The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-08-15
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HAPPENINGS

leave this week for Seattle where they
viii make their future home.
Mrs. John McKinnon and daughter
Dorothy, from Tye, were over Sunday
visitors in Leavenworth last Sunday.
Chas. Taylor and Dick Simons were
in Seattle the fore part of the week
taking in the sights of the Sound
metropolis.
Mrs. Ruth Kilgore arrived here
from Austin, MINI. to spend several
weeks at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. W. E. Hansen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Beason have
moved to Cashmere, where Mr.. Beason
has taken position with the Cash
mere apple Company.
Mrs. Allison Barry came from We
natchee last Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. VIM. w. Thompson,
of whom she was and old friend.
o. B. Sears returned this week
after a two years stay in Oklahoma.
He has returned to his ranch on Lake
Wenatchee where he will again make
his home.
George HoXsey, accompanied by his
mother Mrs. Hoxsey, motored to Spo-
kane the first of the week, where
they will spend several days with
friends and relatives
Among the names of the jurors who
will be called for the September term
of court we note Butler Sampson and
Ethel Snyder of Leavenworth; J. A.
Warman, Peshastin, and Amos Nc
Ghee, Chiwaukum.
After an absence of some two years
Chris Smith returned last week and
has taken a job in Mr.. Nolan's tail
oring establishment. He made his
home in Kansas City since leaving
here.
Thos. Nolan is certainly progress
sive tailor. He has all kinds of ma
chinery in his establishment but last
week concluded he needed busting
machine to make his place up to date
and accordingly installed one.
Miss Mary Stone, nurse at the
Leavenworth Hospital, left Tuesday
for Seattle and other coast points,
where she will spand the next two
weeks vacationing. Miss Baker, le-
Gently from the coast, is taking her
place during her absence.
The Leavenworth Box Co. opened
their plant on the south side of the
river this week, said Mr.. Biles, the
general manager. They will run to
full capacity, turning out some $4,000
feet of lumber daily and between
5000. and 5000 fruit boxes.
The flow of water in the city mains
was again interrupted on Tuesday by
break in the pipe line which crosses
the Wenatchee river. Water Com
missioner DAILY was called out of bed
at midnight and succeeded in getting
the greak fixed by Tuesday noon.
Deed H. Magyar departed Monday
for Seattle on his annual vacation.
He will attend the meeting of the
State and National Press association
which convened in Seattle this week
and accompany the scribes on their
trim to the Rainier National park and
other coast points.
Mr.. H. B. Ellison, principal of the
Whitman school, will be in Lewiston,
Idaho, for the next month, returning
to Wenatchee in time to take up his
school work with the opening of the
fall term. Mr.. Ellison is selling
school supplies for Spokane firm
Wenatchee World.
A fatal accident occurred Sunday
at Langley on Wildly Island, when
Homer Kessler of Wenatchee was
drowned in the Sound. Mr.. Kessler
and his wife had recently gone to this
resort for few weeks vacation. He
was engaged in the insurance business
in Wenatchee, being an agent for the
Union Federal Life Insurance Com
pany. Mr.. Kessler was about 65
years of age.
Mrs. Ida Harm and ]. K. Ellis were
united in marriage at the city hall
at five o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The ceremony was performed by JUS
tice Porter. After the wedding the
bride and groom were surprised by
their neighbors, who saw that moth
ing was lacking for good time. Sat
urday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis left
for Leavenworth to spend few days
on the Ellis farm.-Wenatchee World.
Mr.. McLain, manager of the Leav-
enworth Mercantile Co., returned the
first of the week from a buying ex-
pedition that took him to Seattle and
Portland He says everywhere he
won't II was the same old story of