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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1912-12-13

Mrs. Sam Knowlton visited friends
in Wenatchee on Thursday.
A new line Of leather goods includ-
ing hand bags and music rolls at Carl
quist's. 49,
Christmas cards, Gift Dressings and
Art Calendars. Wheelers Photo and
Art Shop. 4o*
Engineer Amos Sparks of Seattle
has been here the past week visiting
with friends.
Carlquist's work is guaranteed.
Cleaning watches S1.00 and up.
Mainsprings. rs cents. 49,"
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet
at the home Of Mrs. Art Franklin
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 10, IL. A
cordial invitation extended to all.
Joe Johnson and Mr.. Keegan Of the
firm OF Keegan and Bowman real es-
tate agents who are handling the land
under the big irrigation project in
Montana spent several days here this
week on business.
J. B. Huff left Wednesday afternoon
for Spokane on ten days vacation.
He says he intends to take a run down
to Waller, Mont, before returning and
may buy forty or eighty acres Of the
land under the big irrigation project
at that place.
F. A. Losekamp left Sunday after
noon for Billings, Montana, on the ad-
vice that his brother who resides in
that city was dangerously ill. From
there he says he will accompany his
brother to California, returning to this
city in the spring.
Joe Massie who conducts grocery
and general merchandise store at the
end of Commercial street asks the
readers OF the Echo to read his ad this
week before placing their Christmas
orders. Joe is convinced that adver-
Using in the Echo pays, and intends to
announce interesting news to the
housewife in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. P. Rice and son
Luther were in Wenatchee several days
the latter part of last week where they
were called by the death Of A. P. At
keson, brother-in-law of Mr.. Rice.
The deceased was sixty years of age
and had made his home in Wenatchee
for three years. The cause Of death
was given as heart trouble. The flu
neral services were conducted by the
Masonic lodge and a large number of
friends were present.
A man leading a horse from the
mouth OF the G. N. tunnel was the
unusual sight that met the eyes of
Tye people Saturday and later the man
rode the horse over the railroad track
and bridges to Index where he could
proceed by wagon road to his destina-
ton in Snohomish valley, having come
from Canada. His having come
through the tunnel with no knowledge
Of train schedules is considered as
risky business. -Index News.
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Attorney E. H. Fox transacted bust
ness in Wenatchee Monday and Tues
day.
A Kodak is most welcome Christ
mas gift. Wheelers Photo and Art
Shop. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. O. S. Sampson were
visitors in Wenatchee the first of the
week.
A full line OF Eastman Kodaks and
supplies. Wheelers Photo and Art
Shop. 17tf*
Rev. Davis left Thursday afternoon
for the Coast to spend few days with
his family.
Chris Johnson left Monday afternoon
for Soap Lake where he will remain for
few weeks.
George Merriam Of Wenatchee was
in the city Thursday greeting old
acquaintance.
Dee Fisher left Tuesday afternoon
for Ephrata and Soap Lake to spend a
week or ten days.
VIM. Nelson was down from Lake
Wenatchee the first Of the week trad
ing with local merchants.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Delemater Wis
tied friends in Wenatchee Sunday re-
turning home Monday morning.
Mrs. Francis Peake returned Tues
day afternoon from Seattle after week
spent in that city visiting friends.
Mrs. Percy Adams arrived here Sun
day from the coast to spend week or
two with her sister, Mrs. Dale Marble.
Mrs. Mabel Hutchings and daughter
Reatha left Sunday afternoon for Seat
tie where they will spend several
weeks.
Mrs. Harry McNutt and Mrs. J. B.
Bowers went to Wenatchee Monday
where they spent several days visiting
with friends.
Miss Rose Goerger has accepted a
position as pianist at the Scenic thea
ter to take the place Of George Wedell
who resigned last week.
Mrs. John Churchill and daughter
Bernice left this week for North Yak
ina to spend the next month or six
weeks with friends and relatives.
Mrs. M. Woodland Of Portland. Ore
gon who has been visiting here with
her sister, Mrs. Fred Marble for the
past ten days returned home Tuesday
afternoon.
Robert B. Field and Mrs. Field de-
parted for Seattle Tuesday afternoon,
Mr.. Field returned the latter part OF
the week while his wife intends TO re-
main there thirty days.
All the standard make watches IN
mems and women's sizes to suit all
classes Of buyers. Good timekeepers
at a small price, fine watches at a
sr,.u nroft car,ouist's. 43*
DR.. Hoxsey reports the following
births: At the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sharp on Eagle Creek Thursday, Dec.
S, a girl, and to Mr.. and Mrs. K. r
Goslee Of Peshastin, boy was born
last Sunday.
w. E. Moore was in Wenatchee
the first Of the week transacting bust
ness. Shortly after the first oil the
year Mr.. Moore intends to move his
his family to that city where they will
make their home.
