The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1905-09-08

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Charley Cass was brought down from
Jack Smiths logging camp one day
this week with symptoms OF typhoid
fever.
The church social given at the home
of Mrs. Durand last Friday evening was
well attended and very enjoyable
time was had.
Frank Knostman, of San Francisco,
Gala, is here visiting C. w. Ellinger.
Mr.. Knostman will accompany j. T.
Scott on hunting trip to Alaska.
Joe Kelly, sawyer at the mill, had a
narrow escape last week from drown
ing. He was fishing in the Wenatchee
below the dam and fell in the river.
Bob Dye recently completed a well
for j B. Adams, on his ranch. The
well will be used for irrigating the APP
pie orchard which Mr.. Adams is pre-
pairing to set out
Among purchasers of Cascade Or
chard lands this week is Simon Breed
en-, of this city, and c. P. Porter, of
Seattle. The latter increased his hold
ings by an additional 5 acres
At the time of the coal-shed fire a
valise containing lot of baby clothes
was lost, If the party who has the va
lise will kindly return it to Louis
Brown the baby will appreciate it,
A trio of visitors from Seattle came
in on Wednesday to inspect the Cas-
cade Orchard lands Among them are
Rev. Edmund Grieb and Messrs. Ras-
mussen and Wieland. Mr.. Wieland is
contractor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight Darling, of
Everett, arrived in the city last Tues
day evening. Mr.. Darling will have
charge of the City Drug Store during
Mr.. Kings absence and the people will
thus have an opportunity of getting
acquainted with the proprietor.
An item of news that escaped the
argus-eyed reporter last week was the
dissolution of the firm of Siverly &
Bullock. George Siverly withdrew
from the firm leaving Mr.. Bullock in
sole possession. Mr.. Siverly will de-
vote his time to improving a valuable
ranch which he owns up in the White
River valley.
B. N. Johnston, of Sultan, Wash,
who was here about two weeks ago
and while here invested in Cascade Or
chard land, returned this week with
his wife. We are informed that it is
Mr. Johnston's intention while here to
arrange for the building Of house on
his tract of land.
Miss Nellie Culp, of Wenatchee, who
has been visiting LeaveLworth friends
the past month, has much improved in
health and expects to return home
next week. Leavenworth is the place
for pure air and grand mountain seem
cry. Wenatchee folks ma ust admit it,
Mrs. Frank Sutton gave dinner
party last Saturday evening in honor of
her guest, Mrs. Jenkins, who will
leave in a few days for her home in the
east. The table was beautifully deco
rated with nasturtium, covers being
laid for twelve. Quite an enjoyable
evening was spent by those present.
Erysipelas has attacked three of our
citizens the past week. Pink Brown
was the first to succumb to its baleful
influence. While relieving Mr. Brown
DR.. Mccoy contracted case. So that
the others might not feel lonesome in
their affection S. G. Waldenburg de-
veloped case the latter part OF the
week.
Our public school is scheduled to
open on the 25th of this month. Mr..
Paul Buck was elected principal of the
school some time since, but receiving
better offer from Skykomish he re-
signed his position here. His success
sor has not yet been selected but we
understand there are a number of APP
plications il the hands of the trustees.
Chicken stealing, it would appear,
is not confined altogether to the eolored
race. Mrs. Shortly until recently had
as fine lot of chickens as one would
wish to see, but they are disappearing
at an alarming rate. Now, there are
no Negroes in this town, wherefore we
say love of yellow-legged chicken is
not confined to the coiored race.
Robert Irwin was taken TO Seattle
last Wednesday to enter the Sisters
hospital. He has been sick for the past
two and half months. First he was
threatened with pneumonia and then
other complications set in. He decided
to go TO the Sound in the hope that
change of air and careful nursing
would restore him to health. his wife
accompanied him.