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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
Railroad Items Of
Timely Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. Wettstein left on No.
] Thursday for Seattle. Mrs. Wett-
stein has been in poor health for sew
eral months past and is going to Sc
attic for medical treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Childs of Spo-
kane have been visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. S. H. Algyr, returning to their
home on Monday morning.
Mrs. Dave Barker of Spokane is
visiting her sisters, Mrs. r. l.. Smith
and Mrs. Otis Elan of this city.
Carman Blankenship has returned
frors, Seattle where he spent por-
tion of his vacation.
r. I. Triplett and NJ. c. Byram of
Spokane, were Leavenworth callers
on Tuesday of this week.
Mrs. S. f. Hallerg returned to her
home in Seattle on No. ! Sunday af-
ter snending a week with Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. Bunch.
Mrs. Ed. Reynolds and Mrs. Amos
Sparks went to Wenatchee on No. 4
Sunday, where they will spend a few
days visiting, after which Mrs Rey-
nolds will accompany Mrs. Sparks to
Vancouver, B. c., for a visit in that
city.
Miss Merle Green spent Sunday in
Wenatchee.
Trainmaster |. f. Clary was IA
Leavenworth visitor the first of the
week.
Condr. r. l.. Leslie has been on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. C. McDonough, superintendent
of the Cascade Division spent We'd
nesday in Leavenworth.
Orville Bethel spent several days
vacation in Seattle, returning to his
duties at the yard office on Tuesday
Mrs. r. l.. Smith entertained We'd
nesday evening in her usual charm
ing manner. the occasion being Mrs.
Hardman's birthday. The party was
in the form of handkerchief shower
and Mrs. Hardman was the recipient
of many beautiful handkerchiefs.
Mr.. Anderson, second trick opcrat
or of Cashmere, was Leavenworth
caller on Wednesday.
Everett Tracy left on No. 3 Tues
day morning for Seattle, after spend
ing several weeks with his brother
J. F.. Tracy, and family.
Mr.. o. F.. Swartz returned from
Seattle on Monday after spending a
few days in that city.
A good many of the railroad boys
received their back pay Monday which
created general smile.
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LUMBER BARONS
BUY $2,OOO,OOO
SPRUCE iLWAY
COVER N NMENT-BUILT ROAD AND
TIMBER LANDS ARE SOLD BY
U. $. SPRUCE CORPORATION.
SCRITSMEIER INTERESTED.

The following from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle of Aug. 2S, will be of
interest to Leavenworth friends of
Mr.. f. S. Scritsmeier, who up to last
winter was superintendent of the
Great Northern Lumber Co. at this
place:
California, Oregon, Chicago and
Pennsylvania lumber and financial in
terests effected big lumber and
plant deal yesterday, by purchasing
from the United States Spruce Cor
poration, the Government-built spruce
railroad in Lincoln county, Oregon,
together with S00,000,000 feet of
spruce timber there and a lumber
mill in Ohio.
Official announcement of the sale
was made yesterday at Portland, Or,
by Captain Henry +. Walker, assist
tion. The deal was put through in
Portland and the price is said to have
been in the vicinity of $2,000,000
were represented by the Kuhn Syn
dicate, of Pittsburg, Pa. The San
Francisco firm of Hill & Scritsmeier
terested as one of the new owners of
the property.
Partnership Completed.
The last named firm is new bust
ness organization in this city. A
partnership between Fentress Hill, of
454 California street, who has been
carrying on the Fentress Hill Lum-
ber Company at that address for
number of years past, and F. S.
Scritsmeier, of the bond and broker
ing firm of Lyon Gary & Company, Of
Chicago, was concluded late last
Thursday night. The name of the
firm became Hill & Scritsmeier forth
with. The firm, it is understood, in
tends to operate in San Francisco
from the California street address.
Hill and Scritsmeier are in Portland
in connection with the spruce deal.
They have established offices in the
Northwestern Bank building in that
city.
Sawmill Included.
The newly-purchased railroad is
twenty-five miles long and extends
from Yaqnina bay southwards to
location near the mouth of the Vac
hats river. The stand of S00,000000
feet of timber covers 1871 acres of
land adjoining the railway. The rail
road itself is said to have cost the
Government more than 81 100000.
The sawmill said to have been in
cluded in the transaction, is a mod
ern outfit of $4,000 daily capacity at
Toledo, Ohio.
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MISS GRACE BROWN.

