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The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Hail. to Col. and Sem.
elect Ham. Lewis.

Let 1t be said for Col. lanes
Hamilton Lewis that not once
during this cruel war has he so
far forgotten himself as TO bite
his finger nails. or permit the
eIuanimity and poise Il his sun
set chrysanthemum hirsute adorn-
mcnts to he ruffled. or to increase
the crease in his clinginc trouser-
ings. Greetings. to You. Senator
Lewis: may Chicago be ever fond
Of you. EDWARD B, CLARK.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Collecting Cowboy RalIa d..
From the Boston Globe


Prof. Lomax. of the University Of
Texas, who is doing a great service for
all who are interested in folklore by
collecting and preserving frontier ballads
and cowboy songs. has made some very
interesting finds. One man he ran across
he says could sing I4s stanzas of the old
Chisholm trail song-under suitable cir
cumstances. This beats the record made
by owen Wister's hero in The Virgin
ian," who sang sixty-nine verses of the
Lulu Girl song, only one of which
Mr.. Wister found fit to print
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Fashion Notes.

As if costumes for men we're
not noisy" enough already. mer-
chant tailors at asreccnt conren-
tion indorscd an accordion- plated
coat. Another innovation will he
that mems and womeu's garments
this season will be strikingly
alike. What bo,hers me now il 10
know whether men arc to wear
things that also button down the
back. II man and his wife are
to he dressed in the same ma
tcrisi. as some smart AIeck prp.
poses. 1t should be the mans
prerug1tiyc TO have the frs, say.
MORRIS STEIN.
Prophet Csllipolis.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Attention.

To the public: Please, twice,
yea. thrice. please don't try to
make an appointment with me or
with any member Of my police
force for April Z. There will be a
demonstration in town that day
which will keep all Of us busy
from morning till night. and
may be. mouths after. who knows: :
MAI. SYLVESTER.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
4 Good " ny,
TNIttNT NATI RE.

WIFI FIRE and foOd and earthquake shock
The God Of nature splits the rock.
prsiroNiuc all our human SiDd
Leaving hunger and death behind.
With sun and snow and Iidaf wave
lame Nature d-iTes Us 10 the gave:
y" merry In the cold or heat
And desUlatiun At cur feet.
We .isi and srusn and CRY and pEay
To Tyrant Nature day hy day.
Aud then With one tornado blast
Are into vast Oblivion cast.
So birth and life and desth !. all
We get Upa this Eerns hall.
And yet. With everlasting hopc.
We .e- through heavenly horoscope.
JOHN A JOYCE
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
ALITTLE NONSENSE
KIND IITMAN NATURE.

Few citizens desire to kick
Another fellow down.
Most men will help the poorest stick
That loafs around the town.
They'll try to head him for the top.
Although he is VaE.
They'll get behind him as a prop
When he begins to sag.
Your fellowman is not a pup.
In spite of all his crimes
Most men will help a fellow up
At least eleven times.
Welcome Bloom.
The green pea will be blooming soon,
\ toothsome thing.
I think il Is the greatest boon
OF festive spring.
Ready for the Fray.
The ball teams are now mobillzinE.
suitable brands.
''IIave you no decent brands of cigars
demanded the man who was paving owe
the case.
Il think ! can suit you said tn,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Aggravating Exaspera'
tion.

Ny shirt stud may sin from
my fingers ard under the bureau
may roll. but dou't fret and
fume as ! grope with the broom,
for my temper is under control !;
and ! aim to he patient whenever
my collar hangs on to my tie. but
my sperch is not neat, when n
grapefruit ! cat. and the juice Of
It squirts in my eye.
WASH T0MPHAM.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Fashionable.

There was young lady named
Rose who had trouble in fitting
her clothes: she Was 80 thin. they
say. that for stockings one day sae
borrowed the gardeners hose.
CARROLL GAIT.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Another Poem.

