The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-02-16

local Sunday evening and returned
Wednesday. Mrs. Wilcox was wit
ness in the Mcfarland Patterson con
test case.
w. NJ. Briskey, brother of George
Briskey of this place, who was taken
from his home at Cashmere last week
for medical treatment at Wenatchee is
reported to be improving aud in fair
way to complete recovery.
Says the Wilson Creek Chief of last
week: POSTMASTER Hickman Of Hicks
vile was in the city Wednesday and
says some of the ranchers are harrow
ing and others are blowing. All are
getting ready for spring work"
The locomotive engineers will pull
off their ninth annual bail on the 18th
of March, and if they keep to their
past record it will be one of the swell
est and largest attended affairs OF the
kind given during the season.
If you know of dentist who is not
satisfied with his present location write
him to come to this town. From fifty
to Que hundred dollars worth of dental
work goes from this town to We
natchee and Seattle every week.
( Work on the new brick round house,
machinery and blacksmith shop for the
Great Northern railroad will begin
shortly. 1t is reported that the com
pany will spend S250,000 here this year
in making permanent improvements.
The little boy of T. S. Thompson,
one of the mill employees, feel on the
ice one day this week and skinned his
face severely. Something akin TO
blood poison has set in and the little
| fellow is being treated by DR.. Hoxsey.
Vim. Herder who has been under a
doctors care at Wenatchee for the past
month is reported to be improving
Some thirty days since he received a
hurt on one of his shins which for a
time threatened him with the loss of &
leg.
Harold Koren closed deal this week
with Mr.. Hartzhorn, of Seattle, for
thirteen acres OF Cascade orchard land.
Mr. II. will be here soon to go to work
on his purchase, and Leavenworth will
have another family added to its popu-
lation.
Mrs. N. Patterson accompanied
George Beam and wife who came up
from Cashmere last Tuesday as wit
nesses in the land contest case of Nc
Farland against N. Patterson which
was tried the same day before U. S.
Commissioner. Shore.
The land contest case before Commits
sioner Shore last Tuesday brought a
large number of Cashmere people to
tn s town. Among those who were
witnesses were Mrs Mcfarland, A. A.
Wright. Mr.. and Mrs. George Beam,
Frank Martin, and Fred and Jay Pat
ton.
The Moore Co., are making quite eX-
tensive improvements in their store
room. The old balcony in the rear end
of the store room will be torn out and
shelving will be extended from floor to
ceiling on both sides and in the rear
end. This will more than double their
shelf room.
George S. and VIM H. Merriam
went to Seattle last Saturday night and
returned the latter part of the week.
Uncle Will, as he is Familiarity known
by old-timers, has not been feeling SO
well for the past few weeks and while
in Seattle he will consult with physi-
clan.
Herbert Stearns and his sister, Miss
Rose, came up from Wenatchee last
Saturday night and after spending
Sunday with the family of G. S. Mer-
riam returned on the local train Sun
day night, Miss Maud returning with
them to spend few daysin Wenatchee
/ with the family of her uncle, II. r.
Stearns.
J. E. Deuster resigned as station
agent at this place for the Great North
, ern last week and was succeeded by a.
. N. Wilson, who has been running
trains on the Spokane division for the
past two years. Mr. Deuster has gone
back on the road as conductor, posi-.
tion he gave up last fall to take the
station agency. He Will continue to
make this his home.
W. S. Trimble, a printer by trade
and a clever fellow by nature, al
present doing a stunt at rustling bust
ness for the Wenatchee Republic
spent last Tuesday in this town, trying
TO convince some of our people that
they ought to have their printing done
in Wenatchee. All right, If you car
get it, but all the time we will preach
to the people of this town what the
Republic rings on the people of its OWL
town every week, "patronize home in
dustry" It's argument has the SAME