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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT
GETTING MUCH PUBLICITY
Commercial Bodies All Over the State
Endorse Quincy Irrigation Plan
To be Voted on This Fall

The publicity campaign for the
Quincy valley irrigation project is be-
ing organized and will be put actively
under way within the next few days.
The project has been given the en-
couragement Of the commercial bodies
of the state as bearing Importantly on
the proposed immigration movement
inaugurated by the Spokane Chamb Der
of Commerce at the immigration con-
vention.
The Quincy project contains 500,-
900 acres OF irrigable lands in Chelan,
Douglas and Grant counties, the larger
body OF land lying within Grant county.
The project is to come before the
voters OF the state this fall for ratifca-
ton Of the plan proposed in the bill by
the last Legislature.
A. ]. Terneut, Of Quincy, who is di-
recting the publicity campaign, states
that the only opposition he has found
to the project comes from those who
are not acquainted with the project
and the method provided for the in
stallation Of the irrigation system.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
TWO ARRESTS MADE
FOR BURNING SLASH
Carelessness in Forest Causes $4,000
Damages-Campers Must Use
Every PreCaution

Two convictions in Washington for
burning slash without permit from a
fire warden, damage amounting to per-
haps $4,000 to logs and logging equip
ment through fires in slashings, but no
loss of green timber, is the record for
June, the first month of the 1914 for
est fire season, according to bulletins
received from all parts Of the Pacific
northwest by the Western Forestry and
Conservation Association.
All protective agencies were placed
on the alert at the close OF June by
the prospect Of drying interior wind,
but the new forecast service, especially
for forest fire conditions, which is sup
piled by the U. S. Weather Bureau,
soon reassured them that the threaten
ing high pressure in Western Canada
had split into areas and the danger was
for time averted. Nevertheless all
patrol forces are being rapidly recruited
for the season and about 1000 men
will be on duty in few days in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana.
About 500 patrolmen are employed in
these states by the timber owners pro-
tective associations, nearly 200 by the
states and the government jointly out
side the national forsest, and others by
the forest service within the national
forests. The British Columbia govern
ment also has 225 men on duty.
July hazard to be garded against,
other than campfres, is reported to lie
chiefly in slash burning to clear the
land and rights of way and in leaving
fires thus started to smolder in logs
and stumps to break out later when the
inevitable hot and windy weather ar
rives. Forest officers announce that
state laws regarding burning without
permit and precaution will be enforced
rigidly and also warn summer camping
parties to be extremely careful with
campires.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
MUST HAVE PERMIT
TO SHIP IN LIQUOR
If Washington Goes Dry Thirsty Ones
Will Have to Get Permit to Drink
Strong Beverage

If the prohibition law to be voted on
in November should carry and Wash
ington should suddenly become dry
state. the 80 counties in this state
promise to receive accessions of popu-
lation according to predictions recently
made.
The proposed law provides that a
citizen may secure permit that will
enable him to ship in dozen quarts of
beer or half gallon Of stronger bev
erage every 20 days. A feature of this
provision, hitherto generally overlooked,
however, is that to secure such per-
NIT the applicant must appear before
the county auditor in person. The
practical result of the law, it is believed,
will be to make the county seats the
only oases in the whole parched coun-
try.
State officials predict that if the
prohibition bill carries there will be
numerous county seat fights and some
holdover senators already are looking
forward to the possibility of more
county division bills in the next legis-
lature so there may be more county
seats.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
WFNATCHEE LAKE
SUMMER RESORT
Visited By Large Crowd On the Fourth
WenatChee Valley Well Represented