The woolydcodle sang beside the
dark and placid puddle; We heard
the wiGslewuddle. and there the
xlanIszlip bloomed snd died. All.
sad It's trnc. and true It's sad
we all OF MS went raving had in
that poetic muddle.
NEWT HAMMER.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Plenty of Them.

able following but IL includes very few
people who are really sick
Plenty of Them.
Our steel friend wants 10 pension ex-
Presidents. He could die poor after all
10y including the South American brood.
4 Good Way.
We settle disputes fer Office in Punk
willie without no trouble"
AS to how
Enter all the candidates in checker
tournament"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29

dealer. Here are three brands OF my
"wn--the Kicker the Grumbler. and the
FL Groucho'
The man made a quick selection with
out further comment.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
Those Old Geesers.

King Solomon would join no
lodge: he feared that on returning
a thousand witcs would wait for
him. thousand candies burning.
FRANK SEBRING.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
The Old Doctor Explains.

''Why did you decide not to locate in
that suburb"
Everybody said it was healthy"
My boy. you don't understand the
first principles Of the practice OF medi-
cine. Now. I have a large and fashion
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
More Important.

No woman knows how to drive a
nail
And what OF that? Every woman
knows how to drive Il man any way she
wants him to GO
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
March 20 In History.

March % l63O-Mystcrious episode Mt
Venice. A set Of false teeth is folvld in
the lions mouth
March -. ls:7-Bcswell and Or. johnson
have to sleep in the park.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
shoes or Tires.

A child needs something every week.
Which gives a man a jar;
The child in that is not unique.
So does a touring car.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
4 Crop Paradox.

Seems strange that those who SOW the
wind arc the very ones who have hard
| time raising it.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
Wood Floor, Columbia River Bridge

The Columbia river bridge will not
be paved with wood blocks. II was
found to be too expensive. There will
a very substantial fve-inch floor, the
bottom being three inch fir, surfaced
with two-inch pine planks laid longi-
tudinalIy. This will cost little over
$1,000, as compared with $4,000 for
pavement OF wood blocks.
State Highway Commissioner Rob-
erts held a second conference with
officials and engineers of the Wenat-
chez Canal Company and the commits
sioners Of Chelan and Douglas county.
By the arrangement agreed upon the
state and canal company will bear all
the expense of putting in the new
floor. the counties being let out en-
tirely in lieu of an agreement on their
part to bear the burden Of maintenance
for two years Wenatchee bears none
of the burden. either of construction
nor maintenance.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
NEW GAME AND FISH
LAWS NOW IN EFFECT
County Fish and Game Commissioners
Meet and 0rganize-AppOint 7. J.
Burke Go Fish and Game Warden

Some time ago the Echo mentioned
the fact that J. B. Adams, of Leaven-
worth, Percy Scheble of Wenatchee
and ]. H. Boland of Entiat had been
recommended by the County commits
sioners as suitable persons to serve
as county fish and game commission
ers. AS soon as the law went into
effect, about the first of July, the gov
ernor adopted the recommendations Of
the county commissioners by issuing
their commission.
The fish and game commission met
in Wenatchee on the 9th of this month
and organized and transacted such
business as came within their power.
T. J. Burke was appointed county
Fish and game warden at salary Of
800 per month to the first of No
vember, with no allowance for ex-
penses. Horse hire and any other
expense as he may find it necessary to
incur must be borne by himself. The
county was divided into three dis
tricts, co-extensive with the county
commissioner districts. In each To-
cality where it may be found neces-
sary or expedient to have deputy
warden to enforce the game laws one
will be appointed. Chas. G. Smythe
received the appointment for this dis
trict. He will receive no stated salary
but will have his actual expenses paid
while in the discharge of duty. 1t is
the intention OF the game commission
ers to enforce the law, and hunters
and fishers must procure license be-
fore following the sport Of hunting OF
fishing. In this vicinity licenses may
be procured at the store of the Leav-
enworth Furniture and Hardware Com
pany, and also procure copy of the
fish and game regulation laws.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
DagO Fished; Paid S. fine

