The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-03-26
SEATTLE NEWS ITEM s.

lavish hand, and the press of the state
is condemning its extravaganza in
severe language. There is a growing
feeling that the people should be con-
suited when it comes to spending
money belonging to them, but the re-
cent Legislature seems to have in
dulged in the appropriation business
without even reading the figures in the
various bills. In King County, where
the feeling in favor of economy is just
now very strong, the local members
of the recent session, who voted in
discriminatory for every measure which
gave away the peoples money, are
coming in for a severe scoring.
Anyhow, the recent Legislature did
not seem to do what the people of
the state expected, or what they were
pledged to do in behalf Of the Repub-
lican party. The local option bill is
not what it should be, and there is no
doubt that the saloon interests had a
big influence in the legislature. 1t
is the general opinion that when the
saloon interests prevented the passage
of thoroughly satisfactory option bill
they brought more trouble on their
own heads. The Anti-Saloon League
proposes to continue its war and the
saloons will have to fight for their ex-
istence.
The people OF the Northwest are
now watching with keen interest the
movements of Congress in connection
with the proposed revision of the tariff
so far as it relates to the intended re-
duction on lumber. Dispatches from
Washington City are to the effect
that although the proposal has been
made to reduce the lumber tariff from
two dollars to one dollar, it will meet
with most violent opposition and the
South will unite with the Northwest
and the Pacific Coast in fighting the
reduction. Newspapers in the U. S.
are already printing dispatches from
various points in Canada and British
Columbia to the effect that the owners
of timber on that side are immensely
pleased with the report that the United
States plans reduction of the lumber
tariff. They seem to feel that reduc-
ton will mean millions for them. In
other words, that they will be able to
compete with American lumber. West
Side lumbermen are of the opinion that
Congress will have hard time making
the proposed reduction; the forces OPP
posed to the reduction have been hard
at work for many months, and they be-
lieve that they have sufficient strength
to prevent any material change in the
present schedule.
When ex-President Roosevelt was in
Washington he had beautiful saddle
horse known as Roswell, and when he
departed from the national capitol to
prepare for his journey to Africa he left
the animal in charge of horseman
with instructions to sell to someone
who wanted something out of the Or
binary in the way of horsehesh; also it
must be sold to some person who had
a knowledge of horses and understood
the handling Of them. Along came
Secretary Of the Interior Ballinger, Of
the state of Washington, looking for a
good saddle horse. Roswell looked
good to him and Ballinger answered
the restrictions laid down by Roosevelt,
so Roswell is now the property of the
Seattle man.
A miniature farm has been estab-
lished at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifc ex-
position, where the products of the
state will be cultivated as an object
lesson to the visitors to the fair at Seat
tie this summer. 1t is hoped that such
farm will do much toward increasing
interest in the clearing OF logged-off
lands Of the state. On the exposition
grounds is a producing farm in every
stage OF its evolution, from the country
as the timber cutter has left it, show
ing practical demonstrations Of the sew
eral methods Of clearing. This, it is
believed, will lead to brisk demand
among the eastern visitors to the fair
for the logged-of lands of the state.
To create further interest excursions
will be run to the various sections Of