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Vol. 10. No. 39
GIRL'S DISAPPEARANCE
PUZZLES THE Of fICIALS
Miss Stella May Crockett Gone—Police
Think She Was Kidnapped or En
ticed Away From Home
To find the whereabouts of Miss
Stella May Crockett, aged 13 years, is
the puzzle which the local, county
and police authorities have been asked
to solve. Search warrants gotten out
thru Judge Grant by D. G. Crockett,
father of the girl are now in the hands
of the police, but as yet no trace of
the girl has been found. The whole
affair is clouded in mystery, since it
cannot be determined whether the
girl left her father of her own free will,
was enticed away or kidnapped.
Mr. Crockett who was related to J.
F. Pratt by marriage to one of the lat
ter's daughters arrived here last week
from Sacramento, California, for a few
days stay, with the intention of letting
his girl visit her grandparents. Last
Sunday she disappeared, and since
that time no trace of her could be
found.
Several years ago Mr. Crockett ob
tained a divorce and at that time, he
says, was awarded the custody of the
child. Shortly after that the girl dis
appeared and for five years he was un
able to locate her. About four months
ago he learned that she was with her
mother in Sacramento, California, and
he immediately set out for that place
from West Virginia, where he now
makes his home. After a long search
he finally found the girl in that city
living with her mother. Being the
legal custodian of the child he took
her from her mother and started out
on the return trip via this city. Shortly
after her arrival here she disappeared.
Several reports have been issued the
past week that the girl had been seen
in the city, but none of these could be
corroborated. The common belief is
that the girl left her father of her own
accord, with the intention of returning
to her mother, however this remains to
be proven. While the father of the
girl is saying little about the case he
is inclined to the belief that she was
either kidnapped or enticed away by
some member of the Pratt family. Mrs.
Londerville, a daughter of Mr. Pratt
who resides in Seattle and who has
been here on a visit to her father and
mother for the past ten days had in
tended to return to the coast last Sun
day, but was detained by the police
pending an investigation. She was
allowed to return home on No. 1 Tues
day afternoon, after it was found that
she was not implicated in the case.
Mr. Crockett left Tuesday for Spo
kane, threatening that he would place
the case in the hands of Pinkerton de
tectives.
That it is very unlikely that the girl
would have to accompany her father to
his home in the east, even though she
should be found is the belief of Mr.
Pratt who says the girl is almost IS
years of age. According to legal ad
vice given him a child is given the
right after 14 years of age to choose
between her parents as to which one
she cares to live with. The girl hav
ing lived with her mother for the Dast
five years is no doubt more attached to
her than her father whom she had not
seen until a few weeks ago when they
met in California. Mr. Pratt says that
while here she seemed to be down
hearted and threatened suicide rather
than accompany her father home. The
last we saw of her according to Mr.
Pratt was last Sunday afternoon shortly
after one o'clock, when she bid all the
members of the family good bye and
started down the road from his place.
That is the last seen or heard of her
since that time and whether she full
filled her threat or is now speeding to
wards "Sunny California" is a question
that as vet is unexplained.
The father D. G. Crockett aroused
much condolence here in his behalf
by the story he told of having spent
hundreds of dollars and several months
time hunting for his girl but to an
Echo reporter Mr. Pratt who has known
tlbe Xeavenwortb 3£cbo
him for many years says he is deserv
ing of little sympathy. "When he lived
with my daughter and her child, says Mr.
Pratt, he acted like a beast, and con
tinually abused and mistreated her.
Many times they were forced to go
hungry because he would not provide
anything for them to eat and on sev
eral occasions he threatened to kill
them both. One time several years
ago he came home and took a shot
at my daughter, but did no damage.
When I heard about it I went to see
him, and he threatened to shoot me,
but I guess he got cold feet when a
man faced him, and I told him then if
anything like that ever happened again,
I would fill him full of lead. He never
repeated that performance again, how
ever, but finally made it so miserable
for his wife that she was forced to leave
him." When asked if he knew what
had become of the girl he replied,
"No I do not, but I think she is al
right." When asked if it wasn't pos
sible that she was on her way to join
her mother in Sacramento, he said
"well that's possible but I don't know
anything more about it than you do."
The officials are still working on
the case, but are still as much in the
dark as they were the day the girl dis
appeared.
UNKNOWN FOUND DEAD
BY TRAMPS AT WINTON
Man Believed to Have Died From Expo
sure—No Identification Papers
Found
An unknown man was found dead
near the east end of the Great North
ern siding at Winton, near the summit
at 11:30 Sunday forenoon. Coroner
May was at once notified and left on
No. 1, returning with the body on No.