The first arrest in Chelan county un-
der the new game laws was made
Tuesday night when Deputy Warden
Patterson. of Cashmere, took into Gus
tody Hares Koules, an Italian, charged
with fishing without a license. The
Italian was taken to Wenatchee and
given a SIS fine, which he paid and
went on his way, promising that in
the future he would respect the game
law. Percy Scheble, Of the Chelan
County game commission, states that
in view of the fact that the Italian was
the first offender he was given mini
mum fine, but later offenders will not
be treated SO leniently
The deputy game wardens all over
the county are looking out for often
ders Of the game and fishing laws and
there promises to be very little viola
ton of the law in Chelan county this
year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
RAILROADS SEEK TO
REDUCE TAX VALUES
Many Companies File Petitions With Tax
Commission Asking That Assess
ment Values be Lowered

Two petitions from railroad com
panies asking that the true assessment
values of their operating property be
reduced more than $2,250,000 were
heard by the State Board Of Tax com
mission this week.
Other petitions filed for which no
date has been fixed for hearing being
the requested reductions up to in ex-
cess of $4,000, 900 and enough roads
are yet to be heard from to insure the
aggregate requests will run close to
$50, 100000.
The roads whose representatives
were heard this week are the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul, which asks a
reduction of 4,38,491, and the Idaho
& Washington Northern, which wants
S1,385,58 Topped off.
Petitions for other reductions al
ready filed, include the Northern Pa
cifc, $12.2o1,S14; Great Northern,
S6,000,000 and Spokane, Portland &
Seattle, 8,161,550. This makes an
aggregate of $32, ,077,439.
These reductions are asked from
true or full value. The railroads pay
taxes, however, on what the board finds
is the percentage of true value at
which other property in the state is
assessed. Last year this proposition
was about 40 per cent, so that the re-
duction Of grant will only amount to
about $13, ,604,041 on these roads.
Just what action the state board will
take on the petitions cannot, of course,
be predicted. 1t is known that the
railroads have mustered a mass of data
to sustain these contentious. The
fact that the last Legislature passed an
act authorizing the tax commission to
fix different value on public service
operating property for taxation than
that fixed by the public service com
mission for rate purposes may be ur-
ged as a legislative intent for re-
duction.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
Will Celebrate August Fifth

The Progressive party will be one
year old on August S. Plans are un-
der way all over the country for spe-
cial celebration of Founders Day. The
idea was suggested at the recent Mis-
sour Statewide conference in St.
Louis, where a proposition was made
that each county in Missouri should
have a rally on that day. This led to
the suggestion that the days celebra-
ton should be turned into basket pic
MICS wherever possible, at points Sc
lected by the county chairman. The
idea was immensely popular, and Wal
ter Brown, of Ohio, head of the or
ganization work OF the National Com
mittee, who was at the St. Louis meet
ing, at once took it up with other
states. The result will be nation
wide series Of county Progressive pic
MICS or other meetings on August S.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
STEEL PLANT IS NOW
PRACTICALLY COMPLETE
One Large Double Fuanaoe, Under Con-
struCtiOn, All That Remains to be
Completed

One car OF Everett brick arrived this
week which is necessary to complete
the large double furnace which is now
under construction. M. S. Hen
erickson, an expert furnace builder,
who has worked on some Of the large
furnaces erected by the smelling trust
has charge of this branch of the work.
Three small furnaces and all the stack
connections are complete. The re-
heating furnace in the hammer house
is also complete.
A carload of crucibles, shipped from
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is on the
way and expected to arrive any day.
Mr.. Rothert, the general manager will
leave in short time for the east TO
make arrangements for such expert
help as will be required IN the opera
ton of the plant.
The operation Of the plant is now
in sight and it will not be long before
we will be able to announce definitely
just when that will be.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
BIG IRRIGATION SYSTEM
PLANNED BY CAPITALISTS
Man Who Made Filings on Wenatchee
and Columbia Rivers May Water Big
Tract of Land in Quincy Flat

That an irrigation system to pump
water from the Columbia river for use
on Quincy Flat and in the Moses
Lake country, is assuming more GER
tainty, is indicated by the presence OF
William F. Scheffel and Senator Petit
grew at Moses Lake the past two
weeks. Scheffel is the man who re-
Gently filed on water rights at Rock
Island in the Columbia river, and also
in the Wenatchee river near the Great
Northern's present plant.
In the Neppel Record Schefel is
quoted as predicting wonderful tu-
ture for the Moses Lake country. He
was the engineer who filed on Moses
Lake for Senator Pettigrew five years
ago. and he has had much to do with
the development Of the project known
as Grant Realty Company. This con-
Germ holds 1000 acres surrounding
the lake, purchased from the Northern
Pacific Realty Company.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
WHAT WATERVILLE PAPER
SAYS ABOUT BALL GAMES
The Games Were Good and Everybody
Was Satisfied-Big Crowds Turned
Out to Games

