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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
TWO PROPOSITIONS
TO AID IRRIGATION
CONGRESS MAY DECIDE NEXT
WINTER.
MONEY is NEEDED AT ONCE
Bonds May Be Issued, or Law to
Lease Grazing Lands in the
West Passed.

Washington. Nov lit will be up
to congress to determine next winter
whether or not bonds shall be issued
by the government to raise $4,000
600 or more to hasten the completion
of federal irrigation projects now IN
der way. 1t has become evident that
without some such assistance, work
on many of the projects will drag
along indefinitely. There is only Sl0,-
100000 available, and there is imme-
diate demand for S25,O00000 Unless
some method is provided for increas-
ing the amount to be expended next
season. the work of the reclamation
service will be seriously crippled, and
many settlers now residing on I'M
finished projects viii be subjected to
more or less hardship.
If congress is unwilling to author
ize a bond issue in order to raise ad-
ditional funds with which to hasten
the completion Of government irri-
CATION projects now under way there
are other means of raising revenue
which may prove less Objectionable.
Foremost among them is to adopt a
practical system Of leasing the public
grazing lands of the west 1t is
roughly estimated that there are ESQ.,
100000 acres OF public grazing land
in the west. which today yields no
revenue, and which likewise is for
the most part without government
regulation of any sort
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
MOUNTAIN DENIZENS ARE
TRAPPERS' QUARRY

Dayton, Wash, Nov Deter
mined to capture one of every spe-
cies of animal native to this state
and Oregon, w. T. Herndon and c.
c. Miller, trappers, are here outfit
ting for a two years hunt in the
Blue mountains. During the last few
months the trappers have captured
IS Of the 40 species common to these
mountains
The menagerie has been shipped
to Oklahoma with the intention of
giving exhibitions in eastern states
for a period of two years During
that lime Herndon and Miller will
ship animals east as fast as captured
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Blind Man Reads Minds.

Chicago, Nov Blind from birth,
but able through telepathy to take
the different courses of medicine and
surgery without study, is the remark
able condition Of ]. w Bowlotin, a
student in the Chicago College of
Medicine and Surgery. Bowlotin, a
young Russian, asserts that through
a sixth sense, which he cannot ex-
plain, he can read the minds OF his
friends and classmates, and in that
manner acquire from them the knowl-
edge they obtained through hard
study.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Man Abandons Baby.

Everett-On opening her door in
answer to a knock, Mrs Block met
a tall man who handed her a bundle
and disappeared in the darkness be
fore she could inquire the reason oil
the visit Mrs Block, who takes in
sewing, thought the bundle contained
work for her TO do. but on unwrap-
ping the covering found baby fast
asleep Pinned to the blanker was
the following note: Dear Madam
Please ~take this baby and care for il
and you will be well paid The baby
is two weeks old. Please destroy this
note" Mrs Block will accept the
care OF the unknown child.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
BAN PLACED ON FOOTBALL
Death of Cadet Byrne at West Point
Has Effect.

West Point, n Y, Nov. BE
cause OF the death OF Eugene Byrne,
Of Buffalo, n. Y, no more football
will be played by the West Point
eleven this season.
This statement was made by Col.
Scott, superintendent OF the United
States Military Academy, after con-
sultation with the athletic authorities
Of the academy on the death of Byrne
as a result of injuries suffered in the
Harvard game Saturday
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
PROBATE NOTICE
Notice OF Settlement of Final Account

In the Superior Court of the State of Wash
ington. in and for 0hean County
In the matter of the estate OF Daniel y.
Lindsay, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Amelia NJ
Lindsay administrators of the estate OF BAN
lei Y Lindsay, deceased, has rendered and
presented for settlement to and filed in the
Superior Court of Chelan County, state Of
Washington, her final account as such nd
mtnist ratrix and that Wednesday, the Path
day of November, 1909, ut 10 O'Clock n. IN. ut
the court room of said superior Court
in the Town of Wenatchee in said Chelan
county has been duly appointed by said
superior Court for the hearing and settle
ment of said final account, AT which time
and place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to said final account and contest
same.
Witness, VIM. A. Grimshaw, Judge of said
Superior Court and the seal OF said Court
hereunto affixed this 9th day OF October
1909. j. L. "a M1bhl4l4'
County Clerk and eX-oticio CLERK OF said Su-
perior Court of Ohean County, Stale OF
Washington. oct AEloN
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Farmers Fleeced by Swindler.

