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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
1
Arthurs Bousquet advertises South Mission Street lots with eastern front, view of a new bridge, bearing orchard, city water, sidewalks, and high sightly positions. Only a few available at 1000 dollars each with staged payments of 250 dollars over four years.
In Portland Oregon the father of 15 year old Arthur Matthews says Professor Hugheson at Portsmouth school injured his son during punishment. Matthews claims the boy now has a leg in a plaster cast and will sue the school district for 10000 dollars after a criminal case concludes.
In a Washington State Horticultural Association meeting at Walla Walla J F E Littooy condemned importing Japanese workers for fruit packing. He urged using American youth and girls, arguing the nation’s dormant energies should be developed through education and local labor rather than reliance on foreigners.
The Interior Department indicates 1,145,000 acres on the Yakima Indian reservation will open for settlement late this year or early next spring to allow crops for 1909. North Yakima expects gains, while Topenish and Wapato towns may grow rapidly with new settlers and speculative real estate hopes rise. Settlement requires installment payments equal to government valuations, with land under irrigation already or soon to be irrigated, and much of the land praised for its agricultural and horticultural potential.
A Valentine party last night on Wenatchee Avenue honored Mr and Mrs J L Robertson. The event featured red heart decor and the game hearts. Prizes included a heart shaped bonbon box and a small bottle of catsup. A luncheon followed. E H Shepherd of Hood River Oregon, longtime Hood River Apple Growers Association manager and editor of Better Fruit, is invited to address the Chelan County Institute on the 15th and 20th inst.
Attorney Fred Kemp came back yesterday from a two day trip to Waiterville to handle land office matters. County Superintendent Bowersox visited Entiat schools this week and discussed issues at the Entiat high school.
Program notes for a Wenatchee convention outline sessions Wednesday and Thursday focused on Chelan county fruit exhibits packing and marketing. Topics include fruit export packing, spraying lime sulfur, natural cultivation, pear blight, and cementing horticultural interests with speeches by local and visiting experts.
The Williams Jubilee Singers appear tonight at the Opera House under Wenatchee High School auspices. Crowd expects full house as ticket sales show strong interest. Gordon Lynhurst Bruce from London has stayed with H E M Cosgrove at Chenawa Hotel for a week. The Tourist Club met at Mrs S A Thompson's home with a program on Polish Finnish writers Russia education Tolstoy and lyric poets. A baby boy was born to Mrs H H Grant on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Charles Brown and Mrs. J. H. Long hosted a Thursday afternoon card party at Mrs. Brown's Douglas street home. The room was prettily decorated and 500 was played followed by a three course luncheon. Attending were Mrs. Pogue Mrs. Holm Mrs. Quigg Mrs. Rahm Mrs. Chase Mrs. Schuneman Mrs. Merriam Mrs. May Mrs. Lurber Mrs. Whitaker Mrs. Nichols Mrs. Crass Mrs. Baggott Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Long.
Inmates at Kittitas county jail issue a daily paper titled Daily Bulletin printed on foolscap. The publication acts as the jail official organ, lists social happenings, and prints remands for rule violations. A copy is left for the sheriff each morning.
C F Horton died today at his Nob Hill home aged 75 after a weeklong illness from pneumonia. He arrived from Akron Iowa last November. Funeral arrangements had not been set as of press time. Amelia Shill hosted a Valentine party on North S Street last night with guests including Velma Kyle Sergia Fuller Letta Roderick Blanche Clarke Edna Lonalds Glen Elfers Burt Smith Grover Raggett E Clarke G Wells Ray Lake A Chapin H Nelson New Shade of Blue noted as a party attendee.
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