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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
4
A mixed run of social tips, ads, and brief items. Advice on marriage income, cafe notes, letters and notices from Wenatchee WA, plus reports of auctions, local business promotions, a Chicago art scare, and Republican delegate totals with Taft leads.
A one week contest features candidates moving like chessmen. A special offer promotes ten six month subscriptions. Old subscribers total 7 000 while new subscribers total 10 000.
Contestants from multiple districts race for a trip with Miss Maud Pruett and others named from Chelan Quincy Waterville Peshastin Cashmere Orondo and more. Voter support allowed across districts counties or states. Contest closes Saturday April 11.
Miss Jessie Wilson leads in District No 1 as three contests run in the World newspaper. Readers vote with a five vote coupon valid Monday March 9 for Alaska trips with transportation meals and accommodations. Subscriptions drive votes with renewals paid in advance and new subscriptions expanding circulation across Wenatchee and nearby towns.
A promotion offers a guided first class Alaska journey for winners and free trips for top vote earners. District winners must be from different districts, voters may subscribe or clip ballots from the World and Advance, and votes accrue by subscription type with morning tallies.
The article promotes a stop in Salt Lake City as a must see on the eastbound route via the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. from Spokane, linking with the Oregon Short Line and Union Pacific. It also suggests a winter trip to sunny California for farm and fruit land bargains, with inquiries to E. E. Ellis in Seattle and William McMurray in Portland.
The case centers on Long Jim claiming fraud by Mr. Starr in securing a patent and a deed for the entire tract at Chelan. Witnesses dispute signatures and property value from 1900 to the present, with valuations from about $2,000 to $15,000–$20,000. Attorneys for Long Jim and Starr are noted, as is a multi-day court consideration expected before a ruling.
A girl along the river keeps a black pullet whose eggs are recorded by hand due to untrained hens. A World Advance force servant received an egg inscribed with the date Feb 25, 08 and the name Martha Solomon age 13 of Vulcan Washington. The egg was in good condition and the printer urges the pullet to continue laying.
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