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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
REGISTRATION DAY
JUNE 5-LEGAL HOLIDAY
All Males Between the Age of II and 28
Must Register-NOne Are Exempt.

Do not get the idea in your head
that because you are married, have
some one depending on you, cant see
good, are fatfooted, have only one arm,
one leg or one eye, that you can escape
the penalty for failing to register on
the fifth of June. The penalty, too, is
a Jail sentence. You may have some
legal exemption, and can not be made
TO serve in the army, and yet you must
register if you want to escape the
penalty. Do not fool yourself with the
notion that you can outwit your Uncle
Sam, beside his own secret way Of find
ing you out he will have the help Of
almost every citizen in the United
States who wants to see the law obeyed.
This is war time and everybody wants to
see every other body do his duty and
obey the law. The following Olympia
dispatch offers some valuable
suggestions:
Olympia, Wash, May 23-At the
request Of Governor Lister, the super
vision of the military registration has
been taken over by Lieutenant Governor
Hart, thus giving the Governor more
time to attend to the many added
duties OF his Office incident to the war.
Many banks and mercantile
establishments have rendered their en-
tire clerical force for service as registrars
on Tuesday, June 5th, made legal
holiday by the proclamation of Gov
ernor Lister" said Lieutenant Governor
Hart yesterday. 1T is expected that
the services Of practically all registrars
will be donated as matter Of patriotism;
and inasmuch as these officials will be
on duty from seven o'clock in the
morning until nine o'clock in the
evening with no opportunity of closing
the place of registration it is confidently
believed that in each precinct the
patriotic women will rejoice in doing
their small part by taking dinner and
supper to the volunteer registration
officer.
Thousands of owners of automobiles
throughout the state are rendering the
use Of their machines to carry the
young men to and from the place OF
registration-a kindness that will be
much appreciated by those living at a
distance"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Repairs to Water System to Be Done by
Days Work---Chief of Police
Teshera Resigned

When the regular meeting Of the
city council was called to order Tuesday
evening by Mayor Hale the following
councilmen answered present: DAILY,
Eresch, Miller, Wunder and Van Brock
lin.
After the minutes were read and ap-
proved the following bills were approved
and ordered paid.
Claude Hood, labor on street, $3.50;
Harry Wiseman, labor on street, $17.25
]. E. Gutherless, labor on reservoir,
$2l.00; the A. Hanback, Co., water
supplies, $3.50; T. c. Yocum, dray
ing, $24.00; L. ]. Howerton, draying,
S2.35; Claude Hood, labor water system
$3.50; Harry Wiseman, labor water
system, $500; city employees, May
salary, $435.00.
The bill OF T. J. Burke for lights at
his barn amounting to 81. was rejected.
Police Magistrate Reynolds bond was
accepted and filed.
The city purchasing agent was given
another two weeks to secure prices on
pipe for the water system improvement.
The following bids for the work TO
be done on the water system were read
and rejected: W. J. Moon, $4.0o per
lineal foot. VIM. Herder, $2.42 per
lineal foot. It was then moved and
adopted that the CITY do the work by
day labor by the following vote: yes:
Eresch, Miller, Wunder and Van Brock
lin. No: DAILY.
1t was then moved and carried that
the mayor appoint committee OF three,
with power to act, in handling the
work to be done in improving the
water system. DAILY, Miller, and Wun-
der were appointed. 1t was also de-
cided that the rate Of wages should be
from So to SIS per day on the water
works improvement.
The resignation Of Chief Of Police
Teshera was read and accepted. The
resignation to take effect July lst.
G. E. Gowing, assistant to Water
Commissioner Tolbert was advanced to
$50 per month to begin June lst.
Ordinance l61, providing for an in
crease Of the salary Of Water Commis-
sioner Tolbert from 500 per month
to S125 was put on its first reading.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
leayenwOrth People Take libert,
Bonds.

