The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-12-22
Local Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. W. f. Boston of
Blewett are on a trip to California.
The Van Tassell Ayrshire herd of
cattle continues TO attract wide at
tention.
Henrietta Smith and Rowna EN-
mons went to Wenatchee Tuesday af
telnoon.
Closing out our entire stock of can
dies at Christmas. at cost - Ahlin's
Confectionery.
The hearing on the Wenatchee.
Southern is to be held Jan. 10 at
Washington before the Interstate
Commerce commission.
The Wenatchee Commercial club
went on record Monday evening in ia
vor of retaining the county agricul-
tural agent
Dr. Leasing went to Seattle this
morning and will remain away until
Sunday. selecting equipment for the
Community hospital
Mrs. J. L. Maston returned TO
Wenatchee Tuesday after spending a
couple weeks here with her daughter
Mrs. Art Brown. and family.
Clarence Huston, fireman. has been
transferred to the Cascade division.
at his request, and will now run be-
tween the terminal and Skykomish.
At Spokane last week it was decid-
ed to hold grade and pack meetings
only upon the call of the state direc-
tor OF agriculture or upon proper pc
tition.
John Dieterle, who went to Florida
some time ago, writes home that
times are very hard down there and
not much doing. He may remain
there through the winter on account
of his rheumatism.
Pumpkin seed to the amount of
119,800 pounds was raised CONNER
cially on 772 acres in 1922, according
to reports reaching the United States
Department of Agriculture.
We have in stock two Claxtonalos.
regular price 1925 and $50, which
we will close out for immediate sale
at 500 for Style A and $75 for STYLE
c, for cash.-Ahlin's Confectionery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Haleck left
Wednesday afternoon for Gleichen. AL
berta, on months visit They for
mery lived there and Roy expressed
himself as not afraid to face the biz
yards of that region.
Sam Potter came over from the
Sound Monday to look after his resi-
dence and get it in shape to rent.
Sam says that he and Mrs. Potter
like it very well on the Sound and do
not anticipate moving back here.
Mrs. w. A. Tegtmeier and children
went to Everett yesterday morning
to spend Christmas with relatives.
Mr.. Tegtmeier will also go over if he
finds an opportunity to get off from
his work as engineer on the road
H. B. Smith was down from Mer-
rift Saturday attending to business
matters and said that things were
looking fine. He has large silica
deposit on his land and as there is
now a tariff of $500 a ton on this
material he has hopes of interesting
manufacturers in utilizing it.
The Community Christmas tree
will be held in the Community build
ing Sunday evening at o'clock
Santa Claus has promised to be pres
ent. All are expected to attend and
help make this a real community af-
fair.
J. f. Oursler is now agent for the
Great Northern Railway Co. at this
point, succeeding Fred Lowman. who
went to Snohomsh as third trick OPP
orator. J. NJ. Ringstad is now first
trick operator and cashier The
change was effective Monday
Over in the wheat country high
hopes are entertained for a good crop
next year. The grain got a good
start this fall and with snow cover
ing it to depth of eight or ten
inches it is expected that it will come
out in fine condition in the spring.
Over $4,000 pounds of spinach
seed was raised commercially in
1922, according to reports reaching
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture This is an increase of l.
100 per cent over the production in
1921, but is only about two-thirds of
the fve-year average production
Jack Roth, who for several months
has been employed ut the Peshastin
Lumber & Box Company's mill at
Blewett, boarded No. 4 Wednesday to
90 to Spokane. where he was to look
into the purchase of a couple trucks
He is now said to be mayor of Blew
EFT and they want Mrs Roth TO ac-