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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
7
Mr. J. A. Howson of The Toggery is highlighted as a Christmas pres macist at Economy Drug store. Readers are urged to try his service with a coupon offering a necktie as a gift upon approval of a loan or farm security through the advertised deal signed by J. A. Gellatly.
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress at its fifth annual convention endorses issuing 500 million dollars in bonds to improve U S rivers and harbors. Delegates push steady annual appropriations and compare bond use to rail extensions, citing long term benefits and reduced freight costs.
Special to the World reports Congress adjourned on December 21 for a ten day holiday recess. Secretaries Root and Wilson discuss reorganization and extraordinary crop values for 1909 estimated at eight billion dollars. The inland waterways plan seeks rapid, large scale work on rivers like the Ohio, funded by bond issues approved in Washington.
North Yakima announces a literary orchard colony to be built near town with Clare Kummer buying five acres to grow apples. Other celebrities including Dr Alfred H. Henry Theodore Dreiser and Arthur T. Vance have purchased tracts. Lake Chelan Fruit Growers offer for sale one hundred boxes Delicious apples.
The Ways and Means Committee proposes a higher duty on millinery to spur home made hats. Its married members argue that pricier imported hats will not deter women from buying them, countering the claim that Secret Service investigations of congressmen were necessary.
Attend the Eagles dance Friday night at the Eagles hall. A carnation will be given to each attendee. Committee members J. C. Carpenter F. C. Lemon and Wm. Jones announce the event.
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