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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1908
Page
2
The Daily World and Weekly Advance announce the addition of Mr. R. J. Rockey to handle advertising sales. Rockey brings a year and a half of Everett Herald experience and promises strong reach and effective results for merchants, real estate, and personal ads. Call 1131 to contact him.
The Chelan Leader reports a US Senate bill to exempt mine owners from 1908 assessment work in Washington, sparking protests from miners. The paper recalls 1923 exemptions that stalled prospecting and harmed development, urging Chelan Commercial Club and others to lobby Congress to defend the mining industry.
The Record notes rising real estate transfers totaling 5 661, with a net gain of 7 514. The year shows continued forward movement as purchases of tracts spur irrigation and road ties. The county’s growth reflects broader economic activity within its borders.
Local notice advertises five cents per line with an average five words per line. Combines figures or initials as a single word. Special rates apply for ads run one week or longer. Minimum charge set at 25 cents.
The article notes the Spokane to Oroville rail extension reaching Nighthawk Loomis and a central irrigation project creating summer jobs. It highlights Wenatchee’s role in upper Columbia development, river transport improvements, and hopes for rail links boosting prosperity and making Wenatchee a regional trading hub.
The Spokane jail cannot hold all men convicted of law violations so each day they report to the police chief and are taken to the courtroom to sit in penitential confinement for two or three hours. The process is repeated daily, evoking pity for the cruel results of sin.
Mrs Perkins complains to guards at a circus about the animals on display. She criticizes light colored elephants from Africa a giraffe with short necks a kangaroo with short legs and a single hump camel and demands a refund for herself and the seven children she brought to the show. She asks the manager to report her dissatisfaction in her name Mrs Philander Perkins.
E. H. Overman editor of World at Wilson Creek arrived at Wenatchee today on return from Waterville where he once worked for Big Bend Empire. He says about 75 percent of Wilson Creek crops have been sold and finance conditions in his region are favorable.
A North American Review essay argues for nationally funded theater houses to elevate taste and sustain drama. It notes municipal pressures curb vulgar shows, while private managers see rising box office support for the drama, challenging the idea of public censorship and ownership.
Golumbie and Okanogan Steamboat Co operates up river trips from Wenatchee daily at 5:00 a.m. to Orondo Entiat Chelan Falls Pateros Brewster and back to Wenatchee with morning departures and evening returns. Steamer leaves Wenatchee for Bridgeport three mornings weekly and returns the same night. Special folders available on irrigation and Lake Chelan projects.
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