The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-06-22


Yesterday from Seattle to spend he
vacation with her father E. G. Wheeler
Mrs. Frank Wilcox departed on the
east bound train Monday after visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Titus of whom
Mrs. Wilcox is an old Hoosier state
friend. Size intends to visit friends il
Wenatchee and Spokane before return
ing to her Belingham home.
Mr.. w. F. Ramsdel who has recent
ly been promoted to Deputy Forest
Supervisor in the Wenatchee National
forest is up on Pine creek, tributary
of Mason creek, where, with crew Of
fifteen men he is Refreshing some
seventy-fve acres Of forest land. Be
cause they are considered best adapted
to that locality he is setting out young
fir trees.
The good work of improving the
Blewett pass road goes on. Road
Supervisor Parish with force OF men
is now engaged in cutting down the
steepest hill Oh the route, about hall
mile this side Of the summit. A
switch back is being put in which will
reduce the grade from % to IA per
cent. Mr.. Parish expects to have the
work done by the 25th Of the month.
Snowsheds and bridges being built
by the Great Northern on the Cascade
and Spokane divisions this year will
cost about S35O,000 The snow sheds
in the Cascades are between Tye and
Scenic and are being built by Grant
Smith & Co. About 500 feet OF the
snowsheds are Of concrete and the re-
mainder timber, requiring 6,O0O,OOO
feet Of lumber.
Mr.. Geo. Hendricks, the Croesus O.
sheep men who comes here every
summer to conserve the grass on the
national forest writes to have his Echo
address changed from Kahlotus to
Leavenworth. Which indicates that
himself and focks will be here in the
flesh ere many moons.
On his way home from Pullman,
where he attended the State College
Mr.. Ralph Marble, son OF H. E.
Marble, publisher Of the Methow Valley
News, stopped off here last Friday to
visit friends, among them Miss Rachel
Tullis, employed as stenographer in
the forestry office. He left for home
Tuesday with many regrets for having
10 break away from pleasant associations
formed here.
Mr.. John B. Adams reminds US OF
the tabled Will o the Wisp. This is
his legal abode, but since he took over
that job OF trying to make everybody
believe that the Skookum is the only
apple that a man with a discriminating
taste for the fruit that caused the down
fall of man, ought to eat or buy, he has
not spent much time here. Monday
he was Here agin," and Tuesday he
was Gone agin."
We hear much complaint about the
condition of the streets from auto
drivers. The east end OF Commercil
street from Ninth TO the railroad cross
ing and between there and the We
natchee river bridge. The approach
10 the viaduct also comes in for
measure OF complaint. To be per
iectly frank with the council it is here
suggested that some inexpensive repairs
could and should be made. Some
exposed rocks removed and some OF
the crossings repaired and holes filled.
VIM. Churchill one Of the sheepmen
who has made this his particular locality
for summer grazing sheep for many
years preceded his focks by arriving
here last week. He says the high
price OF wool, not to mention the TACT
that mutton and lambs are almost as
valuable as wool, has put all the sheep
men on easy street. He says making
money on sheep now-a-day requires no
more skill OF business ability than TO
fch goods from a blind street vendor.
Harry w. Westland pioneer orchard
man in the Cashmere valley, now
residing in Everett, was here Wednes-
day and called on the editor OF the