A number Of Leavenworth people
have already applied for liberty bonds
thru the Leavenworth State Bank, and
others have indicated their purpose to
take some Of the war loan. There is nc
more safe form OF investment. The in
terest is not as high as most borrower:
have to pay but no one ever loses sleer
over a loan to the government. Tha
is worth something.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
a Way tO:End the War.

1t is my FIRM belief that the spirit of the Ger
man people will be broken and the hypnotic power
under which the Kaiser makes them submissive to his
scheme of world empire will be made nonefective,
and the war brought to speedy end, if the powers
opposed to Germany will issue manifesto declaring
it to be part Of their intention to.dsmember the
German nation that no peoples will be annexed
by any member of the allied nations in any part of
the world in the absence of the expressed wish OF the
people directly affected; that the people OF Alsace
and Lorraine shall themselves determine if they
want to form separate government or be attached to
France or Germany; that majority of the people OF
all countries affected by the shall have the right
to determine whether they want distinct government
and the character thereof If they want to be attached
to, and form part of some existing government they
shall have the right by majority expression to deter
min their political affiliations that the people OF Ger
manv shall by free and untrammeled expression deter
mine the character of their own government
Deed H. Magyar.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
Rebuilding ChumstiCk Bridge.

A Great Northern bridge crew moved
to Leavenworth last Saturday and Mon
day began rebuilding the bridge across
Chumstick creek. The bridge is built
entirely Of wood and new timbers will
replace the old thruout. Sixteen men
are employed on the work and it will
require two months or more to CON-
plete the work.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
Band Concert Tonight.

Band Instructor Mcdaniel says he
will have the Kid Band out tonight
and will give a concert in the park.
This will be the first concert this season
and will be followed by others.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
Thirty-Odd Attended HkS Smoker

Once month the Wenatchee Elks
lodge holds a smoker, with side
attractions. This week it took the form
Of athletics. boxing and wrestling.
Twelve cars from here, with some
thirty-odd Of the faithful from Leaven-
worth, attended the function a. all
report a glorious time.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25
LOGGING WITH MACHINERY
REPLACES OLD METHODS
Not a Horse on the job-Additi0nal
Machinery Being Installed BY the
6. N. Go.

Accepting an invitation from Mr..
Gardner, general manager Of the G. N.
Lumber Co. to visit logging camps No.
and o, about FIVE miles up the Chum-
stick, a representative of the Echo
witnessed logging under conditions
that were quite new to him. Hereto
fore logging was done with horses,
cattle sometimes being used. All this
is an old story. Logging is now done
by machinery. Huge donkey engines
mounted on skids, with thousands Of
feet Of wire rope, hundred foot boom
pole. some dozens Of huge iron blocks
and pulleys, boy with an electric
whistle, comparatively few men, form
the equipment OF modern logging
camp. One hears toot, and il you
za.ch clase about quarter OF mile
off you will see cloud of dust. the
brush and small trees swaying about.
Directly you will see something that
looks like huge snake or some other
wild but very much alive animal COM
ing over hump in the earth, then 60
out of sight for few seconds, only to
appear on rising ground little nearer.
Always coming. Now coming thru a
creek and coming out dripping with
water, and again suggesting something
alive. AS il draws near the loading
place you see that one, two and some
times three logs fastened with iron
grapples TO a steel cable an inch and
a quarter in diameter, operated by an
oil burning donkey engine with huge
fast revolving drum, furnishes the
power to bring the logs from the hill
side, four, FIVE and six hundred yards
away. At the loading point another
device picks the log up and places it
on the car in less time often than it
takes to tell the story. 1t is all quite
wonderful, and worth seeing. There
is a perfect network Of wire ropes.
After the log or logs have been de-
livered at the loading point another
rope returns the log graphing outfit to
the woods for another load. The net
work of wire ropes is bewildering TO all
but those who understand their use.
At this time only two donkey engine
are employed, but two more are on the
ground and three more are in reserve.
The two now in use deliver approximately
one hundred thousand feet OF logs at
the loading point. The two on the
ground now being set up with their
complement OF rope and other things
will be used shortly. Large numbers
of men are in the woods falling timber.
The camp quarters are in cars and are
a model OF cleanliness and convenience.
Dr.. Lipscomb, who in his rounds Of
inspection visited the camp Wednesday
said he had never seen a more
comfortable, cleanly and sanitary camp
in his rounds.
Any one having the time and bit
OF curiosity can spend pleasant and
instructive hour at these logging camps.
Besides seeing how camp can be
kept and made inviting he will see how
logging has kept pace with the line oi
advancement in human endeavor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

