The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-12-17
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES

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North Yakima - North Yakima
fruit and business men, and fruit
men throughout the valley as well,
favor holding the next national ap-
pie show in Chicago instead OF in
Spokane.
Spokane-The Spokane branch Of
the American Mining Congress has
started a fight against the conserva-
ton policy and has instructed a
committee to draw resolutions con-
demning it, to be forwarded to the
headquarters of the secretary.
Colfax-State Deputy Dairy In.
spector T. II. Bothel, of Spokane,
has finished his inspection OF the
Colfax diaries and stated that all
FIVE diaries were below the proper
standard, giving them warning to
improve.
Notwithstanding goats for
milk they will produce is the novel
yet successful experiment worked
out near here by Arthur Lawson
and J. Jock The two men have
about IS OF the animals on their
farm, and the number is to be
largely increased next year.
Vancouver-For being imprisoned
for an alleged debt from Saturday
evening until Monday morning, J.
w. Hill, a farmer near Vancouver,
has sued the firm of Stumberg &
Son, grocers, who had him arrested,
for $4,000 damages and SIS costs
of the justice court.
Raymond-Now that communica-
ton has been established through
out the county, it is possible to
estimate the damage done by the
late flood Including the railroad
bridge washed away, it is believed
the damage will reach fully $4,000
and may go somewhat above that
figure.
Olympia-F. NJ. Larned, of Seat
tie, has been appoined secretary Of
the State Railroad Commission, to
assume his duties January l. Larned
is Sunday editor of the Seattle Post
Intelligencer. The position of sec
rotary of the commission has been
vacant many months while the com
mission has been looking for sat
isfactory man.
Seattle - Personally to inspect
some mountain claims in litigation
in the superior court, Judge J, T.
Ronald and the attorneys and the
stenographer connected with the
case personally visited the claims,
situated in the foothills of the Cas-
cades some ten miles from Sky
komish, and court was held on the
mountain side during snow storm
Olympia-Simcoe & Western Rail
road has filed with the Secretary of
State resolutions adopted by its di-
rectors announcing plans to conduct
railway from Toppenish south
westerly through the Yakima Indian
reservation and through Klickitat
County to Lyle, 90 miles F. A.
Williams is president of the com
pany.
Dayton-Several schools in Col
umbia county have been closed since
last fall because the boards of direc-
tors could not secure teachers. Two
things are responsible for the dearth
of teachers-the higher standard de-
manded and the fact that many
other avenues of employment are
open. Salaries of teachers are too
small
Husum-Late developments indi-
cate that miners have been pros
pecting for gold near the head
waters of the White Salmon river.
The latest find was discovered by
John Williams in the western foot
hills of Mount Adams, about Is
miles northwest of Trout Lake. Be
fore making the discovery known
Williams took samples of the gold
ore to Portland, which assayed $l65
to the ton.
Seattle OF $1,000 pounds of
chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys
seized in two Seattle cold storage
plants during the past week, by
state officials, $4,000 pounds have
been condemned and sent to the
fertilizer factories. 5000 pounds have
been returned to the owners as un-
fit for consumption, and 5000 pounds
are undergoing meteorological tests
by the University of Washington
chemistry department
North Yakima - Advices from
Washington state that the secretary
of the treasury has granted autho-
ritv TO advertise for excavation, main
lateral, pipe, trenches and construc-
ton of timber structures, including
fumes, measuring boxes, wood stave
pipe, highway bridges and culverts
required in the construction of the
Byron unit of Mabton division, Sun
nyside irrigation project Washing
ton