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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
2
North Central Washington and the Wenatchee valley receive strong representation at the Spokane apple show. Speakers including President Louis W. Hill and Governor Mead praise Wenatchee and the Okanogan region. A broad, educational visit promotes regional pride and informs on reduced Great Northern rates for travel.
In Leavenworth Washington the People's ticket wins the mayor and treasury with L. J. Nelson 181 votes and Charles Anderson 231. A. J. McCoy 193. Phalen 185, for council. Citizens' ticket fields O. S. Sampson mayor 56. C. Routh 47. I. F. Heartman 45, for council. Robert L. Hawkins sells a ten acre East Wenatchee tract to F. S. Hull for 3500, planning tree growth next spring.
Ed Parrish of this city has bought the Slick and Weisel meat market in Cashmere and assumed control. The sale coincides with a Whitman county contract for nine steel bridges awarded to the I J Bailey company, to be erected on the Lit Erect Nine Steel Bridges project last night.
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Social notes from Wenatchee show visits by Zola McCardell to Cashmere and locals Sh arps and Deardorfs travel between Wenatchee Eg ileston and Modesto while an apple show draws praise. Court notes record rulings against Burt Hawthorne M S Peters and O H Hunt. Dan Driscoll faces further restraint after a suspended sentence for domestic abuse.
Deputy Superintendent C. E. Smith toured valley schools on Wednesday and Thursday. Notables including George Sharpe and wife from Seattle visited relatives here and in Wenatchee. Numerous locals made Wenatchee trips while others on this side hauled hay. Liberty school elected officers for a Saturday night meeting with debate on capital punishment. Dissolution of Colberg & Knapp announced with settlement terms.
J. G. Fritz, a Leavenworth saloonkeeper, pled guilty in superior court to keeping his establishment open on Sunday. Judge Steiner levied a $95 fine plus costs, which Fritz paid. Attendees at Bible School include residents from Sumas Murphy Grant's Pass Port Orchard and Chehalis County. A. Z. Lanham reports a close carload exhibit contest between Wenatchee Yakima with Mike Horan favored to win.
Mr and Mrs Steinecker and family and Mr McCoy owners on the Heights have left for Seattle to spend the winter Mis Idle Bullock and brother Leonce are visiting Entiat Mis Jagla born a girl last Saturday Mr William Kuhlman returned from a pleasure trip to Lake Chelan Mr and Mrs Silkwood left for Seattle to spend the winter
An advertisement touts Wonder Chamberlain's Iniment as a remarkable remedy for rheumatic pains backache sprains and bruises with quick relief. It highlights value at 25 cents for small and 50 cents for large sizes and notes availability at ball dealers.
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