Seattle-The N. P. & Northern Ex-
press Co. is to distribute S750,000 as
a bonus Of ten per cent on the frs. six
months salary for 1917.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-25

Seattle Northwest Lead Company has
purchased a factory building here and
will soon commence manufacturing
lead pipe.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Will Be charaed with Murder

Emma Mack, native woman of Hoonah, who was stabbed by Jim Blaine at Iakutat last October, died recently at Hoonah, ac- cording to news brought to Juneau by Paul V. Woodhouse, deputy marshal stationed at Tenakee Accompanying Woodhouse was Deputy Marshal Frank Cook of Skagway, who had been sent out to Tenakee and other towns to bring in witnesses to appear in court The death of the Mack woman will unquestionably result in more serious charge being placed against Blaine. The Yakutat commissioner had bound him over to the grand jury, and he is now in the federal jail awaiting the action of that body. The Mack woman, and also native man named John Mack whom Blaine cut up st the same time last October at Yakutat, were rushed to Juneau shortly after the cutting affair. Both were treated at the govern ment hospital The woman recovered suffi- ciently to return to her home in Hoonah, at which place she died as the result of her wounds. The cause of the cutting affair was said to be due to jealousy os the part of Blaine at the attentions of another to the Mack woman.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
WHAT J. L. PATTERSON SAYS
 ABOUT ALASKAN HOME RULE

Home rule for Alaska is the great essen tial in the territory's further development, J. L. McPherscn, manager of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Con- merce told members of the Rotary Club at Q recent meeting.
 "Alaska's enemies" said MT. McPherson, "argue that she has an irresponsible and un- stable population What better answer could be given to this charge than the overwhelm- ing vote recently recorded by Aaskans for prohibition? And now they must wait un- til congress sees fit to grant them this right, for under present laws the people of Alaska have not the right to say that they will have prohibition. Their vote was merely an expression of their views. Congress must make the law.
 "The territorial legislature finds itself en meshed in the apron strings not only of con
 ress, but of ten other foster parents, bu reaus and commissions that have acquired administrative functions-so many govern ments that they overlap and interlock tc the helpless confusion of the Alaskan.
 "The rational development of our iron tier wonderland demands, first, the ful measure of home rule accorded our othel territories, and second, centralized contro n Alaska over the administrative duties O these bureaus and commissions"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Arthur A. Everett, and to his heirs and
 assigns:
 You gre hereby notified tha, the under signed, having expended in each Of tAe years 1909, 1910, 1911, t9t2, t0i3, 1914, 1915 and tQiS the sum Of one hundred dol lars in labor and improvements upon each of the quartz mining claims known and de scrlhed as follows, to Wit: The Parks Eo. lode mining claim. the Parks No. lods mining claim, the Parks NO lode mining claim, the Parks No. lode mining Clalhr the Banner lode mining claim, situated on Ctnnahar lode, on the right limit or the Kuskokuim river, about fifteen miles below the mouth of the Oltna river. in the kus- kOkWim mining district, territory or Alasha. in order to hold said claims under the pro- visions of Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes Of the United States, and the amendment thereto approved January 22, 1880, con- cerninF annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said mining claims for the period herein men toned
 And if within ninety days from the per sonal service of this notice. or within ninety days after the publication thereof. you fail or refuse to contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as Co-Owner, vour interest in said i've lode mining claims will become the property or the subscriber, your co owner, who has made the required expenditures by the terms E said section E. w. PARh5-
 First publication, Dec. 9. t9t6.
 Last publication. March 3, t9t7.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
FORFEITURE NOTICE

