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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
LEAVENWORTH VISITED
BY SAFE CRACKERS
LeavenwOrth Lumber Co.'S. Safe is Blown
Open But Thugs Get Nothing
For Their Work

Some timeduring the night Of the third
parties made an Intellectual attempt to
get into the safe OF the Leavenworth
Lumber Co. The office of the COM
pany is located at the east end of Front
street and the safe, which is not in
tended to be burglar proof but rather
to protect books and papers from fire,
was found on the morning of the
Fourth with the outside door blown of
its hinges. Nitroglycerine had evi-
dently been used to get the outside
door off but no effort appears to have
been made to open the inside door.
Something probably occurred to
frighten the enterprising safe crackers
away. Nothing of value besides books
and papers was in the safe.
With two banks convenient, either
of which is willing to assume the risk
Of taking care Of money, why should
anyone be so foolish as to keep money
in safe. There is quite a pretentious
looking safe in The Echo Office the
sight Of which might arouse the cupid
ity Of safe breaker, now if any cur
ious individual wants to know if there
is any money in it we suggest that he
save the time and expense Of blowing
the door off but go right in and take
all the money he can find. We have
a safe because the insurance compa-
MES require US to keep our books in
fire proof safe, but unless thoughtlessly
done the combination is never turned
of. The two or three dollars that is
once in while left in the safe we
would rather lose than have the safe
ruined.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
MT. STUART MINING co.
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Asbestos Property to be Put on Shipping
Basis Without Delay

At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Mt. Stuart Mining Co.,
held at Peshastin last Monday the fol-
lowing officers were elected to manage
the affairs of the company for the en-
suing year.
President, W. S. Tallman, Of Cash
mere; General Superintendent, A. ].
Mills, of Cashmere; Secretary, J. H.
Osborn, formerly principal of the Pc
shastin public school. Treasurer, ].
C. Lilly, of Cashmere. Mr.. Tallman
is large owner Of ranch property and
man of considerable means who has
made his home at Cashmere for sew
eral years. He is a brother OF supe-
ricr court Judge Tallman Of Seattle and
has had some mining experience. He
made a thoro examination OF the prop
erty before becoming interested and is
satisfied it can be made a revenue pro-
ducer. The treasurer, Mr.. Lilly, has
been cashier of the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank Of Cashmere for number
of years and is considered a very con-
seryative business man He also has
made an examination of the property
and is convinced it is a good invest
ment. In connection with the as
bestos there is considerable quantity
OF tale which is coming into considera-
Bile use as lubricant and the company
has found a market for the tale at a
figure that will make it very profitable
as by-product.
The future policy of the company
was outlined at the meeting. The road
which is now completed to the prop
erty leaves nothing but the tram to be
completed to put the property in shape
to commence shipping both asbestos
and tale. The completion of the tram
only waited the opening of the road so
that the material can be hauled to the
property with the least expsnse.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
Horse Caught on G. N. Bridge

Attempting to ride his saddle horse
across the Grsat Northern bridge near
Cashmere, Clyde Casebeer, young
farmer, narrowly escaped a terrible
death. His horse lost its footing and
was caught in the bridge. While try
ing to extricate the animal Casebeer
heard the whistle Of an approaching
train. Dashing across the long trestle
and down the track Casebeer signaled
the train to stop. With the assistance
Of trainmen he rescued the horse.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
Couldn't Resist POking His Enemy

Alfred Bergren will answer TO the
charge of assault and battery before
Judge Grant next Monday for beating
up Chas. Reeves last Friday. It
seems that the two men, who are en-
ployed by the Leavenworth Lumber
Co., were not on the best Of terms,
and when they met Bergren could not
resist taking a poke at his enemy. He
plead not guilty and will fight the case,
which will be heard next week.
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FIRE FIEND TO SERVE
TIME IN WALLA WALLA
Earl Gordon who Attempted to Burn
the City Hall on May %, Convicted
in WenatChee tuesday