The hot weather of the past few
weeks drove hundreds OF visitors to the
different mountain resorts. On ac-
count of its accessibility as well as its
natural beauty Lake Wenatchee has al
ways been favorite summer outing
place for residents of Chelan county.
Hundreds visited the lake Friday, Sat
urday and Sunday. Many stopped at
enc or the other of the hotels while
many went prepared to camp out
sleep in the open and cook meals over
a camp fre-which after all is the true
way to enjoy an outing.
Lake View Hotel. the oldest resort
on the lake, entertained large crowd
on the Fourth of July, among them
many Leavenworth people. The pro-
prietor, Oliver Bates, has been resi-
dent OF the lake for almost twenty-five
years.
A reporter for this paper noted Fred
Patton, wife and daughter, A. F. Spill
Ter and wife, Will Patton and wife,
Harry Weicher, Mr.. Sims and wife, j..
c. Lilly and wife. Chauncv Halferty,
Leland Halferty, and Mr.. Segru, a
prominent fruit grower and head Of the
distributors association, all from Cash
mere. From Wenatchee were noted
the following: Mr.. Wyman and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cooper, Miss Pauline Drake,
Gordon Boyd accompanied by his
father, U. G. Pogue and wife, and
others whose names could not be
learned.
Leavenworth people in large num-
bers were present enjoying the outing.
We met the following: DR.. and Mrs.
]. S. Judah. B. c. Rutherford and wife.
Mrs. Cannon, from Wenatchee. mother
of Mrs. Judah, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W..
Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Brender,
Mrs. L. J. Nelson and Miss Marion
Doty, who are spending two weeks on
the lake, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Wheeler
and Miss Edna Hannibal and Miss
McLain, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Adams
with their daughter, Miss Mildred, Mr..
and Mrs. N. L. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Stage OF Peshastin, Mr.. and Mrs.
James McCanna of Seattle.
On the evening OF the Fourth dane
ing was indulged in until midnight,
some forty-odd couples being present
and taking part. Mr.. and Mrs. Bates,
with occasional help from volunteer,
furnished the music and if the young
folks, along with some that were no
longer young, did not have good time
their appearance belied them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

DR.. Elmer informed an Echo report
er this week that he had received a
letter from his wife who has been on
the Coast several weeks that she had
closed deal with Seattle parties where
by they take residence and acre lo'
near Kent, Washington, in exchange
for a 25-acre orchard tract near Pasco,
Wash. The doctor still has 200 acres
of fine fruit land near Pasco which he
is improving. He says he has no in
tention Of moving to the Coast at this
time but will rent his newly acquired
property which brings quite a substan-
tial income. Mrs. Elmer is expected
home Saturday.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
GREAT NORTHERN HAS BIG WRfCKtR
New Machine Will Lift 100000 Pounds
Within Radius of Seventeen
Feet

What is said to be the largest steam
wrecking derrick in use in the north
west was received at the Hillyard
shops of the Great Northern Tuesday.
The derrick has lifting capacity Of
10000 pounds within radius Of II
feet. and the operating levers are con-
trolled by air pressure instead of by di-
rect steam pressure. The machine is
in charge or Foreman ]. Champion and
Engineer w. Daley.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
$1.50 Per Year

Smith, Walter Koerner, Miss lone Zietzs
and a number of others from Leaven-
worth whose names we can not now re-
call.
Boat riding and canoeing, fishing in
the lake as we'll as the near by streams,
is also among the diversions Of those
who visit the lake.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

Oliver Peterson was here the first OF
the week looking for men to help him
take care of the lumber output OF the
Peshastin Lumber Co.'S mill. Mr..
Peterson has the contract to take care
Of the entire lumber output OF the mill.
He was here last week looking for men
and was unable to get what help he
needed.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10
TAXPAYERS LEAGUE
MET IN WENATCHEE
Proceedings May Be Started to Fight
Fruit Tree Tax-0ther Important
Matters Discussed

