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Wenatchee's Big Red Apple Daily
VOL. V. NO. 90.
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BACKBONE OP STRIKE IN THIS
CITY SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN
—RANKS OP STRIKERS BEING
DEPLETED.
A trip over the city where the vari
ous contractors have work did not
indicate this morning that a strike
was in progress on street work. The
i ock crusher in the south end of town
teems to be working with a full crew.
The Downey & Bethel mixer just
north of the crusher is working with
but two men short of a full crew;
Ball & McNerney, with the sewer
contract, has a big force of men on
South Wenatchee avenue between
Thurston and Yakima; the Eagle
Transfer company has a full force on
Kittitas; Jack O'Conor, while he has
no hammersmen, yet he has a force
of teamsters and shovelers and he
started his rock crusher to work to
day and has en route a power drill
and steam engine. The drill will be
put to work after its arrival on the
street work and do away with a
large portion of the hammer and
drill work.
To all intents and purposes the
strike is broken in this city. While
the men had a meeting this morning
on the river bank yet the ranks of
the striking men are slowly being de
pleted. Numbers of them are at
work in the adjacent orchards, some
have left town and others are pre
paring to leave, while some few have
gone back to work.
The determination on both sides
to hoi dout to the last ditch has Txot
been broken. The majority striking
will not go to work under the terms
of the contractors and the contract
ors will not give in to the worki.X
men, yet the crews of the various
contractors are being filled by out
side men and the city work is once
more progressing almost at its nor
mal stage.
The only special evidence that
there is something unusual in pro
gress was the fact that a special of
ficer was guarding the South We
natchee avenue work. Occasionally
a member of the striking force would
drift along and would want to talk
with the workmen but Officer Nelson
notified them to go on and there is
no communication between the strik
ers and the employed workmen dur
ing working hours. These are ap
proached at night, noon and morn
ing by the strikers and urged to sus
pend operations, but during working
hours there is no communication
whatever. The second mixer be
longing to Downey & Bethel is being
placed in readiness to grind out the
dope for the new commercial club
building and it is said that there is
a force of men ready to go on with
this work.
Secretary Filigno left last night
for Spokane. Though the men met
this morning and by unanimous vote
decided to still hold out, yet from
present indications the backbone of
the strike in this city at this time
is broken.
Hubbard Disapproves of Situation.
State Labor Commissioner Hubbard
has been much interested in the labor
situation in this city, being interested
from the fact that the strike followed
immediately his declaration that pub
lic work in this city should be but
fight hours instead of ten hours. Each
day he has called up Prosecuting At
torney Kemp in reference to the situ
ation and this morning after being
appraised by Mr. Kemp of conditions
today made very plain his disapprov
al of the strike as it now stands.
Commissioner Hubbard said that
men who have been satisfied with
$2.50 per day when working nine or
ten hours a day ought certainly to
continue work and be entirely satis
fied with $2.50 a day under the eight
hours law as enforced. He said*that
it is doing him an injustice as well
as being unfair to the employers to
strike under such conditions or to
hold out for more than what they
were receiving for nine or ten hours
a day. He also said that he did not
approve any such attitude nor would
such conduct be approved by labor
generally.
Labor Commissioner Hubbard's
(Continued on Page 4.)
ALSO HAD LABOR
TROUBLE
QUIGG & SCAMAN HAVE FIN
ISHED W 7 ORK ON STATE ROAD
CONTRACT AT EASTON FOR
THIS YEAR.
J. W T . Quigg, who, associated with
Jack Seaman, has had a contract on
the state road near Easton, is in the
city. Mr. Seaman will return in a
few days. The weather conditions
have become so bad that work has
been suspended for the season. Dur
ing the last few days it has been a
continual rain, and snow is but a
short distance from where they have
been working.
Recently the contractors have been
awarded another mile and a half
contract. This is in rock and is ex
pensive work.
Messrs. Quigg & Seaman have had
labor troubles to contend with dur
ing the past season. Crews have
been shipped in from the cities at a
considerable expense and some of the
men would go out to camp and im
mediately take a back track, proving
very expensive to the contractors.
Mr. Quigg leaves the first of next
week for Winthrop, where he has
the contract for the erection of a
$4,000 steel bridge. This is in con
nection with the state aid road work.
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IN COUNTY
C. D. HILLMAN, THE WELiL
KNOWN LAND MAN OF SEAT
TLE, SAID TO HAVE HIS EYE
ON LEAVENWORTH TRACTS.
It is stated that there is going to
be great things doing next spring up
the Wenatchee river. During the
month C. D. Hillman, the well
land promoter of Seattle, has
paid several trips to Leavenworth
and vicinity and is making negotia
tions for big tracts in that locality.
Hillman is a colonizer and it is ex
pected that it is his idea to get hold
of a large body of land there and
sell it off in small tracts as he has
done in other sections of the Sound.
F. A. Reynolds, of Nason Creek, is
in the city today and he states that
from all indications the upper end of
the county is going to have the big
gest boom next season in its. history.
