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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
NUMBERS IN EAST AND WEST
Difference Of Opinion as to Whether
Odd or Even Figures Are
Lucky or UnIucky.

We are pleased to term thirteen an
unllCky number observes London An
swers, but in Japan the unlucky num-
her is four. and in Burmah even num-
bers are all considered less lucky than
odd ones
Our lucky numbers. or what are
generally considered so by supersti-
tiOus folk. are three and seven. IF
You ask the reason you. are told that
God Is Three in one, and that God
made holy the seventh day.
As for seven, this number Is sup
posed to be lucky either by itself or
10 Its multiples. As an old writer
says. boy sheds his teeth at years
old; at IA he becomes a youth: at 81
n man; while he reaches his grand
climacteric at nine times THAT is SO.
The figure three is extraordinarily
prominent in the Bible. Noah had
three sons. and Job three friends.
There were three patriarchs. Daniels
three companions were thrown into
the fiery furnace. and he himself was
three days In the lions den.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
Had OTIS Of pjiIck

George Thibault, proprietor Of the
summer hotel at Outlet, a village a
few miles from Picton, Ont, was driv-
Ing his car towards home recently
when he CHANGED to meet herd of
cattle. The owner of the auto slowed
down to allow the animals to pass
without undue excitement. All went
well till he met the leader of this large
bovine family, a splendid young roam
bull. The latter resented the pres
ence of the mechanical contrivance
bearing down through the herd on low
gear. Lowering his massive head. he
charged, resulting In only a few
bruises to himself. but a twisted axle.
a badly bent fender and smashed
headlight to the unfortunate motor.
AS Mr.. Thibanlt inspected the damage
he remarked emphntically: 81 certain
~ admired his pluck, but he showed
poor Judgment"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
FARMERS HAVE
THE EVIDENCE
In Their Tax Receipts Of the
S0CialistiC Scheme OF Land
C0nfiscation.

North Dakota believes that the first
step in confiscation of private lands
is apparent in the statement given
below of the percentage of taxes borne
by all classes of property in the state.
In brief, it shows that:
Farm lands in 1919 paid taxes on
1876 per cent of the total property
valuation, while in 1917 the farm
lands share of taxes was 81. per cent
The valuation of farm lands for
taxation purposes was five times as
much in 1919 in North Dakota as it
was in 1918.
North Dakotans believe they see in
this the socalstic scheme of eventu-
ally confiscating the land and alloting
1t among the masses. AS matter of
fact such scheme could never be
fully carried ont in this country, but
the Nonpartisan League leaders in
North Dakota apparently were able
to obtain memberships without d-
vulging the full scheme, but step by
step they have increased the expo
sures until the entire socialistic pro-
gram seems to be now in the lime
light.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
WORSE THAN LIGHTED CIGAR
0enverIte, After Carefully Ionitino II,
Absentmlndedly Put the Fire
cracker in His Mouth.

As a result of absent minde,lness In
his Fourth of July celebrating, Osip
Salonski, 81, Of West Denver lost sew.
eral teeth and Is carrying his face In
sling.
Osip stood on the corner smoking a
cigaret and watching with interest the
youngsters shoot off their explosives.
Suddenly desire to be young, real
young, once more assailed him, and.
stalking up to a nearby booth, he pnr-
chased whole flstful of firecrackers.
Stepping to the edge of the curb, ne
cautiously applied the end of his
lighted cigaret to the fuse of one OF, the
crackers. A sputter and volleyN of
little sparks announced that the noise
was on the way. Then Osip's mentali-
ty failed to function properly. With
quick movement he slammed his Gig
aret into the street and jarnined the
end of the firecracker into his mouth.
terrific crash. which diseDgaged
three front teeth ana bespeckled his
face with powder burns, brought Osip
to the conclusion that all was ncs just
as 1t should be. He made run for
the nearest drug store, and he
emerged a few moments later reeking
with the fumes of iodine and his fsce
and neck swathed in bandages. ara
he looked much like an accident ths1
had gone somewhere to happen and,
apparently. had been a success. -'
Denver Times
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
TRIPLE ALLIANCE PLATFORM
Prominent Agitator Says It is Social
istic Enough to Suit Him.