At meeting of the Chelan county
Taxpayers League. held in Wenatchee
last Thursday, it was decided to wait
until the next meeting Of the league,
August 1st. before starting proceed
ings to stop the state from collecting
the tax on fruit trees assessed in Che
Ian county. This year, contrary to
the statutes, according to officials Of
the taxpayers league, trees have been
assessed by Assessor Johnson under
instructions OF the state tax commits
sion.
The main speech of the morning
was given by Deputy Assessor Osborn,
who has been connected with the
county assessors Office for the past
seven years. He dwelt particularly on
the injustice OF fruit tree taxation. 1t
was reported that $500 would be the
cost of hiring an attorney to carry the
question up to the supreme court in
order to get a ruling on the constitu-
tionality OF the law which the state tax
commission has arbitrarily disobeyed
and dared fruit growers to thrust the
issue into court. It was decided to
take no action until the next meeting,
Saturday, August l.
There was a large number of tax
payers present at the meeting which
was held for the purpose OF discussing
the best method of reducing taxes.
The 4-mill road tax last year produced
800, 900 and it is planned to cut this
tax squarely into this year.
Deputy Assessor Osborn urged the
league not to favor two-mill levy at
this time, but TO simply go on record
as favoring a maximum expenditure OF
$4,000 to be raised by road taxes in
Chelan county this year.
1T is an error that you can reduce
taxes by simply cutting down the levy"
said Osborn. The only way is to
spend less money. 1t is quite possible
that the levy could be increased 100
per cent and raise very little more
money. Don't bother so much about
the amount of the levy, but see to it
that there is more economy. II money
is spent you have to pay it, no matter
what the levy may be-
''I'm not in favor of the county doing
any more graveling of roads" p" exclaimed
2. A. Lanham. LET the county
simply grade the roads, then we ranch
ers can do the graveling during the
winter when we have nothing else to do.
On that basis our road tax snoulo De
half what it has been, and ranchers
will receive direct benefit"
I'VE believe taxes in Wenatchee
can be cut down 25 per cent" said
John A. Gellatly. In other portions
of the county the cut should be the
same. We should lop off two mills
from the special road tax, two mills
from the school levy, two mills from the
municipal levy and the same on other
things. This will afford much relief,
not only for those now paying the high
cost of government, but it will quicken
real estate activity. We can't expect
to induce strangers to invest here if
we scare them away with such levies
as we have been permitting by neglect
ing our duty at the polls. Public ex
travagance is simply the natural result
of our own apathy. We propose to
wake up and get busy"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

A reward of $3.50 is offered by the
Follow and McClelland Carnival Co.,
for the capture Of 25-foot boa con-
strictor that escaped from the show at
South Bend, Wash, last week. Moth
ers are keeping their children: indoors.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

Water power is employed in the
Echo Office to run the machinery and
the city's water system having broken
down this week, the paper is twelve
hours late in getting to its readers.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Voil Eason OF Tacoma
are here on a ten-days' visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Warner.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

As an advertising med
ium this paper is unsur-
passed.
1t is read every week by
5000 people In the Wenat.
chee valley.
others are usinig IL and
getting results. SO will
you. Try 1t.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-10

DR.. A. G. McKeown,
U. s. Local Observer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

SCENE OF
MISERY
COUNTRY is ONE LONG
BREAD LINE OF STARV-
INC PEOPLE

New York, Dec ia tragic mis-
cry. the like of which the world has
never seen,' was the term applied
last night to conditions in Belgium by
Theodore Waters, secretary of the
Christian Herald, who went to Bel
gium last month to supervise the dis
tribution OF the food cargo of the
Dutch steamer Jan Bloik among the
starving non combatants, and who
returned yesterday on the Transyi-
yania. Belgium he said, is one long
bread line of starving men, women
and children. clamoring for a daily
single ration of soup and bread, and
conditions 'can not be surpassed by
any of the horrors in the swamps OF
East Prussia and Galiria"
A country of desolation, shattered
homes, made graves and suffer-
ing people was depicted by Mr..
Waters.
"In Antwerp" he said, 81 saw over
a thousand poorly clad women stand
ing shivering in the snow, waiting
for food to be doled out to them. In
lMalines, under the shadow of the
cathedral, its walls caved in, its old
stained glass windows now but rag
ged fragments, saw men, women and
children gazing disconsolately at the
ruins of the houses that once were
their homes. In Brussels we saw
women, holding babies, standing on
the cold street corners begging a
centime for food"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

