ffrfdav Bugust 111911 ££be 2Leavenwortb £cbo. LOCAL HAPPENINGS AND WHEREABOUTS I NEWS ITEMS Q Notes, Personals and Small Items May be Phoned Direct to The Echo Office .*. .\ Telephone Number 285 Peanuts Sc a quart at Koerner's. 31* Lew Botfman is here from Wenatchee this week. Chocolates 25c a pound at Koerner's. 31* Mrs. Tryom was a visitor in Wenat- chee last Saturday. Don't forget to read Reynold's ad this week. 30* Del McCoy, the Peshastirt storekeep- er, was here Monday. The A. D. S. Remedies are sold at King's City Drug Store. Arthur Hamilton, of Wenatchee, was a visitor here Sunday. A cold Soda that is Cold—that is the kind we serve. Palace of Sweets. 29tf* Mrs. Mable Hutchings took the train for Wenatchee Monday afternoon. Do you want to make a few dollars. Well, read Reynold's ad this week.3o* A. F. Estes, a rustling Cashmere real estaie man was here Tuesday afternoon on business. Dennison's lunch sets, paper nap- kins, doylies and shelf paper. King's City Drug Store. 31* Mrs. M. Farmer, who has been vis- iting here the past week, returned to her home in Seattle Monday. Old hats made new at the Leaven- worth Cleaning and Dye Works, Com- mercial st. Phone 314. 30* Mr. Spidell, of the contracting firm of Spidell & Linblom, took the train for Seattle Sunday. Rexall Beef Wine and Iron, a de- penable tonic and nutrient scientifically prepared; at Kings, the Rexall Store.3l* Mr. and Mrs. 0. S. Sampson left Saturday morning for Clear Lake to visit with friends. Mrs. Hullel and daughter, Ethel, who have been visiting here the past two months, returned to Everett last Saturday. Charles Taylor, better known as "Pic," purchased the St. Francis hotel from Mrs. Irwin this week. He will take possession the coming week. The excursion of the W. V. &N. railway was well attended, and several of the excursionists returned with their baskets well filled with speckled beau- ties. We have the agency for Cydol, the great insecticide. It kills bed bugs, roaches, fleas, flies and their eggs. It does not stain and has no offensive odor. Koerner's Pharmacy. 31* The town clerk hereby begs to an- nounce that he is always willing and ready to register all women voters, and assures them that he has never yet re- fused to register any woman. The only question asked is, "Are you of legal age?" Ben Moore is at work this week on the E-M-F auto belonging to Mert Griffin, who recently made the trip from Portland here in his car. A few little repairs were necessary and as Ben is the only man in town who does this work he got the job. John Johnson was waylaid by three men last Saturday night while on his way home and quite severely beat up. The motive was evidently robbery al- though part of the money that Mr. Johnson lost was found upon returning to the place where it happened. Do you know that every drop of water that is used in making the drinks at our fountain is filtered? This is but one of the many things we do to insure i your welfare and comfort and we would | be glad at any time to show you others. Palace of Sweets. 3* Two automobiles, containing the families of R. L. Peake and Mert Grif- fin, of Portland, Oregon, arrived here j Monday evening. The party came by j way of Snoqualmie pass and down by Blewett. They left Portland Saturday j morning and would have arrived here sooner had it not been for a few mis- haps on the way. Everything is now ready for your in- j spestion. Our stock is all arranged | and we are ready to give you the best of service. A visit to our new store will surprise and convince you that we have i a most complete and up-to-date drug store, one that would be a credit to a much larger town. Koerner's Pharmj acy. F. A. Mcßae was a visitor In We- natchee this week. Rev. J. 0. Hawk, of Peshastin, was a visitor here Thursday. Prosecuting Attorney Sorenson was up from Wenatchee Thursday. Mrs. J. D. Hart took the train for Wenatchee Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Al Meisner visited friends in Seattle this week. Dee Fisher and wife took the train for Cashmere Monday afternoon. There's something in Reynold's ad this week that will interest you. 30* Miss Amelia Frank returned to her home in Wenatchee the first of the week. Miss Eva Briggs, who has been ill for the past two weeks, is reported to be improving. Rev. Martin Raasch returned Wed- nesday morning from a trip to the Yakima country. Clyde Davis left Tuesday afternoon for Aberdeen to be absent a week or ten days. Herbert Davis purchased five acres in the Leavenworth Gardens last week through the Reynolds agency. Mrs. H' M. Wall, of Seattle, arrived here Tuesday afternoon and will be the guest of friends for several days. Miss Edna Hannibal, who has been visiting friends over in the Sound country, returned last Wednesday. Miss Erma McClure arrived from Seattle Wednesday afternoon, aud left for her home at Peshastin the same day. Rexall Mucu-Tone, a safe and satis- factory internal remedy for catarrhal diseases at King's City Drugstore. 