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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919.
FOLLOW THIS SPORTSMAN ON A
TRIP THRU CHELAN COUNTY
Visit in Your Mind the Haunts of Game and Trout.
See the Mountain Srreams and Lakes, the
Valley and Glacier Peaks.
(Contributed in the Interest of the Leavenworth Sportsmen's Association)
Chelan County and especially the
country' near Leavenworth is today
and with the proper attention to prop
agation and protection of game, will
continue to be, a sportsmen paradise.
Located, as it is, at the convergence
of the Wenatchee and [dde rivers, it
is within a short distance of ideal
camping sites and scenery unsur
passed.
Illustrating this a few of the many
trips that may interest the man who
level the big out-doors are briefly
mentioned with the probable game
and natural beauties to be seen.
Leaving Leavenworth by the Chum
stick road within a mile you will come
to the mouth of Eagle creek. This
canyon is about eighteen miles in
length and for the first few miles
leads you past many fine productive
ranches devoted to orchard, dairy
and general farming. Coming near
er the head of the canyon finds you
in the unbroken forest which abounds
with native pheasants and as you go
higher, near the Entiat Range, find
CHEWAWA RIVER, ONE OF OUR FINE FISHING STREAMS
the Blue Grouse and on the ridges
and near the springs see bear and
deer. Climbing the Entiat range at
the head of this canyon you are at
the head of Derby, Olalla, Swakane
and Nahahum canyons. All these
abound with game and camp sites at
an of the many springs which are
easily located.
Following the Entiat range to the
north you may return to the upper
Chumstick by any one of the many
canyons and be assured of good hunt
ing all the way.
Sixteen miles from Leavenworth
you cross the Beaver creek divide
which furnishes the hiding place for
the many deer so eagerly hunted by
the man with the big rifle. Passing
on up the valley you come in time to
the Chewawa river. Here you try
your luck at catching Cutthroat and
Dollies. You wade this stream
down to the Wenatchee with pood
luck all the way—may the Lord
watch over you and keep you whon
you fall into the rapids. You paaa
iip the Chewawa toward Red Moun
tain and come to Rock creek. Here
is a beautiful camp site and in Ihe
nearby hills you hunt bear, doer, peat
and birds which arc plentiful. As
you stop to rest at the end of tome
long climb you may rest your eyes on
the most beautiful and ever chang
ing scenery and though yoor gam«
bag is still empty you will I"' con
tent The view Ifl well worth tb«
trip.
Returning down the chewawa i>y
the Lake Wenatchee road you come
mar Fish Lake. Here you find good
spots to camp but poor water. In
the lake you will find perch without
number and an occasional DoQie.
The ducks and geese will call from
the distant shore. You take ■ boat
Bad try the other side and being un
able to resist the call of the hills will
climb in search of deer and will
bear sign all thru the benches ikon
the lake.
From Fish Lake you pass along the
.shore of Wenatchee Lake and at the
i>nd of a ten mile drive come to the
forks of White river. Hive is Ideal
camping conditions hut you lea> I
heie and start on the climb to Twin
lakes.
These lakes have been closed for
the past four years, with the excep
tion of two short periods, and left for
the propagation of cutthroats. At
the foot of the larger of the two
lakes is located the Chelan County
eyeing station which in the past
son eyed out about two million trout
, .. ||, re In .1 cup la ft* bill
within sight of the mows, in their
setting of green, the lakes lay like
jewels. At an altitude of over two
thousand feet they present as quiet
and peaceful a scene as you can wish
to see. Kept closed they will re
plenish tehe streams of the county
with cutthroat till all may fill their
baskets.
Returning to your camp you take
the trail up White river hunting boar,
goat anil native bird- v you go.
Crossing the bridge over White river
you come to Cougar creek which is
alive with lake trout and here you
may camp. Taking the trail again
you come to Indian creek after about
a seven mile trip. From the mouth
of Indian creek you hear the roar of
the falls and locate them about half
a mile off seeing one of the most
beautiful water falls in the mountains.
Just above the falls comes the mead
ows—over two hundred acres cov
ered with grass shoulder high. Here
you may leave your horses and spend
the summer. You continue up In
dian creek to the pass and turn to the
left following the trail over Kodak
mountain. From here you get a view
of Glacier peak with its everlasting
snow.
Taking this trail you arrive at the
head waters of the Little Wenatchee
and passing down this stream come
to the Soda springs. Here you may
camp and drink the waters of eternal
youth and in the surrounding forests
and mountains find game and fish to
your heart's content. On leaving
here you find other-Soda sprigs within
ten miles and will be on great fishing
grounds. Two miles below these
springs are the falls. During the
full flow of the stream these are over
one hundred feet wide and thirty feel
high in a sheer drop and are ap
proached by great rapids. Bear and
deer are seen near here at all times
and here is your chance at the cut
throat. A short distance below the
falls is a big log jam which you must
see before you go. Below the lojr
jam you catch more cutthroats and
also eastern brook trout which have
been planted there by local sports
men years ago. At the head of
Lake Wenatchee are the Silver trout
traps of the county hatchery.