a shelf for changing the papers in the
pantry. I earned every cent | spent
and had a little book in which
kept track of all my earnings and
spendings. I came across it the other
day. I would not take anything for
it, and Mrs Sloan poured hot water
into the rinsing pan.
MY husband has original ideas on
the subject of childrens allowances,
said Mrs. White, as she polished the
glasses. He began with Lew when
he was six years old. He gave him
a tiny pocketloOk with ten pennies
in it. He explained carefully to the
boy that men must always have
money on hand for an emergency;
that they must never let their pocket
books get empty Now. he said,
this is your money to spend as you
choose. but YOU must not spend all of
it before i give you more. That viii
be four weeks from today. II yom
pocketbook is empty 1 viii not give
YOU any money next month"
That certainly is an original
idea. How did it work out?" asked
Mrs. Sloan.
The first month Lew hardly
spent a cent. he was so afraid his
pocketbook would get empty.
laughed her friend But after that
he spent more freely. and several
times the money was all gone and
he got no pennies and was heart
broken: but on the whole he has done
pretty we'll IT is no uncommon
thing for his father to say sudden
ly. Lew, give me your pocketbook.
II there is money in it. no matter
how little, he viii say. All right, ny
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19
Association For the Prevention
of Useless Gifts
"SPUGS"

have materially ailea some one by
your giving.
Had the organiza ion of "Spugs
dirested a campaign for useful Christ
mas gifts, and had examined the
avenues open for the best dessimina-
toin of their energies there is no
doubling the interest TSpugs' would
have been taken in the sale of the
Red Cross Christmas seals,
To those who would relieve suffer
ing Of their fellow man, the penny
Red Cross seal can be considered not
only. as a personal contribution to a
Just cause, but a reminder to others
of the opportunity offered all to ren
der a Ike assistance.
TT has been said that every Red
Cross Seal used is bullet in the
fight against tuberculosis. With
the HSpugs" agitation enlisted under
such a standard the battle against the
white plague would be brief, while the
reformation in giving sought by
"spugs" would prove everlasting cred
it to all.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

Many Inquiries are received by the
state board OF health from those VINO
are afflicted with consumpioni OF
havo members of their family afflict-
cd with some form OF tuberculosis
They request information on how re-
lief can be- secured. These inquiries
cover a wide field.
one mother writes relative TO a
little son with tuberculosis OF the
spine. She does not want to see nm
become a hunchbach. One writes
for help for her daughter. She IS
without money; but she will work 10
support her. daughter. One VIE VIE
writes that she is making a fight TO
get we'll She has family OF three
children and she is afraid that her
husband is also infected. The future
does not lock- bright for her. She Is
afraid that her three children viii IN
a short time be orphans. A school
teacher writes that in his room last
year was a very bright and promising
pupil, a young girl, sixteen years OF
are. He missed her this year ana
after a short time started an investi'
cation to learn why she was not with
the class. ITe soon found her. She
was confined to her bed with con-
sumption She and her mother lived
together in dugout and her mother
was taking in washings.
There are large number OF such
letters. Now what is Oklahoma go
ing to do? We have proper penal m
stitutions where we can confine
enemies OF society. They cost the
state an immense sum of money. we
have proper eleemosynary institutions
and these cost large sums OF money
We are meeting the expense OF our
magnificent educational system but
what benefit is an education to a
young man or young woman who viii
die with consumption soon aftei
graduation? Is 1t not just as neces-
sary to look after the physical health
OF society as to protect 1t from the
criminal? Is it not just as necessary
to relieve those who are sick with
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

'lspugs,' is the name given TO
So called Association for the Pre-
yention of Useless Gifts" It's career
begins and closes with Yuletide. It
originated in jest but gained a nation
wide notoriety because Of its com
mendable purposes
The reception given the "Spu5s'
idea reflects. the possibilities OF
mere suggestion, aptly placed and
timed to fit an occasion of universal
Observance.
But suppose useful Gifts, hac
been substituted for Useless Gtfts2
The suggestion preyelant in some
quarters that a "spug" was a narrow
" constituted individual seeking ex-
cuse for evasion of the true Christ
mas spirit, would not have gained
circulation
useful Gifts" are worthy Of char
liable application-the relief Of man
kind,
"Useless Gifts" are usually the pro-
duct of the thoughtless imbued with
the idea that originality or beauty ap-
peal most to cur appreciation
1t is the timely si't the timely
charity that pleas:s both .he giyer
and the recipient To know thdt yea
have pleased Is 10. as commensurate
i've to the giver a. to know that YOU
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19
COAXED EN-
BY LOVE
LETTERS
KANSAS WOMAN Nj u S I
STAND TRIAL FOR USING
MAIL TO DEFRAUD

