The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST

in the matter Of low temperatures.
The Pacific fleet of warships is to be
divided. Half of them will be sta
toned on the Pacific coast and the
other half in Asiatic waters.
There has not been so much snow
and ice in the Ohio river valley for
years, and a sudden rise in tempera-
ture will cause incalculable damage.
On New Years day snow fell in
Fresno, Calf, for the first time in six
teen years, and in Visalia for the first
time in the history OF that city. Or
ange trees, laden with ripe fruit, were
heaped with snow.
Louis Gardo, who lives on farm
two miles east of Steptoe butte, this
state, planted 20 acres of white and
yellow corn last spring and harvested
VI DuSuClS du dCIC, d lOtdi Vi AOON
bushels, from the twenty acres.
Spencer Trask, one OF the best
known bankers of New York city, and
an authority on financial matters, was
killed Friday last when a fast freight on
the New York Central dashed into the
rear end of the Montreal express.
Over dozen persons, men, women
and children, were burned to death
Friday morning last in the wreck of a
Rock Island passenger train in Mis-
souri,. Most of the fatalities occurred
in tourist sleeper, filled with passen-
gers for the Pacific coast. Spreading
of rails was cause of accident.
The city of Salem, Ore, is threat
ened with desertion by the willamette
river and unless measures are taken to
prevent it the city will be left high
and dry with the river bed half mile
west of its present location. The
mayor has communicated with the
United States engineers and the mat
ter will be taken up with Oregon's del
egation in congress in an effort to Sc
cure an appropriation for dyking the
river.
To provide a simple and cheap
means of sending money in small sums
through the mails, and to lessen the
use of coins, bills and postage stamps
for that purpose, it has been recon-
mended in the annual report of the
postoffice department that form of
postal check or note be adopted, SINH
lar to the present money order, but
issued for lower fees without written
application, in fixed denominations OF
less than $40.
. In binding snow storm, which had
stalled Great Northern freight engine
and prevented the engineer of an on
coming Burlington eastbound passen-
ger train from seeing the warning sig
nal lantern of the hagman, one of the
worst wrecks ever known on the Butte
division occurred last Friday night near
Oxford Siding, about 80 miles east Of
Judith Gap. AS a result three men
were killed, ten were injured and the
greater portion of the passenger train
was consumed by fire.
Tremendous damage has been done
in southern California by the terrific
rainstorm which ended Sunday after
precipitating five inches in less than "a
hours. Towns and cities were isolated
for days and the railroads lost miles OF
roadbed and numerous bridges.
John R. Bradley, DR.. Cooks hacker,
has decided to outfit another expedi-
ton into the arctic. 1t is believed that
he wishes to verify the existence of
Bradley land" which DR.. Cook re-
ported he had found.
All the attorneys who will partici-
pate in the trial of former Congressman
Binger Hermann, on a charge of con-
spiracy to defraud the United States
government out of a portion of the
public domain, have arrived at Port
land, where the trial will begin Janu-
airy 10 before Judge Wolverton in the
United States district court.
Following endless complaints from
victimized workingmen and strong agi-
tation by the 1. w. W., the authorities
of Spokane have refused to grant re-
newed licenses to an even half-dozen
of the more notorious employment