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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

CheIan County Has Valuable Mines

Recent mineral discoveries in the
Chelan region, together with the mines
already under development, lead men
in touch with conditions in the district
to predict that in the next ten years
Chelan county will be recognized as
one of the greatest mining countries in
the northwest.
John Isenhart, a pioneer of the Lake
Chelan region, who has prospected the
deposits at the head of the lake, says
that only transportation is required to
make the Chelan district equal to the
Leroy and Cranky camps in British
Columbia.
There is no county in the state
that has a greater mineral wealth than
Chelan,' said Mr.. Isenhart. We
have copper, lead, silver and zinc ores,
in both milling and shipping grades,
and there are indications OF extensive
coal fields in the same localities, a
combination that insures the installa-
ton OF smelters as soon as the railways
penetrate the mining regions"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
ANNUAL REPORT OF
TAX COMMISSIONERS
Great Northern Property in Chelan Co.
Worth Over Seven Million
Dollars

The fourth biennial report of the
state board of tax commissioners for
the period ending Sept. 80, 1912, re
Gently published, contains some inter-
esting information regarding tax mat
tiers. 1t shows that the Great Northern
railway has o6.11 miles OF railway in
the county, CATS Of main track and
31.35 of side track. The actual valu-
alton Of this track is placed at $685.
225. The main track was assessed at
S34,550.24 and the side track at
$6910 per mile.
The personal and real property in
the county has an actual valuation of
$7,586, 1874 and an equalized value for
assessment purposes of 50, ,725,716.
This is the basis on which the taxes
are assessed in this county.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
GREAT NORTHERN
ANNOUNCES RATES
Special Excursion Rates to be Made in
Midsummer of 1913

H. A. Noble, general passenger
agent of the Great Northern, yesterday
advised local representatives of the
company that excursion fares to the
northwest had been authorized by the
trans-continental roads. The tickets
will be from eastern points to north
Pacific coast and California points,
based on SOS round trip from Chicago
and SIS from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Tickets will be on sale June l, 4, %
and %, and July 8 and II.
He also announces that the summer
tourist fares have been authorized eff
fective June l to Sept. 80, inclusive,
with final return limit of October 81,
based on $3.50 for the round trip
from Chicago and 500 from St. Paul
and Minneapolis.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
The Real Christmas Spirit

Several months ago Walter DeBar-
row, young man seventeen years of
age, suffered the loss of both legs in
railroad accident near Spokane. Being
without relatives and in destitute cir
cumstances he was taken to the county
poor farm, where he has since resided,
and the world soon forgot about the
poor youth who would remain a cripple
the rest of his days. Some men would
have given up hope and been content
with the home that charitable institu-
tions provide for unfortunates Of this
class, while others would Immediately
have started big damage suits against
the railroad company, but not so with
DeBarrow. He did not believe that
the railroad company was to blame for
his condition and would not permit a
suit to be started. But in the course
Of his dreams it did occur to him that
the company might have some kind Of
a position that he could fill and to this
end he wrote letter to James ]. Hill,
president of the road, assuring him
that he would be faithful and energetic
if a position were given him. The
letter brought a quick reply from Mr..
Hill, who wired that DeBarrow be
brought to St. Paul Immediately to
spend Christmas at his expense, and
that he would not only give him job,
but artificial limbs, clothing, money,
and an education if he cared for it, and
a life position in the service of the
comDanv.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
CITY WATER SYSTEM
NEARING COMPLETION
Contractors Seaman & Quigg Expect to
Have Most of the Work Completed
Inside of the Next Sixty Days
company.

While it is not likely that the resi-
dents of Leavenworth will be able to
drink water from their new system
before spring, most of the work will
have been completed inside of another
sixty days. The supply line is prac-
tically completed with the exception
of making a few connections and the
contractors, Messrs. Seaman & Quigg
expect to begin on the distribution
system Monday morning. The work
on this part of the system has been de-
layed little on account OF not having
the pipe and other material necessary
which was held up in transit. Most of
the pipe arrived this week and the
contractors do not believe that it
will take more than a month to lay the
pipe in the city limits. About thirty
men are now employed but this force
will likely be doubled next week. The
most difficult part of the work will
be in crossing the river, with the pipe
line. This pipe was specially made
for this purpose and will be laid on the
bottom of the river about 500 feet be-
low the dam.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
Weather Aids Fruit Trees

This has been an ideal fall Tor
fruit trees" says R. E. Trumble, the
Wenatchee horticultural expert.
There have been no early freezes to
injure even young trees in the slight
est degree. The trees have cured
their wood normally, thrown their
leaves we'll and are going into winter
in ideal condition.
"A fall such as that of this year has
another value in helping the next
years crop, it enables the fruit spurs
to mature we'll and better adjust
ment of plant foods in the fruit spurs.
This will greatly improve the condi-
tions for the years crop.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM THE NORTHWEST
Good Work of the Public Service CON-
mission has Aroused the tnmity of
Few Politicians