Wichita, Kan, Dec 19-Mrs. Belle
Freeman, of Belle Plains, who failed
to appear during the Wichita term OF
United States district court where
she was indicted for using the mails
in furtherance of scheme to de-
fraud was taken to Topeka yesterday
from Oklahoma and placed in the
Shawnee county Jail.
She Coaxed Money.
Mrs. Freeman, according to the in
dictment against her, had scheme
that seldom failed to coax money from
men who would marry. In matri-
monial journals she advertised for
"a" husband and received scores or
answers The government charges
that Mrs. Freeman accepted each
man who proposed and ultimately
procured money from each of them on
a pretex of buying trousseau or a
railroad ticket to the city where the
fiance lived.
Her Bondsman Paid 1t.
Mrs. Freeman was released from
custody on a bond of $3.50 and went
to Shawnee, Okla. Her bondsman
was compelled to pay the amount OF
the bond when she failed to appear
for trial at Wichita. She will be
tried during the January term or
court in Kansas City.
Mrs. Freeman's bondsman was Alec
Knott, a farmer living at Belle
PLANE.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19
4 Crusade Worthy the Name;
Fight Starts on Tuberculosis

consumption and provide suitable
places for their care and treatment as
It is to provide and care for those VINO
belong in the eleemosynary institu-
tions?
DON'T think that the crusade against
the white Plague is q fad, for II
is not. There was never a crusade
entitled to more credit than this cru
sade. nor one that has done more
( good for humanity Don't be indlt =
ferent and feel secure in the belief
that there can not be so much
tuberculosis or consumption, as puDT
lie speakers, health officers and news
writer's are claiming 1t is only
necessary for YOU to make an in
vestigation in your own community TO
convince yourself Of the fact that IL
is in and around you. While you may
be fortunate and at the present time
have no victim of the disease in your
family. this may not always be the
case. Don't be selfish. Remember
that you should also be interested to
some extent in your neighbor. lt
takes all classes of people to make
good government. Everyone has his,
or her, place and are needed. While
you may not need your neighbor to-
day, you can not afford to be indif-
ferent towards him and his family,
for he may not be able to protect you
and your family from the infection
existing in his household. To pro-
tect your own family you should as
sist him so that he may be properly
cared for and that he may be able to
protect you and others.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-19

how. I am glad money doesn't burn
a hole in your pocket If it is empty
he is much displeased and says
What if something should hapHbn
and you wanted money very much! /!
What would you do? A mans help
less if he has nothing to fall back
on!'
"The bow has not lost a month S
allowance for over a year now. He
was promoted to a quarter a month
on his tenth birthday.
where do you put your silver
ware?" asked Mrs. White.
'Just leave it on the table. I will
nut it away when | finish here an
swered Mrs. Sloan. ''Now, Lew will
have learned to spend money care
fully by the time he is grown she
continued, "and ] think that is fully
as important as learning to earn it.
In fact, that is where most people
fall down l am putting Helen on
an allowance for her clothes. She is
fifteen. and mean to have her edu-
Gated to live within an income Before
she is married if she ever is, and il
she is a bread winner. she surely
will need to know how to make ends
meet. | go with her, of course, to
help her buy her clothes now, but
hope in a year or so she will have
made progress enough to assume
that responsibility. She is immense
" pleased over the idea. 1t is mar
velous the difference it makes In
ones feelings, to have some money
in ones purse" laughed Mrs. Sloan.
NO that is all Thank you ever
so much. When I get these dishes
put away we will so out on the porch
with our sewing"
HAS Helen no restrictions on her
Allowance" asked Mrs. White.
Nothing, except that she can not
go in debt" and Mrs. Sloan carried
tray of dishes to the china cup-
board.