Miss Grace Brown, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Brown, died Mon
day forenoon at 11:20, at the family
home in Leavenworth. She had an
attack of influenza in January, 1919
from which she never recovered and
death was due to tuberculosis, which
developed.
Grace was born at Monitor and was
20 years, months and IL days of
age at death. When it was discov-
cred that she had tuberculosis the
family moved from Monitor to Leav-
cnworth, hoping that the higher al
titude might benefit her, and it seem
ingly was, for time, but later it
was seen that she was beyond recov-
cry.
She is survived by her parents
four sisters-Maud, Lulie, Medina
and Effie, and three brothers-Sam
Dude and Robert. Maud, who resides
at Stockton, Calf, is expected to ar
rive for the funeral. which will be
held today friday at 200 p. M, at
Wenatchee, and interment will be
made at that place.
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MIR. McKINSTRY REPLIES,
Leavenworth Echo:

Leavenworth Echo:
| am glad to have the Echo ask me
what | mean by being in favor of the
laws relating to the prohibition of the
liquor traffic. Some years ago the
state of Washington passed prohi-
bition law by referendum vote of
the people. have great respect for
mandates given in this way after a
full discussion of the subject and be
lieve they should be enforced, not
perfunctorily but with the honest in
tent of bringing about what the peo-
pie desire. Since then the United
States government by constitutions
al amendment and congress by pass
ing the Volstead act, has made this
prohibition nationwide We are a
border state and anyone who is in
formed knows of the smuggling Of
liquor from Canada. 1t looks logical
that the law-enforcement machinery
of the state of Washington should be
made to cooperate with the national
government to stop this illegal traf-
fic | believe this can be made more
effective by state legislation, conse-
quently is a matter for discussion by
a candidate for the legislature. Is
this what Mr.. Gillette means when he
says "as matter of course | believe
in the enforcement of the laws" or is
It used only as bridge to pass over
the subject lightly? l see no merit
in bootleg whiskey at $4,000 quart
over liquor at 25c per drink.
With your permission | will say
that for over thirty years have been
fairly nctive in a public way. Twelve
years l spent in public service. For
four years as business manager of
large institution | hired and discharr-
ed its help and was the unwilling me-
dunn through which Illinois politici-
ans made their political appointments.
Through these various activities |
have become fairly well acquainted
with both the good and bad sides of
politics. After much thought | have
come to the conclusion that it is bad
politics to be for any measure that
is morally and economically unsound
as a measure by it's effect on all the
people even though it brings good to
small group or to your locality.
With this belief standing in nv way
am not a good hand to trade off the
peoples rights and possessions to
bring home plunder for favored
few.
wish that might use space to tell
of the critical need of maintaining
our educational system, of the need
of an adequate and just "blue sky
law" to protect the people from beinr
robbed of millions of dollars every
year.
| should like to call attention to our
diminishing rural population and
point ont its causes based on social
isolation and how it might be improv-
ed by legislation.
| will close by asking that whoever
YOU send to the legislature, choose on
the basis of how well equipped your
man is to legislate for all the people
rather than for what he can do for
your particular district.
d. S. McKINSTRY.
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SAFETY FIRST
RALLY TO Be HELD
HERE SEPT. 6
II. II. MATTHIESON WILL GIVE
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT
THE GREAT NORTHERN CLUB
ROOMS AT 7:45 p. NJ.

Mr.. Fl. Matthieson, a safety lee
turer of note, will deliver lecture
and show moving pictures along safe
ty lines on Monday, Sept. 9th, at 7:45
p. M, at the Club House Opposite
the main office) of the Great North
crn Lumber Co., Leavenworth.
This lecture and exhibition of pic
lures which will be highly interest
ing, instructive and entertaining, will
be given under the auspices of the
State Safety Board. All employees
of the Great Northern Lumber Co.,
are urged to attend this meeting and
a cordial invitation is also extended
TO the general public.
There is no charge or admission.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
SORENSON FILES
FOR THE SENATE.
Makes Announcement of Candidacy
To Represent Chelan and Kittitas
Counties.