31* H. L. Swartz and wife, who have been visiting with A. L. Harris, left Tuesday for their home at South Bend, Indiana. We guarantee your moneys worth of the best ice cream that money can buy, when you get it at the Palace of Sweets. 29tf* Misses Polly and Margaret Canby returned from the coast Sunday, where they have spent the last three months visiting friends. Men's suits dry cleaned, $1; ladies' suits, 81.50, at the Leavenworth Clean- ing & Dye Works, Commercial street. Phone 314. 30* Mrs. T. L. Ross arrived Wednesday from Wenatchee to visit with her hus- band, who owns a valuable Cascade Drchard tract. We still have some bargains in fish- ng rods, reels, fly books, and spoons; setter come quick before they are all ?one. Palace of Sweets. 31* Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Conser, of College View, Nebraska, were here for i few days last week visiting their neices Mrs. G. W. Hathaway and the Misses Hinman. Just received a complete line of Jolon Palmers perfumes, toilet waters, ioaps, talcum powders, face powders. Me, at Koerner's Pharmacy. 31* J. Wells, General Superintendent of he Shaver News Company, stopped off lere Wednesday to pay a visit to H. 3sborn, manager of the company's ocal eating house. Why pay more when you can get the >est candies of the kind for 15c a pound i Koerner's Pharmacy. The same as ,'ou have always paid 25 to 40c for. 31* John Bjork, Gus Nelson and Ole sands left Wednesday for the head of Icicle river, where they expect to do iome prospecting and fishing and will je gone a week or more. W. L. Park, of Seattle, superinten- lent of the printing department oi & Hanford, the possessor of a valuable Cascade Orchard tract, arrived lere the first of the week to look ov lis land. I. A. Kenyon, who has been visiti n Eastern Washington the past t veeks, returned Tuesday. During ibsence he visited numerous towns hat section, but he says Leavenwort us them all beat. The following enjoyed a very please ishing trip at Twin Lakes: Mr. anc Mrs. Charles Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Homei Fitus and Mr. and Mrs. John Brende: md two younger sons. Fishing wa: jreat and scenery beautiful. C. E. Jacques was down from Wenat- chee lake Thursday. Mrs. E. C. Craig of Peshastin was shopping in our town yesterday. Mrs. Will Payne has been quite ill for a few ways, but is better at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Greve of Mer- ritt, are spending the week end in Leavenworth. The Ladies Aid of the Congregational church will meet with Mrs. Jones next Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Mrs. John Spearin came up from Peshastin yesterday and took the after- noon train for Wenatchee Mr. Hay, from Huntington, Va., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Will Payne, with a view to locating in the west. Mrs. Mickael, Miss Grace Hays and Mrs. O. B. Hays were visitors at Pleasant Cove ranch Monday. Miss Nettie Davis spent Saturday night and Sunday with with Miss Bertha Will on at Pleasant Cove ranch. Mrs. Morrill, mother of Mrs. E. H. King, arrived here on one of her periodical visits to Leavenworth, to en- joy the sunshine and pure air. Jay Vermilya, of the Wenatchee Abstract Company, was here between trains last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hart, of Pe- shastin, sold fruit and shopped in Leavenworth, the first of the week. A commission form of government for Wenatchee is being agitated by the citizens of that town and may come up before the council at an early day. E. H. Rothert went to Blewett Tues- day morning where he has had a force of men employed for some time work- ing on the Washington Steel and Iron Company's property. Lew Shaw a billiard expert of no mean prowess gave an exhibition of his skill with the cue at the Palm bil- liard hall to an audience of over a hun- dred Wednesday evening. Haye you seen that new cigar case at Koerner's Pharmacy? It is the latest out and the first one of its kind in this part of the country. Go and see it and notice the assortment of cigars in it. You will find it the most representative assortment