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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Stump Pulling Contest

George E. Boos, secretary of the
Washington Logged-Off Land Associa-
ton, states that much interest is being
taken the land clearing contest in pro-
gress near Seattle. Mr.. Boos has re-
ceived word from several representa-
tives Of stump pulling and stump con-
suming devices that they will partici-
pate in the contest.
Early in January powder test will
be made to which all the powder COM
panies have been invited, and in which
three houses have already agreed to
participate. Arrangements have been
made for the use of explosives on green
fir stumps. Under the conditions Of
this contest every competitor will be
required to furnish an operator or
demonstrator competent not only to
handle the explosives, but to explain
intelligently the proper method OF
handling them. Each company will
also be required to furnish price list
for powder in both large and small
quantities. The agents Of the various
companies will be asked to blow out
stumps Of stated size.
A representative Of the logged-off
land association and other organizations
interested, will watch the demonstra-
tions, taking photographs and making
a complete report Of the labor, time,
methods and explosives used. The
purpose of this demonstration, accord
ing to M. Boos, is to secure reliable
information determining exactly the best
methods, the quantity and kind Of ex-
plosives to be used and the cost of re-
moving stumps by means of powder.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Blew Him Out of Chimney

New York, Dec. 31.-Isaac Kes-
sing, chimney sweep, had just low
cred his partner, Albert Glickman,
down a chimney of a tenement house
last night when there was an explo-
sion and Glickman shot up the chin
ney, turned somersault and dropped
on the roof on his back. A lantern
which he carried had exploded. Be
fore Kessing had recovered from his
surprise, the chimney, weakened by
the explosion, toppled over on him.
Both men were slightly hurt, but a
doctor patched them up and sent them
home.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
TAX ASSESSORS WILL DISCUSS
Proposed Change in Law Taxing Railroad
Corporations

What is declared to be the unjust
and inequitable method of taxing rail-
roads in the state of Washington is an
nounced to be the chief subject under
discussion at the twelfth annual con-
vention of the county assessors Of the
state, who meet at Spokane January 10.
County Assessor Harry V. Railsback
of Pierce, who is secretary of the
assessors association, is the leader of a
movement to urge drastic reform in
the tax laws on the legislature and will
address the convention along that line.
Mr.. Railsback declares that while Ta-
coma is possessor of one-third Of the
railroad terminal property Of the state,
Pierce county is getting taxes on only
one-twelfth of the states railroad ter
minal property, making an annual loss
of nearly 100000 to the county, and
from $2,000,OO0 to $3,000,000 less of
taxable valuation on the rolls.
Under the present method of taxing
railroad property the entire holdings in
the state of the various railroads,
whether terminal property, right of
way, or rolling stock, are aggregated,
and each county gets a share of the
taxes in proportion to the number Of
miles of main line trackage within its
borders. This gives the smaller inland
counties the benefit at the expense of
Spokane, King and other counties
where the railroads have terminals or
any other extensive holdings other than
main line trackage.
Governor Hay and the state tax
commission are to be at the convention
at Spokane. A partial program has
already been prepared which includes
addresses by J. S. Frost, president Of
the state tax commission; T. D. Rock
well, member of the state tax commits
sion; T. A. Parish, also a member; the
address OF Mr.. Railsback on Assess
ment of Railroad Property" and many
others,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Predicts Big Fruit Crop

F. A. Huntley, state commissioner
of horticulture, upon his return from a
tour of the fruit districts of the state Of
Washington, says that conditions are
favorable for a heavy fruit crop next
year. The heavy snow which has
fallen over most Of eastern Washing
ton, he states, is beneficial to the fruit.
Unless exceptionally severe weather
sets in before spring or damaging frosts
occur, Washington will have bumper
crop in 1910.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Christmas Apple Prices Disappointing

Those who held their apples for ex-
ira fancy prices in the east at Christmas
time found their expectations dashed
to the ground. There was heavy
demand for good stock, but this ad-
vantage was more than Offset by the
fact that the supply was unusually
large. 1t is now evident that the
wholesale dealers had determined on
the Yuletide season as the best time
for placing their extra fancy fruit on
the market, and that as consequence
their heavy offerings had the effect OF
depressing quotations.
Prices ruled about the same in both
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Won't Die Til Ireland is Free

