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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
4
A town business markets ready to furnish rigs saddles horses and pack trains to Chelan County and transient trade customers. One of the shop’s town customers is advised to phone or write for arrangements.
The notice advertises dry cleaning and dyeing services for gowns laces plumes furs curtains and blankets. It promises restoration to “as good as new,” offers prepaid express charges on orders over $3 and both ways over $7, and mentions a man will call at homes during hotel visits in Seattle at 41203 First Avenue BERLIN DYE WORKS.
The Great Northern Railway bought 100 acres south of Douglas for 6300 dollars, signaling a plan for a new town at Douglas. Transfers of the week list numerous property deals in Chelan and Wenatchee areas including Lakeview and Garden Home additions, with multiple owners exchanging parcels and sums ranging from 18 to 25000 dollars.
A mixed item lists property deeds in Wenatchee area with buyers and prices, followed by a theatre notice announcing Maude Shaw in We Are King at Wenatchee theatre on Tuesday evening November 16 and details of cast and promotion. Also notes a November 1908 band dance event with music by Crohard's band.
Waldo C. Paine, Inland Empire traffic manager, states rocks at the Spokane river mouth in the Columbia are to be blown to allow river boats to ascend into Ferry and Stevens counties. He notes navigability is blocked for about six miles and surveys consider a northern extension from Peach to reach riverboats. Paine says government blasting could remove the need for an electric Spokane crossing and a Columbia road may be built someday.
H K Rowland of Zillah markets an apple cleaner powered by gasoline spraying map. His unit processes 400 to 590 boxes daily, producing bright clean fruit and sorting it into five sizes. A refined model was shown at the Spokane apple show.
Eighty acres on the Squill Chuck with 25 acres of rich bottom soil and 15 to 20 acres of timber. Includes a house and barn, good dairy and ranch potential, 1 acre planted to fruit, half acre in berries, farm implements, ample water, and scenic views. Price four thousand dollars. Contact A. G. Holler at Entiat or call at the premises.
Warren C. Pendleton, formerly of the city and now deputy state commissioner of horticulture, burned 75 boxes of scale affected apples in Seattle on Monday. He has 140 more boxes that are infected and will be burned this week. The fruit came from near Seattle including Cashmere, Central Washington.
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