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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1907
Page
2
A Fruit Growers' Association proposal for a mutual Clearing House would register workers and connect job seekers, benefiting both members and nonmembers and saving time and money. Roosevelt tennis quip criticized by Tacoma Ledger as in poor taste.
A reader responds to the "Marriageable Girl" letter in the Daily World. The writer argues for a balanced view as both married and single men address the idea of a happy home versus an extended singleness. The note emphasizes practical concerns and social expectations for women seeking stable relationships.
A dating pitch invites women to join Sandhop Loniker and Joe Ladd in the Southside area promising a carefree life away from town. It extols a rural ideal with cheerful promises and playful imagery then shifts to a Yakima Republic report noting a valley trend toward dividing large farms into smaller tracts driven by railroad growth and suburban road expansion.
The Mount Vernon News-Herald urges residents to think beyond local squabbles and unite for the county and state. A broad minded, generous approach is praised as the path to growth for all towns.
The Olympia Recorder laments a night of total power loss with no electric lights in the city, candles and smoky lamps in use, and closures of drug stores and cigar stands. The piece warns against a potential regression to past decades without electricity and its utilities.
Omaha visitors viewed rural life in Kittitas with a caravan of thirty hay-filled wagons later loaded onto cars. The trip passed a flock of about 2 000 sheep near town, a scene that impressed especially the former governor of Nebraska.
The Hoquiam Washingtonian notes a rare stretch of five full weeks with no rain, a record for the moist climate before July. A significant downpour broke the spell on Sunday the 9th, with additional showers on Monday night, marking an unusual weather break in the rainy season.
Eddie Guerin, the international burglar and safe cracker famed for escaping Devil’s Island, is reportedly alive and free in London after fleeing French authorities. The case troubled British justice as the French sought his surrender, with Guerin once labeled a notorious western criminal and linked to a 1901 Paris robbery of the American Express company.
The court ordered 150000 from the Bank of Lyons as part of a sentence. Ife received the extreme penalty of imprisonment on Devil's Island.
Harriman engineers surveying in Idaho seek a strategic link from Milwaukee or a direct route from Butte to the coast. Led by Engineer Martin, the party surveys Clearwater country from Lewiston to Kooskia across the Bitter Root range, following rivers toward Western Montana.
The Fruit Growers Association seeks names and addresses of all residents in the valley who want work in picking and packing fruit this season. Send your name and address or phone number with experience to the Wenatchee or Cashmere office or to E. T. Balch in Wenatchee Washington. Packers for association members must use a packing number, stencils provided by the association upon visiting the office or Mr. Balch.
A head on crash between the eastbound California fast mail and the westbound Golden State limited on the Southern Pacific east of Deming, eighty five miles west of El Paso, at 10 20 tonight damaged both engines and left passengers shaken but with no fatalities and no serious injuries reported.
Heavy rains bring mud and mild elation to farmers and merchants in the Quincy valley. Wheat growth is helped. ground moisture favors maturity though risk of hot winds remains. Poor farming blamed for past failures. rains not sole cause. optimism hinges on proper land work and seasons.
Danville Chief Mincemeyer leaped from a speeding locomotive on the Delayware Lackawanna and Western line to grab Charles Sutton who had escaped from Montour county jail. Sheriff Williams joined the chase as the engine reached twenty miles per hour and Sutton was seized as the headlight revealed him on a box car.
A collection of editorials from Chicago Tribune and Jamestown Morning Post weighs the idea of a third term for Theodore Roosevelt. They argue against renomination under similar conditions and insist there are other fit leaders in the Republican pool. They urge focusing on electing a viable third-term candidate if such a nomination arises.
The British imperial meeting in London involved premiers from self governing colonies and imperial officials. They argued for more democratic naming and the move toward home rule while commerce with Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa remains vast. Colonies grow in population and power and may become independent in practice if not in name. General Dratschewski is named new Russian St. Petersburg governor. Nottinghamshire road crews adopt tarmac mixing hot slag granite limestone tar for better roads.
A statue honoring John Smith stands in England. The piece notes a twist of identity tied to Pocahontas and questions truth in the Berlin press. A separate item mentions Peary selecting fishermen for a pole expedition and hints at storytelling returning from the Arctic.
In Olympia on June 15, thousands of Washington corporations must pay overdue annual licenses or face dissolution and name reversion to the first applicant. The secretary of state will erase nonpayers after notice, with two years’ delinquency triggering disincorporation and transfer of names to new firms.
James McNulty of Yatesville Pa. confessed to a murder in Yatesville after surrendering to police. He also admitted to killing Kate McDermott for a supposed warning against fortune teller predictions that led to his father’s death. George Martin, formerly of Yatesville, identified McNulty.
Three houses H. Emmerson & Co. A. D. Blowers & Co. and F. P. Taylor & Co. refuse to take Peed licenses and send circulars to country customers announcing retirement from commission selling. They propose to operate as wholesalers only and instruct customers to cease shipments on the old basis.
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