The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-01-04
FROM OVER THE STATE

FROM OVER THE STATE
The city council al Colfax. Wash, /
has given their citizens the right 70
kill any dog found running at large |
The north Cashmere bridge . steel |
structure went ont last Saturday al 1
ternoon-
A thirteen year old boy at lone
Wash. was picked up who was car
rying an I. ". ". card He said 1
he paid SIS for IL
A Is year old boy forced MS way /
out Of jail al Ephrata a few days /
ago by tearing a hole in one Of the /
partitions
Alaska went dry the first OF the
year and now they have the hour
law in the northern country What |
change q few years make
Seattle officers raided home N
Seattle last week and confiScated
200 quarts of whiskey. It had been
shipped into the city as auto polish
During the past year twenty-one
eating houses in Spokane closed
their doors being unable 70 meet
the higher costs
Ed Cramblett, formerly day clerk
at the Wenztchee Hotel, Is now cap
tain Of bell boys in the ST. Francis
hotel al San Francisco, one OF the
SWEETEST hotels Of the California city
DR.. Anna Schermerhorn and VI. l
| Schernerhorn. who were married 80
years ago, divorced : years ago. got
a marriage license this week and
have decided 70 Try It over again.
A Seattle salesman. % years old
ended his life this week for fear o.
being drafted into the army, and
over near Olympia another man cut
three fingers off Of his right hand
70 escape the draft
s. V. Chandler attempted 20 join
the colors IN Wenztchee a few days
ago. After much questioning it was
discovered that ne was Z deserter
from the navy. He is nov anguish
ing in the county jail awaiting ad-
vices from the military authorities
Beginning on Wednesday past
Wenatchee merchants cut their de-
livery service down TO one delivery
day. Only a short time ago the
merchants Of that city were giving
four deliveries a day.
The mild weather Of late has been
affecting the fruit trees in eastern
Washington and southern Idaho ae-
cording to recent reports Many
trees are already showing buds
which Is a bad sign for this time Of
year.
Tacoma is planning on bringing
the fastest auto drivers IN the coun-
try 70 her speedway next year IN a
special 225 mile race for the4th Of
July. Chevrolet, DePalma Milford
OIdfield and Cooper are scheduled to
be there.
Deaths from disease m the nation
al army during the week ended De
eember 81 numbered 118 against 81
the week before and in the national
guard 100 against 165 as shown in
summary made public by the war
department Of the national army
deaths II were due 70 pneumonia
J. T. Bennett was in town this /
week returning from the Sound At /
one Of the mills he saw a shipment [
Of f2xl2 timbers which was sold 70 /
the government for $50 a thousand /
at the mill. Transportation TO Bos-
ton cost an additional s25 a thous-
.-Wenatchee World.
During 1917 the industrial work /
ers IN the state have had an everage I
of little more than one fatal acct /
dent a day. According 70 a report Z
from the Industrial Insurance Com
mission there was 800 deaths the l
past year as compared with 3o6 in 1
1916.
The loss or frozen apple ship /.
ments will not be nearly as heavy !
this year as last according 70 re
ports from the lower valley The /
report that 1000 carloads were fro
zen Is all talk says Harry Crowl Of
the Wenatchee Produce Co, The 1
loss this year he says has been less I
than in previous years
W T. Whitman, Of Moscow Idaho, 4
charged with circulating pFo-German 4