The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-05-18

Wash, where he says he will put in
the summer harvesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Smythe motored
to Chelan today and expect to return
Saturday evening.
The Kumtux Club will meet next
Tuesday with Miss Clela Bulls.
Ruby Rice celebrated her seventh
birthday last Monday BY entertaining a
number Of her little friends.
Mrs. Frank Carlquist was hostess at
Bridge Tea yesterday afternoon.
Until further notice we will sell Red
Crown Gasoline at DAG per gallon
Leavenworth Supply Co. 1921"
Miss Mile West made a combined
business and pleasure trip to Wenatchse
last Tuesday.
G. M. Luther left last Sunday morn
ing for Seattle from where he will go
to Milwaukee, Wis, his old home. He
rented his Cascade Orchard place to
Ed. Hart for five years.
Women of Mansfield at meeting
Monday agreed to accept an offer Of Is
acres for gardening purposes and thus
add helping hand in the production
of more food stufs, Potatoes, beans,
corn and cabbage will be grown. Work
will begin this week.
Mr.. w. E. Shipley called on the
Echo this week to say that he would
in short time open a second hand
store in Leavenworth and would also in
connection handle all kinds of junk,
old iron, paper, all kinds of metal, etc.
He has for the past three years been
in the same line in Cashmere and ex-
poets to spend half Of his time with the
Leavenworth branch.
Geo. Siverly was down from We
natchee lake Monday and with him
was Mr.. c. A. Hudson, OF Everett,
who has become interested in the
development of the fertile lands Of the
Wenatchee valley above the lake. Mr..
Hudson thinks there is great future
for that country.
Geo. w. Brown, one of the old time
residents OF the Wenatchee lake region
was here last Tuesday. He said every
body up his way was making arrange
ments to plant every acre of ground
that is capable OF cultivation this year.
Farmer Elliott, also is farming these
sunny spring days. He is going in
strong for that succulent, odoriferous
vegetable the onion. He has enough
land to plant a bit OF most everything
that will grow in this latitude and in
tends not to allow any Of it to lie fallow.
I. J. Bailey from Wenatchee passed
thru here Tuesday with a bunch of six
Italians bound for Wenatchee Park
where he goes to superintend some
repairs that have to be made to the
Park company's irrigation ditch. Every
winter irrigation bitches have their
usefulness impaired to greater or less
extent by washouts and slides.
Frank Carlquist is doing his bit to
increase the countrys food stock. He
will plant one ton of seed potatoes.
The first he has planted since he left
the old home in Minnesota, twenty
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brady left last
Saturday for Spokane after spending
two weeks in the city. Mr.. Brady was
engaged in the restaurant business in
Leavenworth in the early days, but
this was his first visit in over five years.
He still owns considerable property
here and says he will have to return
again some Of these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. House arrived
here Tuesday from Everett. Mr.. House
is afflicted with pulmonary troubles and
came here in the hope Of finding relief.
in the sunshine and mountain at
mosphere OF Leavenworth.
Charley Wright, the Peshastin saw
mill man was here yesterday. He had
narrow escape from serious injury in
his mill Wednesday when piece OF
wood from one OF the machines struck
him on the head narrowly missing his
eyes. This is the last OF series Of