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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1910
Page
3
Wenatchee merchants report brisk business from the early Christmas shopping campaign with strong demand for utilitarian gifts and a broader stock. Prices remain moderate, and shoppers flock to stores despite weather, aided by plentiful money and prepared clerks, as department heads note lines dwindling in some groups and buyers generous this season.
Dr E W White president of the Pasco Commercial Club canvassed east side counties to back Pasco as the state house site. He cites Pasco 24 trains daily three steamboat lines and a rising metropolis on the Columbia River offering easy access and a grand river view. Spokane county delegates show no opposition and see rail service centered in Pasco benefiting the whole Spokane country.
A discussion argues Pasco offers better access for a new capital than Wenatchee or Olympia. The southwest would route to Wenatchee or Seattle, while Pasco’s rail maps favor central placement. The Commercial Club backs a capital move, claiming urgency and opposing west side selfishness.
Harrisburg Pennsylvania and Atlanta Georgia seek to host the National Apple show next year as part of an eastern southern circuit. Atlanta editor Clark Howell wired for January 17 while Harrisburg official Jas A Bell urged the Chicago manager to place the event during inauguration week for the Pennsylvania governor.
William Downing brother in law of Fire Chief Throw and former Wenatchee Planing Mills employee. He defeated Green, former Findlay champion, to win the welterweight championship of Ohio last week. Downing gained notable wrestling renown and his friends celebrate his Buckeye State success.
Spokane reports Secretary MacLean urged Northwest supporters to contact Washington senators and Miles Poindexter to back waterways. He noted about 6000 delegates from all states will attend the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington. The aim is to win $50,000,000 over ten years for major rivers including the Columbia and Mississippi system.
Sumner Washington December 5 William H Paulhamus owner of the largest berry ranch in the state is seen as likely president of the coming state senate from his district A majority of senators from western districts support him Only two from King County oppose a Pierce county candidate Paulhamus is also president of the first cooperative cannery in the Northwest and has built a large farming fortune.
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