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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1907
Page
2
Notice to subscribers requests phone contact for World delivery. County authorities vow to curb wilful waste of irrigation water after a local court trial found a defendant not guilty as the overflow caused by a gopher hole rather than farmer negligence. No precedent set. others may still face action.
The Tacoma News editorial analyzes who enables corruption the bribe givers or the bribe takers. It notes bribe givers claim necessity while bribe takers defend non solicitation and secrecy. It praises Heney in San Francisco for exposing graft and calls for justice and national gratitude if he succeeds.
The state of Washington can point with pride to its many institutions of learning. The burden on taxpayers is great, yet the direct returns to farmers, fruit growers, stock raisers and dairymen are implied in these investments.
The State College at Pullman offers practical courses and strong scientific instruction. Its faculty comprises recognized authorities and the institution leads in farming and dairy methods, pest control, and dry farming. It funds teacher training and public education, with $350 000 appropriated for maintenance and new buildings last legislature, deemed wise and profitable.
A playful column riffs on a rumor of the Great Northern Surveyors roaming the area with tripods and transits. The piece teases their purpose as rumors of new railroads swirl, while locals offer cryptic cautions and vague sightings.
A 1907 Wenatchee letter to the editor laments social pressures on young men to marry, mocking expectations for high status work and income while contrasting single life with marriage. The writer, WELL SATISFIED, argues against early matrimony amid local flirtations and town attitudes toward suitors and salaries.
The Rev. T. E. Ruth proposed a barbaric plan to replace clergyman annuities by sending sixty year olds to the edge of a cliff for a final ascent. His Osler like joke drew mixed reactions with some applause and notable dismay among fellow Baptists at the London Baptist union session.
An extensive Boston Old Home Week plan runs July 27 to August 3 with bonfires parades sports reunions pilgrimages receptions and patriotic exercises. Speakers at the Faneuil Hall meeting included Governor Guild Archbishop O Connell Bishop Lawrence Mayor Fitzgerald and Mrs Julia Ward Howe who praised the homecoming spirit and hoped for blessings on visitors and locals alike.
A Calmar Iowa child's daring stunt aboard a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train ended safely four miles from Calmar when the engineer halted the locomotive. The youngster, clinging to the pilot with both hands, laughed and crowed it was enjoying a wild buggy ride.
An enterprising shopper in Vienna has devised a steel frame strapped to the upper body to support an umbrella. The device frees both arms and the inventor says it is a complete success.
A May morning brings frost and fair life. A joyous bird's song rises from bare poplar boughs as the bird shivers and soars. The wide wind swept sky opens, lifting the heart to the lilt and swing of life, love, and happiness in a reflective magazine note.
A hitherto unpublished account reveals Captain Henry Wirz’s wartime conduct at Andersonville. An Americus resident recalls Wirz guiding a Federal mother and her day old baby to a tent outside the stockade and aiding their needs before the couple was later moved away.
Federal troops saluted Stonewall Jackson, famed as a great flanker. The narrative recalls his simplicity, strength, daring, skill and indomitable will that endeared him to his soldiers amid notable successes.
In Gunten on Lake Thun a natural tree fountain draws attention. Water from a spring feeds a shaft and climbs through a poplar trunk that was rammed into the ground. The trunk rooted and sprouted a lush top growth, creating an extraordinary curiosity.
A reflective piece on friendship as a vase that breaks when damaged by heat or violence or accident. Once cracked, it cannot be trusted to return to its prior form, with the larger the ornament the clearer the loss. Coarse stones, once fractured, are likewise difficult to repair.
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