The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1904-03-18
Town and County

&c. Varney, a rancher from up on
LIVER creek, was in town this week on
" siness.
Mr. Fred Staub, after being laid off
by an injured foot for several weeks,
has resumed work at the big mill.
John B. Adams made business trip
to Olympia the first of the week, remain
ing away Sunday and Monday.
E. A. Dillon, a Seattle produce deal
er, was here last week after two cars OF
potatoes which A. F. Estes has down at
Peshastin.
Fred Reeves, of Wenatchee, passed
through the city last Saturday on his
way to Index, and returning in the
evening stopped few hours in Leaven-
worth TO shake hands with friends.
Another old timer in the person of J.
S. Bernard from the Lake Wenatchee
country was visitor to the town this
week. His residence does not date
back as far as Mr.. Dickson's by two or
three years.
A. E. Dickson is down this week from
Lake Wenatchee on business before U.
S. Commissioner Shore. Mr.. Dickson
has the distinction of being the first
settler in Chelan county west of Mission
coming here some sixteen or seventeen
years ago and settling on Beaver creek.
The John Bjork restaurant is about
and will be thrown open to
yEhe public in few days. Mr.. Bjork
and his excellent wife do not need an
introduction to the people of Leaven-
worth. They enjoy the reputation of
being pioneers in the restaurant bust
ness.
VIM. Alexander who has operated a
private laundry on Front street for the
past month has leased the Leavenworth
Laundry and will operate it in the flu
ture Mr.. Alexander is practical
laundryman with considerable expert
erce and promises to give entire salts
faction.
L. Essman, W. no has been citizen of
Wenatchee for the past two years, rec
ognizing the superiority of this to the
Wenatchee country ia every respect,
has shaken the dust of that town from
his pedal extremities and will in the fu-
ture live up on Beaver Creek where he
has taken up home. tead and timber
claim.
BY the bursting of steam pipe last
Sunday morning in the rotary, near
Chiwaukum, Engineer A. w. Nc
Pheters was severely seslded about the
face and hands DR.. Hoxsey, who
dressed the injured man, says it will lay
him up for month. Fireman Percy
Randall was also scaided but his in
:. iuries are not so serio3s as those OF Nc
Pheters.
A Seattle business man who has just
arrived from the east says the tide of
immigration is just now settling to-
wards Washington The train he ar
rived ON was crowded with the excep-
tion of the Pullmans- One hundred
families were on the trail, all getting off
between Spokane and the Cascades. An
extraordinarily heavy immigration is
looked for this year.
Mr.. Thomas F. Russell who some time
ago bought the John Hill hotel took
possession OF the same last Tuesday.
MIR. Russell has adopted the very APP
propriate name of The Cascade Hotel.
Mr.. Russell is an experienced hotel
man and while he begins his business
career in Leavenworth stranger we
feel sure that by his genial manner and
consideration for his patrons that he
will soon build up lucrative business.
A little surprise was sprung on our
old friend, John Holden, last Tuesday
evening in the unexpected arrival OF
S. G. and C. o. Farnsworth, OF Sedonia,
Stevens county, Wash. The Farms
worth brothers are adopted sons OF Mr..
Holden. S. G. Farnsworth lived in
Leavenworth for sometime and left here
six years ago to settle in the Colville
country. They were accompanied by
G. E. Sizemore, a son-in-law OF Mr.. Hol-
den, and ]. D. Fish, both of whom also
live near Sedonia. Work was not very
pushing on their hands yet and they
determined to pay the 'old man who is