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The Echo has a reading circulation of over 4,000 per sons who trade in Leavenworth. Ad vertise and increase your business. Vol. 13. No. 45 CITY PRIMARY RESULT IN ELECTION TUESDAY Mayor, City Clerk, City Attarney and Four Countilmen Nominated at Tuesday's Election Because the primary nomination of the city officers fell on the day of the general election it was completely over shadowed, and less than the usual amount of interest was taken, tho the vote cast was in keeping with the gen eral election vote. No filing having been made for councilman in the Second ward the nomination for this place was decided by 21 votes, Mr. J. E. Shubert receiving 6 and Mr. N. Montgomery reieiving IS. Mr. Mont gomery's name will go on the election ballot in December. Following is the vote and result: I<l 2nd 3d Mayor Ward Ward Ward Mai. S. A. Potter.,. 97 57 79 W. L. Hale... 67 98 97 29 Treasurer J. W. Elliott.. S3 32 38 H. Krollpfeifier 39 32 45 L.W. Woodrow 66 79 90 122 City Clerk A. R. Brown.. 149 137 159 425 <lty Attorney E. H. Fox... 27 21 31 L. J. Nelson.. 33 29 31 14 Councilman nt Lnrife W. W. Wilder. 134 118 127 369 Councilman Ist Ward C. W. Seeley. 53 18 32 Van Brocidin.. 95 107 115 214 Councilman 2nd Ward J. E. Shubert. 7 2 N.Montgomery 5 10 6 Councilman Brcl Ward Day Reynolds. 69 68 72 J. E. Wunder. 78 61 96 26 [lection Developed Usual Num ber of Surprises Last Tuesday's election held really more than the customary number of surprises, not the least of which was the swing of Utah into the democratic column. The defeat of Chelan coun ty's candidate for representative, Mr. Sumner, by Mr. Pool of Wenatchee, came as a surprise to Mr. Sumner's friends in the upper valley. The de feat of Mr. Adams for joint senator from Chelan and Kittitas counties in his home county will preclude Chelan from asking for this position in the fu ture. The republican party in Kittitas stood loyal by Mr. Adams, giving him upward of 300 majority, with a possi bility that this miy overcome his ad verse vote in his home county. Choked to Death on Bite Apple The death of the three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Leary last Friday evening was due to a roost unusual cause. About five o'clock the little fellow, while eating an apple, tried to swallow a piece which was too large and lodged in his throat. He became unconscious and a physician was sent for. When he arrived the child was still unconscious and Dr. McKeown made an incision in his throat and removed the obstruction but life had j already fled. Nothing that the doctor could do would bring it back. Mr. and Mrs. Leary are old citizens and highly esteemed. They have the sym pathy of a large circle of friends. Work on Blewett Pass is Sus pended Forest Supervisor Sylvester tells the Echo that work on the Blewett Pass road was suspended this week on ac-1 count of weather conditions. Work j will be resumed next spring as early as ' conditions will permit. We nwht also say in this connection that more work will be done on this important pass than first contemplated. All the grades will be brought to practically five per cent and the road widened, and turnouts made and the road made the equal of any of the state toads. The ladies of the Methodist church are holding a parcel sale and will give a chicken supper in The Echo build ing today. Xlbe ILeavenwortb J£cbo The Higher Up the Valley You Go the Bigger and Better the Apples Grow ffoW??** -? large Crowd Heard Election Returns at The Scenic Theatre Manager Barclay, of the Scenic theatre, arranged to take the Western Union election returns Tuesday night and the theatre was packed with men and women who were anxious to hear the returns as they were flashed over the wires. Between the reading of the returns he gave the audience a series of pictures that helped to while away the time and keep the audience in a good humor. The last returns came in about two o'clock and found all the seats filled with men and women. It soon became aDpirent that the election would be close and the result not fi nally determined in the first night's re ports. As results favorable to one or the other supporters of the candidates were read they would cheer and clap hands. Some lively but harmless bad inage was indulged in. Apple Shipment and Car Short- Mr. Motteler says car shortage is a clog to apple shipment from Leaven worth, as elsewhere. So far he has ship, sixteen cars and has over three cars in the warehouse ready for ship ment if the cars were forthcoming. There are a lot of apples yet to go for ward but delivery is not being rushed because of the difficulty