To E. Vent E. Crompton and C. Smith, their
 heirs, administrators and assigns:
 You and each of you are hereby notlned that the undersigned has expended in money, labor and improvements during eacn of the years 1909. 1910, 1911, t9i2, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916 the sum Of one nun dred dollars (s10O) upon placer mining claim known as the Last Chance Associa- tion, at mouth of and on Cane creek. a tributary of InnOko river, in the lnnoko mining and recording district. territory Of Alaska. ln order to hold said claim under the provisions Of the law respecting annual labor on mining claims.
 And If within ninety days after the last publication Of this notice you, or either Of you. fail or refuse to pay your proportion of such expenditure, your interest in said claim will become the property of the un- dersigned cO-oWner, according to the pro- visions Of Section o324, Revised Statutes Of the United States.
 ARTHUR VALENTINE.
 First publication, Dec. 9, 1916.
 Last publication, March 10. 1917.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
SLIDE AT WILLOW CREEK
 KILLS TWO MINE EMPLOYES

An Anchorage special to the Seward Post, dated January l6, tells of the killing of Hor ace Emery and Bert Stewart, and possibly third man, in snowslde at the Martin mne, in the Willow creek district
 Stewart was superintendent of the mine and Emery was Martins nephew.
 News of the accident was received at An horage the preceding day, together with the information that Stewards body had been recovered and that men were digging for Emery. A special rescue train was sent out from Anchorage with men equipped to rem der aid
 A later dispatch told of the discovery of he second of the bodies, and stated that the remains were to be sent Outside for lnriaI
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Charced with Dedication

Fred E. Bradley, former manager for the Standard Oil Company at Juneau, who left recently with his wife to accept a position n Seattle, was arrested in that city on January 8 as he stepped from the steamer, and was turned over to the federal authori- ties, acting on complaint telegraphed from
 he office of Marshal Bishop at Juneau. The complaint under which Bradley was ar rested was sworn to by J. D. Helps Alaska representative of the Standard Oil Company
 and in effect charges that Bradley is "short n his accounts" The exact amount of his alleged peculation is not known, but will be ascertained as soon as an inventory has been made and an investigation completed
 Photographic advice that Bradley had been arrested was received by W W Casev Jr..
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
RADIUM FAILS TO CURE

After exhaustive tests, the use of radium as cure for cancers and tumors has been found to be failure according to the an nul report of Dr. Francis Garter Wood lead of the Crocker Cancer Research Fund of Columbia University. For cases on which
 neration is not possible radium IS sue cessful as palliative only, the report states It IS unquestionsbly possible to prolong life in few instances" Dr. Wood says, land to make the patients more comfortable by the employment of large quantities of ra- fium On the other hand it is equally certain that the use of small quantities sGy thirty to fifty milligrams of radium clement, often results in rapid extension of the tumor, so that the patients condition IS worse than if he had been left alone"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Gateway Company Reoraanizad

Announcement was made at Seward on January IS that H. " Hoben and Frank L.
 Ballaine have purchased the interest of Der nard Nj Stone in the Gateway Publishing Company Hoben has been elected presi- dent of the corporation, and states that it will continue the publication of the Gateway at its present location. Frank L. Ballaine has been interested in the company since its inception, more than twelve years ago
 and it was due largely to his efforts that Seward had daily paper after railway work was suspended and before the govern ment railway project was launched. Stone has conducted the paper since May, 1914
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
ALASKA NEWS
. Q 6 6 Q oooooo Q Q Q Q Q Q Q (
Sensational Charges Against Official

