The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-05-11
Read Keatings add this week.

we met this week was h P Campbell,
recently from Seattle, who has bought
the Oscar Blankenship place on the
shore Of Lake Wcnatchee. He was on
his way to the lake with his family.
G. B Kinney the Peshastin merchant
and postmaster was here the first Of this
week. He says the day is not far of
when he will move the store and post
offic over to the siding where he will
arrange to get the mail every day.
A fifteen year old boy was drowned
in the Columbia river last Sunday
between Brewster and Wenatchee.
He fell of the boat. Every effort
was made to recover the body without
avail The lads mother lives in Ever
EFT.
A lot of the working men met in
Fraternal hall and organized refer
endum club last Saturday night with
membership of &c. The club will meet
every Saturday night. One Of the OBJ
jeots is to endesvor to have the prlnoi-
pies Of the club enacted into law II in
corporation carries,
John Leith, Chicago, expert account
ant and sudftor for the Lamb interests
has been here for the past week pre-
pairing report The interests OF the
Lamb family covers large territory.
| Mr.. Leith's work is to occasionally
make reports of the different industries
they are interested in.
]. B. Kelley went to Seattle last Sat
urday. Some OF the machines which he
purchased two weeks ago for Kelley &
Lapp's saw mill is delayed in arriving
and he will try and hurry it up. They
have large lot of logs already cut and
buildings erected for their men. They
will pnt in company store for the con-
venience of their employees.
Engineer Halter met with a painful
accident at Wenatchee last Friday. A
rod in the upper part OF the cab became
loose and the engine gave side lurch
when his head came in contact with
the loose rod cutting cash in his head
which DR.. Hoxey sewed up when he
got here with his engine.
E. d. Shugart, who has the Blewett
mail contract, went to Ephrata Mon
day with the purpose OF buying horses
for his stage line. AS result of the
big horse roundup which closed at
Ephrata last week there are several
thousand horses of all kinds for sale.
Horse buyers from all over the state
have gone there to buy horses.
NJ. j. Corcoran who left here last
week For San Franciaco to klearn some
thing of the fate of his family from
which he could not hear, returned
last Saturday. When he got to Port
land he learned from parties who were
acquainted with his reletavies that
although they all escaped with their
lives they lost everything.
| Messrs. Moon & Reed, the contractors
for the Loosekamp building, are push
| ing the work with all possible vigor.
| The excavation for the basement is
completed and the laying of the walls
for the foundation began this week.
The brick, we are told, will be ready
as soon as the foundation walls are
completed,
The making of the cement blocks for
the King Company's building is going
on at rapid rate. Messrs. Brown &
| Williams who have the contract for The
building, have force of men at work
that are turning out the blocks at the
rate of several hundred each day The
foundation for this building was com
pleted three weeks ago The laying
up OF the walls will begin next week
Fred Staub left here last Saturday
night for st. Paul. Mr. Staub was
head fireman for the mill company
ever since the mill began operations
He was very popular with the boys
around town and dearly loved practi
cal joke. When the joke turned on
him as it did sometimes he took it quite
good naturally and bided his time. he
will be missed by the gang.