The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-02-10
NEWS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Big FIGURING MilI-San Francisco Exposition
State Supreme Court-AdVertising
Park and Fruit Interests

Touring mill in America will begin op-
erations in Seattle March /. 1t is the
plant Of the Fisher FIGURING Mills Com
pany, which has been erected on five
acres Of tide land abutting on Puget
sound, where facilities for loading cars
and vessels are unequalled. This en-
terprise means a great deal to the state
Of Washington, because of the fact it
will turn out 1000 barrels Of -four a day.
A number of grain elevators are to be
constructed in Eastern Washington, as
homegrown wheat will be ground
While the domestic trade will not be
overlooked, this concern is going after
the Oriental business hard 1t is today
the only American -four mill that has
its own Office in the far East All
other millers do business thru brokers.
The Fisher FIGURING Mills Company
represents an investment of $4,000
In favoring San Francisco for the
Panama International Exposition in
1915 congress has been good to the
Northwest. From this action the whole
Pacific coast will profit and attention
will be focused on the Northwest.
Had the exposition gone to the South
this section Of the country would have
reaped no benefit AS it is, when the
fair travel opens the greater part of the
people will visit the Northwest coming
or going. San Francisco's success is
largely due to the generous support
the Northwest gave her in the fight
for recognition. In the meantime
Washington will reap immediate benefit,
in that large quantities of lumber will
be needed in the construction of the
fair, which this state alone can furnish.
Sentiment in favor of removing the
state supreme court to Seattle is limited
to few lawyers who do not like to
travel to Olympia. The notable thing
about it is none of these practitioners has
a great amount Of work before the high
est tribunal, Those who must appear
before it regularly are not demanding
removal. The project to put the court
on wheels is not regarded favorably by
the best informed on what the change
would lead to. The state now has a
$4,000 law library at Olympia, which
is consulted by the various commission
ers and other officials, as well as the
supreme court judges. To move the
court would nee.ssj-ste- ASEi9g another
library, which expense is undesirable.
There has been some talk of locating
the court, if moved, on the campus of
the state university; but the members
of the faculty are not anxious for it.
To all appearances it will not be moved.
The truth of the matter is the capital
removal program is dying out gradually.
Wider publicity for Washington was
the chief topic discussed at a recent
conference of Governor M. E. Hay and
President LW. Hill of the Great North
ern, at Olympia. In an effort to econ
omize some members of the legislature
had thought to eliminate the statistical
bureau, which has been the means of
circulating a great deal of official infor-
nation about the state. President Hill
declared the publicity fund should be
increased to 100000, as it will take a
lot of printers ink to set the state Alright
in the eyes Of the home-seeking popu-
lus of the East and Middle West. Too
much advertising is impossible at this
time. There is no desire to waste money,
but a penny-wise policy is detrimental.
Friends of Rainier National Park are
interesting commercial organizations of
the Northwest to adopt resolutions urg-
ing congress to enact a pending bill to
appropriate $4,000 for making surveys
and constructing additional roads in the
reserve. Something like $225, 900 has
already been spent by the government
in the vicinity of Mt. Rainier and the
additional sum is needed, in view OF the
added number of visitors each year.
Seattle Chamber OF Commerce has re-
sponded TO the demand and goes on
record as favoring the appropriation.
Because Of the growing importance OF
horticulture, the American Fruit Regis
ter Association has been organized in
Seattle. H. M. Lichty Of Sunnyside is
the originator and first secretary. The
other officers are S. J. Harrison, Seattle,
president, and M. Horan, Wenatchee,
vice president. Prof. J. A. Balmer, form
erly state horticulturist of Washington
will head the scoring committee. The
purpose of this movement is to propa-
gate and promote the planting Of pedi-
greed apple trees. The work of label
ing the most profitable trees and the
selection of scions therefrom is now in
progress. The organization will seek TO
improve tree standards, like stock reg
istering societies have brought up the
various breeds Of cattle and horses.