On July 31st in Seattle a Socialist
named Kennedy, former member OF
the Chicago city council attending a
meeting of the Triple Alliance at the
Labor Temple in Seattle, said.
THE Socialists will support the
Third party (Nonpartisan-Tripl Ali
ance-Labor) ticket, because its plat
form is the platform of the Socialists. "
What is the socialistic platform?
First: Naturalization or the com
mon ownership of all property Tin
Guiding the FARMS.
Second: Infidelity. atheism and
closing OF the churches.
Third: Free love, under which rule
II would be unlawful for women to
deny themselves TO men, regulated
under some such repulsive and hideous
plan as now existing in Russia under
some of the soviet.
Not all at once, Of course, but the
first step in North Dakota was the
introduction of free love literature in
the school Libraries OF that state
IL such a programme can be fastened
upon the state OF Washington il will
be solely by the failure of the people
to realize what the leaders of the
MISUNDERSTANDING league really
mean
The men and women of Washington
must certainly be willing TO vote for a
continuance of the decent civilization
for which their fathers fought.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
New Idea FOR Pictures.

1t Is not often that an entirely new
method of producing pictures Is dis
covered. and an Oregon artist is at
tracing considerable attention with
a process as pleasing as 1t is original
Instead of using fluid pigments Of any
kind, bits of colored cloth. painstaking
Jy ch to particular shape and size
Of each detail of the work, are pasted
upon the canvas background which Is
stretched over thin board. Some of
the almost infnitesimal particles Of
fabric are shredded out to mere threads
to get the desired effect. while the
bulkier objects of the scene are built
up in relief, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. A sharppointed stick
serves as brush for this curious art.
The finished pictures exemplify the
remarkable results attained when pa
thence and the artistic sense are CO.
ordinated.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
Porcelain Money,

A new element may he introduced
Into the field Of numismatics by the
proposal to issue porcelain money
throughout Germany With this pur-
pose in view. a Meissen porcelain fac
tory has already manufactured speci-
mems Of coins ranging from 10 pfennig
to mark pieces. How successful the
new proposal will be remains to be
seen. It's adoption would mark an In.
teresting breach with the traditions,
use of gold, silver. and bronze; and
the well-known formulate. A. AR and
Ale. of the catalogues would have to be
supplemented. Apart from the occa-
sional employment of electr,im. bill
lon, brass, and potin, iron in the Pelo-
pOnnesus,and glass for coin weights
In Arabia, the three established metals,
In their varying forms, have rarely
been challenged.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08

An investigation of the subject of
industrial fatigue conducted in the
government shops by the English gov
eminent resulted in obtaining a great
deal of valuable information. II has
been the means In many cases of
great increase of the output. and these
Investigations are about to be extend
cd generally to all British industrial
establishments by recently estab-
lished industrial fatigue research
hoard. under the department of scien-
tifc and industrial research and the
medical research committee. The du-
ties Of the board will be to initiate.
organize and promote. by research.
grants. or otherwise. Investigations in
different industries with the view oi
finding the most favorable hours OF
labor, spells of work, rest pauses. etc.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
Ice Cut With a Gas-Driven Saw.

For the purpose of cutting ice OK
pedltiously during the last winter.
there was devised saw of an auto
mobile type power plant and circu-
lar saw at the end of an adjustable
arm, so that the saw can be raised
and lowered TO the desired degree
The saw is pushed along on steel run
ners, the operator behind furnishing
the motive power. A double lever
arrangement Just over the handle
bars serves to control the raising and
lowering of the saw. The portable
saw in question cuts the ice into 20
foot squares. These squares are
guided through the water to gang of
four circular saws, which cut the
squares into the regulation sized
cakes.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
VIII Not Let Women Pay.

X. q. men are hopelessly old-fash-
Toned. The $3.50 idea, that is. that a
girl pay for half the treats, which was
started recently In an eastern univer-
sity, did not appeal to them when It
was discussed the other day.
woman may work and by her en-
cheney earn as much as man, but If
she pay for one-half the treats she
takes away the divine right Of man,
opinion had 1t.
Pride was not the only thing that IN
fluenced them. A man must shoulder
responsibility through life so It is well
for him to start early. The idea Of
protection Of women extends even to
paying for the sundaes she consumes
1t was the general opinion that If
girls would realise that the resources
of most men are not unlimited. there
would not be any occasion for thinking
about this matter.-Summer Session
kansan.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
JAFFA GATE IN JERUSALEM
Passaueway Through Which General
AlIenby Entered 10 the Real
Article, Writer Says.

