Wenatchee Post Office Listing Note
Entry noted as second class matter at the Wenatchee Washington post office with a brief archival stamp indicating mailing status.
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Newspaper
Wenatchee Daily World
Location
Wenatchee, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1908
Page
2
Entry noted as second class matter at the Wenatchee Washington post office with a brief archival stamp indicating mailing status.
The Hill party led by James J. Hill arrives tomorrow from Portland after a Spokane banquet marking the Spokane Portland & Seattle line opening. Officers plan visits to the Tumwater canyon power plant and Valley Power at Cashmere, then Wenatchee, with no set entertainments in town. The group aims to review depot needs as freight revenue nears 1 million dollars this year, while a new primary Park School room opens at the Christian church to handle overflow from Stevens and Whitman.
Ed Martin of the We natchee Fruit Growers Association rooming at the Cottage House misplaced about $30 in cash, deposit slips and checks after unloading pockets into a bureau drawer. He left, then returned to find the drawer rifled and belongings missing. police notified with no trace of the thief yet.
Miss Edna Thompson wins a one hundred dollar prize in a Daily World contest with a final vote surprise. Dozens of named contestants receive prizes based on vote thresholds, while a quilt and berry sets are awarded and dishes ordered for delivery. Lincoln Coreless pears are showcased with first samples from Stemilt.
Wenatchee voters will decide the city attorney for the coming year in the primary. Republicans Louis J. Crollard and B. J. Williams compete. No other tickets exist and a winner is expected to be decisive. Crollard touted for integrity energy and a strong legal mind. Williams praised for prior service and familiarity with city litigation.
Ben Moyses and Charley Smith of Seattle purchase in Mountain Home Idaho to buy out John Garrett and take control of most town businesses and the Great Western Beet Sugar irrigation project. The deal includes a race track opera house steam laundry electric light plant machine shop foundry general store newspaper two farms and 100000 acres. The project requires about 1500000 more investment to complete and expands ownership of the irrigation district serving the new ditch.
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