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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
1
Reports say the new Washington state cigarette law, set to enforce on Thursday, makes possession or making cigarettes a misdemeanor with possible fines or jail. County Attorney Kemp and Sheriff Ferguson vow strict, impartial enforcement as smokers brace for the change.
J B Coombs chief sanitary inspector for the state board of health spent the day in the city. He warned that flies rats and garbage spread disease and praised lime use to eliminate filth advising stricter enforcement of garbage can rules and cleaner manure practices.
Ball and McNerney will finish flooring the city reservoir today and the new city pump installation is expected to be completed. A test run of the pump may occur in a day or so and water from the Columbia River should be available through the new system soon.
M. H. Thomas added adjoining lot 32 in Belmont block 1 for 380 dollars through Walker and Widney. Columbia River high water halts the Wenatchee ferry service, tying up vessels yesterday and today. Floyd Ross, after two months with Schader Parshall, departs to spend summer upstream.
Ira D. Edwards, formerly of Red Apple Real Estate, has set up a fully equipped Wenatchee office with rugs mission furniture and attractive signs. Delays due to furniture arrival are past and he now offers a large list of realty bargains and clientele. Edwards is not new to the valley having worked in Wenatchee’s pioneer real estate days and returns after years in the south seeking to settle here.
Measurements taken yesterday and this morning show the Columbia River at 34.09 feet, a 0.04 foot rise in 24 hours. Agent Piper notes the river stood 4.05 feet above the low water mark yesterday, with cool weather slowing the rise.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will hold their annual memorial service Wednesday night at Sprague mall. An address and program have been prepared and the public is invited to attend.
Portland investor C. B. Harknews predicts the Lake Chelan area will become a leading copper district with large ore deposits. He notes Holden mine development, wide vein prospects, and plans for significant exploration this year, while warning that district development requires substantial capital.
The local post office received 20,000 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition stamps in 2 cent denomination. Postmaster Hull says they feature a likeness of William H. Seward and are superior to any prior issue. He has enough for small quantities for all residents and will not sell in bulk.
W N Lyons sold the north half of lot 6 block 7 Columbia Bridge addition to W M Harpster for 500. The Apple Land company conducted the sale.
James Warren, owner of the Chelan Falls ferry, says his vessel is not out of commission and has continued operation despite high water. He responds to last week’s World report stating the Chelan Falls ferry and others were put out of business by the high water.
Miss Attie M Ward and Carl W Ray were united in marriage this morning at the home of Rev J W Tanner on Miller street. Mr Ray is a forest ranger and the couple left this afternoon for their home in the forest reserve at the headwaters of the Squillchuck.
Miss Ruth Farley of Newton Mass visits Mrs Haskell in city. O S Finley Marion Bennet Inos Atkinson and C E Preston of Entiat are in the city on business and report Entiat conditions fine. Thomas Atkinson and family from Entiat Fruit Lands are in the city, joined by S L Packwood.
W T Knapp Seattle acting city clerk during Sumner’s absence disputes Jack Smith as holding the best small pumping plant in Chelan County. Knapp says he will claim that honor, noting his six horsepower gasoline engine irrigates 22 acres, including land he owns and 10 acres he waters for neighbor W S Haningsman. Hydrants are placed for easy irrigation along Miller street.
The Great Northern Railway filed a certificate ordering construction of a 134 mile branch from Wenatchee along the Columbia River to Oroville in Okanogan county. Officials say actual work will likely start only from Oroville to Brewster this summer, unless pressure from competing lines arises.
State Tax Commissioner J. H. Easterday of Olympia and State Senator Moultray of Whatcom county arrived in the city on personal business. They were driven over the valley by L. H. Bowman and left today on the Burlington for the Sound. Mr Moubray is a leading timber dealer on the Sound. R. W. Starr of Chelan was in the city today after a trip to irrigated Idaho and Oregon for Seattle interests.
G B Lanham of Newhall Son now with G M H Wagner & Sons inspects Wenatchee fruit district. He says state apple supply matches last year and prices may rise slightly. He touts Wenatchee apples as the best and notes wide distribution from Florida to the West Coast. He plans to return during the buying season.
J Louis MacEvoy and wife Angela May arrive in Seattle week for news and plans as Angela May eyed land investment near Wenatchee to start an orchard. They depart Sunday for the Seattle exposition with MacEvoy backing her decisions. The A Y P attendance reached 221827 in seven days. an ice cream social is set at N D Munch home on Walla Walla avenue tonight with church members asked to meet at 7 0.
Dr McCoy traveled to Cashmere yesterday to attend a reported scarlet fever case. The visit focused on patient assessment and public health response in the town.
Wenatchee Commercial Club resolutions urging national river and harbor funding are drawing pledges of attention from lawmakers Hamer Humphries Heyburn and Jones. Letters dated June 3 4 1909 express support for ongoing improvements to navigable waterways and annual $50 million appropriations.
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