The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-19
Town and County

Jack Mcdonald has gone to Cash
mere to work on brick building which
}. S. Bailey will. erect there.
There will be dime social at the
home of Mrs. Wall, Wednesday even
ing, May "a. All are cordially invited
to attend.
Forty-odd cars of sheep arrived here
yesterday from Eastern Washington.
They viii be taken TO the forest reserve
to be grazed.
]. A. Miller and Joe Teshera left for
the Red Mountain mines last Saturday
They will locate some mining claims
before they return.
George Blocksedge went over to Ort-
ing, Wash, the first of this week to
visit his father, who is an inmate of the
old veterans home.
VIM. McGlothlin, who formerly con-
Quoted the Tumwater Cafe at this place
but is now citizen of Cashmere spent
several days in our burg this week.
c. L Meyers had a surgical operation
performed at the Leavenworth Hos
pital last week, and has been getting
on as we'll us could be expected since.
William A. Ellis and Mrs. Bessie
Wegner were married in Rathdrum,
Idaho, last Saturday. Both parties
formerly lived hear and are quite well
known.
James Wright, Yakima sheep man,
is sending ten thousand sheep to this
place by rail to Craze until they are
ready for market. The sheep come
from Oregon.
Mrs. T. S. Jacobsen and her children
will be enjoying the delights OF country
life for the next two weeks. They are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Huffmaster,
on the Chiwawa river.
c. E. Hamilton. of O'Neil, Nebraska,
is here visiting a brother, who is in
the employ of the Lamb-Davis Lumber
Co. Mr.. Hamilton may decide to To-
cate here. He is an old friend of j. j.
and r. T. King.
A. S. Williams. who formerly lived
here, but who has gone to Wenatchee
to live. was in our town this week. Mr.
Williams tells US he will open brick
yard in Cashmere soon and expects to
make the brick for the Bailey building.
[. A. Navarro, county surveyor,
came up from Wenatchee yesterday.
He will make survey of the We
natchee bridge and report on the ad-
visibility of repairing the old bridge
rather than build new bridge at this
time.
We are told that several bands of
sheep are headed this way. Soon we
shall have the festive sheep herder with
us again, taking advantage of free grass
which the mountain range offers, for
his sheep from now on until warned of
the approach of winter.
Jeremiah Mcfarland, one of the old
time settlers OF the Mission valley,
came up from Cashmere on Monday
and spent few hours with friends. He
was surprised to note the growth in
Leavenworth and the many improve
ments going on, most of all he was sur
prised at the rapidity with which our
big mill reduces logs to lumber.
A party of ladies went down to We
natchee yesterday. Shopping was their
mission, they said, but it is our belief
thew went down to see the shooting
match and cheer the Leavenworth con-
testants for the honors of champion
Mrs. S. D. Bliss. Mrs. j. F. Douglass
and Mrs. Geo. H. Moore were in the
party.
Mrs. H. Blinn was called to Seattle
last Sunday. Mr. Blinn went to Seattle
last week to consult a specialist. 1t
was decided that an operation would be
necessary, and Mrs, Blinn went over to
ion her husband. The many friends
of Mr.. Blinn will rejoice to hear that
the operation was successful and that
he will soon be at home and fully re-
covered.
Robinson's Sash & Door Factory, of
Everett, is making Chelan county's
booth for the Portland fair exhibit,
The Lamb Davis Lumber Co. shipped
the material over some time ago. The
material used will be Washington
white pine and is itself intended as
part of Chelan county's display. 1t will
represent the timber interests and will
without doubt attract the attention of
visitors to the fair. Washington pine
will of necessity take the place of the
eastern pine as the supply of that COM
modify is all but exhausted.
FL. Brender, one of our prosperous
ranchers, who operates dairy in the
beautiful Chumstick valley, was a caller
at the Echo Office one day this week.
Mr.. Brender makes a very superior
quality OF creamery butter which
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