The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-07-02
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF

sion mas corrected 9O,OfO.5O luHellL-
ance tax on the estate of Babette
Gatzert, of King county.
Seattle-Fire Saturday night de-
Btroyed the cooperage plant of the
Seattle Mailing & Brewing Com
pany. The loss is about 100000.
Walla Walla-Three saloon men,
convicted by juries of maintaining
distractions in front of their places
of business, were fined 500 each
Saturday.
Notwithstanding to arrange
ments recently completed, the U. S.
immigration office in Aberdeen will
be moved to Hoquiam, the transfer
taking place about July l.
North Yakima-Six tramps who
stole, killed and roasted a pet pig
belonging to a rancher near Wapato,
are working out their penalty at the
county jail.
Bristol-As a memorial to her
late husband, who was for 30 years
missionary in Alaska, Mrs. NJ G.
Mcfarland has donate an acre at
the northwest corner of her ranch
for a on-denominational church.
Tacoma-After making very bust
nesslike arrangements for the dis
posal of her effects, Mrs. Mary F.
Weber shot herself through the tenn
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Saturday, dying almost instantly
Spokane-Cigar dealers and Gig
arctic smokers are clubbing together
with cash to carry the cases of three
men caught smoking cigarettes to
the supreme court, in an attempt to
knock out the law.
city and killed at local hotel,
proved a gold mine for the hotel.
In the birds gizzard was found three
nuggets the size of a pea. Several
fowls have been killed recently in
the city in whose giZzards was found
gold.
ly known as Jim Hill mustard, is
menacing the crop in the Inland
Empire, and many farmers through
central and eastern Washington de-
clare they will harvest only about a
third of a crop of wheat because of
the thick stand of mustard.
off n
the warship Tennessee were hosts
Friday night at military ball at
the armory to 1900 Tacomans. More
than $4,000 was expended in max
ing the event a success, and it prob
ably establishes the high water
mark here of brilliant military social
events.
Olympia-Attorney-General Bell
has rendered an opinion that when
money is collected by the state land
commissioner, as rental for an eX-
tension of time for the removal of
timber, when the timber is sold sep
arate from the land, that the money
the same fund as the purchase price.
Systematically in debt, judg-
ments of considerable amount and
$4,000 or whereabouts in unpaid
mortgages hanging over it, the
Union Laundry, the first co-opera-
tive venture in speculative fields by
nj a
hands and practically failed.
Olympia-The encouragement In
opinions to the state auditor, holds
that heirs of Indian War Veterans
should not be paid under the APP
preparation made by the last legis-
lature for the veterans, and holds
that the new Accountancy Board has
Jurisdiction over all public Offices,
including those in township organi-
cations, but none over cities.
Seattle-A man arrested in this
county as a member of the gang OF
robbers who held up three saloons
and a store in Gle Elum, last week,
W0Sn one Vi Tic iOpbOi0 ""S
by an officer, has been identified as
VIM. R. Bell, former United States
Secret Service operative and son or
the late Captain B. w. Bell, Tor
many years chief of the Northwest
division of the service.
Olympia-About 5000 Washing
ton corporations will be wiped on
the records of the Office of the secre-
tary of state, and such of them as
are not already dead will no longer
be permitted to do business in this
state. Under a law of 1905, all cor
porations which are delinquent two
years or more in payment of annual
license must be taken from the list.
Seattle-The secretary OF the IN
terror has suspended the contract OF
the Standard Building Company OF
San Francisco for the construction
of the Sulphur Creek wasteway OF
the Sunnyside irrigation project. The
company has suspended work, given
a bill of sale for it's machinery and
attempted to move the same from
the ground in direct violation OF the