in town. 31 Forest Supervisor Sylvester went to Chiwaukum Tuesday to inspect a bridge recently built by the forestry depart- ment across the Wenatchee river two and a half miles above Chiwaukum. The bridge is heavy enough to cross sheep on and even men can cross horse back but it is not intended to carry a wagon and team. John Brady has been appointed tray- ; cling engineer. Charles B. DeMille, a live real es tate wire from Seattle, spent several days here this week. Mr. DeMille ! knows a good town when he sees it and has been instrumental in bringing some very good citizens to this town j in the past thirty days. He says he ', knows of some more who have an eye on Leavenworth. He was instrument- j al in selling Mr. Green's place in the j jChumstick valley. RAILROAD RUMBLINGS Superintendent Clark was here last Wednesday. Engineer Charlie Anderson is off on a week's vacation. Conductors Chandler and Jones and their families are camping on the Icicle. J. J. Dowling, master mechanic of the Cascade division was here Wednes- day. Fireman J. E. Tracy left Thursday for Anacortes, to take a run out of that place. H. P. Elliott, assistant general sup- erintendent of the Great Northern, was here Monday. F. E. Carlquist made a trip up to Cascade Tunnel Sunday to install a despatcher's clock. Fireman Bob Merchant will take a thirty days' lay-off this month and visit relatives in St. Paul. T. J. Tegtmeir, former traveling en- gineer has taken a run on the coast line out of Portland. M. E. Ryan, traveling claim agent of the Great Northern railway, was here the first of the week. Dr. Hoxsey was called to Chiwaukum Tuesday to attend Mrs. Duffy, wife of the operator at that place. J. C. Davis, Harry Geerds, Nas Patterson and Charlie Smythe were the guests of George Ingham at his ranch on the Icicle Sunday. Engineer Tony Blomeke is back again. Tony has been running on the coast line for some time, but he says its Leavenworth for him. All but five of the big 1900 engines on the hill have been equipped with oil and it will only be a short time un- til coal will be a thing of the past. Engineer Geerds was a visitor in Everett last Thursday. He returned the following day accompanied by his wife, who has been visiting friends there. The cut-ofi at Berne on which the contractors have been working the past year was completed this week and trains are now running over the new track. The new track cuts off about a mile. There was a mile of freight cars in ! a train that pulled into Wilson Creek the first of the week. There were 110 cars, forty of which were loaded. One engine of the 1800 class did the work. News was received here this week of the death of C. H. Kitter in Seattle last Saturday. Mrs. Kitter was a fire- man on the G. N. Ry. and has run in and out of this city for the past two years. Death of James Mackey The sad news of the death of James Mackey reached here Tuesday. For the past year Mr. Mackey has been failing in health, suffering from organic heart trouble. Several weeks ago he made a trip over to this city in the hope that the change of climate would l^^^^^^^r Still On Our Job L^jf^^^Sl /SRI jLw' OUR REDUCTIONS I\AX NOT BE A§> CREDIT A§> YOU aflklß SpM TIIIAK THCY AIGHT &C 5 BUT, REAEABER, TH^IT OUR ORIG- M lliP|m Ay im^l prices on aerch^adii>e aever ncTiTiou^ high RIwISBF PRICES, BUT OALY VH^T THE GOODd. ART. WORTH. OUR H&f lli%s>gM' V [i> T0 m A RGC VOLUAE Or BUSINESS AT A SA>ILL PROFIT, mf^MmMr RATHER TH>4A A <§>/MLL VOLUAE AT A L>JRGE PROFIT. THEREFORE, lf(»lfl?/ OUR PRiec REDUCTIOA& TIRE REDUCTION FROM OUR REGULAR FULL ffWffl Vi4LUE PRICES. WHEA WE "REDUCE"' FROM THREE DOLLARS TO TWO ™ N^ DOLLARS, YOU S^VE OAE REi4L DOLLAR. Our Grocery Department Is deserving of the careful consideration of every frugal housewife. In these days of high cost of living you want to make your money go as far as possible. First-class goods at a moderate price accounts for our success. Leavenworth Mercantile Co. THE BIG STORE THAT ALWAYS SAVES YOU MONEY benefit his health. He gradually grew worse and returned to his home in Ev- erett, where he died Tuesday morning. Mr. Mackey was an old timer on the Great Northern railway, having worked in and out of here for the past ten years. He formerly made his home here but moved to Everett about three i years ago where he has since resided. Mr. Mackey was well known and i had a large number of friends who will regret to hear of his death. Besides a wife and two children, he leaves two brothers and a sister. The i . funeral services were to be held from the