The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-10-13

o. S. Sampson went to Wenatchee
last Sunday and returned Monday with
his wife. He has rented the Lach-
mund house and gone to housekeeping.
From a letter ordering the Echo sent
wears stubble beard it will not be for
to his address we learn that Samuel D.
Bliss now resides at Newark, New Jer-
sey.
Messrs. E. N Burgess and J. f.
Mills have rented the Big Rock corner
from Mr.. Ralston and are having it
fixed up for barber shop. This makes
three shops in the town. If any one
lack of BARRIERS.
Camille Masse returned from Port
land ca Wednesday OF this week. He
told US he enjoyed the trip very much,
but was somewhat disappointed at the
exhibit from this county. He says it
was good but could have been much
better.
The friends of Miss Maud Merriam
will be glad TO know that she will be
back sometime in November. She will
leave New York about the tenth, In a
letter to friends she says she is having
great time riding in autos, boating
and seeing the sights.
The Two-step Club gave a dance in
Model Hall last Thursday night, but as
there was a play in the Opera House
the same night it was impossible to get
the dancing crowd together until after
the show. After that attraction was
over the young folks enjoyed dance
of some two hours duration.
"The Couvicts Daughter Co, which
showed in the opera house last Thurs
day night had a good crowd. One OF
the largest that has turned out to see a
show in long time. 1t is safe to say
every body was satisfied. The company
was strong and the story told in the
play was clean. The different parts
were well taken.
Mrs. Maud Hall, who it will be re-
membered left here about two months
ago, unexpectedly dropped in on her
friends one day this week from Port 1
land, Oregon, where she now makes
her home. Mrs. Hall spent year
here with her brother, George Keat-
ing, and made many friends who were
glad to see her, and observed that the
coast climate was agreeing with her
Mrs. Hall keeps posted on Leaven- /
worth happenings by reading the Echo. |
T. M. Hillsbeck, of Wenatchee, and
Frank Coates of South Park, were
visitors in town during the week. They
spent number. of days visiting neigh
boring ranches and lands including the
Cascade Orchard tract, with which
they expressed themselves as better
pleased than any irrigated land they
had ever visited. 1t is more than
likely that both may become perman-
ent residents of Leavenworth.
Uncle George Persinger and Mike
Callaghan came down from their Negro
creek property yesterday. Mr.. Per-
singer tells US they have been engaged
in building a wagon road to the prop
erty for the past month and will resume
this work as soon as they return, and
keep it up until compelled to quit on
account of snow. Mr. Persinger says
they will soon have good road to the
property, draw back which has done
much in the past to retard development.
The Echo added the name OF Phil
Corcoran to its subscription list this
week. Mr.. Corcoran is an old Califor-
mia mining man who now makes his
home in New York City. He has an
option on some valuable mining prop
erty up on Negro creek which he went
up to investigate this week. The
property belongs to George Persinger,
Mike Callaghan and A. C. Sherburn.
A large amount OF development work
has been done on the property. Enough
to convince the owners that they have
valuable mine THE Echo hopes to
make important announcements IN re-
gard to the deal which is on for the
property in a few weeks.
Judge Taylor returned from Tacoma
yesterday where he attended the Grand
Court of the order of Foresters as a
delegate from this court. Court Des-
tiny, of Tacoma, took care of all the
visiting delegates during the two days
session and treated them most royalty.
At the close of the session on Tuesday
night they all attended the theatre In
body, after the theatre a banquet was
rendered them in the Hotel Donley. A
trolly ride of two hours around the city
was enjoyed by the delegates. One OF
the changes in the bylaws OF the order
is to allow both male and female mem
bers to belong to the same lodge. Mr.
Graham who was also delegate, stop
nod off in SEATTLE and will return next