The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1906-05-18
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OF several weeks.
H. T. Hansen is sick at his home up
in the Chnmstick valley. Robt. Mich
OILS says he has an attack of chills and
fever.
Mrs. Simmons, from Kansas City,
Mo, is here visiting the family OF John
lie Rue. She is on her way to Cali
fornia.
o. S. Sampson went to Seattle on
Tuesday on business for the Leaven-
worth Mercantile Co. He returned
Thursday.
President Elliott OF the Northern Pa
ci6c passed through Leavenworth on
Tuesday in special train of four cars
on his way to the coast.
The subject of the morning discourse
at the Congregational church is 'An-
swering God" The evening topic is
1.-THE House of the Strong Man"
A. Laland, miner and prospector
who spent the past winter in the noun
tains on the head of the Icicle returned
to the haunts OF civilization last Tues
day.
]. r. Lanham was up from We
natchee last Saturday. circulating
among Leavenworlh friends. He will
leave for Alaska about the first of
June.
The Ladies of the Degree OF Honor
will give ball in the opera house Fri
day night, May 25th. Posters an
nouncing the event will be distributed
early next week. Tickets ST. If you
have ever attended one of these affairs
you know you will have good time
1871
At the workingmen's meeting last
Saturday night it as decided TO adopt
the name Referendum Club" The
club will meet every Saturday night.
While the general public is not per-
mitted to vote it is invited to attend
the meetings and take part in the dis
cussions.
A number of Leavenworth ladies
have ordered from Chas. Stevens & Co.,
Chicago, through Mrs. Bloom, the local
agent, summer dresses and suits. You
can always tell the Stevens quality by
that indefnable something which for
want of better name is called 'style
and fit." 1S-tf
Deputy Assessor M. P. Spencer, who
has charge of the real estate end of the
work, while Ed. s. Russell works the
personal property end, has been in
this part OF the county for the past
three weeks. Mr.. Spencer says that
the field work will be completed in
about ten days.
Among the owners OF Cascade or
chard lands who visited this town the
past week was Judge S. H. Steele, a
practicing attorney of Seattle. Mr..
Steele, with his partner in the enter
prise, Mr.. Lincoln, own % acres, which
! is being put into fruit as rapidly as
men can do the work.
M. F. Peake & Son finished burning
a kiln of 100, 900 brick on Monday, and
will begin delivering brick for the FL
lott building at once. Peak & Son
have the contract for doing the brick
work on the Elliott and the Losekamp
buildings. Work on the Elliott build
ing will begin next week.
Raj. King and AL Pesch heard that
somebody had seen bear tracks up near
Chiwaukum last Tuesday and promptly
took hike for the hills. They bot
ten cents worth of salt from the store
keeper at Chiwaukum, when a small
boy asked them if they wanted it to
sprinkle on the BEARS tail
Willie and James Duffy, sons of j.
M. Duffy, formerly citizen of this
place, were student in the Gonzaga
college at Spokane during the recent
epidemic of typhoid fever in that insti-
tuition of learning. James was brought
home but Willie is still in Spokane.
Both are improving, but not entirely
out of danger.
Parties who have travelled over the
Blewett road between Peshastin and
that mining camp camp tell us that
portion of the road is in very danger
Gus condition, left so by the melting
snow this spring which washed it out
in places. Mr.. Stein, the road super
visor for this district, has had his at
tention called to this matter.
The sheepmen are coming into the
country about month earlier this year
than usual. D. M. Treadwell being
the first to reach the Cascade foothills
in this vicinity, closely followed by one
of Mr.. Blythe's bands. They are both
camped at head OF Derby canyon.
Shortage of feed on the desert is the
cause of their early appearance.
| Ouite a laroa crowd attended the Sat.