The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1915-08-13

mrs. Marvin Mari, and little oaugn-
ter Ruth, OF Ephrata. is here on a
visit OF week or ten days with her
sister Mrs. L. c. Brender.
In Chelan county during the month
Of June there were 81 births, % males
and 9 females and IA deaths. Thru
out the state there was a total of 1875
births and $40 deaths.
Mrs. G. w. Sampson entertained
about forty little people last Saturday
afternoon, the occasion being her
daughter Mercedes seventh birthday.
Several Of the smaller children were
accompanied by their mothers.
Forest Supervisor Sylvester made a
trip to Lookout station, in the vicinity
of Camas prairie, Tuesday Of this week.
The extraordinary dry and hot weather
OF the past ten days makes the fer
estry people. unusually watchful and
anxious about forest fires. So far this
season there have been few fires and
little damage has been done.
Mr.. George L. Gardner, accom-
panied by his wife and Mr.. GARDENERS
sister. with Clifford Hayes as chauffeur,
left last Sunday for the coast towns BY
way of the Blewett and Snoqualmie
passes. That he will have no trouble
in negotiating all grade obstacles en-
countered with his new Dodge his
friends have no doubt.
Purity is Paramount at Koerners
Drug Store and in order to get the re-
suits your physician expects pure and
potent drugs accurately compounded
which is necessary. Our knowledge
of pharmacy and our methods of Sc
lecting and testing drugs is sufficient
guarantee that every ingredient used
is of right quality. Any physician in
this locality will be pleased to have his
prescription filled by us. Koerner's
Drug Store. 81
Burt Brown this week received a
lemon OF extraordinary size from his
mother, who is now residing at San
Francisco. 1t weighed over a pound
and was grown near San Deigo. Dur
ing the recent Elk's convention in Los
Angeles lemons OF a similar size were
handed out to the visiting Bills"
The lemon is on display in the window
Of The Toggery.
H. B. Smith, one Of the pioneer
ranchers in the Mason creek valley,
living at Merritt, was here the first Of
this week. He says large quantity
OF timothy hay has been cut and saved
in his neighborhood. The yield was
heavy and the quality unsurpassed.
All the ranchers are looking for good
prices for hay the coming fall and win
ter, in which expectation they are not
likely to be disappointed.
James Mcdaniel, teacher of the
Leavenworth Kid Band, finds time to
cultivate ten acre tract just across
the river from town, and among other
things has an ever bearing strawberry
bed. This week he put on the mar
ket some OF his berries and because
they are in the nature of luxury, as
the strawberry season is long past, he
finds ready market for them. His
berries are unusually fine and sweet.
w. B. Patton and vile, Of Cashmere,
and Theo. E. Paine, manager OF the
Ford garage at this place, and wife left
here last Thursday for Seattle by way
of Blewett pass and returned Monday
evening. Mr.. Paine says they met
200 motor cars on the road between
Seattle and the summit OF the Cascades
on the Snoqualmie pass. He also says
they had fine trip and while the
Blewett pass was bit steep in places
they had no trouble in accomplishing
every difficulty.
Claude Brownlow was the victim of
a burglar last week. He resides in
what is known as Varney's addition.
On Saturday evening he missed three
gold rings, one with a small dia-
mond set, and a gold filled case
watch. altogether valued at $4,000.
He sleeps in the yard in tent, and
first missed his jewelry Saturday alter
noon. He does not know just exactly
when the jewelry was stolen but is sure
it was only few days before he missed
il on Saturday.