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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1910
Page
1
The campaign raised 630 gifts totaling 58, per capita on 5,500 people 6.50. Businessmen reported 324 gifts and young men 306 with specific large donations and many smaller gifts. 126 subscriptions added 4,923, with 76 from businessmen and 50 from youths.
Wenatchee raised a total of 36 637 with 622 gifts averaging 58 00 as the Y M C A fund drive closed at 11 p m on Saturday. Major gifts from J J Hill Ellis Ford Company and Wenatchee Department Store boosted totals and bells rang citywide. State Secretary Wilcox praised the committee and per capita comparison shows Wenatchee exceeded expectations for a town of its size.
State Secretary Wilcox chaired a Wenatchee YMCA canvass meeting held at the Methodist church. Clergy, executive committee and team captains attended while a resolutions committee was formed and a six year effort to establish a local YMC A was outlined.
Report notes that campaign participants were restricted to three minutes per speaker. Excerpts from remarks include Guilford Marr saying The greatest and hinting at further discussion on page 4.
Chas. W. Wilmeroth, formerly of this city and now living in Oregon, elected manager of the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association with headquarters at Medford. A longtime member of the National Apple Shippers' Association, he is recognized as a leading apple man in the United States. The Rogue River group is a new consolidation of several smaller associations.
I W MacDonald of McDonald and Sons seeks to locate a large packing plant in Wenatchee to process apples. The firm ships 3500 car loads of yellow apples from Watsonville to eastern and southern markets and already serves Boston New York Baltimore Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Texas and European markets. Space at the cannery is available and the project aims to be ready for this season's crop.
The list covers May 31 Tammany versus Firemen and June 2 Republics versus Engineers. June 6 marks a county commissioners meeting, June 13 a Commercial club gathering with features, and June 22 signals the start of summer.
Miss Maria Henry died in Leavenworth on Friday May 27 at age 62. She came from Vermont and lived with her brother. The funeral was held Saturday at the chapel of Hamilton and Son undertaking firm.
A long effort to establish a Wenatchee national guard company was suspended but may resume within the year. Adjutant General Lamping hints at a Wenatchee unit, while W. O. Fowler continues to push drill instruction and organizational work to attract an official committee and advance recruitment.
Decoration day activities in Wenatchee gathered at 9 o'clock at the Commercial club with floats bearing flags flowers and groups such as the flower girls the women's relief corps Spanish war veterans and the boys brigade. The G A R led to the cemetery to decorate graves while at 1 pm the band played national airs. C D Spencer chaplain of the G A R spoke. A full report was unavailable due to lateness.
Reported June 19 changes to the Spokane Seattle line remove two crack trains likely 3 and 4 from Spokane Seattle and transfer them to Spokane Portland due to heavier traffic. A local service may replace the Overland. details pending official word.
A Memorial Day ceremony preceded by a parade of Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish-American War veterans, Woman's Relief Corps members, and daughters of veterans, led to the First Baptist church. Rev. John W. Johnson delivered a sermon stressing civic virtue and safeguarding free institutions. Chaplain Spencer of the GAR aided in morning services.
Alfred W. Otis a Boston and New York wholesale fruit dealer spent ten days in Wenatchee assessing prospects for next year. He urged McDonald & Sons to build a packing plant here and praised uniform packed fruit and the McDonald brand's national and European acceptance. Otis owns property on D street and is a major Valhalla apple lands owner. this is his third Wenatchee visit.
New York May 30 Glenn H Curtiss completes Albany to New York flight covering 137 miles in 152 minutes. The journey from Albany to Governor's Island with two stops at Poughkeepsie and Inwood establishes a new speed record for distance contests and draws wide praise for his feat and future potential.
Miles Poindexter rejects partisan constraints and urges nonpartisan primary nomination for Supreme Court judges. He condemns machine politics and big interests, cites historic party loyalty conflicts, and pledges to let voters decide via direct primary rather than a convention.
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