The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-08-25

! The Old Settlers picnic in the Che
wawa river valley last Sunday came off
on schedule time. The train over the
Wenatchee Valley & Northern railway
had at least six hundred aboard
when it pulled out of the station at
8:45 a. M, and at that perhaps hun
dred more either could not get aboard
or missed the train. The train stopped
at half dozen places in the Chewawa
river valley and took on passengers.
The excursion train reached the pic
mic ground about ten o'clock, where
some hundred and fifty from the sur
rounding country had already assembled.
A little omission or misunderstanding
which caused considerable comment
and some embarrassing amusement was
the absence of coffee at the dinner,
which the association had advertised
they would have made for the conven-
ience of their guests. Some thirty or
forty pounds had been ground and left
in charge of J. c. Davis, who is presi-
dent Of the association, and A. A.
Pesch, also an officer Of tbs ASSOCIATION.
The coffee and the men in charge Hall-
ed to connect with the train. However,
this little misfortune did not prevent
everybody from having good time.
Dinner was served and somehow every
body got coffee.
Rev. w. V. Davis made the princi-
pie address, the subject of which was
THE Golden Sunset of the Pioneer
Life," subject which he handled in
mastery manner. Hon. Frank Reeves,
OF Wenatchee, himself pioneer, and
member of the pioneer organization of
the valley, also made an address. l..
H. Bowman, one Of the earliest settlers
of the valley made talk and dwelt on
some OF the features OF pioneer life and
grew quite reminiscent calling to mind
some incidents which occurred in the
early days of Leavenworth. S. {. VOL
denburg also made brief address and
caused some merriment when his coat
tail hung on bottle of medicine which
he happened to have in his hip pocket
Mr.. Woldenburg is, however, not easily
embarrassed, and when his attention
was called to the suspicious looking
phial he simply lifted his coat tail off
and proceeded with his remarks as if
nothing had happened.
The Kid band enlivened many a
tedious hour with music and altogether
deserves great credit for the part it had
in making the affair success.
The picnic was held on the land OF
Charles D. Shugart, in beautiful
grove near brook of icy cold water.
A more delightful site for days out
ing could scarcely have been chosen,
and while the atmosphere was a bit
cool in the forenoon, the altitude being
several hundred feet higher than Leav-
enworth, by the time dinner was served
it was delightfully."- pleasant and remain
ed so throughout the day.
F. A. Losekamp, secretary OF the
Old Settlers Association, was unavoid-
ably absent, having been called to Sc
attle by wire on Saturday evening pre-
vious, and returned Sunday morning
with party Of mining men from whom
he could not conveniently escape.
With the exception of mishap at
the station just before the train started
from Leavenworth, in which Mr.. L. H.
Hart, an old gentleman over sixty years
old was crowded off the platform unin-
tentionally and in the fall injured his
collar bone, nothing occurred to in any
way mar the pleasures Of the day, and
everything passed off happily.