The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03

Heavy cotton blankets, either white
or grey, 72XSi inches, for $i.9S pr
}. c. Penney Co. (37D
Attorney Lindlcy returned We'd
ncsday afternoon from a trip down
the line.
Mrs. G. w. Sampson and daughter
returned Wednesday from trip to
| Wenatchee.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Oberg and
baby and Mr.. Olbcrgs cousin. Clar-
cncc, drove to Lake Chclan Tuesday
and returned.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Blankenship, Monday morning, Aug.
30, an eight-pound son.
Rev. and Mrs. VIM. Hoskins left
early Monday morning for Moscow,
Idaho, to attend the annual conference
of the Methodist ministers.
very heavy rain fell here last
Saturday night and we are informed
by old residents that such a heavy
rain seldom falls here at this season.
Mr.. r. NJ. Gillette, candidate for
| representative, was in town Tuesday
seeing the voters and getting ac-
quainted If he doesn't run like a
steer in a cornfield we miss our guess.
Bert Mitchell, postmaster and mer-
chant at Wellington, has sold his
store and bought pool room at Wen
atchcc to which place his family will
soon move. His successor is a Mr..
| Woods
Tic Echo is glad to have a com
municaton, published in this issue.
! from Mr.. d. S. McKinstry, candidate
for the legislature. Through his re-
/ ply and a personal visit on Tuesday
we find that he is man of rather
+ wide experience and good ability.
VIM, Titus, an old resident, is one
who says it often rains hard here
and cited an October some years ago
when it rained every day. He says
that if the old settlers will just cogi-
tate little they will recall many
good rains during the summer.
Mrs. James Naughton and daugh-
ter, of Butte, Mont, arrived here last
week to spend some time with Mr..
Naughton, who is experimenting OPP
cratons at the mine of the Royal De-
velOpment Co. They also visited at
Wenatchee last week
Deputy Game Warden Miller saws
| that he was up at Chiwaukum lake
last week and that Friday night it
showed four inches there and he
found it time to move, as he went
light and sleeping without blankets
was little too strenuous.
Joe O'Leary came over from Yaki-
ma week ago Sunday to spend his
Vacation at home. He no sooner ar
! rived than he was taken sick and re-
manned in bed nearly all week. Sat
urday, however, he was able to get
| around town and meet friends.
Miss M. r. Church, Of Seoul, Korea.
a recent arrival in the States, arrived
from Seattle last Saturday and Sun
day morning she delivered lecture
at the Leavenworth NJ F. church on
foreign missions in which she has
| been engaged for a number of years
Frank Barkec killed big porcu-
pine one day last week that he feared
was bothcring his hen roost. II was
a big one and shed quilts so freely
that his dog and even his orchard
trees are full Of thcm-though Of
course no one need fear to eat fruit
| from the trees.
Supt. Sutton of the city schools, is
sending out a little booklet entitled
"Wlll 1t pay me to 90 to high
school ~ No argument should be
needed to settle the question. but it
seems that the contrary is often true.
The booklet ought to convince anyone
of the Wisdom of attending high
school.
At the Methodist church Sunday
evening, Roy. VIM. Hoskins preached
the annual sermon to the Odd Fellows
lodge, the members of which were
present in body. The sermon was
a good one and the pastor set forth
the objects and accomplishments of
this great order with peculiar earn
estncss.
Mr. II. s. McNett was taken to the
hospital at Wenatchee last week for
treatment. He had been very i'll but
is reported to be relieved, having had
small operation. A more important
operation was impending when this
was written, but his condition was
such that it was thought that he
would 90 through it safely.
C. G. Cockburn and o. A. Lee went
up to Snow Lake Saturday and re-
turned Monday. They found the lake
closed and as it rained and showed
most of Sunday they did not have
time to go on to lakes which were not
closed and consequently were disap-
pointed as to fishing. They claim,
however that the trip is will worth
taking even if one does not fish. The
lake is full of cut-throats.
! Lee Howerton and sons arrived hero
last Thursday night from Paul,
Idaho, where they had resided since
last winter. Mr. Howerton sold his
business there and expects to make
Leavenworth his homo hereafter. He
liked Idaho well enough excepting
that the wind blew all the time. or
nearly so. The beet crop at Paul he
reported as good and hay fine crop
and selling around So per ton in the
field. Other crops he also reported
as good.