The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-05-12
Town and County

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Miss Perry, who closed her Chum-
stick school last week returned to her
home in Wenatchee this week.
S. L. Ellinger is building quite
large house on his lots fronting the
railroad which is fast approaching com
pletion.
J. 3. Hathaway returned yesterday
from Startup, Washington, where he
spent week attending to some business
for Mrs. E. G. Spencer.
DR.. Shore was again appointed U. s.
commissioner under the rcdistricted
federal courts, in which position he
will remain until June 30, 1909.
Mrs. NJ. A. Phalen returned yester-
day from Pittsburg, Pa, after an alb
sencc of month. She left her daugh-
ter, Miss Bertha, with her sister.
William X McGillivary will leave
for Ashland, Oregon, about the 18th OF
the month to look after his logging in
terests down in the Webbfoot state.
Geo. L. Hoppe and wife were passen
gers on the west bound Tuesday. They
will spend the next ten days or two
weeks in the Washington metropolis.
Mr.. Cooper, who bought the Cottage
restaurant, says he came here to stay
and will conduct first class place. He
is familiar with the business and is him
self first class cook.
r. F. Holm, one of the Wenatchee
real estate dealers paid Leavenworth a
visit on Tuesday of this week. Mr..
Holm may become interested in some
Leavenworth property.
Mrs. Anna Evanson and daughter,
Miss Annie, who have been visiting
relatives and friends for the past two
weeks at Seattle returned to their home
near Peshastin Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam G. Merriam went
down TO Wenatchee last Saturday and
returned Monday. Mr.. M, has devel-
oped a liking for some OF the land on
which red apples is grown.
The department has accepted the sur
vey of township 26, range Is, and the
land is now open for entry. 1t is said
to be quite heavily timbered Mason
creek and Merritt are located in this
township.
Edward Shortly, who was on his way
from his home in Anacortes to Spok-
ane, stopped off for few days to visit
his mother, Mrs. S. Shortly. Mr..
Shortly is an old time Great Northern
railroad man.
Mrs. G. w. Kidd last week advertised
the Cottage restaurant for sale and on
Saturday following closed a sale to Mr..
7. G. Cooper. recently from Billings,
Montana An advertisement in the
Echo brings results.
One of Leavenworth's oldest citizens,
H Blinn, who was quite sick the past
two weeks, has so far recovered as to
be able to accompany his daughter,
Mrs. John Devison to her home in
Seattle, on Wednesday. Mr. Blinn
will stay with his daughter for the next
month or six weeks in the hope that
the change OF air will do him good.
Richard Dobbins, who is interested
in some mining property near Lake
view. about twenty-five miles north of
Leavenworth came in from Seattle last
Monday and Immediately went up to
where the property is located. 1t is
his intention, so he said. to put a force
of men TO work on the property at an
early date.
Fl. C. Peters, an attorney from Seat
tie, was visitor to our town the past
week. Mr.. Peters has a scheme on
foot which if it works will be of vast
benefit to the town of L ,avenworth.
Within the next few weeks we may
have story to tell that will make
mighty interesting reading to the peo-
pie of this burg.
F. A. Losekamp started for Las
Vegas, Nevada, last Tuesday evening
and will be gone some two or three
weeks. Mr.. Losekamp expects to To-
cate in Las Vegas when he leaves here,
A sale of lots it is said will soon be held.
The town is said to he located in a
broad valley and not very far from the
now famous Goldfeld and Tonopah
mines.
Mike Callaghan, of Seattle, came in
on the east bound last Wednesday.
Callagaan is interested in some valu-
able mining property on Negro creek
and spends a good portion OF every
summer in this vicinity working in his
mines. He has large circle of friends
and acquaintances here. Sometime
last fall, while in Spokane he had the
misfortune to break leg, from which
he has so far recovered as to be able to
get about easily with the aid of cane.