Jerusalem has seven gates and a
transportation problem handled at
present as of old, along purely East
ern lines. There are donkeys, horses,
cHmels-even carriages and the
ubiquitous fivver and all that traffic
concentrates naturally at the gates,
lust as, to- increase its force, water
used to be made to flow through a
small opening in the OldfnshiOned tide
mills at home. As for telephones, VINO
that can shout from roof to roof and
down the echolng street should trouble
himself to whisper into funnel?
My windows are we'll placed. for
can watch the crowd thronging In and
out of the Jaffa gate, writes William
d. McCracken in Asia. This Is the
widest opening the city has, since
William II of Prussia had it enlarged
to permit his spectacular entry--a
symbolical pageant that he staged to
represent his taking possession of the
holy city by agreement with the sui
tan In Constantinople. But wide Is
the gate which leadcth unto destruc-
ton. The real Jaffa gate is narrow
one at the side of the wide passage
way; and this was the one used by
Gen. Allenhy when he entered Jerusa,.
lem after It's capture. modestly, on
foot, carrying the cane that the Brit
ish officer affects rs his only scepter
of power. This gate is now closed
with heavy iron bars and will not be
reopened until the exact political
status of Jerusalem has been deter
mined
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
4 Combination
THAT CAN'T LAST
The Farmer and the Labor
Union Have Little In
Common.

No one outside of the unions thinks
seriously Of the talk of labor organic
ers about aligning the farmers as
members of organized labor" The
idea seems almost absurd.
AS a class the farmer is an employ
er and could never be affiliated with
any organization that fails to recog-
nize seasonal work
The attempts of the past few years
to "unionize" farm labor have been
abortive, but it has given the farmer
a fair idea of what could happen to
him with his industry organized" as
a labor union.
Triple Alliance affairs in Washing
ton are in the hands of organized
labor" leaders. What basis there is
for the belief that the farmers can
affiliate and accept the union labor
views as applying to farming can
hardly be conceived.
Nor Is it likely that two groups can
be found whose interests are more
widely separated than the farmer and
the union labor leader as we know
him In Washington.
The farmer has been more or less
the victim of organized" labor in the
increase of practically every article
he buys; and, leading farmers state
that farm products have not increased
in value in ratio to the advance in
labor.
However that may be. there is moth
ing in common between the farmer and
organized labor" as seen in the
Triple Alliance.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
The AirpIane In PoIitics-

Wales premier, rejoices in the huge
electorate known euphoniously as
COolarnundra. On the eve Of very
warmly contested election, Mr.. Hol-
man recognized that Coolamundra
had is large centcrs. each of which
TO insure the return of Its present able
representative. He announced, there
fore, that he would use an airplane
to cover the electorate. Not to be out
done. his labor. opponent at once made
plans to drop propaganda by airplane
over Mr.. llolInan's route.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08

Commenting on an article ny Robert
g. Skerrett on the tanning of leather
The Scientific American Says: THE
modern art of tanning falls short Of
the standards set In days gone by. II
used TO take two years to convert
green hide into marketable leather;
the modern tanner thinks that he In
doing well II he devotes five months
to the process. No chemical process
has been developed Of speeding up the
process without detracting from the
quality of the product"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
PolIcewomen Now established

Policewomen have become an estab-
lished factor OF municipal law enforce
ment in recent years. bun motorcycle
policewomen still are n novelty. Lon
don now has squad of them. how
ever. and they are doing very effective
work, says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The women have been
members of the police force for some
time, but have only recently acquired
their machines.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
His Choice

The ex-gob. now the father Of trip
lets. proudly displayed his offspring
TO his bashful buddy.
"What do you think of them?" he
c-l~tled
Well replied his buddy doubtful
v. eff ] WAS YOU illink I'd keep that
'nr here. The American Legion
Weekly.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
G.. N. TIME TABLE
EAST
WEST
OPPORTUNITY WEEK.