St. Louis, Jan. Mrs. Catherine
Cleary, Missouri's Oldest woman, cele-
brated her ninety-ninth birthday ami
versary New Years day. She has
drawn up list Of resolutions to COM
memorate the event, and among them
is a VOW to live until Ireland is free.
She is in excellent health, and swears
she never will use glasses or consult a
physician. Another of her VOWS is that
she will live to be at least 100 years
old. She came to St. Louis seventy
FIVE years ago from Tipperary.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
THIRD UNIT ADDED TO PLANT
Efficiency of Great Northern's Electric
Power Plant viii be Made
Practically Perfect

For the past ten days some hall
dozen cars Of heavy castings and ma
chinery have been standing on the
Leavenworth sidings awaiting transfer
to the electric plant two miles above
town. Last summer, when break in
one Of the big water wheels, caused by
some hard substance getting into the
pipe, and thereby necesitating tenn
porary shutdown Of the plant until re-
pairs could be made, it became evil
dent that third unit, or rather re-
serve unit, was necessary, and plans
were shortly after made to install the
same as soon as it could be turned out
by the General Electric Co.
The designer of the plant contem-
plated just such an emergency, and
provided a connection in the steel
cylinder, should the plant answer the
purpose it was intended for. The
plant has now been in operation for
some five or six months, and with the
exception of the brief interruption re-
fened to above has proved eminently
satisfactory to the company. Just what
effect extreme cold weather would have
on the continuous operation of the ma
chinery, and whether ice would collect
in the water pipes and on the big Pei
ton wheels, could be determined only
by passing thru a winter. The unu-
sually severe weather of the past thirty
days has settled that matter to the en-
tire satisfaction Of the designers Of the
plant.
In conversation with Mr.. Robert
Herzog, who has been connected with
the construction of the plant from its
very inception as supervising engineer
for the railroad company, that gentle
stated that the plant had been working
all winter without moments interrup-
ton from any cause and appeared to
give all the results expected from it.
The reserve unit, which will be in
stalled at once, is of four thousand
horse power, and in every way similar
to the two now in operation, and will,
when connected, make interruption in
the operation of the plant extremely
as one unit will always be
in reserve should one of the others get
out of order.
In recent number of Golfers
Weekly a writer for that periodical
located the plant near Wenatchee. OF
course it is nearer Wenatchee than
New York city, but if anyone had re-
lied on the information contained in
the cratic weekly, which is too i'm
probable to seriously consider, and
started out to see the plant, he would
have had to walk more than twenty
five miles. That is about the distance,
in fgurative expression, between the
truth and the usual statements con-
tanned in Golfers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
LAKE WFNATCHEE ROAD BRIDGE
Building of a Bridge Across We
natchee River at Lake

To the people of that large and rap
idly developing section Of Chelan
county lying around Lake Wenatchee
and the White river valley the prospect
of bridge at an early date will be wei
come news.
Messrs. George Siverly and Oliver
Bates came down from the lake last
Sunday and the following day went to
Wenatchee for the purpose Of laying
before the county commissioners the
proposition Of building a bridge across
the Wenatchee river near the foot Of
the lake.
Messrs. Siverly and Bates made a
favorable showing to the court, which
is inclined to take action which will
result in the early building Of this
much-needed bridge. They had Sc
cured almost $1,000 in subscriptions,
and assured the court that this sum
would be augmented
An excellent site, it is said, can be
secured for the bridge, which will not
be an expensive affair, as it will be
near the head of the river, where it is
neither so large or so deep as it is
few miles further down, where a
number Of large tributaries flow into
the Wenatchee. During eight months
of the year the travel on the road to
the lake is very heavy and for some
two months in the spring the river is
too high for fording, during which time
the people living north of the river are
practically cut off from communica-
ton with the railroad. This large and
productive section of the country is
developing rapidly, and with the com
pletion of the Wenatchee Valley rail-
road next summer the settling up of
the country will 60 on by leaps and
bounds. In addition to doing justice
to residents of the lake region the
commissioners court will do stroke
of good policy by ordering the bridge
built at an early date.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
Had Real elephant on Their Hands"