Convicted Of arson in the second
degree, Earl Gordon, who on the 23d
of May attempted to burn the city
hall, being confined in the Jail at the
time is now languishing in the county
Jail, awaiting his sentence which will
be passed next week.
Five or six witnesses from here were
introduced by the state who testified
that Gordon did not appear to be in
toxicated at the time. Only two wit
nesses were introduced by the defense,
Frank Howard a partner of the prisoner
and ]. w. Corcoran of this city, who
both testified that the prisoner was ex-
tremely drunk. Mr.. Corcoran testified
that he had met Gordon and his part
ner two or three hours before they
were arrested, and the fact that they
were drunk was impressed on his mind,
by the fact that the two men panhan-
died him for two-bits on the pretense
that they wanted to eat. He said ne
told them they didn't want to eat 1t
was drink they wanted, and to get
rid of them gave them the money.
Mr.. Corcoran had been subpoenaed by
the state as witness but was dis
missed after which he became a wit
ness for the defense when four or five
others had testified that the prisoner
was sober at the time, saying that he
felt like he ought to tell what ne knew,
as he didn't want to see the man rail-
roaded.
Frank Howard, the partner OF the
prisoner stated that they had drank a
large quantity of alcohol and beer the
day they were arrested and that il was
responsible for Gordon's crazed con-
dition.
Marshals Bohnsack and Woods who
handled the prisoner on the day OF the
fire, stated that he seemed to be mad
and excited due to his being arrested,
but they were certain that he had not
been drinking to excess. Hardly ten
minutes had elapsed after the first fire
when the marshals were again called to
the Jail where they found Gordon in
the act of starting another fire. AS al
ter the first attempt he began to rave
and threaten he would burn the whole
town if he had to return years after
wards.
Gordon was first arrested on the
charge of vagrancy, and had ne made
no trouble would have been released
in three or four days, as it is he faces
term in the pen Of from one to nj
teen wears.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
WILL ORGANIZE
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Council FayOrs the Forming Of Two CON-
panies with Sixteen or Twenty
Men in Each Company

The organization Of volunteer fire
department was one of the things
definitely decided upon by the council
at their meeting Tuesday evening. 1t
was the belief of those present that
there should be two companies, one
for each side of the track, and that
there should be from sixteen to twenty
men in each company. No doubt
there are many young men who will be
glad to offer their services, and as a
special inducement each man in the
company who goes to fire will be
paid for his time. Mayor Carlquist and
Clerk Potter will organize the COM
panies and will be pleased to receive
calls from those who wish to join the
department.
Thus far the water receipts, which
were due between the first and fifth OF
the month, have been coming in very
slowly, and as a reminder in the future
the water commissioner was instructed
upon notice to shut off the water Of
any user who does not pay at the ap-
pointed time. After the water has
been shut off fine of one dollar will
be imposed when il is turned on again.
Mr.. Weber, OF Cascade Orchards,
put in a claim for 500 for damages
done to his place due to the city's
water pipe passing thru his land. The
clerk was instructed to take the matter
up with the contractors. The claim of
Mr.. Heidrick, OF Cascade Orchards,
for the right of way through his place
for the pipe line was laid over for in
vestigation.
In regard to the license for barten-
ders, Marshall Bohnsack was instructe d
to see to the collection OF the same.
The followinp hills were allowed:
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Off for a Tour of the Coast

W. C. Roach shipped his car to
Gold Bar Tuesday and left the follow
ing evening with his wife and son
Howard. He intends to spend the
next month or six weeks motoring on
the Sound and will visit every point of
interest from Vancouver, B. c. to Port
land, Oregon.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
$1,000 for Good Roads

In conformity with the wishes of
residents in the neighborhood Of Che
Ian and in parts of Commissioner T..
w. Cowan's district, $1,000 has been
set aside for highway betterments in
the upper Columbia river district. Oh
this sum, $1,000 will be expended on
the Chelan Landing road; $500 on the
Chelan Falls road, $4,000 on the
Wells Coulee road, and $500 on
the Union Valley road.
Work on the improving Of these
roads will be started Immediately.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
first AprioOts Bring $1.25

The Randolph Fruit company has
made its first shipment of apricots from
Wenatchee. The shippers were Bright
and Saunders Of Rock Island and Gates
of Malaga.
Wenatchee Produce company pre-
diets that rs cents a crate will be the
ruling price for apricots and is promis-
ing growers no more than this amount.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
Last Sundays Blow Worst in Twenty
Years