of getting cars. The Leavenworth stock com pares favorably in size and color with the best in the valley. Charley Fox exhibited some Winter Bananas that outclassed anything that came under our observation this year. His trees are mostly young and not yet in full bearing. Once they get into the full bearing stage he will be reckoning his crop by the car load instead ol by the hundreds of boxes. Election Officials Strike On election day at Kenosha, Wis., the election officers struck for higher pay. The law provides for $6 per day and the officials wanted $10 per day. The city council refused to grant the request. The dispatch did not state whether an election was held in Ke nosha Sen. Rep. Sheriff Oik. And Trams I*ros. At As Sup En*. Cor. Com. Ist Com. Srd Judges Supreme O Superior § £ {?■ s° ? •*« g S « ► » ? 5> .« 5 3" t. :} P ijft 9 fl H g § - 3 if •»°3p*p|3-3*;plp* I » * lr I 3 h | * | g | f | * ■ - I I | * » " I 23 I p I « « | I I * * I * | P - > P .—• ! |l?«!f! I? .1 |l!il'.:i|-i.llhl I « T I :' I «• I !* ■ I T' 'I » !*• i ?' •."" *: i■l :*' ! 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Peahaatln \ .V... 74 83 69 86 100 «4 106 110 86 79 93 61106 106 ' 98 61 102 82 - R2| 12 82 65 86 86 1 88 * 88f -76 -05-" 1* s**5 ** (ToUIb ~>;.j^Sv.. . ..V...". 2614 3090 2614 3126 324 2121 3728 387313619 1729 3222 2160 3818 3986 3692 3866 3259 1706 708 3144 2263 3802|3253 522« 2024J288S 2375 Leavenworth, Wash., Friday, November 10, 1916 SHALL APPLE GRADING RULES BE CHANGED? The Question Will Be Decided by the Growers on the Last Day of Na tional Apple Show Much has been said about changing the rules for grading the Washington apple. Some contend they are too rigid. Others say the future of the Washington apple business can only be maintained by keeping up the high standard of the pack. The meeting of representatives from every part of the state will be held in Spokane Nov. 25. Every apple district in Washing ton will meet and elect a delegate to represent the wishes of his district. Leavenworth is entitled to one voice in that conference. The representative from Leavenworth will be selected at a meeting called to be held at the city hall tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 11. Out of the total of the 80 delegates allotted to the North Central Washing ton district the Leavenworth district has 1 delegate to the Spokane conven tion. The delegates will be elected by all the fruit growers in the Leaven worth district at a meeting called by District Inspector Brown, at the City Hall, Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p. m. At this meeting each and every in vidual fruit man will be given an op portunity to express his opinion con cerning what should constitute each grade. A meeting of all the delegates elected from the several districts of the Wenatchee North Central Washineton country will be held in Wenatchee Saturday afternoon, November 18. At the Wenatchee meeting the wishes of the growers from the Wenat chee North Central Washington district will be decided upon. The meeting at Leavenworth, Satur day, Nov.- 11, is the all-important meeting for the growers of this section. It is the one big chance to let your wants concerning the grading rules be known. A meeting is called at Leavenworth Saturday, Nov. 11. at 2:30 p. m., in the City Hall; at Peshastin, Now. 13, Incomplete Returns, County Officers, General Election, Nov. 7,1916 at 7:30 p. m., in the Grange hall; at Dryden, Monday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p. no., in the Dryden warehouse; at Mon itor Wednesday, Nov. IS, at 2:30 p. m., in Brown's Hall, and at Cashmere, Tuesday, Nov. 14., at 2:30 p. m. in the Grange theatre. Dryden has 3 delegates, Leaven worth 1, Monitor S, Cashmere 4, Pe ihastin 3. Interesting Items About Wash ington Products. Much spruce of both the eastern and western varieties is used for sounding boards of pianos and organs. Its nat ural resonance has won it first place for the purpose. Of the total supply of hardwoods in the country, sixty-one per cent is locat ed in the southern states. The Appa lachan hardwood region is at present the greatest center of hardwood pro duction. Within tha past year, the Forest Pro ducts Laboratory, Madison, Wis., by co-operation with manufacturers, has succeeded in getting a dye, made from mill waste of osage orange, put on the market as a substitute for fustic which we import from Jamaca and Tehuante pec. About nine-tenths of the paper we use is made from wood. Many of the so called "silk" socks, neckties, and fancy braids now on the market contain arti ficial silk made from wood. Test Electric Smelting At the request of the Industrial com mittee of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, the department of Mining of the State College of Washington is investigating the commercial possibili ties of the the production of iron by electric smelting in the vicinity of Spokane. With the known iron ore deposits of Stevens county and the wealth of electric power developed near Spokane, this field is worthy of thorough investigation. Invitations are out for a dance at the L.