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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
3
Leavenworth and Blewett Stage line departs Leavenworth Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at law and Blewett on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at TAM. The service carries passengers and express. EK. D. Shugart, Proprietor.
Leavenworth to Telma stage line runs Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m. arrives Telma 4 p.m. Telma to Leavenworth departs Tuesdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m. arrives 4 p.m. For details contact Joe Massie proprietor Fox 71 Leavenworth Washington.
Town and County records list real estate transfers amounting to fifty thousand dollars. Several residents travel to Seattle Wenatchee Red Mountain Spokane and Butte while others recover from illness and attend church and social events.
Misses Maree and Martha Farnsworth return to Port land after a month away. A March 6 public school entertainment at the opera house aims to raise funds to clear an unpaid piano balance. Wenatchee visitors Burt Williams and Arthur Bosquet tease candidacies for county offices. A. M. Phalen, Spokane railway master mechanic, may take a division post and possibly move to Delta.
Symbol crews are abolished and all train crews now work on equal footing. No. 4 delayed four hours Wednesday by a slide. A new train register records conductors age birth marks hair and eye color and last laundry ticket. Yard Foreman Jack Fake returns after a week illness. Night Yard Master Blake toured Seattle. Chief Clerk Howard Nichols covers. Nichols offered relief dispatcher job in Spokane Q offices. Conductor Keller returns after six weeks off.
The first annual Owls Ball at the opera house drew a large crowd with music by the Crollard orchestra of Wenatchee. Frank Briggs, recent Montana arrival, traded a rifle for liquor, was seized by Deputy Sheriff Debord, fined 12 dollars and 50 cents plus costs, then jailed to serve the sentence.
Town recount lists Arch McKinnon paying 10 dollars plus costs Al Church contributing 5 dollars and costs and Clyde Miller 10 dollars plus trimmings for the privilege amid reports of fighting and injuries including black eyes and bloody noses.
Regular town meeting in Leavenworth discusses aid for the Wycoff family, a 20 cent an hour snow job for Sam Wycoff, and a $2.40 supply allowance. The council considers police magistrate and day marshal changes, appoints Tesher as day marshal, and plans a special library meeting. A February 27 call targets bond approvals for the marshal and former officials and potential property recoveries.
The town prepares for its first leap year ball hosted by the young women who will bear all expenses. The event aims to show gentlemen how a ball should be conducted with the men simply asked to look pleasant and behave like ladies. F. A. Nelson of Seattle reports strong Guardian Life Insurance business while Ira Farmer visits from Seattle to handle affairs and plans Alaska summer. Ed Mills and wife arrive from Seattle for a ten day to two week visit, noting unusually quiet conditions in Seattle.
Arthur Sherman returns from Michigan while Quill Estes plans to subdivide his ranch for irrigation. T. J. Sherman purchases mill machinery in Seattle as Stewart and Brooks scout Grants Pass for a new location. Archie Smith moves to Paradise Valley ranch. Other notes include a surprise birthday party, a newborn, sawdust shipments, a Nebraska return for Julia Cronon, and local visits and purchases.
The advertisement promotes Old I. W. Harper whiskey sold by J. G. Fritz at the Overland Bar. It also mentions Debord & Abbott selling complete house furnishings to save money and Mrs. Al Morrison serving supper at the Overland Restaurant for the Leap Year ball patrons. Brender's Nine Deer ranch eggs are dated and guaranteed and available from The Moore Co. A boiled dinner is planned at the Congregational church parlors Friday from noon to six.
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