The Fourth of July ball games
played here by Leavenworth and Wa
terville for purse of 500 was very
good series Of games, altho' Waterville
won all three.
Leavenworth showed that they had a
far better team than the scores of the
games indicate.
The Leavenworth team being up
most Of Thursday night and travelling
on the train up until about one hour
before the game was called on the
Fourth, could not be expected to beat
as strong a team as Waterville has, and
the second game they were handi-
capped by having to play with the sun
shining in their eyes, something they
were not used to, and to cap the eli
max the third game had to be played
in one Of those Big Bend dust storms.
So all things taken into consideration,
the Leavenworth team never had a
chance to show their real form while
here, and we hope to have them with
US some time again as they were as
gentlemanly bunch of boys as any
town can boast of, both on and of the
field.
The first game was called at one
o'clock July 4. The battery for Lea
venworth was w. Smith and B. Won
der; for Waterville, Adams and Bar
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
WOMEN SUFFRAGE LAW
MAY BE REPEALED
Seattle Attorneys Seeking to Overthrow
Recent Laws-RecaII Amendments
and Others

A technicality holding the possibil-
ity of canceling the recent amend
ments to the constitution of the state
OF Washington has been made apparent
in the attempt of the shingle weavers
to recall Sheriff Ed. Cudihee.
Among the amendments which will
be affected by the decision in this case
are woman's suffrage, initiative, refer
endum and recall. To decide in ac-
cordance with the technically will null
lily these acts of the people which
have required years of effort to ac-
complish.
Attorney Fulton, defending Cudihee,
has attacked the constitutionality of the
amendment to the state constitution
providing for the recall on the grounds
that the amendment has not been
spread on the record of both the Sen
ate and the House. The constitution
provides that all amendments shall be
engrossed on the records of both
houses, and all the amendments OF the
session before the last, while having
been placed on the records OF the Sen
ate have not been spread on the re-
cords Of the House.
The reason for this, Lorin Grinstead,
chief recorder says, is because it has
not been customary.
In making his attack on the con-
stitutionality OF the recall upon this
ground, Attorney Fulton made num-
Der of quotations Of decisions to sub
stantiate his position.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
rIans to Become LeavenwOrth Resident

F. A. Sinclair. of Cooperstown,
North Dakota, president Of the Leav-
enworth State Bank, arrived here We'd
nesday with his family and will be the
guest Of R. B. Field during their stay.
Mr.. Sinclair visited here about two
years ago, and although he expected
to see much improvement, having
kept posted by reading the Echo, but
his expectations were exceeded He
says Leavenworth is one Of the best
towns he has seen. For more than a
year he has spent much of his time at
Saskatchewan, B. c., where he has
large property interests. 1t is the ulti-
mate intention of Mr.. Sinclair to make
Leavenworth his permanent home in
the near future.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
SI.50 Per Year

den. Leavenworth went to bat first
and failed to get a runner past first,
Waterville had their batting eye and
put the game on ice in their hall Of the
first inning by pounding in 5 scores.
The first batter up for Leavenworth
in the second inning met the ball on
the nose for home run, but that was
their last and all, as they only got one
man as far as second during the re-
mainder Of the game and the score at
the end Of the game was II to /.
The shining features of the game
was the pitching Of Adams, striking
out IS men; the home run Of Fitzger-
aid Of Leavenworth, and the consistent
batting Of the Waterville team, they
scoring in every inning but two.
The score in the second game was
II to 7, and in the third 6 to o.
Big Bend Empire.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
TWO CHILDREN LOST
IN WFNATCHEE FIRE
Mother Makes Heroic Efforts to Rescue
Her Little Ones but Without
Avail