As the outcome OF the deliberations
at the convention of the League of
Municipalities held recently at Wenat-
chee, Max Wardell, a Seattle council
man, has prepared bill to be sub
mitted to the Legislature to carry out
the constitutional amendment adopted
at the November election providing for
a statewide recall and discharge Of al
elective officers in the state, with the
exception OF judges Of courts OF record.
Wardell once led a recall in Seattle
and later an attempt was made to re-
call him. Dismissing the question
whether the recall principle is consis-
tent with our form of government,
Wardell now declares it is purely a
matter OF carrying out the will of the
majority, and how to safeguard it so
that the use of the recall by defeated
minority, or by any clique or faction
who seek to harass an honest official,
can be prevented. He says the recall
provisions OF the various large cities Of
the state are too liberal. He provides
in his bill that every recall petition
should first be submitted to the filing
official before its formal filing to be
dated, allowing from that time ninety
days for final filing; no official should
be recalled within six months after tax
ing office, and no member Of the Leg
islature until five days after session has
opened, and if the official wins the re-
call fight he should be immune for a
year. He would further have the Off
cial under fire named at the head of
the ballot, with brief statement of
the charges against him.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZED THIS WEEK
Representatives from 20 Counties Meet
and Make Many Recommendations
to Next Legislature

Eastern Washington's distribution of
100000 of state good roads funds
was determined at meeting of repre-
sentatives from 30 counties, in Spo-
kane this week, at which the Inland
Empire Good Roads Association was
organized, with Frank w. Guilbert of
Spokane as president.
Recommendation to the Legislature
for division OF the funds in eastern
Washington follow:
In the mountain district, including
Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat
counties, 20 per cent, to be expended
at their option on roads or 8.
On state road No. from Wenatchee
east, 10 per cent.
In Lincoln county, from Reardon
west, IS per cent.
On the Inland Empire Highway,
from Spokane south to or beyond Ro-
salia, 25 per cent.
Beginning at Walla Walla, IS per
cent.
From Colfax, north or south, 10 per
cent.
For maintenance, five per cent.
The Inland Empire association, in
making the above recommendations,
is working along the lines of the pol
icy established by the Washington
State good roads association at its last
convention in Tacoma. According to
this plan, it is left to the mountain
counties to decide whether the money
provided for their district shall be ex-
pended toward the west side Of the
mountains or for utility highways.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
Cash Needed for State Road No. 10

State road No. 10 is again in the
limelight In order to put this state
highway between Wenatchee and
Knapp's hill in as good condition for
IS miles as the Great Northern has
constructed for II miles in compliance
with its agreement with the state and
county, an expenditure Of $4,000
will be required. The railway COM
pany has spent 100000 on its u
miles. An effort will be made to OBJ
tain an appropriation from the legisla-
ture at the coming session to complete
the improvement.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

The special parcels post stamps are
out and very handsomely depict many
varied lines OF industry and work Of
the department. They are all printed
in red and are oblong in shape. The
/ cent cent stamp shows the postoffice
clerk, the Q cent the carrier, the 8
cent the railway mail clerk, the cent
the rural carrier, the 4 cent the mail
train, the 10 cent the steamship and
mail tender, the IS cent auto mail
service, the 20 cent aeroplane mail
service, Is cent manufacturing, SO
cent dairying, the IS cent harvesting,
and the 81 fruit growing.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

while a few jealous officials in one
or two of the big cities OF Washington
are doing everything possible to dis
credit and to undermine the law un-
der which it operates, your state pub
lie service commission is going ahead
quietly and effectively and doing the
very same things these officials were
vested with authority to do until the
public service law went into effect in
1911" says an eastern public ser
vice commission expert visiting on
the coast, who scores the home rule
movement. 1T seems to me that the
powers these men are now seeking to
laid dormant in their hands un-
til removed by the legislature in 1911.
1t is too bad that almost invariably
when a good work gets we'll under
way, some ambitious politician awak-
ems to the chance he has let slip away
and starts cry for destruction. The
taxpayer and the public service patron
pay the price"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
County Gets Rock Crusher

The rock crusher bought by the
county arrived at Wenatchee Saturday
and will be put to work soon after the
first Of the year. County Commits
sioner Gillette wants a conference with
the road committee of the commercial
clubs and the various road organiza-
tions, with the object Of agreeing on a
good roads propaganda for this county.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

has done. In fact, before it is done,
changes enough will be made to bring
the cost up to a half million. The
changes will make the boat larger and
more seaworthy. Jacklin plans ex-
tensive cruises along the coast and to
Alaska, but the vessel will be good for
trips around the world.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
WASHINGTON SCHOOLS
ARE IN GOOD CONDITION
State Superintendent's Biennial Report
Shows Cash Balance to Exceed
Outstanding Warrants

