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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
5
E. D. Shugart stage line runs from Leavenworth to Blewett on Monday Wednesday Friday at 7am and from Blewett on Tuesday Thursday Saturday at 7am. Carries passengers and express.
The service runs from Leavenworth to Telma every Monday and Friday at 8 a.m. Arrives Telma at 4 p.m. Returns leave Telma on Tuesday and Saturday mornings, arriving Leavenworth at 4 p.m. Mail and passengers express. For details contact Joeassie, Proprietor, box 71, Leavenworth, Wash.
Town and county items describe M A Marley departing for Spokane for ten days, residents visiting Wenatchee Lake, and various locals visiting or relocating. Mentions include Kessler from Moscow visiting daughter H H Meeker, McKenzie of Garrison Ky planning to settle nearby, Edwards of Wenatchee contracted for plastering, and Mine and timber activity around Chelan Consolidated. Also notes health updates, cashier turnover, artist Phair visiting, and locals engaging in mining and land ventures in Peshastin, Cascade Orchard, and Mt. Stewart areas. A party is expected to inspect Icicle river properties amid ongoing development.
Tony New recovers sight but disfigured face after bear attack. Colfax candidate S J Chadwick viewed as qualified for Washington Supreme Court. H C Peters and J W Edwards tour Cascade Orchards improvements. Edward Northrup patents safety device for sight glass and valve. Wenatchee Eagles to join Cashmere and Leavenworth for Seattle lodge meet. Mt Stewart mining excursion yields fishing but no mine claim. Mrs A J Martin returns from Missouri with health, brother Chrissie Smith moves west. Copper slump quiets northern mining. Farmer Southwick promotes potatoes. G B Kinney files for county commissioner second district on Democratic ticket. F S Taylor seeks Republican justice of the peace, veteran of 1893 railroad era.
Wenatchee residents and visitors are noted in a week of town life. Ira D Edwards and Florence Grace Parker of Wenatchee have a marriage license from Seattle. D A Beal opens Pride of Wenatchee flour mill praise. Murray Comedy Co. to perform three nights at the Opera House with Larry McDonald promoting the show.
A twelve round bout at the opera house last Thursday night ended in a draw between Guy Navarre and Leo Keinitz. The crowd was small and patrons complain about paying a dollar for dubious results.
M. P. Spencer visited yesterday as a county treasurer candidate to gauge Eagles joining a Wenatchee Eagles trip to Seattle next Tuesday. The train departs Wenatchee at 7 a.m. with a $6.50 round trip fare and room for 160 aboard. Tickets are available from Mr. Spencer.
John King, former Vienna Bakery baker, will reopen the Bon Ton Restaurant after its closure. He plans to run a coffee house and bakery, making the business his home and introducing a new local dining option.
The issue lists Ernest Abbott Jeweler offering free eye examinations and jewelry repairs next to Debord's furniture. It also includes housing, employment, sale ads, and local services such as a homestead offer, pipe sale, encyclopedia sale, school bid notice, fishing guide John Teshera, Dr Langdon, Vienna bakery items, and Old Kentucky whiskey for sale.
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