In announcing the candidacy of N
M. Sorenson for the State Senate his
committee has the following to say
IN. M. Sorenson, one of Wenat-
chee's best known and ablest attor-
neys, has filed for the office of state
senator from kittitas and Chelan
counties. Mr.. Sorenson was born in
Dodge county, Minnesota, forty-one
years ago. He attended the public
schools at Hayfield, Mimi, and grad
uated from the Normal College at
Austin, Minnesota. He came to Che
Ian county in 1900 and engaged in the
mercantile business at Leavenworth,
Wash, with F. A. Losekamp, the pio-
neer merchant of that city, until
1905, when he returned to Minnesota
and entered the law college of the
State University, from which he
graduated with signal honors in 1908.
Upon his graduation, he returned to
Chelan county and engaged in the
practice of law at Wenatchee, becom-
ing a member of the firm of Thomas
& Sorenson. Two years later, in
1910, he was elected prosecuting at
torney of Chelan county and re-elect-
ed in 1912, serving two full terms. He
gave his personal attention to the Of
flee and met with phenomenal sue
cess, hanging up record for convic-
tOns in criminal cases that has never
been equaled in Chelan county, and
met with equal success in civil cases
"He is progressive and aggressive,
yet conservative and safe. He is a
clean-cut American. He is not the
candidate of any faction, and has no
strings tied to him. He has plowed
his way to the front from farmer
boy, and what he is and has are the
result of his own effort. He is good
speaker, is brainy and man of rare
judgment. He has a comprehensive
understanding of business and of the
Just relations of labor and capital and
the public; and he has thorough un-
derstanding of questions that touch
the fundamental basis of free gov
ernment. He is able to distinguish
unerringly the powers and limitations
of our constitutional government, he
has thorough comprehension of the
fundamental principles underlying
our public institutions and possesses
the courage to apply them to present
day problems.
"He understands the relations that
should exist between the government
and the people. He understands and
firmly adheres to the constitutional
powers of the government and re-
spects and upholds the constitutional
rights of the people. He is honest
and capable and if elected to the Of
flee to which he aspires, will make a
devoted public servant and will re-
fleet credit to his district as well as
to the state at large"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
MELON PATCH CONTROVERSY.

World, Aug. 49, Clifton Alderman,
l4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mich
olas Alderman of 525 Methow sereet,
who with four other boys, Paul Pool,
Bruce Rice, Clarence Swanson and
Victor Swanson are accused of hav-
ing attempted to steal some water
melons Monday night, Aug. 23, left
the Wenatchee General Hospital last
night minus the number six buckshot
with which he was filled when he
reached the hospital. The shot had
entered his back, LEGS and right hand.
Arnold Reineker of Okanogan aven-
lie, who did the shooting, will be pro-
secuted by the boys parents, accord
ing to their statements made to the
Daily World.
incidentally, the following COM
m,nication from "a Gardener" came
to the Daily World this morning: T
have been thinking that timely
warning might not be out of place.
Just word to those young men with
childish minds who are not only 60
ing about stealing melons, but de-
stroying other vegetables. Twenty
five water melons We're destroyed and
tomatoes and cabbage ruined in only
one visit from these young men. I
understand that the gang who work in
our vicinity calls itself the "Dirty
Dozen," and | should say they are
rightly named Some of these are
known and their parents will be mott
fed if this goes on, and after that, if
nothing is done to stop this work of
"A gang of thieves, we shall see to it
that they are put where they will
hnyn plaDtv of tirOo tO thipk II Oypr
We mean business boys (and girls, I
am sorry to say). Be careful where
you stop. Keep off my premises"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
PLAIN NOTES.

Miss Emma Scott and her brother,
Bud, left for their home in Seattle
Monday. Miss Emma has been
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Russell Palmer.
News arrived here Sunday from
Kent, Wash, that a baby boy was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Shore.
T. A. Leavcll went to Bellingham
the first of the week on business. Jack
Burgess is driving the stage during
his absence.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rupel enter
tanned at Sunday dinner, Mr. and
Mrs. NJ. A. Peters and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.. Craney made a
business trip to Wenatchce Wednes-
day.
Paul Rupel went to Wenatchee
Monday and had his tonSils removed
About 40 people from the Great
Northern camps attended the funeral
in Leavenworth Thursday of Tony
Whittaner, who was killed last Tues
day at Camp B.
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The hunting season for birds and
bear opened Wednesday and many of
the sportsmen brought in the limit of
five birds, but at this writing we had
heard of no one bagging a bear.
Remember Senator Jones. 1t is al
legged that in speech at Leaven-
worth he made the statement that he
had no sympathy with those who lost
their lives in the Lusitiania. Who
wants him returned to the United
States senate il that be true?
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Breezy Bits Of News
From Peshastin