The Wenatchee and Chelan papers
report the windstorm Of last Sunday al
ternoon as the worst in twenty years.
The waves on Lake Chelan ran ten
feet in height. In Wenatchee signs,
awnings and bill boards were wrecked
and plate glass windows broken.
There was some wind here in the alter
noon but no damage was done.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11

Judge Geo. P. Rice returned Tues
day from Seattle where he has spent
the past three weeks. For several
months he has been suffering with his
leg which was amputated several years
ago and during his stay in the city he
was fitted with a special wooden leg
which he says is giving him much
pleasure as he is able to get about
much easier.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11
Weather Conditions of Past Month

The following is DR.. McKeown's u.
S. Weather observers report for the
month OF June. Mean temperature,
sS.1o degrees; above 90 degrees
once; below 80 degrees, none; greatest
daily range, So degrees; rainfall, one
and one-half inch; rainy days, 9; clear
days, Il; partly cloudy, 8; cloudy, IS.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11

DR.. A. G. McKeown,
L. :. Local Observer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-07-11

As an advertising med
ium this paper Is unsur-
passed.
1t Is read every week by
90 people in the Wenat-
ee valley.
: are uSinig IL and
ing results. So Will
you. Try II.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Let The Herald Buy
Your Automobile For You

~ HE FL Paso Herald will take pleasure giving all possible nOma
about any automobile that Of It's readers be interested
If contemplating the purchase Of automobile call
The Herald automobile editor The Herald will be glad give
information to buyers IN the city and
IF you a new car write Herald and will you
supplied with all the information you need If about
price. write The Herald and you will be supplied with mfoma
regarding all of that price Do ask he Herald say what
the best for that will DONE but you know anything
about any particular you The Herald will furnish you
such information possible and will also you touch with din-
teresd people that that ask write them about
you second hand write The Herald what you wish
pay sized you and will be made the
and information will be you. You viii be told what
available and what the offer them, also what the
price In every way. The Herald will you all the preliminary
trouble poe will only be the final trip of inspection and
closing Of the deal if you like what offered
A. Workman manager of the Chalmers garage but not an
emye of the Chalmers company connected any automobile
will make careful inspection of that Herald reader
interested IN and desires al opinion
here viii be charge for this service, either the buyer the
seller The Herald encourage auomoblmg and good roads
both of which great boons will perform this service
free.
Dealers have any second hand list them. stating cond
ton, price and period of guarantee
Prospective buyers if you information that will you the
time and trouble Of looking around write
Address E Paso Herald Automobile editor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Uniform

x % PERSON who shall have
qualified by complying with
the laws and regulations of
the state. territory or district of his
residence to use and operate such We
hicles Cself-propelled) shall be re-
quired in any other state or territory
or district into which he may go for
business or pleasure to make any addi-
tionaI registration or take out any ad-
ditional license in order to use or op-
crate any such machine"
This is the kind of a federal regula-
ton which thousands of motorists be-
lieve should be enacted, and that IS
why the executive board of the Amer1-
can Automobile association, at It's
monthly meeting held in Buffalo, at
the invitation of president Laurens
Enos. endorsed the brief and cOncisely
wOrded measure containing this pro-
visO introduced in the house of rep
resentativeS by congressman William
p. AdamsOn of Georgia
The A A. A. on two occasions IN
past years made vigorous contention
for a law which would open the cOun-
try's roads to a motor car owner IN
the same manner that is within the
discretion of all other interstate trav-
elers- Sentiment has changed and over
a million motorists testify to the grad
ual disappearance of an unreasOnlng
prejudice, which chairman Charles T.
Terry of the associations legislative
board hopes will evapOrate when the
AdamsOn bill receives attention at the
regular session of congress next win
ter.
The Buffalo meeting also saw the
first draft of the uniform traffic reg
UlatiOns prepared by special com
mittee. the chairman of which is Dr.
H. NJ. Rowe, president of the AutOmo-
bile club of Maryland. When the re-
port is completed the A. A A will
recommend the regulations to its 300
odd clubs in all parts of the country
Grade crossing adjustment and ef-
forts to lessen this menace to increas-
ing road travel will be taken up by
committee, the head Of which is Pres
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