Sensational charges affecting the United States marshal at Petersburg are said to have been sent to the department of jus tice These charges arise over the allege1 persecution of liquor dealers who refused to support the Democratic territorial divisional ticket at the November election, according to the Juneau Dispatch, a Republican news paper Charges will be presented to the senate alleging violations of the territorial election lew The direct charge against kldall arises over his activity during and after the territorial election. It is alleged that he openly threatened prominent bus- ness men of Petersburg, following the cleo ton, by prosecutions Also it is alleged that his father-inlaw is allowed to conduct his saloon in open violation of the Sundayclos ing law, while other rival liquor dealers are prosecuted upon the least possible excuse. Word comes from Petersburg that the town is all torn up over the trouble arising dl- rectly from the election, and the political activity of kildall is said to be the cause of it.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
BEAR KILLED AT KING COVE
 PROBABLY WORLDS LARGEST

What is probably the skull of the largest bear ever killed was brought down on the Dora this trip, and H. W. McCracken, who q view to discovering if he is not the slayer of the biggest bear in all records, says the Seward Gateway of January l5. He shot the bear, one of the Kodiak brown variety at King Cove. It was found that the skull measured something over nineteen inches The largest skin ever known to have been secured was that which was exhibited by L. L. Bales at the San Diego fair, but the skin secured by MT. McCracken is larger. With ut being stretched the McCracken skin IS over twelve feet Charley Einswiler says that for such head or skin as this there is q standing offer of thousand dollars from some institution or another.
 Mr McCracken had quite an experience in the killing of the gigantic beast, which charged after having received q few shots. The hunter, accompanied by a couple of natives, had Captain Madsen as guide. When they came upon the bear McCracken told the natives and the guide not to shoot as he wanted to pot the animal himself, unless the bear charged and became dangerous.
 fter the first shot the bear tired to make his getaway, but another, bullet brought him back up on high bluff, from which he looked down on his pursuers Mac then sent a bullet right into his breast and could hear he ball crashing through. That was enough. Forward dashed the quarry toward the shooter, and other shots failed to bring him down until he had covered about tWo-thlrds of tho intervening distance and Wns only some seventy paces away. Then did Mo Cracken shout for his companions to shoot, he candidly admits and the guns brought the giant down just in time.
 When l saw that bear fall" says Mr. McCracken, T just sat down all in heap"
 ---@%-----
 WANTED-Position as cook or house
 keeper; can furnish references. Martha
 Hellerick, General Delivery, Anchorage,
 Alaska
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
To Compile History of Alaska

Dr. r. A. GoIderm, professor of European history at the Washington State College, at Pullman, has been granted leave of ab- sence for the purpose of visiting Russia and gathering matter for volume on the early history of Alaska, which will be issued by the American Geographical Society, com memorating the fiftieth anniversary of the purchase of Alaska Dr. Golderhl sailed from Seattle in January.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Held on Arson Charge

Otto Kantiz, owner of the Postofficc block at Valdez, which was destroyed in the recent disastrous fire in that city, IS held by the federal authorities on suspicion Fire started in the Postoffice block after all danger apparently was over. This fire started, according to the investigations that have been made, from inside the building. kantiz, recently insured the property.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Juneau Pioneer Dead

Charles W, Wells, who built the first house at Juneau in 1870, died in Seattle recently. Deceased was prominently identified with the early history of Alaska, and was formerly chairman of the Republican central committee He was 69 .pars of ace
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Mouth of Yukon to Be peepened

A Washington dispatch of January II says that the house committee on appro prations has reported favorably on an item of $45,000 for deepening the channel at the mouth of the Yukon river. It is thought that no objection will be made to it when the bill comes before the house
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-02-24
Sun Returns to Douglas

Previous to tho week of January II the sun had not been seen from Douglas since about the 5th of December, the hills back of town hiding the orb of day for more nan four weeks during the middle of the winter