Engineer Charles M. Swanson was
here this week visiting with his OLD
Leavenworth friends where ne lived
before taking the switch engine at We
natchee, where he has been for the
past four years. He says Leavenworth
looks mighty good to him.
Two companies both OF Leaven-
worth have filed articles oil incorpora-
ton in the Office of the secretary OF
state, being the Leavenworth Lumber
Company and the Inconsistencies
Mining Company. The former has a
capital stock Of $4,000 and the latter
of 100000.
The design for the new nickei 10
supplant the one now in circulation IS
almost perfected. 1t will be adorned
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NEWS ITEMS

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bDupnzo TIE GIANT WIRELESS
Towers At All ING TON VA

our cities and towns. there now are thou
sands OF these wireless amateurs scatterd
through the country and the govern
ment realizes that some valuable oper-
ators are sometimes developed by this
diversion. So. to encourage those who
are really serious in their activities and
who develop Improvement in their art,
there is a provision in the measure al
lowing these to test their skill under a
special temporary license, which, during
certain hours will waive restrictions as to
power and wave lengths.
To further prevent interference with Of
fetal wireless business the measure for
bids the erection OF future commercial
wireless stations within fifteen nautical
miles Of list of important naval and
military stations, not including, however,
those at our most important commercial
centers.
These protected points are to be es-
pecially a great chain Of high power"
radio stations, which will give America
wireless dominion over the seas. The key
to this vast system will be a group of
giant towers already bristling above the
hills Of Arlington. Va, in full view OF the
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WIRELESS SHORE. STATION
u. S. NAxT.

National Capitals avenues. The tallest
Of these steel structures will rise $50 feet
from the ground, which means that from
base to pinnacle it will be 90 feet higher
than the Washington Monument itself
and as the hill which this steel steeple
will crown is higher than the stately
monolith dedicated to the father of his
country the wireless reach of this high
power station will be vastly greater than
could be obtained from the Monuments
aluminium apex.
BY all odds, this will be the tallest
tower ever built for wireless purposes in
any part Of the world. 1t will be $50 feet
square at the base and between it's
spreading legs could easily be built four
blocks Of average city residences. allow
ing seven houses to the block. To the
east Of this colossus and at equal distances
therefrom will stand two similar pin
nacles Of steel, each $50 feet high and 120
feet square at the base and the group
when completed win look very like three
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dropped and the cake came to be known
as "simnel." Later the habit sprang up
for children to take 'simnels" home
on Mothering Sunday.
In the south of England parents who
still anxiously await the reunions of their
Families on Mothering Sunday prepare a
special dish for their enjoyment. This
"furmety,'' as it is called, is made of
wheat grains boiled for hours in sweet
milk. then sugared and spiced and en-
riched with raisns. In the northern part
Of England and Scotland there is pref
erence on this traditional Sunday for
boiled peas fried in batter with pepper
and salt. The pancakes made with these
ingredients are called "carlngs' and
from their name the Sunday has long
been known as Caring Sunday"
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only after other means Of preventing In
reference have failed.
Distress signals are made an excep-
ton to this rule. as well as to another
that wireless stations must use only
the minimum strength of electrical
energy necessary to carry their mes
sages to the distance required.
That interfering amateurs were partly
responsible for the confusion Of wire
less tongues that added to the public
suspense following the Titanic catstro-
phe has been frequently charged. The
bill before Congress puts a curb upon
amateurs and all other wireless en-
thusiasts not engaged in bona flde COM
mercial transmission. They will be re-
stricted to a low electric power and a
short wave length-2OO meters This
limit the bills trainers deem sufficient
for all purposes of amusement or In
struction and will carry messages over
large city area.
AS attested by the variously poised
wireless masts which detract from the
beauty of many residential sections of
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the family circle was often broken by the
absence OF the children.
Other hearthstones were saddened be-
cause OF the young men being appren-
ticed to masters in distant cities, for
learning any kind of business has
always been considered most seriously In
the United Kingdom. Those who wished
to be recognized as either proficient law
clerks or mechanics had to- serve their
apprenticeship. Some families were sepa-
rated because their daughters entered the
service Of persons in higher social circles.
while many old homesteads Of all classes
seemed deserted after the younger gen.
Grafton left the old homes to make new
ones for themselves. Whatever the cause
OF separation, nothing hindered the re-
union on Mothering Sunday. for neither
schoolmaster, foreman nor employer of
any rank could withhold his consent from
allowing those in his charge or service
the pleasure of making their annual
visit to their own homes on that Sunday.