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Warman were
in Wenatchee Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bigelow have re-
turned from trip to Canada. They
camped on Vancouver Island for sew
cral days.
F. R. Black, who is with Connell
Bros Importing & Exporting Firm
of Seattle, spent Sunday and Monday
in Peshastin. He is on a trip thru
the Wenatchee and Yakima valleys,
buying apples for export to the
Orient. donations and Winesaps are
the only varieties they are in the
market for.
There will be social in the Wood
men Hall Thursday evening. Sept. 8,
given under the auspices of the Com
munity Sewing Circle. There will be
a good programme and a cafeteria
lunch. The money taken in will be
added to fund which is being raised
to paint the community church.
Mr. Andrews, who has been with
his son, Reed, in Leavenworth,. the
past week, returned to Seattle Satur-
day, but came back again Tuesday.
F. A. Wingate entertained Mrs. DR..
Cox, Miss Hoffman and Mr.. Andrews
at seven o'clock dinner Saturday eve
ming.
The Community Sewing Circle
met Tuesday with Mrs. Bradley.
The M. f. ladies' aid society met
Wednesday with Mrs. Leadbetter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Leedy and
son Jack spent Sunday in Entat.
Little Patty Sauer is critically ill.,
She has been having the whoopng
cough, and is cutting double teeth,
which is almost too much for tiny
tot.
Mrs. J. N. Hobson had her tonsils
removed at Cashmere Monday morn
ing and is doing nicely. DR.. Parker
lid the operating.
Bess Mccoy, LYDIA Harvey, Made
line Mccoy and Billy Stage spent a
couple of days up Red Mountain last
week huckleberrying. And it seems
they went back this week, taking re-
inforcements.
The p. T. A., after months vaca-
tion, will hold a meeting at the school
house Friday evening, Sept. 10.
Please come, and take an interest
The Kirbys, Bradleys, Miss Hau-
Der and Mrs. Bradley's mother, re-
turned Friday from their camping trip
TO Lake Chelan.
Miss Ada Jones of Cashmere, one
of the new teachers, was here Mon
day looking for place to stay.
Mrs. Kelley spent Tuesday in Leav-
enworth with her daughter, Mrs.
Golf.
Mrs. Charley Wright and daugh-
ter Dorothy, are visiting on the
Coast.
Mrs. Dan Phillips returned from
Seattle Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Kirby and family
were in Wenatchee Wednesday.
Jay Williams, who had been work
ing on the Wingate ranch this sum-
mer. returned to his home in Spokane
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ward McCubrey entertained
the p. L. F. Club in Cashmere Fri
day, at the spacious home of her
mother, Mrs. Charles Replogel. An
advertising contest was presented in
which Mrs. Wilma Moore took first
honors. Several musical numbers
were enjoyed and reading by one
of the guests, after which the ladies
were called to the dining room. The
table appointments were in yellow
and white and the centerpiece. large
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
DIR. McKEOWN SELLS OUT.

Monday, Dr. McKeown sold his den
list practice and office equipment to
DR.. c. H. Burkhart of Pomeroy, who
is to take charge on or before Sept
Is. DR.. McKeown's object in selling,
we are informed, is to enable him to
devote his time to special work and
study of dentistry and he expects to
go to New York for that purpose.
DR.. Burkhart and family will occupy
the Mckeown residence when they
depart, which will be soon. DR.. Nc
Keown and wife have warm place
in the hearts of large number in
Lcavenworth and vicinity who will
deeply regret that they are to leave.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
CITY COUNCIL.

The council room was again the
storm center last FRIDAY evening
when matters of policy and economy
were up for determination. They
show that our city fathers and moth
ers are alive and awake to the inter
est of the city. and can do no harm.
Petitions for walks on Benton and
Evans streets were accepted and or
dered filed and as soon as the neces-
sarv formalities are completed walks
will be nut down.
A resolution authorizing the pur-
chase of land for recreation park was
passed
The sidewalk inspectors remuner-
alton was fixed by resolution at $40
per day.
The street commissioner. was in
strurted TO confer with officials of the
G. N. Railroad and G.. N. Lumber Co.
as to ways and means of opening the
Front Street extension.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03

Mrs. Amanda Town reports the
sale of the j. w. Beasley property to
Robert Coleman for cash consider
alton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Headley, who
resided here the past five months,
started for Seattle yesterday morn
ing, intending to reside there in the
future. They went by auto.
The two-months-old twins of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Quackenbush of Blew
EFT died of whooping cough, one Aug.
30, and the other Aug. 80. They
were cared for by the Leavenworth
Undertaking Co. and buried in the
Leavenworth cemetery.
For results-Echo Want Ads.
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FOREST FIRES CONTROLLED.

