The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-12-23
ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

Large counties in the state OF Wash
ington are King, with 284,638; Pierce,
with 120, 81; Spokane, with 139, 404,
and Walla Walla, with 1881.
The comptroller Of the currency re-
ceived an application to organize the
First National Bank of White Salmon,
with a capital of $4,000. The appli-
cation comes from c. R. Spencer of
White Salmon, with whom are associ-
ated T. Wyers, c. M. Wolfard, R. Lau-
terback and A. c. Keefhaver.
An a~nti-treating ordinance was adopt
ed by the city commission OF Tacoma,
making the buying Of an intoxicating
drink for another person a misdemeanor.
The measure was introduced by Mayor
Fawcett and was supported by two of
the other four commissioners. The
ordinance was generally considered a
joke; but the mayor declares he will
see it is enforced.
The first woman to qualify as a voter
in Walla Walla county was Miss Grace
Isaacs. There is no election this winter
to cause m there to take the oath
and qualify as voters; but Miss Isaacs,
to show her interest in the cause, reg
istered early. The young lady is n
Of the best known club women Of Walla
Walla, and was prominent in the cam
paign for equal suffrage.
1t was learned from United States
Commissioner Pearl a great many home
stead and desert entries are changing
hands in the Horse Heaven country.
He says the changes are being made
in the expectation the Klickitat Irriga-
ton and Power Company Of Seattle will
soon have water on the land. The
claims are selling from 5000 to $1,000,
one transfer being made recently on
the latter basis.
There is a bird dog in Everett that
is a full-Aedged "newsy," a deliverer of
daily newspapers. Charley Emmot is
the owner. Charley works one side of
the street, the dog works the other.
The small master rolls up the paper,
hands it to the dog, who deposits it on
the right porch; nor will he give it up
to any one who chances to be standing
in the yard, for he has received instruc-
tons that the paper is to be deposited
at the doorstep.
Dropping a steel tape measure from
a bridge to high-tension electric wires,
Alfred Carter, aged IS, received SO Sc
we're a shock that he fell and sustained
injuries which caused his death soon
afterward. Carter, who was a bridge
foreman on the Milwaukee road, died
en- route to the hospital at St. Maries.
Carter is said to have relatives at Los
Angeles. The bridge on which he
stood spans the tracks of the electric
line at Rosalia.
Suit has been brought against James
Nichols, doing business for James
Nichols & Son of Covent Garden, Lon
don, England, by the Richey & Gilbert
Company Of North Yakima, for $6062,
for alleged violation Of contract. Mr..
Nichols is an English fruit buyer who
spent the summer and fall in Yakima
county, purchasing several hundred
carloads Of fruit for British markets.
The plaintiffs charge that Nichols con-
tracted to take of them 81 carloads at
stated prices, the total cost being $21,-
249. go, of which $292.60 remains un-
paid. They say November II Nichols
declined to receive any more fruit or to
furnish instructions regarding the billing
of it, wherefore Richey & Gilbert claim
to be damaged in the amount stated.
The big question at the coming
meeting Of the legislature, according to
Hon. L. o. Meigs, speaker Of the last
house of representatives, is going to be
the reapportionment of county repre-
sentation, and he thinks the East Side
is going to get left. King with II and
Pierce with II representatives already
have been organized, Mr.. Meigs says.
Howard Taylor is to be speaker; James
Davis, chairman Of the appropriations
committee, and Paulhamus, president
of the senate, he believes. He does
not see even Spokane county getting a
look-in. and thinks the East Siders will