CRESCENT CITY TO
SEE TOT
New Orleans, Oct. 29. —President
Taft's travels by land and water will
bring him to New Orleans tomorrow
morning. The primary object of his
visit is to attend the Lakes-to-the-
Gulf Deep Waterways convention,
which he will address tomorrow af
ternoon.
The president will remain in the
Crescent City two days and to julge
from the prepared program he will
be kept busy from the time of his
arrival until he departs for Washing
ton. After speaking before the wat
erways convention tomorrow after
noon he will attend the football game
between the University of the South
and Louisiana State university. The
evening will be spent in attendance
on a performance at the French opera
house. A sight seeing trip through
the French quarter is scheduled for
Sunday morning and in the afternooc
he will attend a sacred concert on
the campus of Tulane university. At
an early hour Monday morning he
will leave in his special train for
Jackson.
Natchez, Miss., Oct. 29.—Thous
ands of visitors came into Natchez to
day to participate in the welcome of
President Taft and party. The pres
ident remained in the city three hours
during which time he took a drive
through the business and residential
section and delivered a brief address
In the public square. At the steam
boat landing the president was re
ceived by a reception committee com
posed of the city officials and repre
sentative business men. The streets
through which the procession passed
were lavishly decorated in the na
tional colors.
THE WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1909.
NEW DEPOT HEARS
COMPLETION
OTHER RAILROAD WORK IN PRO
GRESS—NEW ROUND HOUSES
ASSUME SHAPE—NEW YARD
AGE GOING IN.
That the Great Northern railroad
officials appreciate the importance of
Wenatchee as a rapidly growing cen
ter is evidenced hy the large amount
of work now going on in this city.
The new depot, new roundhouse,
more yardage, new fruit houses and
other improvements are evidence of
its rapidly increasing importance
consequent to the development of
North Central Washington.
The new depot is now nearing com
pletion. The brick and carpenter
work are now practically completed
and the building now only waits the
completion of the plumbing, heating
and a few other finishing touches.
The building will be occupied by
December 1. The new sidewalk lead
ing fro mthe depot to the center of
the city will also be completed with
in a few days.
As a terminus of the Big Bend
branch of the Great Northern a round
house is needed and it is now assum
ing shape. The turnstile is now in
and the frame work of the round
house is up. This will be large enough
to accommodate five engines. Shops
of more or less importance will also
be put in. A large force of men is
at work on this end and on the
trackage necessary. The new round
house is located a short distance
north of the Beal mill.
Work on Subway.
Work is progressing on the sub
way leading under the tracks just
south of the new depot. This will
afford an opportunity for teams to
get to and from the boat landing
without crossing the railroad.
The work now progressing will be
a considerable advantage to the We
natchee Canning company, its plant
being located just across the track
i from the depot and the subway leads
to one side of it.
The Railroad Pay Roll.
The erection here of the round
house and the other work consequent
to the making of this the terminus
of the Big Bend road makes a ma
terial addition to Wenatchee in the
way of a pay roll. Probably not less
than 25 families will be located here
as a result.
Buying Hostetters Bitters.
The police of this city have long
been accustomed to going through
the lumber yards each day looking
for drunks. Since the recent local
option election and the closing of the
saloons this practice has been over
looked. Yesterday, however. Chief
Inscho was back of*a pile of lumber
on Columbia street and saw half a
dozen empty bottles which had con
tained Hostetter's Bitters and also
other patent medicine bottles. It is
said that since the closing of the sa
loons the sale of patent medicine is
rapidly increasing.
FOOTBALL GAME TODAY
The Coeur d'Alene football boys
arrived here yesterday on No. 43.
They are some lighter than the local
team and it is expected that the We
natchee boys will show them a warm
game. The game is in progress as
the Daily World goes to press. The
following is the line-up:
Coeur d'Alene — Knudson, full
back; Purdy and Williams, half
backs; Thompson and Mack, ends;
Budlong. quarterback; Vesser and
Stevens, tackles; Marsburn and Mit
chell, guards; Wait, center; Babcock,
Mogher and Moon, substitutes; Prof.
Burt George, coach.
Wenatchee—George Harter, cen
ter; E. Harter, right guard; Beasley,
right tackle; Garland, right end;
Deitch, left end; Pike, left tackle;
Fish, left guard; E. Lake, quarter
back; Foster, fullback; Koehler and
Tweed, half backs.
William Walker Goes to Mansfield.
William Walker, who has been day
telegraph operator at the Great Nor
thern depot for the past two years,
leaves tomorrow for Mansfield, where
he has accepted the position of ticket
agent at the depot.
Mrs. E. C. Bowersox returned yes
terday on Xo. 43 from Idaho, where
she has been visiting relatives for
some time.
Member of the Associated Press
S2uO,ODOTOBE
SPENT 1
POWER
ENTIAT WATER POWER COM
PANY PLANS BIG EXPENDI
TURE AND WILL DEVELOP 4000
H. P. IN ENTIAT RIVER.
Charles E. Gray, of the Entiat Wa
ter Power company, is in the city
today, being called here to complete
the purchase of the Gulledge tract at
Entiat recently purchased by himself
and associates. Work will be start
ed next week on the clearing, level
ing, and breaking up this big tract
and it will be planted to fruit next
spring, making one of the finest or
chard tracts in the county.
