The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-10-02

1HCIC uO COuuCll proceedings lulS
week There was to have been a
council meeting Tuesday evening but
only two of the members showed up,
Mayor Woldenberg and Councilman
Sauer.
Elbain Johnson, recent arrival from
Wisconsin, has been here for several
weeks with his sister Mrs. Harry Nc
Mutt. He left Monday for North Da-
kota, intending to spend several weeks
there with relatives.
]. w. Elliott, who has been located
in Hillyard, Wash, the past year where
he has been operating a theatre, ar
rived in this city Tuesday to join his
family who have been here the past
two weeks. Mr.. Elliott left his bust
ness in Hillyard in charge Of manager
and will remain here several weeks:
According to the Daily World, A. A.
Bosquet, county sealer OF weights and
measures, has just destroyed seventy
sets of scales which were confscated
from dealers in the various lines in this
county. The collection included three
wagon scales, two platform scales, two
computing, eleven counter scales and
SO spring scales. They were dumped
into the Columbia river.
Jake Shotwell, a pioneer resident Of
the lower Wenatchee Valley brought
wagon load of vegetables to town this
week from his ranch on Deep creek,
one of the tributaries of the Chewawa
river, adjoining the Wenatchee Park
project. His load consisted of every
thing in the vegetable line, including
some 800 pounds of turnips that aver
aged up we'll in size with the head OF
football player.
Reports from Spokane this week de-
MED that Burlington trains No. 43 and
A on the Great Northern will be dis
continued as was reported last week.
There is now report that the trains
will continue to run as before, but that,
trains No. and 4, which now run
from St. Paul to Seattle via Havre,
Mont, will change their routes at Cut
bank and run from there to Butte,
making the return trip over the same
line.
DR.. ]. S. Newcomb received a tele.
gram Tuesday that his daughter, Miss
Charlotte, who left here several weeks
ago, and Mr.. C. H. Parker were united
in marriage that day at North Attleboro,
Mass. The wedding had been set for
Oct. 10th, but the unexpected death
of Mr.. Parker's father resulted in an
abandonment of the ceremonies
planned. The many friends OF Mrs.
Parker, who formally resided in this
cit, wish her much happiness in her
new home. The young couple will
take up their residence in Newark,
New Jersey.
Luther Rice, who spent the summer
at Golden, B. c., where he was en-
plcyed as sawyer in one OF the big
mills, returned to this city the first of
the week, accompanied by Mrs. Rice,
and will spend the winter here with
his parents. Mr.. Rice was married
while in British Columbia the past
summer, but managed to keep it
secret until his arrival in this city, with
the result of completely surprising his
friends here. He states that at the
present time most of the lumber mills
across the border are closed down, but
indications are that all will open again
at an early date in the spring.
F. L. Heidrich and E. c. Bussie,
two Seattle business men who have for
years been interested in orchard lands
in the Cascade Orchards, arrived here
last Sunday and are spending this week
looking after the gathering of the crop
of apples, Of which they have a goodly
yield this year. Mr.. Heidrich will have
over two thousand boxes and Mr. Bus
sic over five hundred boxes. Speaking
with Mr.. Bussie Wednesday afternoon
he said all the residents OF the orchards
will not only have more apples this year
than heretofore, because Of increased
growth OF the trees, but that the yield
will be larger than expected. Mr.