The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07

Sunday morning, intending to 60 on I
fishing and hunting trip from tina
point, but the stormy weather changed
their minds and drove them back t
town. George Ouren is wearing Mar
shall Fitz' badge of authority this week
Prof. Mcdaniel, director of the KiC
Band will organize a ten piece orchestra
in the near future, the members are tc
be selected from the band. Mr.. Nc
Daniel is a very successful orchestra
director as well as band master and the
new orchestra is sure to prove a sue
cess.
A. H. Sampson and wife. of Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, visited a couple Of
days this week with the formers bro
Tiers, o. S. and G. w. Sampson, Mrs.
Sampson had been visiting on the
Sound before coming here and arrived
from the west about a half hour after
her husbands arrival from the east.
G. w. Briskey left several large red
apples at The Echo Office a few days
ago, the variety of which he is unfa-
miliar with, and so far none OF the
apple experts hereabouts are able to
identity them. The specimens are
we'll shaped and highly colored, and
Mr. Briskey is very anxious to learn
the variety.
]. w. Miller returned last Friday
from Winnemucca, Nevada, where he
is interested in gold placer mining.
He exhibited small quantity Of coarse
gold taken from a claim in which he
and seven others are interested. He
says it will require considerable cap
ital to develope the property but thinks
they have a good thing.
John A. Cochran, salaried chairman
of the B. of L. F. and E. of the Great
Northern system, attended the Fire
mems Ball, given Wednesday night, as
a guest of the order. The order pre-
scented Mr.. Cochran with an elk's tooth
watch charm in recognition of services
rendered the order for the ten years
he has been chairman.
The FIVE acre orchard tract on the
south bank OF the river, opposite the
town of Leavenworth, was sold to
J. Ruth, the price paid being $500.
There is quite a good crop of apples
in the orchard this year and Mr.. Ruth
began harvesting them Immediately
after the purchase. He expects to
begin work on his house very soon.
Frank I. Curtis, OF Seattle, owner of
the Jacob Foss place and forty acres
out Of the Cyclone Johnson place, east
of town, spent several days here this
week. Mr.. Curtis has unbounded
faith in this portion Of the Wenatchee
valley as an apple growing region.
He is having some of his land cleared
with the intention of setting out trees
next spring.
Oliver P. Moore, secretary, and E.
H. Rothert, general manager, of the
Iron and Steel Co., OF
Spokane, arrived here last Saturday and
are spending this week looking over
Leavenworth as a suitable location for
a steel smelling plant. Our CONNER
cial Club is giving these gentlemen all
the help possible and ernestly hopes to
induce them to locate their important
industry near this place.
For his untiring efforts in making
the Old Settlers picnic a success and
many helps and favors extended on
the 18th Of September, when the
members of the association had their
annual celebration, they are profoundly
grateful and desire to acknowledge the
obligation. While we did not have
the pleasure of being present we have
heard numerous complimentary com
ments made on the speech OF the pres
ident of the association, F. A. Lose
kamp.
The White Star Market, Messrs. G..
w. Sampson and Harry Warner pro-
prietors, will occupy the new brick
building now almost completed, just in
the rear of the Weigand building on
Front street. They expect TO be ready
for business within the next ten days,
and will handle complete line of fresh