The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-06-30
friday June 80 1915

selling fast. See Ellinger before it is
too late. 257*
Carl Christensen, once a citizen OIL
Leavenworth, but for the past fifteen
years mostly at home in Wenatchee,
was here Monday shaking hands with
old friends and making few new ones.
John Brender reports the completion
of the telephone line to Tip Top look
out station eleven miles south Of Leav-
enworth. The station is in direct
communication with the Pacific Tele-
phone station at Blewett.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Wheeler left on
the afternoon train Monday for Seattle
where they will put in the week attend
ind the Eastman school of photography
and will doubtless come back with
some new ideas about kodakery.
J. B. Best, publisher Of the Everett
Herald, accompanied by VIM. Hubert
and VIM. c. Cox, also OF Everett,
interested in a thirty acre orchard just
north of town, in the Chumstick valley
spent several days here and left for
home Monday afternoon.
Mr.. P. ]. Lannegan, from Butte,
Mont, mining man has been here
the past week investigating some Of
the numerous mineral claims in this
vicinity, interest in which has been
stimulated by the high price of metals.
He is interested in the Red Mountain
country.
Harry Krollpfeifer tells The Echo
that his brother Carl, who spent last
summer here and a short time ago
passed thru here on his way from San
Francisco to New York city, has joined
his regiment, the list New York guards
for service in Mexico and will soon
leave for the frontier.
Al Pesch, who brushed the dust Of
Leavenworth from his feet some two
months ago, vowing never again to
make this his abiding place, and be-
took himself to I've, where he cools
his animation and slaks his thirst with
snow water at an altitude of $500 feet
above tide level, was here the first Of
the week singing the praise of his new
habitat. No, he is not dry joker.
A. ]. Holcomb was here several days
the first of this week. Mr.. Holcomb
had charge of the creamery for the first
eight months Of its existence and had
much to do with starting that enter
prise in the right direction. He went
from here to take charge Of creamery
at Toppenish, Wash, but tells US he
sold his interest in that institution and
is now looking for new field of ac-
tivity and thinks Of going to Idaho.
Geo. Mcdonald, logging man and
timber cruiser and expert woodsman
arrived here last Saturday from Spo-
kane and is employed by the LID.
lumber company cruising timber lands
and making timber estimates up in the
region of Lake Wenatchee. This
would indicate that some activity might
be expected in the near future. The
box mill is still running but it is
rumored it will temporarily suspend
the last OF this week.
Mr.. E. c. Booth, who left here two
weeks ago for the coast country has, so
we are told, gone to British Columbia
and at Vancouver Joined the American
legion for service in the European war.
Mr.. Booth has made his home here for
ten years and was frequently employed
on The Echo, being printer by occu-
patton. His wife and three children
reside here. Mrs. Booth is by birth
Scotch, and Mr.. Booth is Of Welsh an
cestry tho born in Tennessee.
Miss Bertha Will arrived here from
Wenatchee Monday afternoon. The
Will family is in Wenatchee where they
arrived a short time ago from Missouri.
The family lived here number Of
years on a ranch east OF town but about
year and hall ago left for a better
country and have since resided in
Oklahoma and Missouri. Their coming
back to Washington at this time indi-
Gates that this state is not the worst
place on this side of the world for a
man to live and have his being.