The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-03-13
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND WHEREABOUTS
Notes. Personals and Small Items May be Phoned Direct
The Echo Office =. :. Telephone Number 285
NEWS ITEMS

A"AS' OHaS' EOA 10 SiO"ly ESCONCiiuR
from severe attack Of the grippe.
A. M. Bockemuehl, recently from
Seattle, has accepted a position with
the City Drug Store.
At Wheeler's Art Shop you will find
the largest and best assortment OF
tallies and place cards. .
Mr.. F. c. Riggs, superintendent Of
the manufacturing plant of the Lamb
Davis Lumber Co., spent the week in
Spokane.
F. e. Carlquist made a business
"trip to Spokane. Leaving here last
Saturday and returning Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. Dave Forsythe, who has been
in the St. Francis hospital for the past
month, is reported by DR.. McKeown
to be conYalescing.
Chas. Meyers had the misfortune to
slip on the icy walk near the Brown
corner last Tuesday and broke one of
the bones in his foot.
On Tuesday of this week the new
express rates on the block system,
established by the Public Service Com
mission, went into effect.
DR.. Hoxsey reports the arrival of a
boy at the home of John S. Brender
last Saturday, and another boy to the
family of Nels Forsythe, at Merritt,
Wednesday morning.
City Engineer Barnum has his Of
fee temporarily located in the store
room of the Echo building. He is en-
gagged in preparing plans and specifi-
cations for a sewer system for Leaven-
worth.
]. w. Elliott, now in the theater
business at Hillyard, WASH, had COM
munication before the council OF that
city last week asking them to reduce
the license of show houses in that city.
He cited other cities where the license
ranged from SIS to $40. In Hillyard
the annual charge is 500. The coun-
Gil refused to take any action.
The Antony and Cleopatra films,
presented at the Scenic last Saturday
night, drew good crowd and was pro-
nounced among the best that had ever
been shown here. That old, old love
tragedy, mixed with intrigue and war,
enacted thousands Of years ago in the
palm scented atmosphere of Egypt.
never loses interest or lacks attraction,
whether told in picture or story.
The private musicale given by Mrs.
Grace Pugsley, at the home OF Mrs. J.
T. Mcdonald, last Friday evening, was
decided success. Mrs. Pugsley has
a very fine, well trained soprano voice
and rendered some highly appreciated
selections. She was assisted by Miss
Wizard and Mrs. c. c. Griggs, of We
natchee. Mrs. McDonald's home is
we'll suited for an entertainment of
this kind.
Great Northern passenger train No.
met with an accident at Column
bia river last Saturday, when it struck
a rock and derailed the engine, mail
car and smoker. The engine crew
and several OF the passengers were
badly shaken up as the result Of the
train coming to such sudden stop,
but no one was seriously injured. The
engineer was rounding curve at the
time and did not see the rock until it
was too late. The wrecking crew was
summoned from here, but it was about
six hours later before the wreckage was
removed.
A Lake Chelan man who has quit
the tobacco habit, had the following
testimonial in the Lake Chelan News
last week: For fifteen years I have
been a slave to the weed in its various
forms. including Bull Durham Smok-
ing, Turkish Trophies, Tuxedo, and
nearly every other brand Of tobacco,
cigarettes and cigars (including cleo
tion). have been using your nitrate
Of silver tablets three days and now l
would not speak to a cigar il met it
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