-D. Club for Saturday night next. This is probably the beginning of a series of dancing parties to be given thru the winter months. THE APPLE GRADE AND PACK WHAT THE LAW PROVIDES How It Shall Be Settled By the Growers Representation Based on Tonnage —Annual Meeting at Spokane Saturday, November 25, 1916, the last day of the National Apple Show, has been selected as the next date for the general meeting of fruit growers, officers of applegrowers' organizations, and dealers in apples to decide on grade and pack rules for the season of 1917. As the law provides for this annual hearing or conference, it is sincerely hoped that all fruit growers, particularly in the commercial apple growing districts, will make known their wishes with reference to any de sired amendments to the present grad ing rules. We are asking that local or district meetings be held in advance of the final conference, and that differ ent localities be represented at the Spokane conference. Section 17 of the Horticultural laws authorizes a public hearing annually with horticulturists in order that a full and impartial opportunity may be given all interested districts to be heard in establishing of grading rules for apples for the ensuing year. Sections 16 and 17 are closely related in that they pro vide for a "Washington Standard Pack" for apples; provide for the defining and adoption of the grade requirements and specify what constitutes proper brand ing of closed packages of apples. The law specifies that representation shall be on a tonnage basis,but as the 1916 apple shipments are incomplete at this date, we are designating a cer tain number of votes or delegates to be allowed each district, and in doing this the commercial apple tonnage as it looks at this time is made the basis. The following is the apportionment we are making as a basis of representation: Wenatchee North Central Washington 80 votes Yakima 80 votes Walla Walla 6 votes Spokane Valley 10 votes White Salmon and Husum 2 votes Total 178 votes Voting may be done by proxy, but one delegate may not cany more than four proxies. Our Job Printing department is com plete. If you want High Class printing at reasonable prices, come to this office. $1.50 Per Year Storm Damage Yesterday Some time between four and six o'clock yesterday morning the sleep ing population of this town was aroused by a wind of almost tornadic intensity. Everybody got up and closed windows and secured doors. In the maiu part of Leavenworth the damage consisted principally of damage to roofs, some of which were stripped of tin and com position roofing. Sky lights were damaged and everything loose, like bill boards, ash cans and small articles were sent flying. In the western part of town the storm did serious damage. The new home of Geo. Watson, in the Merriarn addition was damaged fully $500. One half of the roof on one side, with part of the walls, was torn oS and the debris scattered for three hundred yards. A new chicken house, 20x30, was literally torn all to pieces and eighteen of twenty-four fine chick ens killed. A barn full of hay was torn down and nearly all the hay was scattered so it is impossible to recover it. The house, besides having the roof partly torn off is twisted so that the plastering in all the upper rooms is cracked and damaged. In the same vicinity rnanv small out houses and sheds were wrecked. Mr. Watson's wife was away from home and Mr. Watson was occupying one of the lower rooms. The room he and his wife usually occupy was unroofed and the plastering and pieces of wood were scattered over the bedding. The blow, or half developed tornado that hit the Watson home, occurred at 6:10 yester day morning. Out for Big Game J. I. Brownlow, W. A. Brownlow, Henry Saver and W. Wamsley left for Eagle creek the first of the week where they will spend several days hunting. The hunters informed several of their friends that they would not return with out several of the most ferocious ani mals. However, we trust they will not bring them in alive. John Carmody, foreman at camp 1, for the Hoy Co., left for Seattle the first of the week where he will spend several days at his home.