The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-03-11
Town and County

yesterday to practice with the band.
H. H. Dean and family were visiting
,.Xast week at Wilson Creek in the Big
Send country.
j. G. Debord's family came up from
Wenatchee last week and will make
this their home.
Mrs. L. w. Bloom spent several days
last week in Wenatchee visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. M. Duffy.
Miss Stella Duncan left this week for
"a two ,weeks visit to friends and rela
tiSes near Walla Walla.
Miss Peterson, the new school teacher,
went to the county seat Tuesday to have
an liberated tooth extracted.
Sam Merriam, brother of G. S. ar
rived from Spokane Tuesday to take
position as bookkeeper for the Mercan-
tile Co.
Miss Maude Merriam returned on
Tuesday last from Wenatehee where
she had been for the past week visiting
among friends.
The band boys will give a dance in
the Bjork building on Front street as
soon as it is finished, either tonight or
tomorrow night.
Doctor and Mrs. Shore went down to
Wenatchee Monday to prove up en-
timber claim which Mrs. Shore filed on
some time ago
Lewis j. Nelson is building a dwelling
house out near the school house which
he will get completed this week and
move in next week.
r The Grand Army veterans of this sec
Stion will meet at Judge Kings office on
Sunday, March goth for the purpose of
organizing a local post.
c. w. Poage left for Quincy, Wash,
last Tuesday Mr. Poage owns good
tract of land near that town which he
intends to Improve. His family will
follow later
The cards are out for a dance at Mis-
-SluH Ou Iuc lOlU VI lulo a htSh
from to-day. 1t will be given by our
band boys and should be we'll patron
lied.
F. A. Rogers, the Wenatchee con-
tractor, says he has furnished plans for
.S5336 worth OF Leavenworth buildings
and will have $4,000 more 10 add to this.
Babcock & Benson, who own large
tract OF land near Trinidad and are also
largely interested in sheep, have built
private cable ferry across the Columbia
river near their ranch.
For the past week all the trains have
.been delayed on account of SHOWS slides.
For the next two months there will be
more or less trouble on the Great
Northern on account of slides and wash
outs.
The Fruit Valley Journal last week
said: "A Leaven worth society girl in
"A describing certain social affair said:
tGThere was such crowd that the wo-
Fmen really didn't need to wear any
thing but shirtwaists.' :"
Master Willie Duffy, son OF J. M.
Duffy who formerly lived here but is
now a citizen of Wenatchee, had the
misfortune TO have his leg broken last
Sunday He was riding on one of the
buses and had his leg caught between
the bus and the depot platform.
Bob Kadaman, deliveryman for -Ulisch
g. Bliss, had an accident that caused
him much pain and laid him up for
couple of days. He takes orders from
house to house horse back and his
horse slipped and fell catching Bobs
leg underneath him.
Nor Patterson and family from Chi
waukum were visiting i'll town Satur-
day and Sunday. They will resign
their position at the fish hatchery May
LIST to take possession OF their farm
near Mission.
Judge Watson reports that the Blew
EFT stage was caught between two snow
slides above Ingles creek Monday. The
team was brought back and the sleigh
left, he also adds that the U. S. mail
arrived in Blewett on time the stage
driver completing the trip on foot.
4 The school board has had some
'Vtrouble in getting a teacher to take the
place OF Miss Gill. Miss Shriner who
was sent here by the teachers
agency of Seattle, had heart trouble and
could not remain in this high altitude,
only teaching one week. They then