4. The dead man was found by a
hobo who reported the finding to the
station agent. The official recognized
the deceased as one of three men who
left train No. 43 at Winton last Wed
nesday. At that time the man was
carrying a two gallon demijohn of
whiskey. The demijohn and a por
tion of the whiskey was found near the
body. On leaving the train this par
ticular man, who was intoxicated at the
time, started to walk east while the
other two went west towards the sum
mit. He evidently crawled into the
bushes to rest and continued to drink
until he died. The nights have been
very cold in the mountains and he had
no covering nor coat or vest. It is
supposed that the liquor and expo
sure resulted in his death.
There was nothing on the man's
person to identify him. He was 5 feet
9 inches in height, had dark hair
slightly gray, brown eyes, false teeth
above, lower teeth natural and in fairly
good condition, weight about 135
pounds. He wore khaki trousers, blue
gingham shirt, cheap gray socks, good
tan shoes about No. 7, of Hannan
make from McDonald Bros., Tacoma,
gray felt hat. There was nothing in
his clothes, but snuff, matches and a
five cent piece. The body will be
buried in the Wenatchee cemetery by
Coroner May.
Another Asbestos Mine
Some two weeks ago a party of men
and women on an outing bent up in
the Chewawa river valley found what
they thought was an asbestos prospect.
Messrs. Charles Fox, S. A. Burce and
S. H. Delamater, who were in the out
ing party went out to investigate, tak
ing with them Joe Massie, who has
some knowledge of minerals and lo
cated several claims on Cross creek,
a tributary of the Chewawa river. They
think they have located a true fissure
vein, well defined and showing as
bestos of a high grade. They expect
to make further investigations.
J. E. Schubert left Thursday for Se
attle and other points on the Coast
where he expects to remain for a week
or ten days.
A girl was born at the home of Mr,
and Mrs. Dave Grant last Tuesday.
Leaven worth. Wash., Friday, October 3, 1913
COMPARISON OF TAXES
WITH FORMER YEARS
New Levy and Valuation Higher Than
Ever Before—Taxes 12 Times
Higher than 1894
The sharp increase in state taxes
from $5,819,449 last year to $8,937,
--525, with the prospect that even this
will fall $600,000 short of meeting
the appropriations of the last legisla
ture, is causing comment from all
parts of the state.
The new levy, both in total amount
and in the rate, which is 8.81 mills on
each dollar of valuation, sets a new
high record for the state.
The deficit of $600,000 promises to
come in the general fund levy. This
was fixed at three mills, the statutory
limit, but in the haste to make appro
priations the legislature apparently
paid no attention to raising the neces
sary revenues.
The board of equalization left the
school levy at 1.9 mills. The depart
ment of education desired a levy of
two mills or more but on account of
the sharp increases in other lines pro
vided by legislative action, the board
felt this was not the right time for a
raise all along the line.
A comparison with the taxes levied
in other years shows a steady increase
in state taxes ever since 1894, but at
no time has the increase been so re
markable as between 1912 and 1913.
In 1894 the assessed valuation of
all taxable property in the state
amounted to $226,245,182, while
state taxes of $705,431 were levied.
This year the assessed valuation is $1,
--014,474,027, and state taxes amount
ing to $8,937,525 have been levied.
A comparison readily shows that the
assessed valuation of the state to day is
a little more than four times what it
was in 1894. On the other hand state
taxes are more than 12 times what
they were in 1894.
In other words, state expenses have
grown three times as fast as have the
values of the property in the state.
This is another comparison that is
interesting. If a man owned a piece
of land assessed at $1,000 in 1894 he
would have paid 83.12 on it in state
taxes. The same piece of land, held
o-day, would be assessed at about
84480, and on it to-day state taxes
would amount to 839.45, while a piece
of land assessed at 81,000 to-day would
pay state taxes of $8.81 as against
83.12 on property of the same value
in 1894.
In the general budget bill Governor
Lister vetoed fund appropriation items
totaling 8697,070. This does not in
clude a 8195,000 item for maintenance
of Cheney normal school from the
Cheney normal fund, which was passed
over the veto.
In the supplemental budget bill the
governor vetoed general fund appro
priations totaling $120,000..
Separate appropriation bills vetoed
included 8500,000 for the Vancouver
bridge, $100,000 for a survey of the
Quincy irrigation project and $50,000
for the Pend Oreille river bridge.
These items total $1,467,000.
In addition the governor vetoed a
bill providing for an additional cne
tenth mill levy for a public building
fund. In this one bienium under
the assessment of this year, this would
have meant an additional $202,800
in taxes. He vetoed the one and one
half mill public highway levy bills,
which would have cost during a bien
nium $750,000 more than the bill
which finally passed.
S. G. Daly Moves Into New Quarters
Mr. Daly moved his electrical sup
ply store into one of the rooms on
Front street formerly occupied by Geo.
