The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-03-11

DAY mere.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E.
Boomer, Monday noon, March 7, an
eight pound girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Allen, from
Peshastin valley, were shopping here
the first Of this week.
Mrs. Paul Weigand had a severe
attack of tonsilitis and was confined to
her room four days this week.
J. B. Huff, formerly in the restau-
rant business here spent several months
in the east this winter, returning a
short time ago.
The hard-times dance which was
postponed last Saturday on account Of
the Wellington disaster, will come off
in the opera house tomorrow night
Tom Smith came down from the
Chewawa river country last week and
spent several days in town. He says
there is a lot Of snow in the mountains.
Photographer Wheeler was one of
those who made the trip to the We'll
lington snowslide last week and secured
some very fine views of the disaster.
The body Of Frank Johnson, the
Great Northern track walker who was
killed in a snow slide at Drury, on
Tuesday March 1st was brought down
Monday and prepared for burial.
The planning mill started up the first
of this week. The familiar sound Of
the mill whistle about six o'clock in the
morning is quite welcome sound.
The planer would have started week
or two sooner but for the heavy SHOWS
the latter part of February.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Mitchell returned
Monday morning from weeks visit to
Wilson Creek, where Mr.. Mitchell's
mother resides. He says for four days
last week the streets OF Wilson Creek
were covered with water and residents
made their way about in boats.
]. w. H. Nickel left last Sunday
for Snake river Junction where his
daughter and her husband Conductor
Allen now reside. Mr.. Allen has Sc
cured position on the Seattle, Port
and 8, Spokane railway and removed
to Snake river junction last year.
George Siverly returned to this place
by way OF the Northern Pacific this
week, leaving his wife in Seattle to re-
turn after the road is opened. He
and his wife left here in January for a
visit with relatives in the Yakima
country whom he had not seen for
several years.
Further reports from the vicinity oil
/ Lake Wenatchee are to the effect that
considerable damage was done by snow
slides, tho no lives were lost. The
home of Neal Sears was entirely de-
stroyed. A chicken house belonging
to Oliver Bates was lost, indicating by
how narrow margin the family escaped.
One of the buildings on the home
stead OF Willie Bates was destroyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Beecher were
here Monday, coming up from their
ranch near Peshastin. Mr.. Beecher
tells US that fruit has not been injured
so far this winter and the prospect was
never better for large crop. He also
said everybody in the vicinity was look
ing forward to an active year. Many
fruit trees will be set out this year and
many new corners, those who bought
land last fall and winter, will build
homes and prepare land for cultivation.
Quill Estes came up from Cashmere
Monday after hay. 1t appears that our
neighboring town is out of that com
modify and on account of the railroad
blockade the dealers cannot replenish
their stocks. Very fortunately our
merchants carry large stocks OF goods
and so far there has been no shortage
in the grocery or feed line, tho little or
no freight has arrived in the past two
weeks, with a probability that it will be
another geek before normal conditions
will be restored on the Great Northern
railroad.
Among those of our citizens who
could not forego the temptation to go
to Wellington last week to see the
wreck and ruin caused by the big
snowslides on March lst were Bill Her