Camping at the head of the lake
you spend several days to see the
many points of interest, among others
Hidden Lake. Crossing the upper
end of Lake Wenatchee you come to
a trail taking you several hundred
feet up the mountain side and when
least expecting it com" to a bench at
the back of which is Hidden lake.
This is stocked with eastern brook
and cutthroat. Here you will dis
cover whether you are a fisherman or
not..
On Lake Wenatchee, five miles long
and more than a mile wide you troll
for the big lake trout —if you catch
one he may weigh ten pounds or more
and the cutthroat as large as three
pounds. Leaving Lake Wenatchee
you may take the road to Winton and
thence to Merritt and hike from hen
to Merritt Lake, two and one half
miles, all up hill. The surrounding
country seems very rugged but is a
great place for your goat and bear
hunting. The lower end of this lake
will furnish you with cutthroat and
eastern brook trout a.- large Bl six
I pounds. On your return you may
fish down Nason creek and will find
the going good all the way. You can
return down the Wenatchee river to
Leavenworth and there prepare to
take your trip up the leicle.
Within thee miles you are at the
iTound iiui maj o ili''
head of the llcicle. Here you find
Lake Josephine. This may be
H'uched by a much easier trip from
ade Tunnel it being only about a
four mile trip. Rainbows are plen
tiful here and in the glaciers above ,
you may find ptarmigan. Cominp
back down the Icicle you take ■ tide
trip to Lakes Mary and Margaret by
p-oing up Frosty creek. Here you find
the Rlack Spotted trout planted by the
Forest Service to whom you are in
debted not only for the many trails
you have followed but for the plant
ing of many of the lakes and streams
with fish.
Having returned to the Icicle you
come to Snow creek and then visit
Snow Lakes. Here we again find
eastern brook and cutthroats and are
near the glaciers. In this locality
have been found the remains of the
Big Horn sheep. Lying to the right i
of Snow Lakes and some five hund
red feet lower is Nada lake abound
ing in cutthroat and eastern brook.
If you are satisfied with your wan- j
doings you may now return to Leav
enworth and begin to plan for the
next big trip which is half the pleas
ure. Of trips there should be no
end as Chelan county has hundreds j
Reducing the Cost of Clothes
FOR YOU floll
WE'RE doing it in two ways for you;
first, by offering only the best clothes WHx^^mlP;
made— Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes; the KSsijili i\HT^
all-wool quality and fine tailoring in them ■wHH^Es^^ ■ " ■ H^K
give such long wear—you don't have to Jimmjoßi^Bli«iß
Second, by basing our present retail ffi^^^HHffiHH
prices on what we paid for the goods
months ago. Were we to try to duplicate iVHMfIr
any of this clothing we're selling today, we'd f J "^
have to pay as much for it at wholesale as t ■ v *
So, if we sold clothes to you on the present
wholesale basis, we'd ask a lot more money.
SOME WARM ONES
You'll find all of the good stylish overcoats here; warm ulsters and
greatcoats for winter; lighter coats for fall wear full draped models; body
tracing designs, single and double breasted.
Belters—For Young Men
They're popular; single and double-breasted models; yokes, plaits;
the livest suits of the season.
A Sure Thing
That's what it is when you buy here; Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes
are guaranteed to satisfy you; money back if you feel that they don't. ;
THE TOGGERY
Pipkin-Taylor Co.
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES
THE LEAVENWORTH ECHO
■• m KIVW^H VIE
A GOOD DAYS' CATCH OF CUTTHROATS ON CHEWAWA RIVES
of Lakes and streams which abound
with fish.
Theabove outline should be carried
out over a period of years or you may
exceed the limit.
At Leavenworth is located the Chelan
County Fish Hatchery. From this
hatchery were released during the
past season over two and a half mil
lion fry. To this institution we owe
the condition of our streams and thru
the untiring efforts of our frame war
den and his assistants we to a great
extent owe the fishing and hunting
grounds being in a satisfactory con
dition.
Thru the efforts of the Chelan
County Game Commission we have
shocked the county with Hungarian
Partridges and Mongolian pheasants.
These birds afford the greatest sport
in the world to the scatter gun man
and has they have become acclimated
are increasing very fast and promise
unlimited game for the future. Be-
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ing the asset, which it is, the propa
gation and protection of game should
receive the support of every°ne >n"
terested in the welfare of the county.
The organization of a County
Sportsman's Association should be
effected with this object in view so
the future generation may participate
ir. these sports rather than listen to
some white head recounting con
ditions as they existed when he WM
a boy.
How Acme Fruit is Handled
The motto of the Wenatchee Valley
Fruit Exchange is, apparently, to deal
ir. the high grades of fruit and to sell
direct to the trade. There are some
able, practical orchard men at thr
head of this exchange, perfectly fitted
to carry on a business with those high
ideals of conduct.
"Acme" is the brand of the Wr
natchee Valley Fruit Exchange. Th^
word means something to the tnqrtf
of fruit. It is the acme of the crop
of the richest and best fruit section in
the world.
The last year's business was ex
tremely successful, and the prices se
cured were eminently satisfactory to
the growers.
