The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-02-01

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train for Wenatchee Tuesday, in
tending to go to an Elk's meeting
at the county seat town in the eve
ming.
James McDaniels returned from
Seattle Tuesday afternoon. While
there he underwent an operation for
hernia of the bowels. He said he
had hopes of permanent relief from
his old troubles.
A. S. Newell this week sold his
home on the North side to John
Calder. Mr.. Newell who was re-
Gently raised from a conductor to
trainmaster on the Great Northern
will leave with his family about Feb.
18th for Spokane to make his home,
The members of the Kumtux Club
are very busy these days. They meet
every Tuesday and devote time to
sewing, knitting and any other work
that will help the Leavenworth Aux
iliary of the Red Cross. The Kum-
tux Club recently added two new
mebers Mrs. Wettstein and Mrs.
Jno McKinnon.
Pomeroy, in Garfield county, ranks
as the foremost wheat-shipping
point in the state, and likewise out
stripped everything in barley. 1t
received 476,714 bushels of wheat,
and 1,988,083 bushels of barley dur
ing the first four months of the 1917
season. Practically half of the bar
ley in the state was received at
Pomeroy. No wonder it is won
derfully prosperous town.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mohler took
their departure from Leavenworth
last Monday night for Electron. Wn.
where Mr.. Mohler has accepted a
position with the Puget Sound Elec-
trio Co., at the big power plant on
the Nisqually river. Mr.. Mohler
has had charge of the Tumwater
Light & Water Co.'s power plant
two miles up the Wenatchee river
for the past eight years. He has
made many friends here and was re-
garded as very capable and re-
liable man.
Mr.. Geo. L. Gardner left last Sat
urday night for Chicago intending
to visit several eastern cities on his
trip. Before leaving he said if one
could have forseen the weather con-
ditions it would have been possible
to operate the big mill every day
the past winter. He says plans are
on foot to commence operations as
early as possible and if weather con-
ditions continued favorable, the
Great Northern Lumber Co. would
start up by the middle of this month
or soon after.
Mrs. Hugh Buchanan. mother OF
Jas Buchanan, died at her home Saturday
evening January, 10 1918. She had a
light stroke Of paralysis on the 18th
and all was done that was possible but
owing to her advanced age was OF no
avail. She was born in Lanark Co,
Ont. October 1e. 1841. she was
married to Hugh Buchanan in 1870,
There were seven children three OF
whom survive her, James at Leaven-
worth, Mrs Maggie Dixon of Fallbrook
Ont, Can. and William Of Toronto.
She was 76 years months Of age.
Mr.. ]. A. Hawkins, on his way
home from the Sound to Lincoln,
Wash, stopped off here last Satur-
day to visit his nephew, H. P. Haw-
kins, G. N. Ry., employee and took
occasion to pay the Echo a visit.
He saws he was induced to make
trip to the Sound Immediately after
the holidays to verify the stories
about the prosperity the Coast cit
les are enjoying. The ship build
ing and allied industries he says are
giving employment to large num-
Der of working men, but the papers
in Seattle and Tacoma in exagger-
ating the need of more men, have
overdone the thing. He found that
over seven thousand men had reg
istered at the U. S. Employment bu-
reau and most of them were now
idle. Indeed, he says some of the
shin wards have recently laid off
several hundred men.
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