The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-01
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

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over the Northern Pacific tracks via
Tacoma and Seattle.
Charging the Atchison, Topeka 8
Santa Fe railroad with violating the
state prohibition law in having stored
liquors consigned to local dealers al
Oklahoma City, Okla, John NJ. Hayes,
state enforcement attorney, has fled
on behalf of the state suits aggregating
1866, 900 against the company.
The farmers union of Walla Walla
will soon begin the erection of the
largest chop mill in that section Of the
state. The mill will cost approx
mately SIS, 900, and will be run By
electricity.
Martin Kloose of Northport, presum-
ably crazed by jealousy, Thursday night
of last week blew up with dynamite the
home of the young woman, shot and
killed Marshal Dietrich who tried to ar
rest him, defied the whole town which
arose in frenzy, and finally blew out his
own brains.
A prairie fire ragged for several hours
in Trego county, Kansas, one day last
week, burning over fifty square miles
and destroying thousands of dollars
worth Of farm property.
Two carloads of eastern HOLSTERS.
valued at $4,000, are on their way from
the east to be planted in Mat Mat Bay,
two miles north of Port Ludlow, as the
start of a great Puget Sound lobster
raising industry. H. c. Childs, rep
resenting an eastern syndicate, has
leased Mat Mat Bay for three years,
with privilege of purchasing.
Five women, probably the first of
their sex to be indicted as violators of
an antitrust law, are among the 81
New York poultry dealers charged by a
grand jury with conspiring to restrict
trade and boost prices.
Waitsburg academy, one of the old
est educational institutions in the east
ern part of the state, will be closed in
the near future. Action to this effect
has been taken by the filing of petit
ton by the board of regents praying for
dissolution.
Canada has decided to approve the
waterways treaty with the United
States. It provides, among other
things, that the amount of water to be
taken from the Niagara shall be limited
to 10000 feet per second on the
American side and $4,000 feet on the
Canadian side.
If the French suffragettes carry out
their plan they will put up candidates
in every district in the coming election.
Among the things the women of France
are demanding, in addition to the
right to vote and hold Office, are to
abolish the sale OF absinthe, close pub
lie gambling rooms, reduce the number
of cafes, reform the divorce laws, and
humanize the prison system by ap-
pointing woman inspectors.
Squatters, taking time by the fore
lock, are said to have pre-emptied
most of the valuable portions in total
OF o218 acres OF land in King and
Whatcom counties, which will be
thrown open for entry on April 80, at
the Seattle land Office.
The Snohomish county local option
committee is planning to bring local
option to an issue in that county. The
question will be put to vote and the
voters in incorporated towns and unin-
corporated districts of the county will
be given the opportunity to decide for
wet or dry condition.
That the Great Northern Railway
company is willing to settle all reason
able personal injury claims resulting
from the Wellington disaster is the
word that has been given out from Off
cial sources.
The Washington & Oregon railway
is pushing the construction Of its yards
on the tide fats at Tacoma. Thirty
seven tracks are being laid.
The Okanogan and Chelan Countie:
Water Users Association, organized ;
few weeks ago, will meet at Pateros or