The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-05-07
WASHINGTON NOTES


April 1 2O6 coyotes were killed in
Okanogan county and presented to
the auditor for payment.
Kalama-F. A. Kirby, of Kalama,
has been appointed deputy fish COM
missioner of the state of Washing
ton for the Columbia river district.
Beginning May 1, rival
steamship companies to Victoria will
carry passengers to Victoria for 25
cents, round trip so cents. This
renews the bitter rate war which
prevailed all last summer.
Spokane-Lewis Gray, former
Northern Pacific engineer, charged
with throwing nitric acid over Ida
and Hannah Nelson, has been bound
over to the superior court under a
bond of $4,000.
Tacoma-On May /, 700 men at
work in the Northern Pacific shops
began working full time of 10 hours
and six days in the week. During
the winter and spring they have been
working eight hours and five days
week.
Seatte-A. L. Snow of Spokane,
and IS men have sailed for Alaska
to open the Alaska Central railroad
from Seward to Placer Valley. The
road, of which So miles is complet-
ed, has been out of commission and
in the hands of a receiver since
November, 1907.
Tacoma-Olga Nelson, the IT.
year-old girl who eloped few days
ago in company with Paul Ledridge.
taking $440 of her mothers money,
was brought back from North Yaki-
ma, where she was identified by the
police. She had spent $40 of the
money.
Oylmpia-The state board of con-
troll has issued calls for bids, to be
opened May 81, in this city, for
about $4,000 worth of rock-crush-
ing machinery, including four COM
plete plants for the proposed state
convict camps, which will manufac-
ture road material
Spokane-Irene Wilson, alias Mrs.
Bertha Welsh, and her partner Arch.
Thompson, were sentenced to i'm
prisonment for from five to 20 years
for highway robbery. The woman's
husband had already received a SIM
liar sentence. The woman lured a
saloonkeeper to a convenient spot,
where he was set upon by her part
ners and robbed of 1926.
Walla Walla = While STOPPING
over tire which an automobile
demonstration was pumping full OF
air at Prescott, DR.. F. w. Reese, of
this city, received a blow from the
bursting tire which lacerated his
cheek and fractured the bones of his
face. A steel outer case struck him
in the face, breaking four teeth and
leaving bad cash. The demon
strator suffered badly bruised arm.
Olympia-State Land Commission
er Ross collected $206,116 during
April, of this $164,09O was for the
permanent school fund and about
$4,000 was general fund. In addi-
ton, fees and forfeitures collected
by the Office aggregated $63S.25.
During the month there were ia
applications for the purchase of state
lands and timber and go applica-
lions to lease.
Tacoma-That the murderer of
James A. Trace, the contractor
whose bullet-riddled body was found
In the woods near his home three
weeks ago, will be landed in jail is
the statement of private detective
yet working on the case. He assert
ed that he had identified the muir
derer, but would not give out his
name.
Husum-Two members of the for
est service are locating lines and
posting notices along the eastern
boundary lines of the reserve, from
near the Columbia river to Mount
Adams. The influx of settlers locat-
ing on claims in the eastern tier OF
townships of the reserve has caused
the government to post boundary no.
tees and fire warnings.
Spokane-Editors and publishers
of $40 daily, weekly and class pub
lieations in Eastern Washington, Or
egon, Northern and Central Idaho.
Western Montana, British Columbia
and points in Alberta have been in
vited by the Spokane Press commit
tee to meet in this city on May
to discuss plans for the formation of
the Inland Empire Press Association.
Pullman--The students in the
mechanical engineering departments
of the State College are preparing
plans for the construction of clock
for the high tower of the new audi
torium and library building. Esti-
mates for the purchase of clock
for the new building were submitted
to the appropriation committees of