MISUNDERSTANDING himself
to be a produce buyer and answering
to the name of Chas Miller and sew
eral aliases Miller feeced three Kit
titas county farmers out of $42. He
bought potatoes from the farmers
and paid them with a check drawn on
an Ellensburg bank slightly larger
in amount than needed for the pur-
chase and his victims returned TO him
the difference in cash
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Milwaukee to Build to Everett.

lympia-The Milwaukee road is
TO build through Everett. A certih-
cate has been filed here with the sec
rotary of state thar at meeting OF
the trustees of the road, resolution
was adopted authorizing construc-
ton of line from the proposed road
of the company in Snohomish county
and running northerly along the Sno-
homish river and through the city
of Everett
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
FINDER GETS $500 REWARD
Chilberg Will Pay for the Return of
Lost Diamonds.

Seattle, Nov Mrs. J E Chill
berg's diamond rings. which her hus-
band. the president OF the A.-Y.-P.
Exposition, accidentally threw out Of
a car window while they were on a
train en- route to San Francisco from
Seattle. have been returned to her
John Clark, a resident of Castella,
Cal, picked up the rings on the rail-
road track near Dunsmuir. Clark will
receive a reward of $500 for the re-
turn OF the diamonds They are val
ued at $4,000
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior
L. \ Land Office at Waterville, Wash,
september y, 1903
Notice is hereby given that sam Garter
of Gas hmere Washington, who on Sepiem
her y 1907 made homestead application No
1881 for sl5sw14, sec. ~ township - n q.
r. N e m has filed notice of intention TO
make final Communication proof, 10 ESTABLISH
claifn TO the land above described, before j.
n shore L. :. Commissioner, AT his ohlce 90
Ieayenworth Wash, on the sth day OF No
Vember, 1909.
w Schmitten. Walter W. Jones Charles
Rexford, ali of Cashmere, ana Leslie l..
W. +. HAYNES,
oet = Novh Register
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Accused Acts as Own Lawyer.

Seattle-Peter Miller. formerly a
lecturer on sociological topics, on
trial for robbing a house in this city
last June. and whose name has been
mentioned by the police in the gar
roting of Hugh Mcmahon, bartend-
er, last fall, is acting as his own law
yer and displaying all the skill and
learning of an experienced attorney
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Coreans are Pleased.

Seoul, Nov 2-It is evident from
the attitude Of a considerable section
of the Corean population that the as
sassination of Prince Ito was not un-
pleasing. Those comprising this ele-
ment, which is now deprived of OPP
portunities formerly offered here, are
agitating for further violence.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
More Bombs Drop in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-Two bombs were
thrown here last night in the down
town districts, in buildings occupied
by gambling clubs. No one was in
jured, but many windows were brok-
en- and store stocks damaged The
bombs thrown were the 32d and 33d
that have been thrown in what is re-
garded as a quarrel between syndi-
Gates of gamblers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
APARTMENT HAS
GENERAL SHAKE-UP

McHarg Drops Portfolio and Solicit
tor Earle Has Charge Temporarily.
Washington, Nov. Important
changes in office and a new swing in
the administrative work of the treas
ury department occurred today
Ormsby McHarg, assistant secretary
OF commerce and labor, left for New
York. where he will practice law. So
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Flag Raising Will Pay Farmers.

