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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
1
Speech excerpts argue regulation of trusts is ineffective and public ownership may follow. Bryan urges direct senate elections, regulated monopolies, and extermination of artificial trusts, with tariffs, criminal law enforcement, and a national license as tools. Local notes report society visits and health news.
Pearl Jones returns from Seattle to join family in town while Jake Moore comes home after three years away. Will Schaffer, state librarian at Olympia, visits as Salvation Army meetings begin at 8 p.m. from this evening. Spokane and Colfax speaker Mr. Lee assists with services. Mrs. Kittie Turner returns to Granite Falls with brother Chester for a short stay. Royal Highlanders dance draws a good crowd with organizers Stella Tyrrell C H Armstrong C E Buttles and T C Godfrey. Dr L B Mfano Hester rental office listed in Columbia Building.
An unidentified man was run over by a westbound Great Northern passenger train in Wenatchee. His body lay at E. F. Sprague undertaking parlors awaiting interment. R. H. Nowlan described the accident, noting the man likely tried to grab the rods and was struck as the train reversed. The victim suffered a severed leg and head injuries and died at three o'clock after Dr. Culp treated him.
Judge E H Gary, head of United States Steel, asserts optimism about the Roosevelt era policy. He says clouds of uncertainty will lift, economy relies on production of essentials, and trade balance funds business needs. He avoids personal vituperation while noting the administration's policy influences on business.
D. W. Jones has received an order for cherries to be shipped to Paris. A traveler placed the order and boxes of fruit are on display in The Palmetto window, with Jones recently arriving from Seattle and promoting the valley.
D N Gellatly secretary of the Wenatchee Commercial club returned from Seattle with news the Wenatchee exhibit at the Alaska Yukon Pacific show will use the same floor space as Walla Walla and Yakima. The area will be 15 feet by 40 feet and work on the grounds proceeds rapidly with hundreds of men at work.
The Bellingham Reveille says Henry McBride will sign a reasonable local option law but the chances are great that he will not be placed in a position to sign a local option or any other law according to the Granite Falls Post.
The town buzzed as Barnum style acts arrive with elephant camel lion and tiger. Crowds gathered to watch tents go up after the train arrived shortly after one o clock amid dust and grey skies. The big show is set for tonight with hundreds waiting at the tracks for unloading.
Frank Haynes of Youlee City loses a valuable horse tied to a hitching post in front of a hotel. Mr. Yancey and Mr. Kummer pass by in an automobile en route to Spokane. One enters the hotel, the horse panics and sinks down dying instantly, thought to be from fright. Source: Waterville Press.
Major A M Anderson of the Great Northern works to secure right of way along the Washington and Great Northern line from Moses Coulee to Columbia Siding. Grading may begin in weeks with the road aimed to be ready for next year’s crop, though full construction depends on land acquisitions and court settlements where needed.
Winners Miss Maud Pruett Miss Ruby Webb and Miss Faun Wells of Wenatchee gathered with R P Webb chaperone Mrs R J Rockey and editor Rufus Woods to plan the July Alaska trip. Pruett departs tonight for Seattle then Alaska via Alaska Steamship Co. The party meets July 11 at Butler Hotel before boarding. A steel flagpole with large ball rises at Columbia Valley Bank in Wenatchee to welcome the national emblem.
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