You can help the Salvation Army
in the noble work it is doing for hu-
mainly by contributing toward the
fund which is being raised for tbo
Army during Opportunity Week, o.
tober TIC.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08

Mrs. Geo. Mackin. formerly well
known Wheaton resident. now living
in North Dakota, in personal letter
to the writer says, "A section of land
on which | paid $3.50 tax in 1918 was
taxed almost $500 in 1919" An exam
pie of how Townley helps the farmers
Wheaton Gazette
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
Heat-InsuIating Material.

A new Notwithstanding material COM
posed of a mixture OF a special clay
and cork has been discovered by
Norwegian engineer. The clay and
cork mixture is burned and the result
IL the formation of Il very light sub
stance that is said to be eminruily
suitable for all h"a, in>ulaliug pur
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08

Muskrat farming has given form
erly worthless Maryland marshland
value of $50 to $40 an acre, the u
nited States Department of Agricul-
ture finds. In addition to the hides
the carcasses are sold at 25 to "a
cents apiece for meat. They are con
sidered a delicacy in some hotels
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08
Overworkino a prcverb.

Father" said the small boy. what
Is a profiteer?'
"A protiteer my son. is a man whs
runs across the proverb, Make hay
while the sun shines and Overworks
it"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-10-08

Thousands of farmers in Minnesota
one farmer was allowed to go on the
ticket when it came TO dividing the
offices.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
W. c. Bunard Married
Quietly Wednesday
To Miss Edith Bacon

William C. Billiard, 20-year-old
son of the late w C. Bullard, was
married at yesterday afternoon tc
Miss Edith Bacon, l9 years old. 4
Central High school student, at the
First Presbyterian church.
Rev. E. H. jerks performed the
ceremony.
Mrs. Josephine Ellingwood. sister
of Mr.. Bullard. and Harry Shedd,
brother -in-law of Mr.. Bullard, a.
tended the young couple.
Mayor Ed P. Smith, guardian OF
Mr.. Bullard, accompanied him tc
the county clerks Office to get mar
rage license.
The wedding was quiet, only the
four principals and Rev. Mr.. jerks
being present. The young coupie
had dinner at the Athletic club fol-
lowing the ceremony. They will
Leave soon for McCook, Neb,, where
Mr.. Bull2rd has lumber interests.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
Accused Man Takes
Witness Stand in Riot
Trial on Own Behalf

Perry Jenkins testifying on his
cwn behalf before jury in District
Judge Redick's court yesterday. de-
MED any completely i'll the lynching
of Will Brown at the court house
the night of September q. He is
charged with conspiracy to commit
the murder.
Jenkins, known as "Blinky" was
4 ticket-sel'er on the "frolic," an
amusement device of the Con. T.
Kennedy shows which were here
during the Ak-Sar- Ben festivities.
Jenkins is a southerner. his home
heirg in Florida.
lie testified that he spent the att
ernoon and evening of September
2S at the Gayety and two east
Douglas street moving picture
shows. He said he was at the court
house only about FIVE minutes.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
ALL WITNESSES
TESTIFY TO news
POOR mentality
Defense Finishes Presenta.
tion Of Case In Trial
Of Youth Accused
Of Murder.

Los Angeles, Dec. 3l.-Except for
expert testimony, the defense fin
ished presentation of its case late
Wednesday i'll the trial Of Harry
New, alleged murderer Of his hancee,
Ffeda Lessee, Adjournment was
taken to Friday morning,
Eight witnesses were called dur
ing the day, of whom the most inn
pprtant was Miss Edna Clancy, half
sister of New, who testified she be-
licved All innocent act of hers was
indirectly the cause of Miss Lesser S
death. In addition Miss Clancy, as
did other witnesses of the day. testi.
fed that New was mentally un-
sound.
Miss Clancy told the jury she had
introduced New to Miss Lesser.
while the three were working for a
business house. When she learned
several months later they were en-
gagged to be married, the witness
said she urged New not to marry,
as he was not fit man, mentally
or physically, to be a husband and
father.
New ignored her request, Miss
Clancy stated, so she urged Miss
Lesser to break the engagement,
but to do so tactfully, deferring the
wedding from time to time, and to
use care not to hurt News feelings.
It is the theory of the defense that
Miss Lesser broke the engagement
Immediately and that New. en-
ragged, shot his fiancee. Miss Clancy
said her conversation with Miss Les
ser occurred only a few hours be-
fore the latter's death.
George Galliger, county jailer,
said he thought New was insane
at times"
H. L. Anderson OF Venice, near
by beach resort, testified that New
attempted to borrow 500 from him
to defray the expenses of marrying
Miss Lesser and he lent him $40
for this supposed purpose a few
hours before News fiancee was
killed. This witness said New was
insane in his opinion.
Several others testified briefly
they considered New mentally TN
balanced. Mildly insane" IRA
tional" and irresponsible" were
some Of the descriptive terms used.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
Gerrit Fort Leaves
Union Pacific for
Big Position in East