San Francisco, Jan. 3.-With
freight bill Of $1o25 to be added to his
purchase price of $4,000, huge ele-
phant, consigned to local amusement
park, from Cincinnati, arrived at the
freight depot Friday, dead, and the
purchasers are mourning an outlay of
an unproductive subject. They are
wondering if the freight bill cannot be
avoided by declaring the beast as per-
ishable freight. The elephant sue
cumbed on the day of arrival and the
railroad, in spite of the appeals of the
purchasers, insisted on delivering many
hundred pounds Of dead elephant and
demanding full freight rates.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07

Chicago and New York. Business in
the box trade was confined principally
to Spitzenbergs, Winesaps, Rome
Beaties, Newtown Pippins and Ganos.
Spitzenbergs brought So box, Wine
saps $3.50, Rome Beauties $2.25,
Newtown Pippins $3, and Ganos $2.25.
These quotations were for average
good fruit. Some exceptionally extra
fancy Spitzenbergs and Winesaps sold
as high as $3.50 and 81, respectively.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07

ment station and business men offered
other valuable prizes, and the growers
had a great show.
Berkeley county had about 100000
barrels of apples for 1909, and practi-
cally the entire crop was sold in Au-
gust to buyers who contracted for the
fruit at from SO to S. per barrel. This
speaks we'll for the quality Of the fruit.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
EmuIated Ezra Meeker

Brookhaven, Miss, Jan. 1.-One Of
the most unusual journeys on record
was accomplished on the arrival here
Thursday of T. ]. and Jessie Cats. In
a covered wagon they travelled from
Brookhaven to Seattle to attend the
Alaska -Yukon-Pacifc exposition. They
returned in the same manner.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07
gelatine.

A Denver bride called up her grocer
the other day and asked him where
the porter house was located. He
said he had never heard of the place.
She said she hadn't, either, but she
wished she could find it, because her
husband wanted one OF its steaks.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-07

home.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
DEPUTY SHERIFF At
ROUNDUP BEATEN UP
EIGHT MEN JUMP ON SPECIAL
OFFICER LANGDON BAD
LY INJURED.

Sheriff Martin yesterday received a
telephone message from Deputy
Sheriff Pyles, at Roundup, stating
that special deputy George Langdon
who is also watchman for the Mil
waukce Railroad company, was brutal
ly beaten up and perhaps fatally in
jured by eight desperate characters
at the railroad yards Sunday night.
The men were about to board a
freight train for a stolen ride when
they were accosted by Watchman
Langdon who warned them to keep
off Of the train. For an answer, they
knocked Langdon down and brutally
kicked him about the face and body,
inflicting injuries which may prove
fatal
The alarm was quickly given and
Deputy Sheriff Pylcs soon had four
of the offenders behind the bars. Two
others were caught yesterday and the
officers are hopeful of rounding up
the entire gang of ruffins who will
doubtless be held for murder in case
Langdon dies and for second degree
assault if the officer RECEIVERS.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
First Bunch for the Present Year in
Lewistown This Week and Are
Looking Over Basin.
WILL Be BANNERYEAR
AS Result Of Big Crops and Good Ad-
vertising Thousands Will Come
to Lewistown This Year.

The first bunch of homeseekers for
nineteen ten arrived in the city the
latter part of the week and have been
busy looking over the Judith Basin
with view to buying farms or To-
eating homesteads in this widely
heralded section of Montana. They
were fortunate in striking fairly good
weather for the dead of winter and
have been taking trips to various Sec
tions of the Basin looking for favor.
able locations.
Thousands Will Come.
Those who are in a position to
know, say that the crowds of home
seekers who came out to the Judith
Basin last year will sink into num-
erical insigni6cance compared to the
numbers who will come during the
present year. Thousands of eastern
and middle western people have been
attracted to the Judith Basin by the
verified reports of immense grain
crops and the splendid advertising
which local real estate firms and the
railroads have been doing. That they
will arrive here in swarms through
out the summer and fall months is a
certainty.
January Land Office Report.
Uncle Sam did a fairly good busi-
ness at his Lewistown branch land
office despite the weather which was
not of an especially sultry variety
during January. That month is al.
ways the quietest of the year and the
further fact that there were no ex-
cursion rates in effect on the railroads
during that mouth tended to decrease
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
DESERTED HER BABY.
Young Woman Takes Train at Har-
lowton Leaving Infant in Depot.

