The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-10

back from Missouri the last OF this
week.
Mrs. C. Warren Reed is here this
week from Wenatchee visiting her
mother, Mrs. H. x. Featherstone.
Herman C. Slater, recently employ
ed in the Great Northern mill has
joined the forestry regiment.
Today and tomorrow will be warmer
according to the meteorological report
of the government.
Mrs. Cohoon and daughter Roberta
left yesterday afternoon for Seattle ex-
pecting 10 spend week on the Coast
with friends.
Henry Poepmuller left yesterday for
Fort Lawton. Henry enlisted about a
week ago and has been assigned to the
baking department.
Mrs. Geo. Brown from Lake Wenat-
chez, came to Leavenworth Wednes-
day by way of Winton and the G. N.
and returned today.
The forestry department is advised
that forest fire has broken out in the
Lake Keechelus district and consumed
some forty odd acres Of valuable timber
before it was brought under control.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Burgett went to
Wenatchee Wednesday where they
attended the wedding of Miss Jessie
E. belong and Mr.. VIM. 7. Terry
The bride is a sister of Mrs. Burgett
and has many friends in this city.
A horseback party consisting of the
Misses Annie Martin, Dorothy Houck,
GLADYS West and Hazel West made
trip up to the Mountain Home Tues
day. The day was much enjoyed by
all, the party arriving home at dusk.
Mrs. E. M. Kratzer and daughter
Grace, who spent the past two months
with Mrs. A. T. Eickmeyer left yester-
dav for Wenatchee where they will
make a brief visit and then go to their
home, Spokane.
One of the latest photo productions
THE Eternal City" with Pauline Fred
erick in the leading role, will be the
offering at the Scenic Theatre next
Tuesday night, August 14th. The play
pictures modern Rome and is very in
teresting.
A motoring patty composing Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. c. Roach and Miss
Rose Stacker left Tuesday over the
Snooualmie Pass bound for Portland.
They will visit at several seaside re
sorts and will probably be absent two
or three weeks.
That the apple crop in the Wenat-
chez valley this year will bring prices
averaging, orchard run, 20 per cent
more than last year is the judgment OF
a Wenatchee shipper who has given
the situation careful study. Figuring
an 5000 car crop, with 10 per cent
allowed for extra cost of growing and
packing, this means profit increase
of nearly half million dollars for the
district, easily the biggest year since
1918 for the local fruit industry.
Mr.. S. H. Prouty, superintendent OF
the State Fish Hatchery left Wednesday
for the west side of the mountains
where he was called by the fish de-
partment of the state to assist in taking
care OF the fish interests. The fish
department like every other activity is
feeling the effect of the shortage OF
help and because just now there is
nothing pressing here and a good man
can be spared he will be engaged
somewhere on the west side of the
state for the next few weeks.
Mr.. Fred Beyers, with his wife and
son, are here on a visit to Mrs. Beyers'
brother and his family, and her father,
Mr.. Hart Senior and his son Len H.
Hart. By occupation Mr. Beyers is
lumber mill sawyer but just now the
lumber business is quiet on the coast,
due to the activity of the l. w. W.
Mr.. Byers is also a mill right and
fifteen years ago was here and helped
install the machinery in the Lamb
Davis Lumber Co., now the Great