about twice a week when the tour
reaches a large town with ample gar
age facilities Here the car is given
thorough washing, both the body and
the chassis being cleaned. The chassis
bath is the more important, because
then the accumulation of grease and
dirt is removed and a chance for thor
ough inspection of the car from radi-
atOr to tail light is offered The driv-
ers usually prefer to do this washing
themselves, if time permits, not so
much because they expect to do a bet
ter job, but on account of the chance
for inspection that the process brings.
SAt such times more thorough lu-
IRRIGATION of the car is given than IS
the rule in the nightly routine. At this
washup time, the parts IN need of the
more infreQuent attention are given
consideration The grease cup on the
fan pulley is given a turn, the belt IS
tested for looseness, the oiling of the
water pump, the magnetic and the cleo
trio motor and generator are looked
to. Opportunity at this time is taken
to see that all the grease cups have a
supply OF grease-it does no good to
turn them down every day if they are
not supplying lubricant to their bear
ings-
Unless the needA of requirements or
extensive ADJUSTING hts is found the
whole process dOest not take over an
hour in addition tofthe time required
for the nightly taSEf'
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Western Racing Is Given a Boom
:: :: :: :: y :: :: :: ::
O1dfield Record Finally Allowed

II 7 Is not necessary now for Barney
Oldfield or other western speed
= drivers to go east to establish
worlds records on mile dirt tracks.
After four months the contest board OF
the American Automobile association,
in New York. has officially approved
the OldGeld record of 46 rs seconds
for a mile made on the Bakersfield,
Cal. track on April p.
But had it not been for the Los An
geles contest board of the A. A A, the
record would not have been allowed.
In fact, at its August meeting the
board, Of which William Schimpf is
chairman, refused to recognize the rec
ord Then some very interesting tele-
grams We're sent to New York from
Los Angeles with the result that the
board there recOnSidered the affidaVitS
and data and rescinded its earlier de-
cision-
So OldfieId's name now stands in
the A A A records as the holder Of
the mile record And little further
has the two mile mark, made also with
MS 200 horsepower front drive Christie.
lie made the two mile record at Cleve-
land, Ohio, sept Il, 1912.
Aids Racing West.
The allowing Of the Oldfield record
at Bakersfield means much more for
the west than the addition of another
worlds record 1t means that the
iong-lOOked for home rule days seem
70 be at hand
The OldfieId record was fairly made
and absolutely accurately timed. There
are affidavits of men Of positive in
Legrity TO establish this. The New
York A A A committee received these
affidavits with other data and urgent
recommendation that the record be
made official
But the Schimpf board took a stand
which would have excluded California,
in effect, from any more records at
short distances The contest board in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

can pick up speed without changing to
second gear. 1 should like to hear
what you have to say as to whether 1t
is correct TO do so or not-W- W. Bal
come.
It is bad practice to allow the
clutch to slip. Would advise that you
use the second gear. When running
slowly continual slipping of the clutch
will soon wear same out, no matter
what type of clutch is used 1t will be
observed that a good driver rarely slips
the clutch. preferring TO use the gear
shaft lever.
Motoring Department, The Herald
Kindly inform me if the mica or lava
spark plugs give less trouble and last
longer than those made of porcelain
Consistent with the policy of this
column, we cannot answer queries OF
preference in design. However. 1t
might be said that a porcelain plug is
more easily broken than mica plug,
but on the other hand is not so likely
to become saturated with oil.
Motoring Department, The Herald
purchased by first car recently and
was advised to keep my tires pumped
up hard, but 1 find that the car rides
soft. Ny car is six cylinder -- and
weight 400 pounds.-Reader
It is only natural that your car
should ride more smoothly with soft
tires than when they are pumped up
hard. However. if the tires are in
fIated improperly the different layers
of fabric which are vulcanized together
work loose and of course weaken;
eventually the weakest point blows out
The tires on your car should be in
flated to 80 pounds pressure. Would
suggest the purchase of a tire pressure
gage which indicates the amount of
air pressure in a tire.
x
Motoring Department. The Herald
I had always believed it necessary to
have incIOsed valves, but notice that
some of the late cars do not have the
valves inclosed- Please state some of
the advantages and Disadvantages, if
any.-Reader.
To inclose the valves is not neces-
sary, but it is advisable in order TO
protect the valve mechanism against
dirt and grit. A motor is usually more
quiet when the valve noise is muffled.
There are no disadvantages, except
that the valves are not so readily &C
cessible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
TAXICAB SERVICE
HAS RAPID GROWTH
Company Starting Here a Year Ago
Now Has Many Cars and a Num-
hero of SubStafsOnS.

