln Steffens on Eugene Debs

To those who have thought of Eu-
gene v. Debs only as an agitator, the
report of his interview with Every
body's', will be an eye-opener. To
Socialists it will present their leader in
a new light-"the kindest, foolishest,
most courageous lover Of man in the
world" While those who have never
thought about Debs at all will get from
the interview remarkable and pene-
trating insight into the character Of this
man, so gentle that he knows no hate,
so dangerous that it may be deemed
expedient to hang him some day."
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
THE FRUIT INDUSTRY GROWING
In Short Time VIII Be Second in Import
anoe to the numbering Industry

Mrs John Bjork deposited a box Of
liberia peaches at the door OF the
writer last Saturday during his absence
They were raised on Eagle creek,
about three miles from Leavenworth,
where Mr.. Bjork and his excellent
better half have a fruit, hay and stock
ranch, the fruit trees of which are
yielding a large and unsurpassed var
iety Of fruit, if we are justified in max
ing this statement from the quality Of
the peaches. Mr.. Bjork has shipped
considerably over a car load of his fruit
to the Seattle market beside what he
has sold in the local market. The ex-
cessive charges on local shipments re-
duces the profit to the minimum, but
this will be overcome in a year or two
when his own increased yield together
with the products from other orchards
coming into bearing will enable grow
ers to make up car load shipments, re-
ducing the transportation charges by
one half
Inside OF the next three years, car
load shipments Of fruit will be made
from Leavenworth every day. The
apples grown here are not excelled
anywhere for flavor and keeping quail
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
To Wash Lace Curtains

After shaking the curtains to remove
dust fold into six or eight, tack them
thoroughly with worsted to keep the
folds in place. White curtains should
be stepped in cold water for II hours
and then kneaded in the soaking water
and squeezed out. Wash in hot soap
lather and rinse well. If necessary re-
peat the washing and rinse well. Boil,
rinse, blue and starch as in the ordi-
nary washing of white articles. Then
remove the worsted, unfold the curtains,
stretch clean sheet on the floor, and
on it place the curtains right side
downward, smoothing and stretching
out. Leave them there to dry.
Before removing them from the floor
they may be ironed slightly if neces-
sary. Curtain stretchers are excellent
for drying curtains on, for then they
are stretched perfectly even, they re-
quire no ironing and they may be
dried out of doors. If you use curtain
stretchers be sure not to make them
too large, for the curtains are apt to be
torn if they are pulled too tightly.
Curtains that are stretched too much
will not wear well, as the strain is too
much for them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
fdghtfuI Wreck on Northern Pacific

Last Thursday, 80 miles west Of
Billings, Mont, near a small station
called Young's Point, fast passenger
train colEded head on with a freight
train. Nineteen passengers in the
smoking car were killed outright and
a dozen seriously and many others
slightly injured. It appears that the
freight crew disobeyed orders. In the
loss of life this was the most serious
wreck on the road in years. Many of
the seriously injured died.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
One Cause of Impure Breath

A common cause of an unpleasant
breath is dyspepsia. Girls who suffer
from sick headache often have this
affection. Among the causes of this
disturbance are overwork, sedentary
habits, hurry, worry, and practice Of
boiling ones meals.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02

The following from the Waitsburg
Times will apply with equal force to
parents of children in Leavenworth
Every member OF the community
and especially every parent should take
a deep interest in the public school.
II is not enough to pay your school
tax without complaining, or to know
that the teachers are qualified, nor is
it even enough to keep your children
in school regularly. If you are really
interested in this subject as you
should be, you should visit the school
regularly and persistently. Few people
have any idea what an incentive it is
to both teacher and scholar to know
that parents and outsiders are taking a
lively interest in their work. We be-
Heve the little folks" at school APP
preciate such interest more perhaps
than the larger ones. Still the effect
is not lost on any Of them, and we
hope every parent will take a hint
from this and place the public school
on their visiting list"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02

The work of extending the high line
irrigating ditch TO the lands on the
opposite side OF the river from Wenat-
chez is under way.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
CARD OF THAMES.