Usually tho children took little presents,
sroh as cakes or trinkets. on this trip
when they went 'mothering." as 1t was
called. The excitement of procuring some
novel or surprising gift for mother
frightened the lives of the young strip
lings or maidens who had gone to serv-
Ice or who had started out as independent
Shropshire, Herfordshire and Shrews-
bury "sinlnel cakes were usually taken
to the old home as a token of love of
mother. These corrections, which sold
from about IS cents to nearly IS in our
money were rich and expensive, and they
Were made especially for the occa sion.
The outer crust. which was made OF the
finest Of -four. and colored a deep yellow
with saffron. was filled with a material of
very rich plum cake, thick in its generous
quantity of candied lemon peel and other
goodies.
When this mixture was prepared 1t was
tied in a cloth and boiled several hours.
Then it was taken out. brushed over with
egg and baked. On account Of all of this
cooking. the crust was as hard as wood.
1t Is said that when a person who had
never seen one OF these cakes received a
''simnef' as q present she ordered 1t to
be boiled TO soften ii. while another lady
mistook her cake for q footstool. In the
early part of the seventeenth century the
cakes Were ornamented with fancy bor-
dered crusts and cuts across the top, but
in more remote times biblical pictures
were used as the top decoration.
Just how the name 'simnef' came to
be applied to these delicacies OF Mother
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ing Sunday Is not known. but the old
folklore offers many explanations. One
story is that the father Of Lambert Sim
nel the celebrated pretender in the reign
of Henry VIII, was a baker and the
originator of the cakes. Lamberts i'd
mirers fattered the ancient baker by rea-
soning that on account Of the notoriety
gained by the young man the cakes were
named after him.
The Shropshire people disagree with
this story. for they explain the origin Of
the name in a more interesting way.
They say that long ago an honest old cou-
pie whose Christian names were Simon
and Nellie lived among them. Every year
at about Easter they gathered their sons
and daughters under their old roof One
year as the Lenten season was just end
ing and the old couple were preparing for
the coming visit of their children they
were anxious as to what they would have
to offer their loved ones.
Then they discovered that some of the
unleavened dough which had from time to
time been converted into bread during the
forty days OF the church season remained
in the pan. Nellie, who was very frugal,
thought that wasting anything was q
great sin, so she suggested using this re-
manning portion of dough as a part Of q
cake for the expected guests. Simon,
who readily agreed that the idea was a
good one. reminded his wife that small
piece of Christmas pudding still remained
boarded up in the cupboard. 1t was his
idea that this might be used as the inner
part of cake to surprise those who man
aged to cut their way through the outer
crust.
So far so we'll, aa both were pleased with
their plan. But when the cake had been
mixed family quarrel ensued, for ST.
mon wanted 1t boiled and Nellie insisted
that Ii should be baked. Finally the old
couple came to blows. Then honest Nell
rose and threw the stool she had sat on
at faithful old Sim, who returned the
compliment by applying a bosom to the
head and shoulders of his spouse. Just
as Nellie seized the broom to use on her
partner cook the proposition was made
that the cake should frst~be boiled and
then baked. and 30 an agreement set
tied the difficulty. The mixture was put
into a pot to boil over . fire made Of the
broken stool. After this 1t was coated
with eggs broken in the scufde and then
it was baked by the heat of the burning
bosom and broom, until finally the new
produce Of confectionery was declared
done
An those who tested the cake enjoyed
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Eiffel towers, although, acting together,
they will have far greater wireless reach
than the famed Paris giant, lately con-
verified into wireless station.
From the tiptop of the highest to the
apex of each of the lower towers will
fall a cable 400 feet long and another
such cord of steel, 500 feet in length,
will sag between the crests of the twin
structures. Upon these great ropes of
wire Uncle Sam will spread his giant
nets which are to gather from the
heavens distress signals and other wire
less messages flashed from as far west
as San Francisco, as far east as the
African leg O. mutton, and from any
where between Panama's big ditch to
Greenland's icy mountains These nets
or ''antennae," will consist of half
dozen seventy -two-foot ''spreaders." each
supporting a giant harp Of nineteen
wires, four feet apart.
Just in front Of the pair Of smaller
towers are rising two connected build
ings containing living quarters and q
kitchen for twenty operators; also two
modern wireless laboratories, machine
shop. power room, engine ROOM
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OUR Congress at Wash
~ ington and an 1nterna-
tional Parliament to Meet
Next Month in London Will
Make Commercial Companies
Toe the Mark-Lessons of
Titanic Tragedy to Result
in Radical Reforrns-No More
Confusion, Interference or
Commercial High-handedness
Amateurs to Be Curbed-A
Standard Distress Wave" to
Be Adopted, Also a Universal
Distress Signal-All Ships
and Shore Stations Must Be
Equipped With Emergency
Receivers Tuned to Catch
Calls for Help-These Ears
Will Maintain Eternal Vigi-
lance for Distress Cries Com
ing Over the Deep-Will Be
Mounted on Eiffel Towers to
Stretch in a Vast Chain From
the Philippines to Washing
ton-Uncle Sam Will Be the
Wireless Monarch of Both
Oceans and Three-fourths of
Earth's Circumference.
