The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-09-24

in the near future on considerably
larger scale than before.
Three men, two horses and a large
quantity Of feed, hay, tools and harness
were lost in barn fire at Sedro- Woolley
last week. Origin Of the fire unknown.
The water proposition for the town
of Sultan carried at a special election
last week by vote of "a to S. The
proposition carries with it the issuance
of bonds to the amount of SIS, 1000.
Washington's state tax levy this year
will be Cos mills, based on an aggre-
gate assessment of o0,41o,826, as
against a levy of 48 mills in 1908,
based on an aggregate assessment of
748,000,0OO.
Petitions have been circulated in a
number of cities in Skagit county, in
Guiding Sedro- Woolley, for vote on
the local option question. 1t is said the
board of county commissioners is in
favor of the measure.
w. T. Day, c. T. Hansen, ]. w.
Wolverton, John Witten, Geo. Kin
caid and Lewis Jensen, have associated
themselves together and incorporated
the Douglas state bank, with paid-up
capital of SIS 900.
]. c. O'Brien, foreman for A. w.
Guthrie & Co., the Minneapolis con-
tractors who have secured the contract
for the Oroville-Brewster line, made
arrangements with the c. &. o. COM
pany for moving its outfit up the river.
A contract has been entered into be-
tween the Waterville Railway Company
and Frank Mexican, by which the latter
agrees for 100000 to construct and
equip an electric railway between Water
vile and Douglas within ninety days.
All power sites along the Yakima river
in the vicinity of North Yakima have
been withdrawn from entry for the
present. Approximately 6253 acres Of
land is included in strip eighteen
miles long. The reason for the with
drawal is not stated.
The Washington State Horticultural
Society has taken up the matter of
standard apple boxes with the officers
of the Spokane apple show, and ruling
is made fixing the size at 101ax11@x
IS inches. The capacity may vary
from 2173.5 to 1900 cubic inches.
From present indications there will
not be scarcity of deer. Parties who
have been out from town few miles
report seeing them in large numbers.
They seem unusually tame this year.
Two were seen feeding a short time
ago on the hillside southwest of the
courthouse, inside the town limits.
Okanogan Record.
To the firm of A. w. Guthrie & Co.
of Minneapolis, A. P. Hoag, chief
engineer of the Great Northern, has
let the contract for the Brewster-O roville
branch of the Hill system. The road
will be nearly seventy miles long and
will cost close to 100000. The
contractors have been ordered to begin
work at once.
Near Monroe, Snohomish county,
there lives family of half-breed Siwash
children, now grown, whose father,
Charles Hartman, was a brother of E.
H. Hartman, the railroad king, who
died last week. Charles Hartman came
to the Northwest in 1857, and in the
early 70s he served as county commits
sioner. He died about five years ago.
Index News.
The highest price ever paid for an
apple crop has recently been closed for
the Hood river and Mosier yields. j.
A. Steinhardt of New York visited both
districts last week and contracted fol
the entire crop Of the Mosier and Hood
river valleys at better than $3.50 pei
box. AS the total yield will run up to
$50 carloads, this contract will put
more than 100000 into the pockets