The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-11-05
THE LEAvENWORTH ECHO

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Logan's little
daughter, Mary, who was very sick
for several weeks, is now well on the
road to recovery.
The Louie Spidel family recently
moved into their new home at Cash
mere, which is said to be one of the Fl
nest residences in the state.
Druggist Wheeler says that his
One Cent Sale has been a great SUE
cess The store has been well filed
every day and it has required several
additional clerks to care for custom
ers.
Editor Corseius was up from Cash
mere last Friday and Saturday IN
business and was visitor at the
Echo office. He is a great booster
for Cashmere and the republican
party.
George w. Milham, a member of
the board of county commissioners of
Chelan county, resigned last week
and his resignation was accepted at
special meeting of the other mem
bers of the board on Thursday.
The ladies' aid of the Methodist
church will meet Wednesday, Nov.
10th, at 2:30, in the basement of the
church. Mrs. Featherstone, Mrs. ST.
mons and Mrs. Hoskins will be the
| hostesses. All the ladies are invited
to come and spend a social afternoon.
+. H. Hutchins, resident of Leav-
enworth in the days of real sport
| arrived here the first of the week,
coming from New York. According
to his remarks we judge that back in
| New York they have not yet heard
that national prohibition became eff
fective year or so ago, and that sa-
looms are still running wide open, the
only prohibition being the prices
| ueH1dnueu LOT drinks.
Deputy Game Warden Walter N.
Long, after deserving the life of
| bachelorhood by getting married. has
| now deserted the wild life of this sec
ton and left them to the fate which
the hunters may mete out to them.
He has been over at Saskatoon, Sask
for some two weeks looking after
business interests and does not ex-
rect to return for some three weeks
He says it has already been below
there three mornings and they have
had s inches of snow.
Fur trapping will probably not be
carried on this winter with the same
energy that characterized that pur-
suit last winter, for fur prices have
gone down amazingly. A recent dis
patch says that muskrats which
brought $3.50 last spring are today
worth only SOC. Marten selling a
year ago for $50. today bring only
SIS. But to the old-time trapper even
| the present prices look good. for
when the writer was a kid muskrats
brought from &c to l0c, and mink sold
at from 25c to Sips.
Lespedeza, also commonly known
as Japan clover. is one of the most
valuable forage crops for the south
eastern part of the United States
Except on alluvial bottom lands it
| rarely makes sufficient growth to jus
tify being cut for hay; nevertheless
its widespread adaptation to grazing
| conditions gives it a value that is diff
ficult to estimate. Being a legume,
j. is valuable for soil improvement.
and also it is relished by all classes
| of live stock. The United States De
partment of Agriculture has a new
Farmers Bulletin, No. l143, on les
pedeza a. forage crop.
Mesdames Harry Krollpfeiffer and
Robert Smith delightfully."- entertained
i
| a number of friends at their homes
Thursday afternoon of last week
| The fore part of the afternoon was
very pleasantly spent with hand
sewing at the home of Mrs Smith,
and at about five o'clock the guests
were ushered over to the home Of
Mrs. Krollpfeiffer where a delicious
| luncheon was in readiness for them.
The guests entertained were Mrs
Hagler, Mrs. Cockburn. Mrs. OAR
mody. Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Schannach,
Mrs. Will Brender. Mrs. Pipkin, Mrs
Lloyd Durand, Mrs. Sam DAILY. Mrs.
Richard DAILY, Mrs. VIM. Van Brock
lin. Mrs. Roth. Mis-. T. f. Paine.
Mrs. B. C. Rutherford, Mrs. Simon
and Mrs. Roy Holmes.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. c. Biles and Mrs.
VIM. Myette entertained large COM
1 pany of friends at a Halloween party
il the formers spacious home in this
city last Friday evening. Guests
were met at the door by ghost who
ushered them into the house. which
was dimly lighted and seemed very