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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
3
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer weighs the Alberta migration trend, arguing Alberta’s spring delays and variable farming conditions make it a poorer choice than the Inland Empire. It warns that Canadian promotions entice farmers with rosy promises while omitting hardships.
A man named Louis Hager from Wyoming and the Northwest was arrested at Fourth and Main for stealing four empty beer bottles. He pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was fined $10. He claimed his fortune came from beating the roulette wheel.
May 20 report from North Yakima notes cooler weather improves flood danger but rivers run high. The Naches floods alfalfa flats and a bridge on the North Yakima and Valley railroad is guarded to keep trees from striking piers. If it fails, Tintun government camps would lose through supplies.
In Salem Oregon on May 20 evangelist C R Haudenschild conducted a revival at the First Methodist church where a chorus of 50 voices accompanied by piano and organ led the service. Men refused to join in song despite the choir and the conductor’s urging.
Seattle May 20 Coroner Car roll orders an investigation into the death of Mrs William H Cooper in Capitol Hill. Physician cites heart failure but visible injuries include blackened eyes and bruised face and arms. Husband contacted police and was with three young children when death occurred.
In Field's Gulch six miles west of Starbuck a cloudburst at 7 p.m. drowned Mrs W R Clark and her daughters Kittie eight Myrtle four. The hired man saved two boys and aided another as the house drifted away, with the mother choosing to stay. The Clark family perished. others escaped to higher ground.
Rev. W. A. Stevenson pastor of Cherry Street Presbyterian Church denounces actors Ellen Terry Sarah Bernhardt Nan Patterson and other stage celebrities as social lepers in a Sunday night sermon declaring most plays feature villains and performers degenerate to or beyond their characters.
Jack London’s ketch-rig yacht the Snark arrived at Pearl Harbor this morning after a 27 day voyage from San Francisco. The voyage was uneventful with light winds. London asserts the sea worthy qualities of the Snark have been proven. Wallula reports wool sales of nearly 500,000 pounds in Walla Walla with buyers from Pendleton Woolen Mills and local mills negotiating prices around 13 to 15 cents per pound.
Chicago May 18 Miss Katharine Hillman of West Aurora High School says she is a daughter of Mrs Mabelle Gilman Corey wife of William Ellis Corey president of United States Steel Corp She produced a letter from her mother long thought dead prompting questions about her identity The Hillman family and Aurora acquaintances dispute details but many believe the two women are the same person
Real estate dealers and merchants report wholesale emigration from Garfield Umatilla and Columbia counties to Alberta as irrigation schemes flood the market at low figures. About 250 farmers from the four counties have gone in the past two weeks seeking future homes. Athena reports 164 well to do residents bought tickets toward Calgary area. Similar moves from Waitsburg Pomeroy Dayton and Pendleton.
Advertisement for Bids calls for a one story cement block store with 86 foot frontage on Division street and 70 feet on Cottage avenue. Bond required. Plans available at The Ellis-Forde Co. Wenatchee. Also invites bids for a four room brick schoolhouse in Chelan county No.46. Bids open 2 PM June 2 1907. Board may reject all bids. Plans at H C Littlefield Wenatchee office.
Local market quotes list Wenatchee area prices for meats fruits and vegetables along with grain hay feed and flour. Items include Peach Blossom Flour at 1.30 dollars per fifty pounds equivalent and shorts at 20.00 per ton with bran and shorts at 19.50 and barley around 28.00.
An early 1906 timetable shows river departures from Wenatchee to Orondo Entiat Chelan Falls Pateros Brewster and back with daily trips starting 5 AM to 6 AM and returning by noon. The steamer also serves Bridgport on Monday Wednesday and Friday with nightly returns. Official folders promote the Okanogan irrigation project and Lake Chelan district information.
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