The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-10-20

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The famous Dorothy Keith" hats
for Misses and Children at Samp-
sons. If
Mrs. Frank Farrell was at Wenat-
chez last week, arriving home Satur-
day on No. /.
Mrs. Al. O'Larey and little son ar
rived home last Saturday from their
trip to Wilson Creek.
NJ. H. Gedney, mine foreman for
the Royal Development Co., was down
town a few days last week.
Miss Mona Walton, who had been
here for short visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Walton, left last Friday on
No. /, going to Los Angeles.
Over 100000 worth of corn was
grown by the 10000 young farmers
who were members of boys corn clubs
last year, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Style favorites of long ago again
come into prominence as part of
latest models. The semi-tailored
blouse is increasing in popularity and
you will find them at SIMPSONS. If
Mrs. Margaret Jane Sears, a for
mer resident of Leavenworth, died
last week at Wenatchee at the home
of her granddaughter, Mrs. Wallace.
Burial was made at Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia.
Fred johnson received pair of
Muscovie ducks last week from his
son-in-law, H. X Woods. living at
Davis, California. The ducks are
four months old and the drake weighs
about ten pounds.
B. f. Spiva was hurt at Wenatchee
last Saturday evening. He was firing
switch engine and when he got off
he fell and tumbled into a pit, sus-
tanning painful bruises and badly in
juring his elbow.
Jim Satterfield, who lived here
year or more, returning last spring
to Everett, went through last Friday.
He had been at Cashmere picking
apples for few weeks. He was
looking fine and feeling much better
than he usually does over on the
Sound.
Louisiana farmers received over
$4,000 according to reports to the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, through the cooperative sale,
during the spring of 1922, of 10000
bushels of lespedeza seed which had
been grown and graded according to
methods advised by extension work
ers.
County extension agents, n carry
, ing the results of research by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture and the experiment stations
of the State agricultural colleges to
the farmer, visited $4,000 farms in
1921 and held $4,000 community and
otter meetings, with an attendance Of
100000
To protect growing plants from the
strong winds which occur in Guam
during certain parts of the year. the
Federal agricultural experiment sta
ton on that island reports the sue
cessful introduction of the use OF the
pigeon pea, planted around the gar
den in double rows 1t makes a thick
growth, reaching a height of 10 to Is
feet, bears large quantities of edible
peas, and is effective without replant-
ing for two or three years.
Washington pastures and ranges
improved during September and av-
eraged 70 per cent on October the
average for ranges alone was rs, ac-
cording to the L. s. Agricultural De-
partment. In Washington, as in many
other states, the ranges in the high
attitudes are quite good but the low
er ranges and the pastures were in
jured by drought. Cattle are report
ed healthy but not very fat, and sheep
are generally in good condition.
Mrs J. H. Mitchell informed Us
one day this week that just 81 years
ago Oct. II, she, together with her
folks, the f. D. Shugart family, land
ed at the present Shugart home in
Plain, coming over from Ellensburg
by way of Wenatchee by team-but
there was no Wenatchee at that time
and no other village or city in this
valley. At the site of Wenatchee
there We're three buildings, one with
a board store front, the boards per-
pendicular with a 1X4 across the top.
There was occasionally a house be-
tween this point and the site of Wen
atchee and one log hut in the vicin-
ity of the townsite of Peshastin. The
Emigs, Nick Kincherf and a few other
| settlers Wara liyinp near this noint