The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-11-18
ITEMS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

E. H. Eshelman, representative from
the Sixth legislative district, Spokane.
is a candidate for speaker Of the house
at the coming session at Olympia.
White Bluffs will have a unionT Thanks
giving picnic, a novel event suggested
by Mrs. Charles F. Chalfan. The feast
and entertainment will be at the school
auditorium. Mrs. w. J. Kincaid will
have charge.
A bill was introduced in the Seattle
city council prohibiting the smoking OF
tobacco in any election booth during
the casting and the counting Of the
ballots. The proposed legislation is
one Of the first fruits of the woman suf-
frage victory.
If contractors doing city work do
do not employ residents OF Spokane,
preferably men with families, they will
be prosecuted to the fullest extent Of
the law. The employment Of foreign
labor I will not tolerate when our citi-
zens are in need Of work. Mayor
Pratt Of Spokane.
c. E. Crownover, North Yakima, was
appointed project engineer Of the Tie
ton unit, Nakima reclamation project,
to succeed John S. Conway, who was
made chief engineer Of the lighthouse
bureau. MI. Crownover will be located
at Natchez, under Supervising Engineer
H. Swigart Of North Yakima.
Frank Chambers, a pioneer farmer
near Vancouver, made a dying request
that his ashes be scattered over his or
chard, where he had spent so many
happy years. Mr.. Chambers lived the
greater part of his time in his orchard,
which he had succeeded in bringing to
a high state of productiveness. Mrs.
Harvey Spellman, his daughter, says
his wish will be carried out.
A report from Hansen Ferry, Asotin
county, says coyotes in that section
have developed rabies and are playing
havic with the pigs. Fred Bosley Of
Grouse was bitten by a coyote. The
boy was taken to Enterprise and from
there rushed to Portland. In another
case a coyote bit a dog, the dog bit a
pig and the pig died, A hunt is being
organized to drive the coyotes from
that section.
Strong rumors are afoat that the
Anti-Saloon League is preparing to
spring a local option election in Spo-
kane within the next 90 days, depend
ing on the woman vote Of the city to
carry Spokane dry. Officers and mem
bers Of the league recognize in the
emergency clause on amendment s an
opportunity to poll the feminine vote.
The information that such a move was
contemplated has stirred the city from
top to bottom, and a hot fight is looked
for when the petition for an election is
sprung.
For several days the se~ismograph OF
the University Of Washington recorded
earthquake shocks, the direction being
north and south. It is supposed the
earthquakes were in Bering sea. The
Aleutian volcanoes have been in erup-
ton since last May, and it is likely
there have been upheavals in those
islands, but nothing will be known OF
the changes until the revenue cutters
90 north mex spring. Bering sea IS
closed for the winter. The recent tidal
wave at Nome is ascribed to a subma-
rine earthquake.
In November, 1909, w. N. Gillespie,
"a years old, left Helena, Mont, for
Spokane. Since that day the young
man has dropped u of sight as COM
pletely as tho swallowed by the earth.
His mother, now on her deathbed, is
seeking news Of her son before she dies.
The young mans father is a prosperous
merchant OF Jeanette, Pa. The missing
man is described as follows; Five feet
II inches in height; weight 100 pounds;
black hair, blue-gray eyes, smooth
shaven, stammers slightly.
In honor Of E. A. Bryan and to slim
ulate the study Of local history and to
preserve a fast-disappearing source Of
material, a prize Of SIS, to be called
the ''Enoch A. Bryan historical prize, .