Hathaway as a soft drink resort. He
has done practically all the wiring on
the Dew buildings that have been
erected here the past summer and
finds it necessary to move into larger
quarters where he will carry a full line
of wiring supplies as well as electrical
fixtures and lamps of all kinds.
Columbia River Road Opened Next Year
"I know of no provision compelling
the Great Northern to begin operation
of the Wenatchee-Oroville branch at
any specified time," said Judge F. V.
Brown in Wenatchee, Wednesday.
The chief counsel of the road arrived
in his private car from Mansfield with a
company of officials.
"The court decree giving us right
of way over state road No. 10 is on
file in your county clerk's office," he
said, "and in substance it required us
to begin construction'within six months
from the date the decree was issued,
and to continue construction with rea
sonable diligence until the line could
be ready for operation. If the engi
neer says it is impracticable and unsafe
to start operation on January 1, that
settles it. We have no choice but to
await the time of completion."
WASHINGTON STEEL PLANT
TO EIRE UP IN TWO WEEKS
The Long Looked for Event is Less Than
Two Weeks Off
Unless something happens that can
not now be forseen, says Mr. Rothert,
general manager of the Washington
Steel & Iron Co. "We will be in op
eration inside of two weeks." The
large furnaces were completed yester
day. The crucible furnaces have been
ready for some time. A car of fluxing
material is on the track and will be
transferred to the steel plant today.
Everything is in readiness; hammer
men and furnace men have been en
gaged and have signed up to go to
work for the company, on short notice.
Mr. Rnthert will leave for Denver
and Pittsburg today or tomorrow, but
expects to get back inside of a week.
After his return things will be doing
that many people have been anxiously
waiting for.
About fifteen expert steel workers
and ten helpers will be employed at
the beginning, but this number will
be increased in a short time.
YOU MUST FILE TOMORROW
OR NOT GET ON THE TICKET
So far only two have filed for office
in the city election. Albert G. Mc-
Keown has filed for mayor and H. G.
Krollpfeifier for treasurer. It is un
derstood that J. D. Wheeler will be a
candidate for councilman in the first
ward.
To-morrow evening at 6 o'clock the
filing book will close. Those who ex
pect to file had better keep this in
mind. The filing book would close on
the sth but that being Sunday the
only safe way is to file on Saturday.
The only way to get on the primary
ticket to be voted on Nov. 4 is to file
for office to-morrow.
Mother and Daughter Badly Burned
Miss Evelyn Yocum, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Yo
cum was badly burned about the back
last Tuesday when her dress caught
fire. Just how the blaze started is
not definitely known, but it is believed
that the little girl stepped on a match
and her skirt dragged across the blaze.
She ran to her mother when she discov
ered her dress blazing, and in extin
guishing it, which she did with her
hands, Mrs. Yocum was badly burned,
though not seriously. At first it was
thought that the little girls burns
would prove fatal. Dr. Hoxsey
dressed the wounds of mother and
daughter and says the little girl will
recover without any serious effects.
Mr. George Sterling arrived here
yesterday morning from Spokane and it
is rumored that he came to buy out J.
W. Corcoran. The deal will probably
be closed this week. He spent sev
eral days here last week and looked
the proposition over. He is favorably
impressed with the town and thinks it
has a future.
Dr. Hoxsey was called to Cmwau
kum several times this week to visit
Mrs. W. W. Thompson who is ser
iously ill.
BUILDING ACTIVITY
HAS NOT LET UP
The Demand for More Residences Stim
ulates Building—Many Houses
to Be Completed
While approximately one hundred
residences have been built since the
first of March last, there is yet i scar
city of houses. Every week house
hunters come under our observation.
This condition is responsible for the
number of houses now under construc
tion and work on others which has not
yet begun.
The John Bjork brick addition to
the Overland Hotel is well along
toward completion. The walls of the
second story will be completed this
week.
The three story Barclay building
only lacks the glass for the front to be
ready for occupancy. The upper
stories have been completed and ready
for the furniture for the past two
weeks.
D. A. McGregor will have the walls
of a seven-room brick bungalo up by
the last of this week. This is located
in the new Varney addition, where a
dozen houses have been built since
last spring.
John Inglis completed a four room
cottage in the Varney addition in the
past ten days.
J. E. Faulkner is putting the finish
ing touches to a five-room house on
the west end of Whitman street for R.
L. Parker.
The cement basement for a hand
some brick residence for Anton Blom
eke is ready for the brick layers. Mr.
Gutherless has the contract for the
brick work and will begin on it next
week. It is located on a sightly cor
ner near Firemen's Hall.
Geo. E. Kugelman let the contract
this week for a substantial four room
bungalo style house to be built on Or
chard street, north of track. Work
on this will begin the first of next
week.
