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WENATCHEE DAILY VOLUME I.—NO. 72. BIG APPLES FOR THE PORTLAND FAIR Many are so Large that Only Eight- een can be Packed in One Box CIRCUMFERENCE 18 INCHES Fruit at Portland Is from Che lan County and Many Freniums are Expected George Farwell, superintendent of the Washington horticultural exibit nt the Lewis and Clark exposition, re turned to Portland last evning. Mr. Far well as spent the last two weeks in the valley collecting fruit for the state and county exhibits and expressed himself as well pleased with the liber ality of the residents. During the time that he was here he secured 150 boxes of fruit from Wenatchee alone. Cashmere did her part by conrtibuting 75 boxes, while Malaga and other towns loyally did their shaie. Though a fair amount of other fruit was pecur ed in Wenatchee, tne bulk of the ship ments consisted of apples. Ben Chapman contributed a number of apples some of whiob meamsnred 18 inches around and weighed almost 30 ounces. Some of the apples in the last shipment were so large that only 1$ oould be packed iv a box. Large Inches were also secured. A ship ment of Lemon cling peaches being made the other day 'some of which measured 12 inches arond. "I had very geod success in my trip to the valley," said Mr. Farwell. "The ranchers all showed interest in the work that is being done at the fair and are beigninng to realize what a great deal of advertising the fair has done for the valley. Even the most progressive ranchers, however, have no idea of the great good done by ad vertising at the fairs. I believe it was the St. Louis fair that first brought Wenatchee into prominncne as a fruit country. They bought Yakima and Mt. Hood fruit tbinkiog it was the best to be had previous to this. ■J** We have the finest fruit exhibit in the fair. Even our competitors from other states marvel at the size and flavor of our fruits and fiankly admit tfiat they cannot beat 1%. We have the iargest apples , of course. I have just received a postal saying tlmt we bad the largest peach in the state up to date. It measures 12 inches in circumfer3uce. "Prospects are good for Chelan connt taking a large percentage of the premiums. The state will lead all others in v the numbere of fruit premiums taken and Cheelau counti will lead all other fruit coutnies in the state. Yakima will be a close second as she has been our closest competitor during the entire fail. We have one great advantage over our competitors The carload of trait that I have arranged to he shipped out of here the first of next month will be the last to arrive at the fair. Everyone should be liberal in donat ing. We need lots of fancy vegetables especially potatoes. Wenatchee po tatoes beat the world and we must have some to show people. In this last shipment it would be a good plan to ship a lot of fancy oanteloupes. We do not want these for exhibition as much as we need them for free dis- tribution. People enjoy looking at fancy fruit well enough but we have found that the way to get them really interested is to gtve them some fruit to eat even if it is only a tasta." CASH MERE NEWS Cashmere, Sept. 22. Mr. J- Prentice went to Seattle on business for the Farmers' Frait As sociation. Henry Fiaher, who has been daiger- ously sick at M. O. Tibbet'9 ranch, was removed to the Everett hospital. Mrs. S. A. Burbank and daughter Maud are both down with fever. Mrs. F. E. Hargreve, daughter of Dr. Burbank, left for her home in Chicago via Seattle and Portland. Mrs. Hargreve lias had a pleasant three month s visit here. Mrs £. Trask had a valuable cloak taken Irom her buggy last Thursday uight. Mr. Diamond also had a box of fruit jars taken the same night. Mr. Ike Tapper has a very bad ankle yet. He received the injury while helping excavate tlie Freer celiar. Our department stores have some very pretty window decorations. Hie sidewalks should he completed at mice so people could Bee them to better ad vantage. Car loads of fruit, hay and potatoes are beiug shipped daily from here. TELLS SOME CAUSES OF TOMATO BLIGHT A. Yon Holderbeke Says Tomato Blight is Caused by an Excess of Heat. Cold. Wator or Lack of Available Plant Food A. Yon Holderbeke, ex horti cultural commissioner of the state of Washington, who has been in Wenat chee for the past few days visiting his ranch a few miles ont of town, left for Spokane yesteiday on theNifcer noon train. Mr. Yon Holderbeke has been en gaged by the Spokane Canal company to instruct the settlers under he canal in horticulture. In order that the settlers may get the greatest possible value out of their land, Mr. Yon Holderbeke will teach irrigation, se lection of trees, the proper methods of cultivation and all the, latest methods of horticulture to all who desire instruction. Mr. Yon Holder beke will move from Taconia to Spo kane in a few days to tbe nearer the field of his work. When asked about the tomato blight that Las caused so much less in the valley this he said : "Blight is a bacterial disease and is caused in most cases by excesses of some kind. It can be cansea by an excess of heat, water, cold or lack of available plant food. Tiie latter rea on is the greatest cause of the blight for the tomato plant requiies a large amount of food . There is no definite cause for the blight in this section. Blight has so many causes and each patch in this valley may have the dis ease lrom a different cause The only thing for the larmers to do is to study the cause on each individual piece of ground. Two preventives may he used: keep the plants shaded; put them on the very richest ground. "The blight is a very difficult dis ease to comoaf. The Pullman agricultuial college is n aking deep investigations but has not been able to conquer the disease. In sixty different experiments made this year every one of the plants caught the disease. All sorts of pre ventives were tried, seeds were dipped in foralyn, others were tiansplantad, each one being treated i'j a different