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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
4
Second class matter at Wenatchee Washington shows subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery. Rates listed include one year and six months ahead by mail and weekly carrier delivery pricing.
An Olympia correspondent argues against opponents of buying the Wenatchee bridge, asserting the project spurs settlement and prosperity east of the Columbia. The piece attacks slander against Governor Hay, notes Wenatchee residents’ donations, and predicts the bridge will add vast state wealth over a decade.
June 30 entries recount Boston’s sixth great fire in 1691, British evacuation of New Jersey in 1777, Frederick Ferdinand Low born in 1820, Silistrian surrender to Russia in 1829, Blondin’s Niagara Falls feat in 1859, martial law in Baltimore in 1863, Tower Bridge opening in 1894, and Taft resigning as secretary of War in 1908.
The article records Sir Joseph Hooker born June 30 1817 in Suffolk England educated at Glasgow University. He joined Sir James Clark Ross expedition at age 21 to study terrestrial magnetism in Antarctic seas. He later became botanist for the British Geological Survey and toured India Himalayas Bengal Syria Palestine Morocco Atlas California and the Rockies, producing celebrated botanical volumes.
Congressman Miles Poindexter of Spokane writes from Washington, D. C. to R. Insinger outlining Washington state interest in irrigation drainage forestry and roads. He praises federal reclamation work on arid lands and predicts large future projects in Horse Heaven Quincy Flats Pasco Big Bend and mentions forest water supply and national road-building as key links to irrigation progress.
A letter outlines national plans for roads, drainage, and waterways as essential growth. It argues wagon roads can complement railroads, urban drainage and swamp reclamation boost resources, and public canals must remain under public control to regulate rates. The Ladies' Aid will meet at Mrs Lucavish's home, 120 C Street North, tomorrow 2 to 5.
Work begins on an 850 acre orchard tract across the river from Trinidad. A Yakima company owning the motor patent will install a current driven pump attached to a river float. The project signals a water pumping revolution for lands along the Columbia and similar rivers. The piece also notes a Crescent Bar baseball win by Trinidad 12 to 10 over Quincy with a rematch planned. Water levels are falling eight inches from peak. Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on travel, fairs, and social visits.
A sprain usually disables for weeks but Chamberlain's Liniment can shorten recovery. Apply faithfully per bottle directions for many cases to cure in less than a week. The reputedly remarkable remedy offers prompt relief for sprains bruises and chronic rheumatism and is available from all dealers.
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