For many acts Of kindness from
friends and neighbors, and especially
to the members Of the Christian En-
deavor and Young Peoples Union
during the recent illness and death OF
my son Phillip, l hereby return my
sincere and heartfelt thanks.
Peter Sauer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
As Furnished for Week Ending Sept. 20,
by the CheIan County Abstract
Company


w S Gehr to H Geyer ! 5 b 5 Mob
Hill ad Wen, $500.
Jno Wesserling to E c Long pit 5
b l Prowells ad Mission, $4,000.
Err easier to Jno w Hawkins lots
4-5-6 b Peachey ad Wen, $4,000.
H Merritt to A L Maltbie | 2 b /
Peachey ad Wen, $1,000.
WD Kessler to T M Widney ny
sec 17-22-2O, IS.
RP Webb, sheriff to w A Thomp-
son Sc Il nwA nwA nwA sec 4-22-20,
5000.
EA Wyman to City of Wenatchee
! 37-49 pit 1873 b Fairgrounds ad
Wenatchee, $4,000.
Nv Reeves to Ed S Russell seA
nwA swA sec 33-23-20, 81.
&C Cole to Norman D Austin pit 3
sec 15-26-21, 81.
GE Wells to A D Wells pit n 1aneA
nwA sec 1850, 81.
Arley Wells to A D Wells part n p
ne Il nwA sec 1850, 81.
Jay Coils to A D Wells pit n1aneA
nwA sec 1852, 81.
John D Coils to A D Wells pit n u
ne a nwA sec 1850, 81.
Jno Kuelbs to S Brown VIZ lot !
b l Kuelbs 1st ad Cashmere, $500.
RP Webb, sheriff to VIM T Sim
mons pit n1anwA nwA sec 4-22-20,
$1Q5O.
Frank Beezley to H Beason sec
27-23-1o, 81.
Jas D Driscoll to H E Snyder sKsH
nwA nwA sec 9-28-21.
VIM H Samson to Willy Inv Co ! !
to IS II to 81 b b 7 ! to IS 20
to 40 b Lake Park, 5000.
Nettie Shore to School Dist Al pit
nwA swA seA sec 6-26-18, $50.
E A Wyman to Carl Jones NV Il swA
neA sec o-22-20, $4,000.
Carl Jones to Isom Irby ehnwA
swA neA sec o-22-20, $4,000.
Chas Johnson to T R Gibson Its ID
b II Lake Park, $225.
TR Gibson to B L Haight ! b II
Lake Park, SITS.
BL Haight to Thos Pattison ! ! b
II Lake Park, SITS.
Eagle Improvement Co to Clyde E
Kinyon e1anwA sec % n1anwA M
neA sec "a nwA sec % swA sec l3-
25-18, 81.
US to Jessie M Walker swA sec
28-21-21.
DIV Foster to J R Bailey n1aneA
sec 12-26-17, $500.
Geo H Gray & Son to J G Ely part
ne ID swA sec 1851, 81.
P B Packwood to A H Barker l-2-
3-4 b Entiat Fruitlands, $4,000.
A L Maltbie to B Littleton | Q b !
Peachey ad Wen, $1,000.
Jas Kline to w R Dunn NV a nwA
sec 8-21-21, $45.
CONTRACTS
Philip Miller to c H Chapman b Q
Millerdale, $4,000.
A L Mitchell to G H Anderson ! 6
Eagle Dale Orchard Home, $4,000.
Pauline Gore to G DeBord Is
b Is 1st ad Leavenworth, $500.
Jas A Dorman to Willis A Luce n q
ne d neA sec 1920, $4,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02

w. F. Blankenship from Wenatchee
lake spent several days here the first
of the week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1908-10-02
Wood, G E

In calling for same, please say "ad-
vertised." J. c. DAVIS, Postmaster.
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Advertised Letters

Remaining in postoffice, uncalled for
Sept. %, 1908:
Barnhill, Earl Buych, ChaS
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26
One Of the
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day is a vast
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26

ised Larry asylum and no questions
asked.
AS my two friends waved farewell
to me from the rear platform of their
train mood of depression seized me;
had lost much that day, and what I
had gained, my restoration to the re-
gard of the kind old man of my own
blood, who had appealed for my COM
partnership in terms hard to deny
seemed trifiing as / tramped back
over the ice. Perhaps Pickering, after
all, was the real gamer by the days
events!
/ tramped on back toward the Glen
arm shore, and leaving the lake, half
unconsciously struck into the wood be-
yond the dividing wall. The melted
snow of midday was now crisp ice
that ratified and broke under my tread.
I came out into an open space beyond
st. Agatha's, found the walk and
turned toward home In the gathering
night.
AS I neared the main entrance to
the school the door opened and wom-
an came out under the overhanging
lamp. She carried a lantern, and
turned with a hand outstretched to
some one who followed her with care
full steps.
"Ah, Marian" cried my grandfather,
'it's ever the task of youth to light
the way for age!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26
CHAPTER XVI.
Shorter vistas.