Just a year ago o. c. Crismor organ
lied the Hoetl Taxicab & Auto COM
pany, of which today he is the sole
owner. He started with two cars, at
the same time opening an office in
the lobby of the PasO Del NOrte hotel
Subsequently he opened a similar Of
flee in the Sheldon hotel. Both Of
these offices are now being maintained
in addition to a number of substatiOns
throughout the city. The business was
a success from the beginning and now
instead of two cars, the Hotel Taxicab
& Auto company has a service includ-
ing limOUsines, taXicabs and touring
cars. Mr.. CrismOr employees % men,
and only drivers of experience and re-
sponsibility are in his service. Bush
ness men especially have grown to
realize the prompt service that can be
secured through a taXicab and how
they appreciate it Mr.. Crismor says is
evidenced by the ever increasing vol
ume of this part of the business.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28

the east has approved only one timing
device for short distance speed trials
There are only two of these in ex-
istence and neither can be bought
But they can be rented at a figure
which would make record breaking in
California high priced pastime- The
everywhere it goes there is a crew to
accompany it at the expense of party
or association doing the renting
This particular machine chops sec
O1ds into hundredths. There have been
instances when such small fractions
nave decided a speed issue
But the Los Angeles contest board
could not buy one or the machines and
the members did not want to fasten
heavy and unnecessary expense on any
track where records were to be sought.
So that an efficient device at far more
reasonable figures could be obtained
the contest board approved the Pendle-
ton device for all speed contests IN
this section.
1t was with this device that the Old
field record was caught in Bakersfield.
But the seconds were cut into fifths
instead of hundreds. The A A A
contention for the small fractions
there been such a small margin be-
tween the Oldfield mark and the one
which he had beaten. That was 41-S5
seconds, made by Bob Burman at
Brighton Beach, September Z, 1872
No Fifth Needed.
No fifths were needed there to de-
eide. The margin was wide enough
to make hundredths entirely unneces-
sary- But the eastern board ruled
against Oldfield on that technical
ground. That the board reversed it
self is taken as evidence that the local
board convinced the fasteners they
were wrong in turning down Oldfield.
Now that the record has been ap-
proved the western drivers have re-
ceived new encouragement to attempt
to add more speed marks to the rapidly
growing list
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
TO TRY TO 81 IT rs
ON EXCURSION LIST
Second Cavalry Band VIII Accompany
Trade Boosters Into New MeLi-
co and Arizona.


Effort is to be made this week to
secure at least IS men to make the
trade excursion trip to New Mexico
and Arizona, leaving Ell Paso on Oct
20, and remaining on the road week
Col. Frank West commander of the
% cavalry has consented to permit
the band of his regiment to make the
trip and give concerts at the various
towns along the route The local mu-
sicians' union made no objection to the
army band making the trip, and readily
agreed that no protest against the en-
plOyment of the soldiers would be
made.
More than twice the number of ex-
cursionists who made last years trip
on a similar mission will go this time
and several towns that were not visited
on the last journey viii be included in
the itinerary this trip.
Coming after the New Mexico State
fair at Albuquerque, and just before
the Arizona State fair at Phoenix, it
is believed that this trade excursion
will DO much to cement the friendly
relations between Ell Paso and the two
new states. Many Ell Pasoans are to
make the trip to the Phoenix fair and
the trade excUrsiOnists are going to do
their best to boost this Institution.