E. H. Rothert recently made some
additions to small residence on the
North Side and has under considera
tion the building of a new house on a
vacant lot in the same vicinity.
J. B. Ballou is having plans made
for an apartment house, 30x80, two
story, with full basement, on the cor
ner of Front and Ninth streets. He is
planning to use the basement as a
place for mission meetings, for which
purpose it will be well adapted because
the basement will be practically above
ground. With the exception of the
basement it will probably be built of
wood.
We hear of five or six other build
ings under construction, but not know
ing the names of the owners, make no
mention of them. Eight or ten others
are under consideration and some of
them will certainly be built this fall
and winter. With this condition look
ing the town in the face it is not un
reasonable to predict that with the
opening of spring in the year 1914
building will be resumed as early as
work can be prosecuted.
A forty to fifty thousand dollar hotel
will be about the first and most im
portant building project for the com
ing year. We are positively assured
that a first-class hotel for Leavenworth
is now beyond question.
U. S. Emigration Officer Here
Benjamin R. Hunter, U. S. Emigra
tion officer was here yesterday and to
day looking for a Jap wanted on a
white slave charge. It appears that
the woman in the case was brought to
this country from Japan on the pre
text that she had a husband here. She
was consigned to one of the Japs in
I the colony west of the city who was
supposed to be her husband, but an
investigation by the U. S. officers dis
closes the fact that she has never be;n
married- That there is an organized
band of Japanese engaged in the white
slave traffic business is the belief of
emigration officers. The woman will
be deported.
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It la rend every week by
8.000 people In the Wenat
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Takes Fling at Masonic Fraternity
The thinly disguised fling which
Mr. Corcoran took at the Masonic
fraternity yesterday morning, in the
article headed "Woldenberg vs Dr.
A. G. McKeown," was wholly un
necessary. These gentlemen did
not become candidates at the solici
tation of their brethren, but because
they were thought fit and qualified
as citizens and taxpayers having a
direct interest in the town. What
order they belong to and with what
particular church they affiliate has
nothing to do with their fitness for
office. They are candidates for of
fice before the people of this com
munity on their record as careful,
prudent business men, fitted by ed
ucation and training for the respec
tive offices to which they aspire,
and we believe the community will
so regard them. If Mr. Corcoran
intends to back the Socialist ticket
against the Citizen's ticket in the
municipal campaign he has a per
fect right to do so, but we do sub
mit that it is unwise and impolitic
to inject fraternity brotherhood into
a political campaign as a determin
ing factor.
PESIiASTIN CELEBRATES
OPENING Of WAREHOUSE
The New Fruit Warehouse Received
House Warming Last Saturday
Evening
Between three and four hundred
people turned out last Saturday even
ing to help celebrate the opening of
the magnificent new fruit warehouse of
the Peshastin Fruit Growers Associa
tion which was recently completed at
a cost of over 89,000.
The opening of the new warehouse
was celebrated by a grand free ball,
nor was this all that was free. Two
barrels of excellent cider were on tap.
The virgin juice of the apple proved
a most popular and entirely harmless
beverage which the dancers and all
others enjoyed mightily.
In addition to all the people in the
vicinity of Peshastin there were many
from Leavenworth, Dryden, Cashmere
and other nearby points. There was
room for more than a hundred couple
and in truth there was often seventy
and eighty couples on the floor. Un
der the direction of Guy Stage and
F. A. Wingate, two of the directors,
the best of order was kept and every
thing passed off pleasantly, the new
warehouse thus receiving a rousing
warming.
In dimensions the warehouse is
70x180. The basement is of concrete
and the upper story of hollow tile. It
is scientifically constructed so that an
even temperature can be maintained by
a system of ventilation, and stands as
one of the best fruit warehouses, of
which there are more than thirty in
the county. It will be provided with
an electric elevator to transfer fruit
from one floor to the other. A capa
cious office is cut off in one corner,
with the exception of which the en
tire warehouse will be used for fruit
storage. The full capacity will not be
required this year but it is estimated
that iDside of two years from this fall
it will be none too large to take care
of the fruit of the members. M. W.
Stark, one of the members, says this
year's crop is estimated at from eight
een to to twenty thousand boxes. Guy
Stage will have about four thousand
boxes, while there are several other
members whose crop will run from two
to four thousand boxes.
Last week one car ol Peshastin ap
ples was shipped to Germany and one
car to South America. For export
the apples must be triple wrapped and
the tops and bottoms of the boxes
doubled. They were shipped over the
Great Northern to New York. From
two to four cars are loaded every day.
W. L. Hale moved into his new
bungalo the past week. It is one of
the handsomest residences built the
past summer.
