The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-12-04

Wenatchee wednesday afternoon.
John Koerner expects to leave today
for Seattle to buy a stock Of Christmas
goods.
F. S. Jacobsen returned from the
Coast Tuesday afternoon after an alb
sence Of week
Edna Featherstone returned Monday
from Ephrata where she spent Thanks
giving with friends.
Mrs. Fred Reeves, Of Wenatchee,
was here several days this week with
her mother. Mrs. S. A. Potter.
Engineer Clemens and wife returned
from St. Paul, MINI, Monday. where
Mr.. Clemens was called by the sud-
den death of his mother.
The w. c. T. U. will meet in the
Congregational church, at 2:30 p. M,
Friday, Dec. a. Christian women are
cordially invited to attend.
Mr.. F. L. Coe, from Wenatchee, is
the new manager OF the Sanitary Mar
ket. He has a family but will not
move his family here until next sum-
mer
On Tuesday night week ago fire
broke out in Mansfield, Wash, and de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property.
This is the second big fire in less than
four months.
Clyde Shore, son of Dr.. J. E.
Shore who resided in this city up to
about FIVE years ago, came over from
the Big Bend country the first of the
week to visit for few days with his
brother, Vernie Shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. King, who have
made their home on their apple ranch
a mile north Of town the past summer,
will leave Saturday for Everett to spend
the winter. They will return to this
city at an early date in the spring.
Owing to a special dispensation
granted by the Elks lodge Of Wenat-
chez making the initiation fee $25 for
thirty days, some twenty-five or thirty
citizens of this city have sent in their
applications. 1t is the intention OF the
Wenatchee lodge TO erect big Elks'
temple in that city as soon as sufficient
funds can be raised.
H. M. Wall, who made his home
here until some seven years ago, since
which time he has lived in Seattle, was
here last Saturday and paid this Office
a visit just to say that he had not for
gotten old friends, even tho he had
found it necessary in the pursuit of his
occupation to remove from Leaven-
worth.
DR.. Newcomb, who has resided here
for the past year, coming from Everett
where he made his home for many
years, closed his Office the first Of this
week, and yesterday left for the Sound
civ. The doctor told an Echo re-
porter that he made many friends while
in Leavenworte and enjoyed a good
practice, but decided to return to
Everett as it seemed more like home
to him.
Between ten and fifteen per cent
only of the apple crop of the Wenat-
chez valley remains unshipped accord
ing to figures and estimates made
therefrom by the Daily World. Ac-
cordingly somewhere between 500 and
700 cars are still in the valley. A
number of these cars continue to roll
from day to day. OF those that re
main in the valley practically the en-
tire lot is in cold storage. The re-
naming fruit will be shipped from time
to time, as the market conditions seem
TO warrant.
While waiting for the gathering OF
the councilmen for the meeting last
Tuesday evening which by the way did
not meet, only three members putting
in an appearance, Engineer Barnum dis
closed some news which should be
interesting. In looking over the
records he found where 1920 was paid
for four air valves for the water system.
One Of the air valves he had in his Of
fee, and at the most he said 1t would
not cost over 81. This is just one OF
,he eases where the old council PAD