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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
6
A cloudburst in Brender's Canyon caused garden damage and washed away hay stacks and the Peshastin ditch. In Dryden the week’s big shower did not harm the town. The report notes local activities, visits, travel, and social events including church services and a Ice cream social at Dryden hall.
J O C class juvenile party at Miss Jennie Osborne's home with about thirty young people. P R Bradley arrives from Bellingham and will settle before school. Mrs Bradley to join in about two weeks. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Thos Foster last Tuesday named Ruth Alice. mother and daughter reported fine. J L Coppock welcomed a baby girl born July 30. both mother and baby doing splendidly. Prospects of good apple prices brighten valley. wheat farmers had good prices last year and expect similar this year. Crops heavy with good yields in the farming district. Ladies Guild to meet at Mrs J W Sussex's home. community church to install windows and doors once funds are raised. J B Schons from Wenatchee visited family. Mrs Van De Grift and children attended church in Leavenworth. Mrs H A Anderson visited J H Sharpe's home. Mr and Mrs John Wall returned from a month at the Christopherson home. Henry Johnson plans to buy a gasoline hay baler. Fred and Martin Cahill helping bale hay for Mr Christenson this week.
The city marshal will shift to night duty moving from day coverage. A group including Mr. and Mrs. Dye Miss Parker and A J Martin spend the weekend at Merritt. Genevieve and Dixie Walker visit Fay Walker in Leavenworth. Katherine Parrish remains with relatives in Olympia for August.
Rev Hilton preached at the Church of the Brethren. Dr McKeown from Leavenworth treated a two year old who drank carbolic acid by mistake. child recovering as expected. Wet weather aided hay harvest and road conditions. Lawrence Irwin and family plan to move to Canada to tend a good wheat crop. Camping crowds abound with bees and hornets. advice to carry bee sting antidotes and use large fly traps with 2 to 3 inch openings.
Fifteen Italian laborers from Wenatchee have answered the call to fight. They went to Seattle where a consul arranged transport to Italy. C L Longwell gathered the district's first carload of Wenatchee crab apples for shipment though destination and price are not yet announced.
The Misses Irma and Genivieve Lamb return from Wenatchee with cousin Margaret Hannon. Mrs. R W Nicholas returns from Seattle. Mr Speidel and wife with children come back from Seattle where they stayed weeks. Bertha Stoltz among the group. Speidel's Ford carried them on the trip. Mrs Clemens and children and Mrs Humphrey and children picnicked Wednesday at Mrs Baily's.
Railroad notes report Great Northern expanding maintenance at Hillyard with 100 extra workers. Engineer Rose, longtime city figure, was killed by a switch engine at Anacortes while on duty with Al Barnes' circus train. His wife and two Everett children survive. Fireman Eileen begins running Nos 1 and 2 between Everett and Seattle.
An optimistic approach is urged as Dr King’s New Discovery is praised for treating colds. The copy asserts the remedy penetrates throat linings, kills germs, and supports nature to heal, urging readers to buy a bottle today.
A renewed sockeye salmon run reaches the Wenatchee River with glacial waters fueling spawning in its tributaries. The Lamb-Davis Lumber Co dam fish ladder will be repaired to aid ascent, while local hatchery chief Baldridge plans a netting operation to harvest fry for spawning.
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