The twenty first biennial report of
the state superintendent of public in
struction for the biennium Of 1o11-12,
recently issued by State Superintendent
H. B. Dewey, shows the schools of the
state of Washington now in the best
condition financially and educationally
that they have been in the history of
the state. For the first time since
the organization Of the system in the
territorial days, the reports from the
several districts at the end OF the BIZ
ennium exhibits total cash balance in
the treasures in excess of the total
outstanding warrant Indebtedness.
The outstanding Indebtedness amounts
approximately to 100000 while
the total cash balance is S2,500,000.
Many districts are on cash basis.
Superintendent Dewey recommends
that the next legislature make several
needed amendments and additions to
the state school laws. Among other
such recommendations is one that a
teachers retirement, or pension fund,
be provided for. Mr.. Dewey states
that he does not recommend this be-
cause the teachers themselves demand
it or need it, but because he believes
the efficiency of the teaching service
will be improved thereby.
1t is also recommended that the
state board of education shall be en-
powered to determine for what pur-
poses the school funds of district
may be appropriated by the district
board of education, and that the exist
ing restrictions imposed by statute
upon the local boards in making ex-
penditures be removed.
One recommendation which will
meet the hearty approval OF parents is
that for a greater uniformity and less
frequent changes Of text books.
The superintendent also advises that
the law requiring the teaching of pa
triotism in the schools be so amended
as to make the salute of the national
flag compulsory.
At the last state examination there
were 1000 applicants for certificates,
and in order that this large number
may be better served it is recommend
ed the number OF state examinations be
increased from three to four or five.
AS the statistics gathered for the re-
port show that the number Of schools
in which the high school branches are
taught has nearly doubled in the past
two years, the superintendent recom5
mends an increase in the appropriation
for high school inspection.
Other recommendations are that pro-
vision shall be made for supervision
of rural schools similar to the supervi-
sion Of town schools; the raising Of the
minimum salary Of a county superin-
tendent from $55 per year to $1,000; an
increase in the salaries of deputy and
assistant state superintendents; and
larger appropriations to the department
of education for printing, etc.
AS the public schools are among our
most important institutions, this report
of the state superintendent and his re-
commentators to the Legislature should
command the interested attention Of all
citizens and particularly those who are
school patrons.
r.. D,,tsax WraDpavc az Erho of1ca
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Free transportation to the extent OF
fifty million miles is what the railroads
claim they are compelled to give ev-
cry year to officers and agents of the
Post Office department. This is set
forth in a statement made public this
week by the carriers of the country
through the committee on railway
mail pay. Criticising the postmaster
generals estimate of the cost of postal
service, and contehding that the esti-
mate of the cost made by him is far
below the actual expense to the rail-
roads, the carriers go further and say
that, in addition, he has absolutely re-
fused to recognize the fact that 1t costs
anything to supply transportation to
the extent OF fifty million passenger
miles a year to officers and agents OF
the post Office department when not
in charge of the mail.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Under a ruling made by ]. T. S.
Byle, Assistant Attorney General, the
IS per cent of the cost Of the construc-
ton of a highway which under the state
road law is to be assessed against the
abutting property cannot be paid out
of the public moneys by township.
The officials Of a township in Spokane
county wanted to pay the IS per cent
Of the cost Of a road out of the treasury,
but this they cannot do under the rul-
ing of the assistant attorney general.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27
NEWS LETTER FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL
Big increase in Value of Farm Products
OfVariOuS Institutions Ruling
Made on Road Law

During the last biennium the num-
Der of the states wards in the various
state institutions have increased 1876
per cent, or from 4,05o to 4,896, not
withstanding the fact that the number
of those released has increased about
81 per cent, according to the report of
the State Board OF Control to the Gov
ernor and to the Legislature which COW
ers the biennial period from Oct. l,
1910 to Oct. l, 1912. The report also
shows that at the various institutions the
value of the farm products has increas-
ed during the past two years from $780,
200 to $172, 142. The report also
contains the reports of the superinten-
tendents OF the various state institutions
giving estimates of the amount OF mo-
ney which will be needed by each dur
ing the ensuing two years, according to
which S4,6O6,88o will be needed to
conduct the institutions under the man
agement OF the state board of control.
This amount includes the appropria-
lions for the eleven institutions and the
money needed for the state capitol, tor
office expenses of the board, for print
ing, for transportation Of convicts and
insane and for the operation of the iute
mill. During the present biennium
the jute mill was run at an estimated
profit of 100000. For the Northern
Hospital for the Insane an appropria-
ton of $363.625 is asked, while the
Eastern Hospital for the Insane at Med
ical Lake asks for $456,350. At the
Northern Hospital the average daily
population was ga while at the Eastern
Hospital it was S26, during the past
biennium.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