Pullman-An effort is being made
to induce farmers here TO raise fax
Many years ago the country about
Pullman was devoted largely TO fax
raising and yields varying from 20 to
30 bushels an acre were produced
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Notice Of Sale of Timber ON University
Land

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday,
the 9TH day OF December 1909, between the
hours OF ten O'Clock in the forenoon and four
O'Clock I'm the afternoon. commencing at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon OF said day, in
front OF the main entrance door to the
county courthouse in the City OF Wenatchee
County OF Chelan, state OF Washington,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Many Apple Trees Set Out.

Dayton-It is estimated that 49,
600 apple trees have been set out this
year near Dayton Land suitable for
orchard purposes has increased in
value the last three years from SIS
20 $3.50 an acre.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Heyburn Gives Library.

Spokane-The law library formerly
owned by Senator Hepburn, of Idaro.
with some additions, is to be installed
in the courthouse here
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-11-05
Methodist Episcopal Church

North Side one block west of Viaduct
Services as Follows:
10 a. m. Sunday School II a. m. Morning
Service. 6:45 p m. Epworth League.
80 p. IN. Evening Service
j. o. Hawk, Pastor
Parsonage; Second house west OF church.
Strangers cordially invited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
Special Interests After Priest Lake Supply
for Their Private Benefit.

A possible reason for Engineer
Zimmerman of the Spokane & In
| land being at the head of the water
commission and actively interested
in the problem when he probably
has plenty of other work to do, will
fmaterialize if an expected PROPOSE
tion is made from Spokane & In
land ousrces.
This proposition will be that di
versions be made from city sup
ply line from Priest lake for the
purpose of irrigating land through
the valley owned by the Graves in.
terests. In consideration for this
the Graves people will submit a
proposal to furnish the necessary
surveys and pay portion of the
cost. Just how extensive that por
ton may be will naturally be gov.
erned by the characteristic corpor
alton disposition to pay the least il
can be made to pay toward the es-
tablishment of strictly public util
Iity. Corporation enthusiasm over
paying portions of cost for city
bridges will serve as a sample.
1t probably means that the In
land interests would pay interest
on the cost, and the people who
buy the land will pay the interest
Surveys for the projected pipe line
are already made, it is stated.
The chief point is, however, that
If the plan goes through the city
will have a water supply system
coupled up with an irrigation sys.
tenn, the latter being under corpor.
alton control Records of any ex'
|tensively irrigated country will
show that irrigation bitches are a
prolific source of typhoid and other
fevers.
Another point is that instead of
being elevated above private and
political interests, the water supply
issue will have been plunged into
the very depths of it. There will
be no end of trading and dickerine
over the vital problem of furnishing
a city water to drink and to pre-
serve itself from fire and drouth
The probable result will be dead.
lock and nothing accomplished for
years.
Although city water department
authorities do not look for anything
of the sort, there is likely to be a
conflict in the city council Tuesday
evening over the private water com.
mission report. 1t is understood
that the commission will submit
suggestions and advice as to the
present emergency measures, and
that in several respects these sug
gestions will differ from those on
which the water department is now
proceeding by authority of the
council. The Reuterdahl plan has
been approved, first by the citizens
whose needs compelled it, and sec
ond by the proper civic authorities
The water department has been In
structed to go ahead on this plan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
.OURf|SHERMEN
NOT WANTED
fBy United Press.)

BELLlNGHAM. july 23.--Pro.
lessor Edward E. Prince, fish com
missioner of the dominion of Can
ada, and President Jordan OF STAN
ford university are on a tour of
investiatlon with view to formu-
iating a code of laws looking to the
conservation of the fishing indus
try. Speaking OF the recent action
of Canadian officials In refusing to
allow American halibut fishers to
buy bait on the Canadian side, Pro.
fossor Prince said today:
THE statement that the domin.
ion officials are tryin to drive
American fishermen out OF Canad-
ian waters is correct; that is the
object of restriction. Americans,
under a strict Interpretation of the
international fisheries treaty as II
applies to the Pacific coast. have
No right tn huy biat. to maintain
hcadauaiIers OF catch fish ON the
Canadian side Of the line"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
WIFE DYING, STRIKER GETS BLOWS
WHEN HE ASKS FOR HIS MONEY

