The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-09-02
THE LEAVENWORTH ECHO

Mrs. Sares was down from Telma
last week visiting her daughter, Mrs.
T. C. Yocom
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Krollpfeiffer
were out at the Harry Shotwell homo
or Deep Greek Tuesday.
Next Monday will be Labor Day
and business houses will be closed as
customary on holidays.
A new line of ladies' coats at prices
that you can afford to pay-at Id
Pointe's .-Advertisement
Art O'Larey enjoyed a weeks va
cation last week from his duties at
the Rutherford Mercantile Co. store.
Mrs. C. Harding and son Willie
went to Wenatchee Saturday and on
Monday they went to Omak to visit.
c. j. Mcclure has been commits
stoned notary public and is prepar-
ed to officiate as such when called
upon.
The Farmers Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. has been making improve
monts in its lines from Wenatchee to
Monitor
E. o. Blankenship has purchased
the interest of James 7. Baker in the
Field hotel at the head of Lake Che
Ian.
F. w. Spencer arrived home last
Thursday from his vacation trip, a
part Of which was spent in British
Columbia on an auto tour.
r. F. Taylor and C. G. Cockburn
were seen starting out one afternoon
recently with rods and reels and arm
CO with a shotgun to kill the big ones.
Both parties to ar auto collision are
required under the law to report-if
in an incorporated city, to the police !;
il outside an inco. porated city, to the
county sheriff.
Ross Irwin dropped into town last
Saturday for short visit with
friends, having been down to Wenat-
chez on a business matter. He says
that he might soon be in business in
the valley.
Jack Eastman, who had his leg
broken couple months ago while
hauling logs for the Amalgamated
Gold Mines Co. at Blewett, was in
town Tuesday. He is mighty glad to
get around again.
The survey of the proposed irriga-
ton project from Lake Wenatchee to
Quincy will begin at once. The sur
vey will be made by the state depart
ment of conservation, to determine
the feasibility of the project.
Sunday and Monday were two
warm days here, the government
thermometer registering 81 and 90, re-
srectively. The nights were cool,
however. Hot days and cool nights
are said to put the red finish on the
apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. johnson re-
turned last week from a few days
stay at Soap Lake, where they visit
&c friends. Mrs. J. Klopfenstein and
children returned with them and af-
ter couple days visit with the John
sons here went on to Everett to visit.
Lin Hart caught the largest salmon
we have seen in this community. 1t
perhaps was not the largest "fish'
''landed" here for Leavenworth is not
unlike other communities and has
plenty of suckers Lin did not
merely tell about catching a big one;
he exhibited it.
E. S. Howard, a cousin of H. A.
Howard Of Leavenworth, arrived last
week Thursday and remained until
Saturday visiting e. the Howard home
and making trip down the valley
He was well pleased with this com.
munity. His homo is at Yreka, Calf.
and he was in this state to introduce
a patented device he has for insur.
ing fish safe passage over dams ane
high waterfalls. He went from here
to Olympia.
A soil demonstrc ton agent wa:
held last Thursday afternoon at the
Field Sinclair-Newell ranch which
was quite largely attended. Som,
benefit was said to have been derived
by those who attended. 1t was showr
that the soil in this vicinity needs car
bon and that this can be supplied a
cost of about ten dollars per acre
which some ranchers consider moder
ate cost, and considerable of the fer
tilizer will be applied this fall if the
crop and prices are satisfactory.