The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-09-30

I at LaI Olnte S.-AuNeltlSement,
"Humoresque" beautiful story of
a boys genius and mothers love.
School motion pictures, Oct. Add
vortisement.
Ladies' coats, suits and dresses
the selection of styles and colors i
very wide, but the main thing is the
LOW PRICES, at LaPointe's.-Ad-
vertisement.
The corner stone of the new st. An
thongs hospital at Wenatchee was
laid last Sunday. Rev. Father =. :.
Ryan officiated, assisted by James
Burns.
The eel-worm is said to be doing
considerable damage to clover alfal-
fa and other forage crops in Idaho
and Oregon and the L. S. department
of agriculture is looking into condi-
tions in this state.
Some night prow!er stole the n. r.
Day gum machine from in front II
their store Sunday night, making Il
good job of it by urscrewing the nuts
from the bolts. 1t contained abou;
five dollars in pennies.
Fire started Friday afternoon out
on spur Of the mountain north o.
town, being caused from a burning
5lashing Ranger Brender, accom-
panied by District Supervisor Sylves-
ter, who happened to be here, and an
other man, went out and soon had i
rounded up.
A car driven by L. f. Query and l.
L. Bigelow went off the road on
Blewett Pass last Thursday evening
and rolled over a couple times. One
of them was reported to be consider
ably injured but me other escaped
with but slight bruises. They had no
lights and when they turned out in
meeting another car they went over.
A. A. Brooks, of Mason Creek.
came to the Community hospital Sept
, for treatment for blood poison in
his left arm. The infection is thought
to have started from within, as there
was no sore or scratch on the outside.
He was doing so we'll last week that
he left the hospital and has a room
near at hand and will remain here un-
til entirely well. Mrs. Brooks has
been in town part of the time.
Emil and Ted Kuch attended the
movies at the school auditorium Tues.
day evening and while there someone
raided their auto, stealing a number
of articles. 1t is seldom that autos
or their contents are molested in
Leavenworth and everyone deeply re-
grets this occurrence. Whoever did
il ought to restore the stolen articles
and make such amends as may pre-
serve the good name of the commun-
ity.
Al Hoffman, who has been foreman
on the Chumstick Orchard during the
.. past year, will move to the Brownie
Ranch as soon as he has taken the
crop off the Chumstick Orchard, or
about Nov. /. The Brownie Ranch,
better known as the Day & Baxter
ranch, is owned by the Wenatchec
Fruit and Warehouse Co. of Pesha5.
tin, and consists of 50 acres of bear
ing orchard besides some 40 acres vet
to set. 1t is one of the best improved
orchards in this section. Mr.. Hoff-
man is a good orchard man and the
place ought to pay nicely under his
care.
Mrs. +. H. Ball received telegram
from her son Lloyd l.. Hobson at
Hutchinson, Kansas, stating he would
undergo an operation at the Metho-
dist hospital for appendicitis and com
plications Wednesday morning. Mrs.
Ball was recently called back east to
be with her son wEile he was at Red
Cross hospital, Kansas City, Mo-, un-
del treatment for his throat and
lungs, caused by being gassed over
seas, where he served one year in
France and one year in Germany.
Mrs. Ball intended to remain with hin
until after his operation but was
again called home at once to be with
her son, Harold, who had met with
ar unfortunate accident on his way
home from North Dakota. where he
had been working through harvest
and threshing He was struck a
heavy blow on his head and robbed
His operation was postponed until the
arrival of his mother from the cas- :.
The operation was very successful
and Harold is getting along fine. An
other son, Clifford. who had an acct
dent when a motorcycle on which he
was riding, ran into a dog, throwing
him several feet. He suffered a very
badly injured knee and was other
wise pretty we'll skinned up. and was