Washington, Dec, 81 Especial
Telegram )--Gerrit Fort, director of
passenger traffic United States rail
road administration, left today for
Boston to become vice president of
the Boston and Maine railroad in
charge of traffic. Mr.. Fort came
70 Washington when the railroads
were taken over by the federal gov
ernment, from the Union Pacific
where he held the position of pass
enger traffic manager. He was Of
fered his old position but accepted
the new one because of the oppor-
tunities presented.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
MRS. ECKSTROM
GIVEN CUSTODY OF
CHILD BY COURT
Former Husband, Harry
Pearce, Ordered to Turn
Over 3-YearOld Son.

Judge Troup in district court yes
terdsy gave Mrs. Clara Mae Eek
strom possession Of her 3-year-old
son, ordering the child to be turned
over BY her former husband, Harry
Pearee, and his mother, Mrs. A.
L. Pearce, s30s South Thirtieth
street.
Mrs. Eckstron, pretty and fash
ionably attired, wept on the witness
stand when she expressed her love
for her child.
She secured a divorce from her
husband March s, 1919, with possess
sion OF their child. April u. her
ex-husband had her arrested at the
Loyal hotel in a room with Herbert
Eckstrom of Bennington, Neb. The
following day Judge Troup made an
order giving the child to Mr~Pearce.
Mrs. Eckstrom testified yesterday
that she and Mr.. Eckstrom are now
married, and live at Hemingford.
Mrs. Eckstrom made four trips from
that town in the western part of the
state to Omaha to visit the boy in
the last five months.
"After I made the order in the
divorce decree giving this child to
the mother, she had lapse from
the path of right conduct" said
Judge Troup, "and I then took the
child away. Since then she has
atoned. and now Is married and ap-
parently has a good home and
plenty of money to care for the
child. She it was who bore this
child and she has first title 10 it.
l will give it " her for the next
six months, and it may be that I will
then order it returned to the father
for the same period. We will see."'
Mrs. Eckstrom was delighted with
the order, and went with her sister
and brother-in-law in a taxicab and
got the child last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
1919 Bank Clearings

Bank clearings during 1919 showed the same steady
gain the preceding that has the
ports Of the Omaha Clearing house since s estabhmsnt in
1887.
The bank elearnss forhs year just paced show total
q .seS;ns s.O et sassoss7ss IL. .ysr.x. monthly
clearing during the last year $2s4,7sS,00o
Total depos Of clearing house banks at the cose Of the
year were compared coo At the
close Of 1918, showing gain Of $z5, The 0mah.
Clearing house report also showed that there 10 total Of
deposit in all the banks Of greater Omaha
including building and loan associations and state institutions
The following table reported by the Omaha Clearing
house will give idea Of the remarkable developments of
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
Attempts to Assault Girl.

An unidentified negro attempte1 /
to assault l5-yearold Katherine
Ellis, 2542 Chicago street, at 7:45
last night at Twenty-hfth and Cass
streets as she was returning home
from church, according to the story
she told the police. No trace of the
negro was found last night.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
Brief City NeaUs

Have Root Print It--Beacon Press
Vacuum Cieaners-Isurgess-Gra nden Co
James C. kinsler has removed
his law office to Room 529 First Nat
Bank bldg.--Adv.
"Religion iii 1920" Religion in
1920" will be the subject of Rabbi
Frederick Cohn's lecture at Temple
Israel Friday night at 8.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01
She Approves Her Fine

Chicago. Dec. 5l.-"If l was 60
ing that fast / ought to be fined"
said sMiss Garcia Henning, a student
at Northwestern university, when
arraigned before Judge Boyer on a
charge of speeding at s. miles an
hour. She was fined $l2.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-01

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