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comes into tho hearts and
NV minds Of even the 'city
" folk an impulse to get out
and dig in the ground.
Nearly every householder. as he con-
templates his twenty by thirty back yard.
realizes. as never before. It's splendid
agricultural possibilities. He pictures the
whitewashed boards OF one side OF the
fence covered with the blooming vino Of
the lima bean and dwells fondly upon its
later perfection when the beans may be
pulled just few minutes before they are
cooked. In fact, he wonders how he could
have ever before overlooked the remark
able utility OF that patch OF turf that is
after all only a "city back yard"
And there are farming possibilities in
the average yard of a Washington home,
or 80 1t is claimed by many gardeners
and horticulturists. Among them is Will
liam r. Beattie. assistant horticultural
of the bureau OF plant industry.
only a few hours labor each week is
necessary for the cultivation Of a sue
cessful home garden" said Mr.. Beatte
recently. "A thorough irrigation-not a
sprinkling-of the soil once a week is
generally sufficient water for the garden.
The earth must Of course be worked and
the weeds removed. but labor Of this sort
performed every Ave or six days is
enough to keep the garden in good con-
dition. Every home gardener should
supply himself with the tools necessary
to cultivate his little farm and he should
be careful when planting his crops to
see that the soil is rich and free from any
stones, broken glass or other material.
"A great deal can pc said as to the
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tragedy will confer
one benefit upon
humanity. 1t will
emancipate t h e
wireless telegraph
from the arbitrary
power of CONNER
cialism and place 1t
under strict gov
ernmental regula-
ton, assuring eter-
nal vigilance for
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Mothers Day, New With Us, But Old in England

its delicious flavor and consequently the
recipe was cast around. The next year
many parents initiated the cake of Simon
and Nellie. which soon sprang into general
favor. For awhile the English people
were content to call the CONNECTION Isl
mon and Nellie cake" but as time went
on the last syllables Of the names were
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plants are required for setting in the gar
den they should be thoroughly acclimat-
ed to outdoor conditions and can be
transplanted with but few losses.

den they should be thoroughly acclimat-
ed to outdoor conditions and can be
transplanted with but few losses.
Every home gardener should have in
his tool chest several of the implements
necessary for the cultivation of his crops.
He can never successfully prepare the soil
without the use of spade. The hoe, the
steel rake and the trowel are also neces-
sary in a back yard garden. A line is
necessary in order to make straight rows
when planting the seeds. A watering can
is, Of course, included among the tools
for the garden, though perhaps the best
method OF watering is to allow the hose
to lie on the ground. with the water
flowing gently. and move 1t from time to
time to different parts Of the garden. thus
irrigating 1t thoroughly.
"Radishes. lettuce, onions, lima beans
parsley, garden beets and tomatoes are
perhaps the most profitable crops for the
home garden. They occupy very little
ground and are surely more palatable
when fresh Lettuce thrives best during
the early spring or late autumn and will
not Withstand the heat of summer. In
order that the leaves may be crisp and
tender. 1t is necessary to force the
growth. Often in growing lettuce in the
home garden the seeds are Sown broad
cast in a bed and the leaves are removed
from the plants as rapidly as they be-
come large enough for use. much bet
ter method is either to thin or transplant
the seedlings and allow the plants to
form rather compact heads and then cut
the entire plant for use.
lone quart of onion sets is sufficient to
produce a crop for family of four or
five. Onions require frequent shallow
cultivation. The onion sets should be
planted about an inch deep and in drills
twelve to eighteen inches apart and two
to three inches apart in the row. Lima
beans may be planted about every eight
they are not beautiful, they are much
more useful than the morning-glory and
honeysuckle vines that decorate SO many
Of Washingtons back fences.
Tomatoes should be trained to stakes
planted about two feet apart each way.
BY trimming the vines to single stem
they can be grown in a comparatively
small space. A half dozen of these vines
should supply good-sized family. Every
household should have a parsley bed, and
even when the back yard is devoted only
to flowers this little feathery green plant
makes a very pretty border for a flower
bed.
Peas are easily grown. and form one
of the most palatable of garden products.
In preparing the soil for this crop, fer
tilizers that are high in heterogeneous mat
ter should not be applied to the land i'm
mediately before planting, as they will
have tendency to produce too great
growth of vines at the expense of the
pods. In fact, land that has been well ma