State Supt. H. B. Dewey in his report
will recommend to the Legislature that
the salute of the national flag be made
compulsory in the public schools. At
the coming session this matter may
cause considerable strife, as the ques-
ton has already become an issue in
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Harry Maston came home from We
natchee to spend Christmas with his
parents, and is detained here by the i'll
ness OF his sister, Mrs. Henry Sauer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Under a ruling made recently by the
state supreme court Mrs. Margaret
Payne, widow, will have refunded to
her the $4,000 which she paid for a
cafeteria located near the Washington
University and which the party OF
whom she bought the place told her
was paying institution. She testified
at the trial that she made no investiga-
ton because the man she bought it ol
was a member of her church and she
accepted his statement that the cafete-
ria was a profitable institution. The
supreme court ruled that as the sale
was made to her by fraud she is entitled
to recover her money.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reeves Of We
natchee spent Christmas here with Mr..
and Mrs. S. A. Potter.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Mrs. Kiser and little son arrived here
Thursday from Seattle to visit with her
sister, Mrs. F. Bauer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

City Engineer Cook is expected
home from Everett Sunday where he
has spent the past week.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

1t would be a great experience for
any man to own a private steam yacht
worth S40O, 900, and it would be with
a great deal OF self-satisfaction that he
would suddenly decide he wanted II
made ten feet longer and then give in
structions to make alterations that cost
$50, 900. Yet this is what Daniel
Cowan Jacklin, a wealthy copper mine
owner, whose yacht is under construc-
ton at the shipyards of the Seattle
Construction and Dry Dock Company
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

Stewart Brothers of Cashmere, is one
of the corporations which has filed its
articles of incorporation in the Office of
Secretary of State I. M. Howell, during
the past week. The company has a
capital stock Of $4,000.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

The application of Hans Bugge and
w. P. Brown, of Bellingham, who claim
they received few votes for the short
term of supreme judge, for certificates
of election have been refused by l. M.
Howell, secretary Of state, who has no
tilted them that he will not issue them
a certificate Of election. These men
claim the unexpired terms of the late
Chief Justice R. o. Dunbar and Judge
Frank Rudkin who resigned, and whose
places were filed by the appointment
of Sudge o. G. Ellis and Judge John
F. Main.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-27

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I'N DESGRACIADO SUCESO.
AMENA FUNCION EN- Ell TEATRO.

FL senior Jose Hernandez, persona al
tamente estimada Ell esta poblaci0n, We
MIA antenoche de Dorado. ESQ de las
siete Y media. Ell su autom6vil
Cuando pasaba por ell barrio Hato
TEXAS el senior Hernandez VIC un auto
m0vil de carga que llevaba la misma di-
recc0n Que el suyo. Sc nos Ina dicho
que 81 senior Hernandez TOGO repetidas
veces la bocina Ell solicitud de canine
franco para pasar de que lie deJasen su
derecha, 10 que no pullo lograr. d.
pronto el autom6vi lie carga Sc detuvo
Y de el baj6 un joven norte-americanC
Hamado f. H. Fletcher quien Sc entire
tuvo en- sacar una bicicleta para montaF
Ell ella continuar su viaje Entonces
el autom6vil del senior Hernandez 10
arroll6, prensandolo contra el de cargo.
lie ocasiono al joven Fletcher una con
siderable herida en- eI music derecho, re
gi6n inguinal.
FL herido fue traido inmediatamente
al pueblo en- el misno auto lei se00t
Hernandez, y ha silo atenditlo por l0s
Doctores Forsas. Guzman Soto y Cline
quienes han calificado de grave el estad'
del .ioven Fletcher. quien era muy que
rido aqui por su hombria de bien. Tie
ne unos diecisiete amos de edaj
tSe fj6 ell ioven Fletcher en- 81 venl;
I'M autom6vil detras de tl 5Cy6 la bo
Gina de este?
Sc nos ha informado que el lierilo ei
un supreme esfuerzo de valor. declar
ante el activo Juez Municipal. Lcdo Ne
gr6n Sanjurjo, 10 siguiente: 70 N
baje para cojer una bicicleta que trai
la parte posterior del carlo; debid
al ruido de este, seguramarte, no pud
Or la bocina nj q ruido del CARO- 4
seilor Hernandez.
E1 sueeso ha causaIlo aqui honda i'm
preston Y ha sido sentidisimo, porqu
tanto el senior Hernandez como el jovel
Fletcher son muy consiae9alos aqui.
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dos que hablan de transacciones para