0uOItCI NiSt0os
Larry had assembled his effects In
the library, and to my surprise. Stod-
dard appeared with his own handbag.
I'm going to see Donovan well on
his way" said the clergyman.
Its a pity our party must break
up" exclaimed my grandfather. MY
obligations to Mr.. Donovan are very
great-and to you, too, Stoddard.
lacks friends are mine hereafter, and
when we get new doors for Glenarm
House you shall honor me by accept
ing duplicate keys"
Where's Bates?" asked Larry, and
the man came in, respectfully, imper-
turbably as always, and began gather
ing up the bags.
"Stop-one moment! Mr. Glenarm, .
said Larry. Before I go l want TO
congratulate you on the splendid
courage of this man who has served
you and your house with so much
faithfulness and tact And want to
tell you something else, that you prob
ably would never learn from him"
"Donovanl" There was sharp cry
in Bates voice, and he sprang forward
with his hands outstretched entreat.
inglv. But Larry did not heed him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26

ment for valet. Just as lark an
swered 1t to see what an American
gentleman seeking valet looked like.
fell in love with Mr.. Glenarm at
sight"
"And / with you'll" declared my
grandfather. Il never believed your
story at all,--you were too perfect in
the part!"
well, l didn't greatly mind the
valet business; It helped to hide my
identity. and did like the humor and
whims of Mr.. Glenarm. The house
keeping, after we came out here,
wasn't SO pleasant'-he looked at his
hands ruefully-"but this joke of Mr..
Glenarm's making will and then go
ing to Egypt to see what would hap
pen,-that was too good to miss. And
when the heir arrived found new op-
portunities of practising amateur the
atricals;- and Pickering's efforts to en-
list me in his scheme for finding the
money and making me rich gave me
stu greater opportunities. There
were times when / was strongly tempt
ed to blurt the whole thing; l got
tired of being suspected, and of play
ing ghost in the wall; and If Mr.. Glen
arm hadn't got here just as he did
should have stopped the fight and pro-
claimed the truth. hope" he said,
turning to me,-"you have no hard
feelings, sir" And he threw into the
sir" just touch of irony that made
us all roar.
I'm certainly glad I'm not dead,
declared my grandfather staring at
Bates. Life is more fun than ever
thought possible. Bless my soul" he
said. "if 1t isn't a shame that Bates
can never cook another omelette for
met"
We sent Bates back with my grand.
father from the boat-house, and Stod-
dard, Larry and started across the
ice; the light coating of snow made
walking comparatively easy. We
strobe on silently, Stoddard leading
Their plan was to take an accommoda-
ton train at the first station beyond
Annandale, leave it at town 40 miles
away, and then hurry east to an OBJ
scure place In the mountains OF Mary
land where religious order main
| tanned q house. There Stoddard prom
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26
One Of Bill Nye,s.


Referring to real estate transac
ton made by one Peter Minuit, way
back in the year 1923, Bill Nye, in his
history of the United States, declared:
New York was afterwards sold for
$24; the whole island. When l think
OF this l go into my family gallery,
which / also use as a swear room, and
tell those ancestors what / think Of
them. Where were they when New
York sold for $24?"
The humor of this strikes deeply
when one stops to consider what has
been the outcome of this original in.
vestment. Peter Minuit, with trinkets
and few bottles of rum, so delighted
the native indians that they gladly
turned over to him the whole of Man
haitian island, now the heart Of
Greater New York.-"New York, the
Giant City" National Magazine.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-06-26
TAFT HAS RESIGNED.
President viii Appoint Luke Wright
as Secretary of War.

Washington.-Secr of War
Taft on Friday rendered his resigna-
ton, effective June 80. The president
will appoint General Luke E. Wright
of Tennessee as his successor.
Tho correspondence between the
president and Secretary Taft relating
to the latter's resignation is very
brief. Secretary Taft simply said In
his resignation:
Il hereby tender my resignation as
secretary of war, to take effect June
80 next"
The president in his reply said:
your resignation is hereby &C,
cepted to take effect June 30"
The resignation was dated Thurs.
day, and the acceptance Friday II
was stated at the White House that,
aG the president SO recently as Thurs.
day had given out a formal statement
concerning his high esteem for Score
tary Taft, 1t was not deemed neces
sary to repeat what was then said.