The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-09-14

MIS-. w. Is. Haton, motneI OF MIS-
T. E. Paine. is here on a visit to he
daughter and her husband.
Mrs. P. E. Galloway was a We
natchee bound traveller on the after
noon train Wednesday.
Ralph Koerner is recovering from a
FIVE weeks attack Of typhoid fever and
will be out again soon.
?. r. Motteler says he will ship out
the first car Of pears, consisting Of
Bartletts and Flemish Beauties, the
fore part Of next week.
The embargo on bird shooting was
raised last Sunday and devotees Of the
hunt have been out, and some Of them
have returned with birds.
Mrs. A. B. McCadden was operated
on id the Leavenworte Hospital last
Sunday for appendicitis, and is making
rapid progress to early and complete
recovery.
Mr.. E. B. Brown, from Kenewick,
Wash, an old friend OF Mr.. and
Mrs. D. c. Town, who has been here
before, is here on a visit and expects
to do some bird hunting while here.
Mr.. M. o. Van Brocklin reports that
one day this week he dug twelve hills
OF potatoes and they weighed 100
pounds. They were Of the Russell
variety and were grown just across the
river south OF town. Next.
Bob Nichols owner of fine ranch
near Plain was here the first OF the
week. He rented his farm this year
and is working in the forestry depart
ment, having charge Of the Chewawa
river district.
Grandpa franklin, "a years old had
occasion to go out on his porch Tues
day night after supper and in some way
missed his footing and fell off the
porch and severely injured, if he did
not break. his collar bone.
Drs. Judah and A. G. McKeown
went to Wenatchee Wednesday for the
purpose OF taking the medical ex-
animation for admission to the army
medical service. Leavenworth doctors
are likely to be called on for service in
the foreign medical corps.
]. S. Quieley, superintendent Of the
Great Northern Lumber Co.'s logging
operations was taken to the Leaven-
worth Hospital last Saturday suffering
from what DR. Judah pronounces gall
stone troubles. For several days he
was in serious condition but yesterday
he was much improved, his toubles
evidently yielding to treatment.
John Rosenberg came to the Leaven-
worth Hospital yesterday suffering from
a scalp wound received while working
in the big mill. He was working about
a palmer and an elevating table top fell
on his head. The wound was closed
without the use OF a needle and he will
probably be able to 60 to work again
in day or two.
Mrs. Roy Huling, niece Of Mrs. F.
T. Motteler, her husband and two
children are here on a visit. They
drove here by way Of the Snoqualmie
and Blewett pass from Raymond, Wash.
and say they found the roads in good
condition. They arrived last Sunday
and will visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Motteler and Mrs. Huling's sister, Mrs.
Hayden, one of the teachers in our
public school.
Mr.. w. w. Burgess the oldest
settler on Beaver creek, in the Plain
neighbor hood was here one day this
week and remarked that he was doing
his bit to add to the nations food stock.
1t is a cold summer when he gets left
on a farm. Besides doing con-
siderable bit of farming he has quite a
herd OF cattle and Just TO fill odd
moments has a saw mill.
Approximately $4,000 will be spent
improving the Blewett road next year.
Work will commence as early in the
spring as possible and rushed to a
speedy completion. The Forestry De-
partment will build the road with
federal aid. The new road will elimi-
nate all the steep grades and no where
will exceed per cent. County