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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
8
J. S. Greer and W. J. Crow returned from the Methow where they planted 1850 trees on a 36 acre tract bought by Greer and Sloan last fall. Two trees were lost. Trees came from Ed Dennis of the Wenatchee Home nursery. The orchard sits 214 miles away.
Mr Greer reports strong tree growth of 8 to 10 inches, praising the soil in the Winthrop locality. He notes rapid development in the surrounding country as new growth accelerates.
The Chelan high school held its fourth annual commencement at the auditorium with graduates Clara Switzer Anna Lucas Virginia Bush Myra Heacock Emsley Ridener Purl Foote. C P Bissett delivered the commencement address. The Chelan Farmers Union picnic at Twenty Five Mile Creek was postponed due to high wind.
City shoppers are invited to the Big Building Sale with every article in the store reduced in price for cash, groceries excluded. Numerous local names and businesses are noted with sales pitches for vacations, automobiles, frames, and sunlit goods from Wenatchee to Leavenworth.
Wenatchee Bazaar offers a three-quart Snowball ice cream freezer priced at $2.70. Small appliance advertised for home use.
A. R. Smith of Wenatchee area attended a band concert and found his pig pen grew from one to seventeen while he was away, a neighbor vouched for the surprising rise. The item appears amid local Bazaar notes mentioning Fulper germ-proof filters.
Mr. Brose a 30 year old German native with European education and military background plans to develop his Twenty Acres of Methow Valley property through the Washington Development League and reside in the West as a fruit culture entrepreneur. Mr. Dunne, 45, Chicago native and Western Union veteran, joins as owner of a Wenatchee Fruit Ranch linking East and West business ties.
The Telegraph notes Miss May Roberts will return to Wenatchee for a three night run of The Grass Widow starting Monday. She previously performed here with Victor Gillard and invested in local real estate, marking a major carryover from former Waterville ties.
A west end district meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held at the local Methodist church next Tuesday, June 7, in connection with the auxiliary meeting. Sessions start at 10 o'clock with a basket luncheon. Invited guests include Leavenworth, Cashmere, Peshastin, Monitor, Chelan, Waterville, Wenatchee, Ephrata, Odessa, Quincy and Wilson Creek.
Regular preaching services will be conducted for the Congregationalists by Rev. M. F. Dunn of Spokane in Sprague's hall at 11 a.m. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m.
Miss Marguerite Reymond owner of five acres in Methow Valley and her mother plan a summer or fall 1910 visit to Wenatchee and North Central Washington. A renowned violinist trained in St Louis Chicago and Sinsinawa she earns praise in the East and France and supports Washington Development League inquiries through their efforts.
Bible school at 10 a.m. for all ages with all invited. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Lord's Supper observed with Communion Meditation. Solo by Miss Tessie Savage. Evening worship at 7 p.m. sermon titled A Young Man's Religion. Solo by Miss Grace Paris. Welcome message to strangers and the poor.
In the morning Dr Stevenson preaches on The Purposes of the Incarnation the second doctrinal sermon in a series. Mrs O G Stephenson will sing a solo. In the evening a Sacred Concert by the choir and friends is open to the public with a silver offering for the music fund. The pastor will share a sketch of history and of Just as I am.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church hosts a Sunday evening program to benefit the Jessie Lee Home. Events include congregation music, Scripture by President Mrs Knowles, IT Prayer, a duet by Mrs Jackson and Mrs Thompson, announcements, a talk by Mrs Clulow on women's work in America, a collection by Queen Esthers, closing hymn, and benediction by the pastor.
Attendance welcomed as Owen J. Gist and Rev. O F De Foe announce services at the Gospel Tent with worshippers gathered for Saturday night and Sunday at 2 30 and 8 p m. An advertisement offers Mexico Tropical Lands at 6 50 per acre with easy payments and liberal commissions for agents. Also listed are moving sale items from Chicago including dining table sideboard and paintings.
Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning sermon at 11 on Sin Its Beauty Its Treachery Its Defeat. Anthem Praise Ye the Lord by the chorus. Epworth League at 7 p.m. Evening service at 8 p.m. turned over to W H M S with special music and an address by Mrs James Culow. Strangers invited.
R. W. Cutts, a well known Wenatchee figure, died suddenly in Spokane yesterday after months of illness. He had recently been improving, and his death comes as a surprise. He will be brought to Wenatchee for burial.
Bible school will meet at 16 a.m. and church services begin at 11 a.m. with communion and a morning sermon. Y P S C E gathers at 7 p.m. on the topic Christ Our Judge, and the 8 p.m. evening service will include the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors lodges with a sermon on Fellowship, Brotherly Love. Let us not neglect.
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