The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-06-03


been visiting with her friends, Misses
Mary and Susie Briskey.
On Friday morning last William Bris-
key, the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Briskey, returned home from
Vancouver, where he had been attend
ing school.
Dave Phillips, whose home is near
Mission, but who for the past three
years has been connected with the fish
hatchery up at Chiwaukum, spent
few days in our town this week.
]. c. Davis residence on the north
side has undergone a complete change
during the past two weeks. Mr.. Davis
now has very neat and attractive cot
tage. When finished it will be one of
the neatest residences in that part of
town.
A. S Huffmaster and wife in Rose
valley, on Beaver Creek, about sixteen
miles from Leavenworth, were trading
in to n last Wednesday. Mr.. Huff
master came over from the Sound coun-
try last month and expects to make this
his future home.
]. A. Gould, clerk at the Great
Northern store went to Spokane last
week returning Saturday with his wife
who has spent the last four or five
months at Lind, Wash, with her rela-
tives. Mr.. Gould and wife have gone
to housekeeping on the north side.
H. S. Irwin, the Blewett merchant
last week bought the Leavenworth and
Blewett stage line from G. N. Watson.
He will also carry the mail from here
to Blewett and Peshastin. The stage
goes out loaded to the gurads every
morning with passengers and freight.
Mr.. and Mrs G. N. Watson left yes
terday for the Sound, where they will
spend the next two months visiting
among friends. Having been confined
rather closely to business for the past
few years Mr.. Watson thinks he deerves
a rest. The Echo hopes he and his wife
will enjoy their visit and return to
Leavenworth full of energy and de-
termination to remain here.
Matt Green, the man who owns
large fruit ranch near Mission and re-
turned from. British Columbia some
three weeks ago died last Tuesday
evening. Death was due to an injury
which he received while working in the
mines up north last year. He was said
to be the first white settler in the Mis-
sion valley, going there in 1884. The
land which Sullivan claimed to have
deed to fcom Green was quit claimed to
Green before he died.
The Lsmb-Dayis mill made several
trial runs this week. The machinery
| equired several minor changes and al
terations, all of which have been made,
and next week the work of reducing
logs TO lumber will commence in good
hard earnest 1t was shown quite
clearly TO the scribe OF the Echo that
once everything gets to running
smoothly, and both band saws are in
operation lumber can be turned out at
an astonishingly rapid rate.
The ice cream sala which was gotten
up by the ladies of the Degree of Honor
and given last Monday afternoon and
night was a success beyond their expec-
tations. Over seventeen gallons of
cream and large quantities of cake was
disposed of besides large quantities of
coffee. The ladies worked indefatig-
ably for the success and satisfaction of
their patrons and deserve all they got
out of the venture. All who were so
fortunate as to patronize them got
their moneys worth.
DR.. Triem and wife of Manchester,
Iowa. are here on visit and expect to
remain several months. The doctor
owns place up in the Chumstick val
ley near his son. Paul Treim. The
Doctor is also a member of the Iowa
State Medical Board and for number
of years has attended very closely to
his profession, so close, in fact, that his
health has become somewhat impaired
and he is out here for rest and recrea-
ton. The Echo hopes that he may find
the climate so beneficial that he will
finally decide to locate here. His wife
is daughter of Mrs. Sales, who is also
resident of Chumstick valley.
On last Tuesday morning while Uncle
John Holden's wagon in front Mrs
Huston's rooming house little Sammy
Huston climbed up on the wheel, and
when the team started he was thrown
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