street, one Of the strikers. had
pay check for $42 which he want
ed cashed. A telegram from New
York told him his wife was i'll
The bosses told him that as he was
striker he had only S32 coming
20 him.
This wasn't enough in Schmidt S
emergency.
A brutal deputy kicked and beat
him out of the factory stockade
when he told them so.
Schmidt, gentle, home loving
German, was handed another tele.
gram: Your wife Is dying" IL
said. Hurry here at once"
Schmidt limped back to the
works and showed his telegram to
the deputy. He was willing 70
take only the $32 then, or anythins
Immediately three deputies seized
him and beat him terribly. Then
with the muzzle OF a riot gun be
tween his shoulders he was push
ed out again, half crazed with
grief.
Rev. DR.. William II. Farmer oil
Western Theological seminary, who
occupied an east-end pulpit during
the strike. arraigned the Pressed
Steel Car Co. as corporation full
OF "selfishness raised to the ninth
power"
Pittsburg is beginning to realize
now what selfishness means.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
WANT TO MAKE MORE
ON OPIUM
(5y United Press.)

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July 3D..
Acting upon a Geographic request,
r. p. Schwerin. general manager
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.,
and Senators Flint and Perkins,
will ask the conference committee
to consider an amendment of reg.
ulations relating to reshipment In
American ports of opium consign-
ed from the Orient to Mexico.
Schwerin claims much valuable
traffic Is lost to the company on
account Of existing regulations, in
view of the fact that the attorney
general held in a decision July 1
that the shipments In question
were not importations into this
country. He asks that the provi-
sions be revised.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

LOSES STAR

F. 8. Lockwood, special police
man patrolling the residence dis
trict of the south hill at the ex-
pense Of some of the Weather
property owners, has been relieved
of his star and dismissed from the
department for drinking while on
duty. He is said to have been
drunk the other night and was
summoned to the police station
this morning, where Chief of Po-
lice Sullivan demanded his star
and returned him the dollar that
he deposited for It.
Lockwood earned considerable
notoriety a few weeks ago when
hailed to police court charged with
attempting to provoke an assault
with a butcher. He was dis
charged, however, though it was al
legged that he had drawn a gun on
the man, who asked him to pay a
bill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
PROTEST FROM
THE ODD FELLOWS

The Spokane Odd Fellows Tenn
pie association has filed protest
with the council against vacating
a portion of Wall street at Front
as desired by the North Coast rail-
road in its franchise application,
which comes up for consideration
this evening.
The North Coast contends that
its proposed depot and terminal
building ON Front between Howard
and Wall will overlap onto the lat
ter street, and that the only solu-
ton is to vacate that portion of
Wall.
The Odd Fellows have heavy
investment at the corner of Main
and Wall. one block from the
Notrh Coast site, which they state
will be damaged by the vacation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
NV United Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.-That
the national game of baseball is in
danger of being compromised by
professional bookmakers is the
opinion of Police Judge Shortall of
this city.
Two men were arrested Wednes-
day charged with booking at the
Coast league games at Recreation
park and brought before the Judge.
Though the cases were continued,
Shortall expressed a fear that the
game eventually would become a
medium for the operations of book
makers and pool rooms.
81 think any such tendency
should be nipped in the bud said
Judge Shortall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
HOUSE AGREES
ON COTTON
(By United Press. I,

WASHINGTON. July 2S.--Ald-
rich stated this afternoon that he
hoped the conference committee
would finish before night At this
mornings session the cotton sched-
ules were debated. II Is believed
the house conferees have agreed to
most Of the senate rates on the
high grades of cotton goods.
elieving that the tariff bill will
be ready for final action Monday,
Senator Kean today moved that an
agreement regarding adjournment
be modified so that the next ses-
sion Of the senate will be Monday
instead of Tuesday. Teh motion
was adopted. In making the mo-
ton he explained that he was in
formed the bill would probably be
ready Monday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
PUTS A BULLET In
COLONIES SON

