The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-07-03
LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND WHEREABOUTS
Notes. Personals and Small Items May be Phoned Direct to
The Echo Office - . Teenbone Number 285
NEWS ITEMS

leaving for Minneapolis to buy a new
stock Of millinery.
Miss Eva Miller, who has been Wis
iting the past week at the home OF
Taylor Yokum, returned to her home
in Wenatchee Wednesday.
Miss Maud Human departed We'd
nesday afternoon for Seattle to spend
the summer. Miss Human will attend
business college in that city.
Mrs. E. Mitchell, OF Lincoln, Ne
braska, is visiting with the family OF
her brother, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Hart,
Of Peshastin. This is the first meeting
between brother and sister in many
years.
The first shipment Of sheep from this
point was made this week by Wilson &
Wright. The shipment consisted OF
three cars Of lambs and were consigned
to Barton & Co., Seattle. Judges OF
mutton sheep pronounced them fine
bunch of lambs.
J. w. H. Nickel, of Vancouver,
Wash, arrived here last week and will
spend several months with his son,
Charles Nickel Mr.. Nickel, ST., was
engaged in business in this city sew
eral years ago but for the past four
years has resided on the west side.
Miss Gladys Hardy, the % year old
girl who is riding horseback from Spo-
kane to the Panama Pacific Exposition
at San Francisco, arrived in Wenatchee
Wednesday. She is riding easy and
taking her time and plans to arrive in
Seattle about the 18th july. 1t is
thought likely that she will visit this
city and probably go over the noun
tains by way Of the Blewett pass road.
One of the indications OF better times
was called to our attention this week,
being the number of trains the Great
Northern is moving at the present time.
For several months the railroad bust
ness has been very slack and a large
number of the employees have been laid
off. The outlook now is very bright
however, says L. w. Woodrow, termi-
nal agent here who believes that the
time viii not be very long until every
railroad man will be working overtime.
Frank Dimmock an employee of one
of the mills near Cashmere received
injuries near that city Monday evening
when he was thrown from horse, that
may prove fatal. The horse SHE'D at a
cluster light pole and threw Dimmock
against the street curb. In the fall he
received broken. arm, broken leg,
four broken ribs, fractured skull and
one side of his face was paralyzed.
He was operated on at the Wenatchee
hospital where it was said he had a
slight chance for recovery.
Lee WINNER, barber, well known
in Wenatchee, who has been located at
Chelan is supposed to have lost his life
in Lake Chelan last week. He started
out on a prospecting trip in boat and
few days later the craft was found
adrift on the lake. The mans coat
was lying in the boat which leads his
friends to believe that it got away from
him and that he will yet turn up alive.
Others believe that he purposely set
the boat adrift and has left the country
for good. He leaves wife and chill
dren.
A number OF the members OF the
Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society spent a
pleasant afternoon at the ranch home
of Mrs. John Siton in the Chumstick
valley last Thursday. A delicious
lunch, consisting of strawberries and
cream was served and those present
report a most enjoyable time. The
trip up the Chumstick was made in the
A. c. Barclay auto. The next meet
ing of the aid will be held Thursday,
July g, at the home of Mrs. R. Fromm.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
members.
Col. E. H. Fox, president OF the
North Central Washington base ball
league made the statement to an Echo
reporter this week that the attendance
at ball games played in this city, also
the receipts. were greater than in any