The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-05-08

1t Wheeler's Art Shop you will find
ne largest md best assortment GE tai
es and place cards.
Mrs. John Lowe came down from
we last Saturday and will remain here
Nth friends for several weeks.
Mrs. George Farley, of Gold Bar,
was here several days this week visit
ing her brother, S. c. Richards.
Ross Irwin. proprietor of the I1eav-
enworth Steam Laundry, was in Seattle
several days last week on business
L. V. Day, of the Golden Rule
store, made a business trip to We
this week, returning Wednesday after
noon.
F. L. Heidrich who has been here
since last Saturday looking over his
real estate holdings in Cascade Or
chards returned to Sea tile Wednesday
on No. /.
F. A. Losekamp on his way to the
Coast from Elk River, Idaho, where he
has been developing his mining prop
erty stopped off here Wednesday for
several hours.
The Eastern Star will hold a bust
ness meeting Wednesday evening,
May IS. The meeting will be fol-
lowed by a social session, TO which
the hush ands of the members are in
vited.
Mrs. L. Lamb arrived here last week
from Auburn, Wash, where she spent
the winter, and will again take up her
home on the Cascade Orchard fruit
farm. Her daughters are still in Au-
burn, one son returning with his
mother.
\ The real estate firm of Reynolds
Bros. this week sold to AL. Newell a
fifty foot lot in block ten, facing on
Benton street. The lot was formerly
owned by Chas. Dahlgren. Mr.. New
ell who is a Great Northern conductor
IN begin the erection of a modern
residence in the near future.
J.. B. Wolette, who has had force
of men at work for sevenal weeks i'm
proving the looks of his residence on
West Comnoe1cLal street. has added an
aquarium in his front yard in which he
has placed trout. gold fish and the well
known sucker. The fish are all doing
nicely and have attracted much atten-
ton the past week.
Geo. Black, of the Black Manufac-
turing Co., of Seattle, vas visitor in
the city the fore part of the week.
Mr.. Black has large interests in this
vicinity and is a frequent visitor here
Speaking to one of our business men
he said times appeared to be much
better here than in Seattle and other
portions of tive state where he had re-
Gently been.
The Echo is in receipt of a card
this week from Phil Bartlett who has
spen; the winter at Imperial Beach,
California, saying that he would soon
be back at his home in Edmonds,
Wash, and asking that the address OF
his paper be changed He said
things were getting exciti ng near I'm
perial Beach as it is only two and a
half miles from the Mexican border.
The home of Maurice Dalton, a
Great Northern engineer at present re-
siding at Hillyard and well known here
was entered by burglars last Saturday
evening while the family was out.
The loss consisted chiefly of jewely
and clothing. Mr.. Dalton is bro
ther-in-law OF DR.. Hoxsey and up to
about FIVE years ago made his home in
this city.
When contracts now being adver-
tised by the state highway department
are completed the state will have spent
s3,l32,000 in constructing highways
since March s, 1911. The number Of
miles completed with some kind OF
hard macadam surface will total 296
miles, while an additional 126 miles
will have been graveled only, making
s22 miles all told. There is now un-
der construction total Of ninety-two
miles, with plans for an additional us
approved and bids advertised for at the
present time. This makes virtually