The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-11-24
; Local Happenings

Ducks and turkeys for sale; phone
sos. f1n
Make up that quilt now. We have
wool bats in 8 and 5 sizes, at La
Pointe's.
Art Brown was out the first of tho
week trying for a coyote, but they
saw him first.
Rev. A. E. Derby is erecting an
aerial for wireless which he will
soon have installed.
Mrs. Donald Smythe was at Wen
atchee last week visiting Mr.. Smvthe.
returning home Friday.
The first snow of the season fell
here last Friday evening, thawing
about as fast as it fell.
Conductor J. NJ. Swain was up
from the terminal the first of the
week to visit Mrs. Swain and their
little son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hylton have
moved to Wenatchee, Mr.. Hylton be-
ing employed in the boiler shop of
the G. n. at the terminal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basil Lang and son
returned to Tye Monday Mrs. Lang
nd son had been down about ten
days visiting Grandma Andersen and
Mr.. Lang came down Sunday.
Many of your Christmas presents
can be purchased at the bazaar given
by the Altruistic club of the Pyth-
ian Sisters Saturday afternoon and
evening, Dec, 9th, in X. P hall.
Bob Smith went out one morning
the first of the week and evidently
killed all the ducks there were in this
meek o woods" for he brought il
half sack full of big fat mallards.
Al Hoffman went over to Big Lake
last Saturday night to spend a few
days hunting with Day and Wickson.
owners of the Brownie ranch, who
have big lumber business at that
place.
There was a storm of sleet and four
inches of snow in the Big Bend coun-
try last Friday. AS a result of the
storm a car driven by Mrs. Sam B.
Hill of Waterville left the road and
Mrs. Hill had her arm broken.
A number of the deer hunters of
this vicinity finally determined to let
their deer grow another year before
butchering. Among those who got
deer near the close of the season
were the Burgess boys of Plain and
= two men with them, each getting a
buck.
Mr.. Frank Heath is the fortunate
owner of herd of grade cows, the
milk from which tests 1920 butter
fat and this is considered remarkably
high. His milk is sold to the Purity
Creamery and is put up in steri1ized
bottles and sold to the public here at
home.
L. c. Brender is agitating the i'm
provement of East Front street, from
the corner at the Franklin Lumber
Company's office westward This sec
ton of street through to the pave
ment is in need of improvement and
it no doubt can be had if those living
along it demand that it be-
The residence of John Viebrock,
of near Waterville, son-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Freuchtnicht living
north of Leavenworth, burned down
recently. The loss is given as S4,
500 with 81 300 insurance. Mr. Vie
brock will Immediately rebuild. TheS
were barely able to escape with their
lives and all their household good;
and clothing We're destroyed.
A couple dozen representatives of
the Group Four newspapers and
printshops gathered at Wenatchee
last Saturday and spent the day in
conference, a good part of the time
= being taken up by discussing state
association matters. A splendid din
ner was given by the World at the
Peter Pan restaurant, and those in
attendance at the meeting were well
looked after by the Wenatchee peo-
pie.
Changes have been made at he de-
pot the past week by carpenters the
door to the mems waiting room hav-
ing been moved farther east, a win
dow changed, the wires brought in
from the old yard office and other re-
pairs made The telegraph office
will henceforward be in the depot
The old yard office has been filed or
by Special Agent Bentley to be USED
as a "dog house" by his department
but what disposition will eventually
be made of it we do not know.