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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
Dr. Eva C Ditman offers general practice and women and children specialties at Columbia Valley Bank Building. J J Eyer promotes Ever Ready Battery bicycle supplies and repair services. The notice lists contact number 1585 for telephone inquiries.
The Chelan County primary will decide which candidate for superior court judge advances to the November ballot. Frank Reeves promotes direct primary advocacy while William A. Grimshaw, a Wenatchee city attorney, defends his qualifications and judicial temperament.
E B Norrell visits from Malaga today. Ben Little of Lakeside in town. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Chas Wildberger yesterday morning. Dr Knupp reports all parties doing well. Postmaster Hall of Wenatchee bought part of the Richardson place last season and set it to apricots this spring. Apricots now on desk from those trees. H W Westland and F E Manley of Cashmere in Wenatchee. Westland and Mrs Westland married three weeks ago in Everett.
D Rockwell republican candidate for congress spoke at the Wenatchee theatre after a park band concert. He kept the crowd for over an hour and twenty minutes and claimed Bryan's idea as a false panacea while praising Theodore Roosevelt and noting Roosevelt’s support aided his campaign.
The Wenatchee avenue regrade condemnation trial, led by City Attorney William A. Grimshaw, reduced kept damages to half the claimed sum. It was the largest Chelan county suit, involving over one hundred defendants and property interests in the hundreds of thousands. Continued on page two. G G Gillis visits the valley. Henry Clark, W T Clark’s brother, is in town from Colorado mining.
Chelan county Democrats met at the courthouse to organize a full Democratic ticket for the coming campaign with Sheriff Webb as chair and J. L. Corey as secretary. A second meeting is set for Friday Aug 7 at 8 pm to finalize the ticket and form a Democratic club.
H. R. Scheildnecht has sold his five acre fruit orchard adjoining town to a Wisconsin lady for 2400 dollars per acre. The orchard includes a good house. possession will be given around February first. The 1900s crop is expected to average four to five hundred dollars per acre this season.
Thos. E. Brown and Miss Gena B. Peterson were married Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Beightol officiating. Brown is a fireman on the Great Northern and the couple will reside in Leavenworth.
The Farmers Telephone and Telegraph Company expands with Colockum and Stemilt branches and more installations. The Wenatchee valley system now serves 940 subscribers, a point of local pride for reliable service above the average.
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