home in Everett, Thursday after- noon. Quite a number of railroad men went from here to attend the funeral. OLD RESIDENT DIES IN SEATTLE Leavenworth Pioneer and Veteran of Civil War Dies After Six Weeks' Illness Louis Anderson Parker, a veteran of the Civil war who marched in Sherman's army from Atlanta to the sea, and a well known resident of Washington, died at noon on Wednesday of last week jat his home in Seattle. The funeral services were held at ten o'clock on Thursday morning at the undertaking parlors of Graham & Engemann under auspices of Ballard Post of the G. A. R. Interment was in Crown Hill cemetery. The decedent was sixty nine years old and was a native of Warwick coun- ty, Indiana. Enlisting as a youth in the Fiftieth Illinois infantry, he served with honor throughout the Civil war. He came to Washington thirty-one years ago and located first at Yakima. From there he moved to Wenatchee as one of its earliest settlers. He resided there four years and then went to Leav- enworth which was his home until he removed to Seattle six years ago. Mr. Parker was a carpenter by trade. The decedent had been in failing health for six weeks and when the end came all his family were at the bed- side. Besides his wife, Sarah Kirlin Parker, he leaves five daughters, Mrs. Maggie Williams. Mrs. Julia Burch, Mrs. Mattie Barrett, Miss Alice Parker, all of Seattle; Mrs. Anna Reesburg, of Monitor, Washington, and four sons, Fred, Joseph, James and Charles Parker, all of Seattle. Centennial Celebration Western Washington will send a big delegation to Astoria to participate in the Centennial Celebration from August 22 to 24. August 25 has been fixed as Seattle and Western Washington Day and excursion trains will carry the party to Kalama, whence a special steamer will continue the trip to Astoria. Exercises on August 23 will emphasize the interest Washington has in the his- torical event the Centenial signalizes — the first American settlement on the Palific Coast. Don't make a campfire in the forest in leaves, rotten wood, or against logs, where it may spread or where you can- not be sure it is out. Never leave a fire until it is out. Band Concert Saturday Evening 1 "Independent," Hall. 2 "Down the Mississippi," Laurens; Baritone Solo, Art Kringle. 3 "Peacemaker," Moon. (March.) 4 "Isle of Beauty," Barviord. (Over- ture. ) 5 "Clarion," Barnhouse. (Quickstep) 6 "Canora," Hayner. (Overture.) 7 "Spanish Waltz," Lopez. 8 "Ring of All," Miller. J. McDaniel, Band Master. Timber pays taxes in your county. If it burns up, your property has to pay the difference. Business Paragraphs. House for Sale Good well; finished five-room house near L.-D. mill. For particulars inquire at The Echo office. | 2Otf For Sale The Miller 12-acre orchard, North side, is for sale, if taken soon. Come and see me for terms. The irrigating plant is included, and is a success. J. W. Miller, Box 23, City. 23-tl For summer diarrhoea in children alwava give Chamberlnin's Colic, Cholera anil Diar- rhoea Remedy and castor oil, and 11 speedy cure is certain. For sale by King's City Drug Store. Fur Sale or Trade Collie puppies, black and white markings; of the famous Lord Ravens- pood stock. One mijf north of Leaven- worth on Kincherf road. 28-31 H. A. Howard. Airedale for Sale Best looking brood bitch in the country. Registered in Canada and United States. Her last litter sold for *55. Price $25. Walter Steele, Lake- side, Washington. 29-31 Sprains require careful treatment. K«*v ?[iiiet and apply Charnberlnii.'s Liniuicnl reely. It will remove tie H'reien mid quickly restore the pans to a hentlhy ci di* tion. For sale by King's City l)nig Siore. Ijodelue House for Hale On Commercial street, lot 105x180, on corner; seventeen rooms; occupied by permanent tenants. Good location and money maker. Inquire at Echo office. 7. "';\u25a0 >-' ':/;;, 28tf —General housework by lady. Address, Box 184, Leavenworth. 31 Don't throw it away, bring your old tinware to Peppier, at Hoffee'i store, and have it mended. 30tf See the Curry's optical specialist at the Chickamin Hotel, Monday, Aug- ust 14. _' 30-31 I. W. Harper's superb flavor and uni- form quality have won recognition all over the world. Four gold medals awarded for merit. This perfect whis- key is sold by J. B. Violett at the Over- land Bar. 25 The Curry's eyesight specialist of 345 Arcade Bldg., Seattle, who hare made professional visits to Leavenworth for seven years, will be at the Chieka- min Hotel, Monday, August 14 for one day only. Eyes examined and glasses fitted. 30-31