The forest fires in this section of
the state are well under control, the
rains and snow of last week doing the
large part in extinguishing them,
but where the fires had burned deep
into the humus and rotting timber
they still continue to smolder. The
Icicle fire is still being watched by
patrolmen and so is the Buck Noun
tain fire, both of which are under the
supervision of John S. Brender, who
informed the Echo yesterday morn
ing that he had lust received re-
port that northeasterly winds would
prevail here for several days and that
great danger of fire would be expert
enced.
Everyone should be on guard and
do all in their power to prevent new
fires from getting started.
In Wednesdays World we notice
that the Icicle fire has already cost
$11, 900.
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LANCASTER-CULLUP WEDDING.

On August 26 the marriage of Fred
Lancaster to Miss Blanche Cullup
took place at the home of Mrs. c. w.
Lancaster. in the presence of rela-
tives only, the Rev. VIM. Hoskins of
ficiating.
They will make their home for the
present with Mrs. Lancaster.
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CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank our kind friends
and neighbors for the kindness and
floral offerings during the sickness
and death Of our beloved daughter and
sister, Oracle.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Brown,
and Family.
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bowl of golden glow. The luncheon
of sandwiches. salad, cake and ice
cream was delectable and the lunch
con hour passed quickly.
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TRUTH MILITANT.

We may have to take an occasion
al licking, but our readers will have
the facts. Philadelphia (Miss.)
Democrat.
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JUST SUITED HER.

Mary-Did the play have a happy
ending?
Andy-Yes. woman had the last
word as the final curtain went down.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03

Ed Ferguson was up from Wenat
chee Tuesday talking insurance as
usual-and doing a little political
spelling between times.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03
TWO BIG ORCHARD
DEALS CONSUMMATfD
The PAST WEEK
H. e. BOHLKE BUYS r. A. WIN
GATE RANCH OF 17h ACRES
FOR $4,000. ADAM WEBER
BUYS $4,000 TRACT.

World, Aug. 81: H. G. Bohlke yes
terday closed deal for the F. A.
Wingate place at Peshastin. The
Wingate place has 171a acres in full
bearing, 10000 boxes of fruit, an
eight-room house and packing she'd
for all of which Bohlke paid $4,000
The crop is included in the sale. Pre-
vious to the purchase Bohlke had 1876
acres in bearing orchard. This, then,
will give him total of 3421a acres.
The Wingate place is one of the best
ranches in the Wenatchee valley.
The orchard was grown by Mr.. Win
gate. who has made study of scien-
tific horticulture. Bohlke is now the
largest individual owner of bearing
archard land in the entire Wenatchee
district.
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The Superior Orchard company, of
Cashmere, through it's president, B..
F. Pickett and Secretary S. H. An
drews, both of Cashmere, has sold
31.76 acres of orchard to Adam Web
or for 100000. The sale includes 26
shares of Peshastn Ditch Company,
stock. The land is about one-half
mile due south Of Dryden. The sale
was all cash, but $4,000, for which a
mortgage is given.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-09-03

Prosecuting Attorney Sumner has
appointed Mr.. Lebeck his deputy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-09
International May Gust Fultz
League Prexy Is Not Welcome

self 20 an acceptance Of the man
aEership Of the Red SoE-
FraEee's hands. consequently, are
tied. and q Is hardly expected that
the name OF the Red Sex manager
viii be announced until after the an
nual meeting Of the international
league.
A peculiar phase OF the entire situ-
alton as it relates 70 both the Inter
national league and 20 the mana ger
ship o. the Red Sex IS that Fuitz
succeeded Barrow as president OF the
International league Barrow had
previously managed Montreal which
has since dropped out OF the league
He resigned during a period OF re-
trenchment when Il was proposed TO
reduce the salaries Of the league Off
Gals
He was Immediately signed 10 nan
age the Red Sex. and resigned that
position last week % become business
manager OF the Yankees, succeeding
Harry Sparrow. who died last year
IL now appears that Duffy VIII
fail heir to one Of the two post
lions which Barrow formerly
held He viii either succeed
FultE IS president Of the Inter
nUff0unI league or else succeed
barrow as manager Of the Red
sex