Young Woman Takes Train at Har-
lowton Leaving Infant in Depot.
Some young woman whose identity
has not yet been established, deserted
a two-weeks-old baby boy at the depot
at Harlowton last Sunday when she
boarded the afternoon train, went 70
Judith Gap and was driven from there
several miles into the country. The
good people of Harlowton took
charge of the abandoned infant, and it
is said that several residents of the
Mussslshell city have expressed their
willingness to adopt the founding.
Doctor w. A. Long, of this city,
who happened to be in Harlowton on
his way to Lewistown from Milestone,
did bit of quiet detective work and
gathered some facts pertaining to the
abandonment. From the conductor
who took the west bound train al
Miles City it was learned that young
woman, evidently the mother, was IN
that train when he took charge I,
was further learned that the mother
purchased ticket at Harlowton for
judith Gap, and from livery man at
the last named place, it was discovered
that she had been driven in a livery
rig to ranch about ten miles from
Judith Gap.
The officers of Meagher county are
investigating and in the meantime, the
little bundle of humanity who was
thus early thrown out upon the tender
mercies of the world is being well
taken care of and will probably find
home far better than that which MS
own mother could possibly have pro,
vided.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
Lent at st. James Church.

Tomorrow being Ash Wednesday,
the first day of Lent, there will be
services at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The following will be the courses of
sermons and instructions during the
Lenten season: Sunday mornings, at
II, "Our Church: What 1t Is, and
What 1t Teaches; Sunday evenings,
at 7:30, "The Good Samaritan, or the
Story of Life's Journey; Wednes-
day evenings, at 7:30, "The Cate
chism"; Friday afternoons, at AIS,
Litany, with meditation, on "Some
Points in the Epistle or Gospel of
the Week" On the first, third and
fifth Sundays in Lent there will
be Holy Communion at $3.50 a. m.
and morning prayer at II. On the
second, fourth and sixth Sundays
Litany and Holy Communion (both
choraD at II. Choir rehearsal each
Friday at $50 p. m. On Tuesday
afternoons the ladies will meet at the
rectory to work for the Alaska Mis-
sion Box; on Thursdays they will
work at the home of Mrs. w. A.
Long for the sale of work to be held
soon after Easter.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
Sixteen Men, Headed by Chief En-
gineer Penield, of the Milwaukee,
Take Field From Here.
Object IS Indefinite
Utmost Secrecy Maintained by All
Members But Outlook Is Hope
full for Lewistown.

While every bunch Of surveyors
does not necessarily mean a railroad,
the arrival OF big bunch of men
with transits and levels, with teams
and wagons, has been sufficient 70
arouse high hopes among the people
of Lewistown who feel that they are
soon to see consummation of their
dreams of transcontinental line
through this city.
Milwaukee Men Here.
Headed by Chief Engineer Pen
field, of Butte, party of sixteen Mil
waukee surveyors arrived in Lewis
town Sunday evening. Their horses,
wagons and other field work acces-
sories arrived yesterday and it is very
evident that there is going to be
something doing around this place,
Not Giving Out Anything.
Neither the chief engineer nor any
members of the party are giving out
anything relating to their intentions
and their exact object is necessarily
matter of speculation Whether
they are going eastward to meet the
surveyors who have been working for
several weeks this way from Trrry
or northward into the Arrow creek
country cannot be stated. 1t has been
reported that the Terry-Lewistown
line would be built this year and quite
as emphaticallY stated that branch
line from Lewistown to tap the coun-
try north and west of Kendall will
be constructed.
Whatever the intention of the Mil
waukee may be, the presence of their
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
Noted Montana Jurist Formerly Of
This District Passes Away in the
City OF Seattle.
HAD A STORMY CAREER
Victim Of Unfortunate Circumstances.
He Was Made Scapegoat of Dis
honest Alaska Promoters.