A fire which occurred in Wenatchee
last Friday afternoon about 2:30 ended
in the death of two children aged
and s years who were sleeping in the
house at the time. The mother Mrs.
Comegys had placed her two children
in bed early in the afternoon as was
her daily custom and had gone out in
the garden about 100 yards distant.
She had been there only few min
utes when she noticed smoke and
flame pouring forth fiom the house.
She rushed back to the house panic
stricken in the hope that she would be
able to rescue her children but it was
too late, the fire driving her back ev-
cry time she time she tried to make
an entrance. The timely arrival of
neighbor saved the mother from death
as she would have plunged into the
interior of the home, seething mass
of fire. After the fire had burned it.
self out the remains of the two little
children were discovered but were
chared beyond recognition.
No insurance was carried on the
burned dwelling house with which the
surrounding FIVE acres of orchard was
owned by another party and leased by
Mr.. and Mrs. Comegys.
Besides the children the parents
lost everything they had in the world
through the fire.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
Prisoners in County Jail

On Tuesday Of this week there were
seven prisoners lodged in the county
Jail. Claude Hinton, Of Chelan, 33
days for attempting to defraud a hotel
keeper; Henry Collins, OF this city,
convicted OF selling liquor to Indians,
under an eight month sentence; Will
liam Geyer, Of Cashmere, serving six
months for the same ofense, and H.
B. Lewis, also Of this city. who was
sentenced to sc days for petit larceny.
julie Long and Earl Gordon, who have
already been convicted, are awaiting
sentence. John Doe, suspect, is also
being held at the county Jail.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
AGED PIONEER DEAD
WELL KNOWN HERE
Mother of DR.. HOxey Passed Away in
Spokane Last Thursday-VlSited
Here Frequently

After an illness lasting several
months, Mrs. Elizabeth Hoxsey died
peacefully last Thursday surrounded by
many relatives and friends. Univer-
sally esteemed by all who knew her.
She visited here last summer and near
ly every summer for many years and
was quite we'll known. The following,
taken from the Spokesman-Review OF
last Friday, will be of interest to the
many friends OF Dr.. Hoxsey, himself
one among the first residents OF Leav-
enworth, coming here in 1892;
Mother Of six sons, three OF whom
are physicians and one druggist, sur
vived also by two daughters, 2o grand
children, 25 great-grandchildren, a
brother, founder of the town of Span
gle, and two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hoxsey, aged age 81 years, died yes
terday at the home of her son, DR.. T.
E. Hoxsey, 703 Cleveland avenue.
She was was a pioneer of Washington,
having come here in 1884, and is well
known throughout the state.
Mrs. Hoxsey was born in Tippecanoe
county, Ind, June IA, 1888, and on
March 8. 1850, was married to the
late J. F. Hoxsey, in Madison county
III. In 1884 she and her husband
came to Washington to join her bro
ther, William Spangle, who had come
overland from Indiana in 1872. and
founded the town Of Spangle. From
that time until 1910 she made her
home in Spangle, paying frequent Wis
its to other portions of the state. In
1910, Mrs. Hoxsey, came to Spokane.
Here her long and useful life drew to
a peaceful close.
Those surviving her are: Sons, R.
A. Hoxey, Ritzville, Wash, Dr.. T. E.
Hoxsey and Dr., J. H. Hoxsey, with
offices in the Paulsen building; Dr..
George W. Hoxsey, Great Northern
surgeon at Leavenworth, Wash; W. E.
Hoxsey, proprietor of the Altamont
pharmacy, Tenth avenue and Perry
street, and J. F. Hoxsey Of Rosalia;
daughters, Mrs. W. A. Cox, Litchfeld,
ILL.,, and Mrs. Hubbard of Sprague.
The brother, Henry Spangle, and
two sisters, Mrs. William Tifin and
Mrs. Caroline Roke, reside at Spangle.
Mrs. Hoxsey will be buried Satur-
day morning at 10 o'clock in Spangle,
the services to be held from the Christ
ian church of that place.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-18
Double Bill at the Scenic Tonight

THE Sunshine Girp' of the Frank
Rich Company give one of their big
prize vaudeville contests in addition to
the regular performance at the Scenic
tonight. This contest consists of a
special stunt by each member of the
company for a cash prize.