way. yet all failed " On account of the Spokane Inter state fair at Spokane, Wash:, October 9th to 15th, round trip rate, Wenat chee including ticket to Fair grounds, will he 17.50, except that on October 10th cnly, rate will be $$5.75, includ ing tciket to Fair grounds. .Tickets will be on sale October Bth to 14th in clusive. Final return limited to Oc- tober the I6tb. Wanted —100 families in Wenatchee tc list the rooms they have to rent druiug the week of the Chelan county fair , with Secretary Walter M. Olive. School Notes On Monday, Snpt. Riste will be at the Stevens school rfom 7:30 to 10:30 at the Whitman school from 11 to 12: 30 and at the Lewis and Clark school from 1:30 to 3:30 for the purpose of examining new pupils. WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1905 Children enteiing school in the pri maiy class may go directly to the teacher. All other pupils must first see Mr. Riste. High school pupils mus*. first have their courses approved by Miss Case, the principal, who will be at the school all day Monday for the purpose of meeting the pupiU. Recitations will begin in the grades Monday morning* in the High school. Tuesday morning. Old books must be brought to school. Teachers will give the pupils a list of the new books wanted. Those who enter later than Monday must not complain if they are uot accomodated in the matter of books and recitations. A sctiool law passed by the legis lature last year makes it compulsory for all children over six years of age and under 16 to attend school for the full term of nine months. RAILWAYS GUILTY AS WELL AS PACKERS Prosecution of Railroads for Giving Rebates will Follow the Pleading Guilty of the Four Packers—More Trouble in Store for Packers . CHICAGO, Sept. 23.— Prosecution of.the railroads for violations of the Elkins law relating to giving and re ceiving rebates will follow the plead ing of guilty of lour officials of the Schwarzcliild & Sulzberger company yesterday to the charge of conspiring to receive illegal rebates from rail toads. The authority for this statement is District Attorney Morrison, and he was emphatic in his declaration that the government would go after the railroads. An attorney connected with the firm of packers convicted yesterday pre drctsd today that some of them would go on the stand and divulge secrets that would tend to fasten guilt upon other packers and perhaps surd some of them to the penitentiary. He told of a secret compact entered into years ago when Schwarzchild & Sulzberger were admitted to membership in the trust. Thi3 compact has been broken and the attorney says: "If I were in the sloes of those other packers I would prepare for trouble, very serious trouble." In view of the sudden determi nation of the government to proceed against the railroads it is believed around the city tonight that somebody has sqealed and the government has secured highly important testimony. MRS. MOROSINI AND DAUGHTER, MARY WASHINGTON MOROSINI Mrs. Attilio Morosini, who married the son of one of New York's most noted multimillionaire hankers, has in her veins the blood of the proudest American families. She was Mary Washington Bond and is distantly related to George Washington and Dolly Madison. CUBA IN TURMOIL ON THE EVE OF ELECTION Leader of Liberal Party is Killed Dur ing Desperate Fight with the Police 6 KILLED AND 25 WOUNDED Tragedy Occurred Before Election and Authorities Fear Clash at the Polls HAVANA Sept. 23.—Official dis patches received this evening from Cienfugos announce the killing of Con gressman Enrique Villeundas, leader of the liberal party and the most able orator in the lower house, and the chief of police of Cienfuegos. during the conflict between the two political parties, the liberals and the moder ates. The government advices say the police received information that with in the hotel where Villeundas resided a quantity of arms had been deposited and they went to the hotel to investi gate the matter. As the police ascend ed the stairs they were met by a party of liberals, who fired on them killing Chief of Police Illance. The police returned the f.re., killing Villeundas and wounding several others Intense excitement pi jvails at Cienfuegos and Havana. Theg »vernr.ent authorities fear the result which »he affair may have upon tlje_etection members of the elec tion board, which will be field tomor- row. Aa the news spread throughout Ha vana the liberals and moderates rapid ly gathered in their respective clubs, and it is feareed that unless the leaders give wise counsel a clash may result tonight. A dispatch states that 6 persons were killed and 25 wounded during the conflict. On account of the "Ben Hur" per formance, Spokane, October 2nd, to 7th round trip rates from Wenatchee to Spokane, October 4th and 7th will be $7.00 Tickets good day following sale. Special premium for the Chelan county fair—One barrel of' Peach Blos som" flour for the best loaf of bread made from "Peach Blossom" flour. WORLD If You Have Five or Ten Acres Choice and Close in whjch you would be willing to trade for 20 acres very choice land at Entiat, I have a bargain for you. Difference in value adjusted ARTHUR GUNN . . ; REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL AGENT . . . Cor. Wenatchee Aye. and Palouse St. 10 ACRES 2 miles from Wenatchee Depot 0 f f| ft A 5 acres 9 year old trees iS*L I] |J l] 2500 boxes of fruit this year V ■ J V V V Good water right — " On Rural Free Delivery Route EASY TERMS YOU'LL HAVE TO HURRY BOUSQUET & HOLM GET YOUR Job Daily World Office New Plant throughout, New Press, New Type, everything up-to-date. WENATCHEE THEATER 1 Week 1 Week Armour Stock C°: MISS ELIZABETH HALE In! Human Hearts, The Virginian, Peaceful Valley, The Ensign, What Hapened to Jones, Sherlock Holmes. Moving Picture Machine with Latest Films, Specialties between the Acts Prices 35c, 50c, 75c Children in Gallery 25s Seats at Rogue's FIVE CENTS PER COPY. Printing At The Ferguson & Prewitt. Leseesand Managers The