A report was received in this city
last Sunday of the death, at Seattle,
Washington, of Judge Dudley Du-
Bose, formerly judge OF the eighth
judicial district Of which Fergus coun-
ty was portion. Death occurred
Saturday following short illness.
Well Known Here.
Judge DuBose was wcll-known in
Lewistown where he occupied the dis
trict court bench for one full term,
and portion Of another, rcsigning in
May. 1900, being succeeded by Judge
Tattan who served for few months.
Judge Cheadle defeated Tattan at the
fall election in 1900 and has held the
Office ever since.
Judge DuBosc was fine lawyer
and upon resigning here, went to
Alaska to take the position of at
torney for the notorious Cudahy &
Co. who had formed conspiracy to
defraud the miners Of Nome out OF
millions of dollars worth of placer
grounds. 1t has always been main
tained by friends Of Judge DuBosc
that he was simply used as catspaw
by the real conspirators among whom
was Senator Carter of this state. At
any rate, he was compelled to serve
term in prison for mis- part in the
conspiracy. He was one of the chief
characters in Rex Bcach's powerful
novel, "The Spoilers" He never re.
turned to Montana after his departure
for Alaska and has made his home in
Nome and Seattle for the last ten
years.
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
Chief Promoter of the Lewlstown
Coal, Gas & Light Co. Makes
Important Proposition.
CAN RAISE Big sum
Would Connect Kendall, Moore and
Philbrook With Lewistown Elec-
trio Roads.

Sam w. Gebo, former owner of the
Spring Creek coal mine and promoter
and one of the heaviest stockholders
in the Lewistown Coal, Gas & Light
Company, arrived in Lewistown last
week and will remain until Wednes-
day morning looking over his large
interests here. He expresses himself
as highly pleased with the manner in
which the big electric plant UP at the
mine is working and is gratified with
the outlook for a profitable business
from the start.
May Build Electric Lines.
Incidentally, Mr.. Gebo has made a
proposition to some Of the leading
financial interests of this city which
may play trem endously large part
in the future growth and develop
ment Of this city. He proposes to
prepare for the construction of at
least two electric railroads, one lead
ing from Lewistown to Kendall and
the other from Lewistown to Phil
brook via Moore. He says that the
thing is entirely feasible and that it
is up to the people of Lewistown, to
determine whether or not these roads
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Makes Proposition.
In an interview given the Democrat,
Mr.. Gebo thus outlined his plan:
II have roughly figured that elec.
trio railways to Kendall and Philbrook
via Moore can be constructed at a
maximum cost of two million dol
Fergus County Democrat., 1910-02-08
CITY Council
HOLDS session
Routine Work Is About All That
Comes Up Before City Fathers
at Regular Meeting.
REGULATE POOL ROOMS
Proposed to Draft Ordinance Pro.
hibiting Minors From Frequent
ing Such Places About the City.

Nothing much aside from routine
business was transacted at the regular
meeting of the city council last night.
The report OF the city treasurer shows
that the city has a balance of $23,-
O53.A On hand. The report of Police
Magistrate Brassey showed fines in
the sum of $l60 collected during the
month of January.
Want An Arc Light.
The petition of c. II. DrinEard,
Jacob 'Holzemer and Others for an arc
light at the intersection of Fourth
avenue and Idaho street was referred
to the street and alley committee for
a report at the next meeting
S. D. Anderson and others Pc
titioned the council to open Fourth
avenue between Brassey and Shields
street. The street will be opened and
one Fred Heuppi will be compelled
to remove distractions which he has
placed in said avenue.
Exclude Minors From Pool Rooms.
On motion of Jones, seconded by
Baker, the city marshal was instruct
ed to confer with the city attorney
with reference to the drawing up of
an ordinance prohibiting minors from
frequenting pool and billiard halls.
Peter Shannon petitioned the council
to make some arrangements for drain
ing Tenth avenue. The Milwaukee
Railroad company will be ordered to
construct drain under their roadbed
in order to carry the water off of said
avenue. It was odered that the city
construct two catch basins on Fifth
avenue to drain off the water which
comes down Main street. Bids for
furnishing FIVE hundred feet of new
hose for the FIRE department was or
dered advertised for.