1t isn't often private soldier
shoots the coloneis son and es.
capes serious consequences. but
Private Langdon did 1t yesterday
at Fort Wright and he hasn't been
hanged yet. The victim was Paul
Febiger, son Of Lieutenant Colonel
Febiger. The bullet struck him I'm
the fleshy part of the thigh and the
wound is not considered serious.
Langdon was trying to shoot ].
Patterson, who was serving an is
months sentence for DESERVING,
Patterson made break to escape
and Langdon shot at him just as
young Febiger tried to tackle the
fugitive. Patterson got away in
the confusion following.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
TOTAL DEAD Is;
LOSS HEAVY
(6y United Press.)

HOUSTON, Tex, July 23.-Re-
ports received at noon indicate
that the total deaths in southern
Texas as result of the storm Is 20.
The property olss is estimated at
So, 100000.
HOUSTON, Tex, July 23.-Four-
teen dead, a dozen towns wrecked
and millions of dollars worth of
property damage are reported to-
day as the result of the three hur-
ricanes that swept southern Texas
in the past two days.
The rice fields are destroyed,
trees uprooted, houses unrpofed,
railroad tracks washed out, tele-
phone and telegraph communica-
ton seriously interrupted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
Special Correspondence to The !


PITTSBURG, July 23.-As one
result of the car works strikes i'm
this district the lid has been
ripped off the secret and inhumane
working condition imposed ;on the
men at steel trust plants.
Here's one incident of the Press
ed Steel Car Co.'S strike at Nc
KEGS Rocks that aroused even
Pittsburg to hot anger and to
symIathy--a story of one mans
heart hunger and corporation
guards who had no heart.
At the start of the McKees Rock
strike the company decided it
would take the law into his own
hands--in other words. make its
own laws. So it sent for Sheriff
Addison c. Gumbert and told him
what IL wanted.
Sheriff Gumbert. trucking to the
trust, handed out a fistful of blank
commissions for deputies, and the
bosses named the deputies from
their own men. The county paid
the bills.
All McKees Rocks saloons were
closed by Gumbert. but the bar
keepers didn't kick. They were
made deputies. and with them were
the hangers.on, the scum of the
city. All with power OF life and
death over the strikers.
Alexander Schmidt, 341 Helen
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23

Now if the commission desires
the palms altered, the council will
have the question of the commits
sion's authority and it's own to
the commission is
above the council or the council is
above the commission.
Property owners and citizens gen.
orally will decide readily by hold
ing the council responsible for any
further deviation from the scheme
of relief that has already been &C.
copied and upon which work is
being done at the present time. The
wheels, however, revolve in mys-
FERROUS ways in city politics when
a big corporation is interested.
will be interesting to note the
councils proceduer in this partic-
ular.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
ODDS AND EVENS
MAY SWITCH

Commissioner Reuterdahl is con-
sidering the plan of alternating
sprinkling regulations for different
streets. AS 1t is now residents on
odd numbered streets envy the
hours accorded residents on even
Numbered streets, and vice versa.
If the suggestion proves accept
able, the commissioner will give
the odd numbered streets the even
numbered hours for month and
then switch back, keeping up the
process IL 1t Is satisfactory. That
will mean additional trouble and
complication, of course, but it APP
pears to be about the only way to
satisfy the human instinct to covet
what the other fellow has.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-07-23
BEAT
SUTTON
(By United Press.)

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 23.-De-
nying that there was any alterca-
ton between Lieutenant Sutton
and his companions while they
were riding in an automobile prior
to firing the shot which ended SUIT
tons life, William Owens, chauf-
feur, created a sensation at the in
quiry today. He testified that three
officers attacked Sutton, two hold
ing him while the third beat him.
He said Adams did not quarrel
with Sutton over abandoning the
machine to return afoot because it
was late. Others testified that the
question led to a desperate quarrel.