Mr. Gray stated to the Dally World
today that the power company in
which he is interested plans big de
velopment work, commencing at once.
A 35 foot dam will be constructed
just back of the present dam and
either a pipe line will be run to the
Columbia river or a tunnel construct
ed through the hill, and fully 4,000
h. p. will be developed by this com
pany, entailing a cost of $250,000
to $300,000. A modern plant is to
be installed throughout.
The Entiat Water Power company
now furnishes power for operating a
sawmill at Entiat, serves several
tracts for irrigation purposes and fur
nishes the lighting for Waterville and
the power for the operation of the
mills at that place. The company has
already contracted for the power to
operate the electric line between Wa
terville and Douglas. Mr. Gray stat
ed that mo«»t of thfv»ower developed
at Entiat would be used in irrigating
enterprises and he prophesies a great
era of deevlppment for that section
of the Columbia valley.
'I MAKING OF A
MODERN CITY"
REV. HINDLEY ARRIVED ON NO.
1 TODAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
MAKING ADDRESS BEFORE THE
25,000 CLUB.
Rev. W\ J. Hindley arrived today
on No. 1 from Spokane, for the pur
pose of addressing the 25,000 club on
the subject "The Making of a Modern
City." Tickets to this are Tree ana
can be secured at the Breese-Webber
Hardware company.
»
Following the lecture will come
the banquet at the Great Northern
hotel. A limited number of tickets
have been sold to this affair. A num
ber of addresses will be made and it
is expected that the matters discussed
will prove beneficial to the welfare of
the city.
Rev. W. J. Hindley brought with
him a resolution of greeting from the
Spokane Chamber of Commerce,
which in part is as follows:
"Resolved,. That the members of
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce,
in session assembled, do hereby ex
press to the 25,000 club of the city
of Wenatchee their most hearty and
cordial greetings and congratulations
on the inception of this most enthusi
astic organization, and to the work
which you have in hand we pledge
you our most loyal and consistent co
operation and support in every way
and in every plan which means the
development of this great northwest
ern commonwealth."
Ship Apples at Cashmere.
Cashmere, Oct. 29.—The apple
crop is being shipped as fast as a
small army of pickers and packers
can prepare it. From eight to 10
cars are being shipped daily. Esti
mates place the crop at about 75 per
cent as compared with last season.
Bought 30 H. P. Forde.
George H\ Ellis has joined the
ranks of auto enthusiasts and i 3 the
possessor of a 20 h. p. Forde auto
mobile which arrived here yesterday.
Mr. Ellis tried out the machine here
yesterday and he promises to be one
of the most enthusiastic automobilists
of the valley.
NEED TURKEYS NEXT
MONTH
MARKET MEN LOOKING AT LO
CAL SUPPLY FOR THANKSGIV
ING—SUPPLY AND DEMAND
APPARENTLY EQUAL.
Four weeks from yesterday Is the
big turkey day, between which day
and Christmas the people of this val
ley will eat probably 5,000 or more
copies of the great American bird, in
addition to multitudes of geese,
chickens, ducks, squabs and other un
feathered folk.
Market men are already commenc
ing to look around at the local sup
ply, and the great packing concerns
have their agents out in the country
districts of Missouri and other east
ern poultry raising sections to buy
up large quantities for the Thanks
giving festivity.
Supply Very Good.
The supply is apparently very good
although there will probably be no
surplus. It is rather too early to
make predictions concerning the
price, as the local growers are in
clined to hold back and refrain until
the last minute from making deals.
It is thought that the retail price
of dressed turkeys may go to 30
cents per pound, yet again, it may
not be more than 25 cents. It is said
that poultry raisers in the valley have
refused 18 cents a pound for live
birds.
The most of the Thanksgiving tur
key dinners in the city will be fur
nished from the local supply.
Bought Horses in Washington D. C.
George D. Brown, of Chelan Falls,
is in the city today, coming down
for the purpose of taking up with
him a fancy driving team shipped
him from Washington, D. C. The
horses are well matched Hamilton
ians and are expected to step over
the road at a very fast clip.
Won't Re a Saloon in the State in
Ten Years From Now.
Spokane, Oct. 29.—John P. St.
John, formerly governor of Kansas,
who has come to Spokane to begin
the fight for prohibition in the state
of Washington, made two predictions
in the course of an interview:
"Ten years hence there won't be a
legalized saloon within the bound
areies of this commonwealth. Spo
kane will be dry in five years from
this time."
ILLINOIS SURPRISE
PARTY
Mrs. Charles Goss, of Cherry ave
nue, had a birthday anniversary yes
terday "and that event was made the
occasion of an enjoyable surprise
party by the local Illinois friends
and neighbors who came from the
same locality in the Sucker State as
the Goss family.
Among those present, after the as
sembly at the residence of John Ray
mond and the decent upon the Goss
home with the goodly supply of re
freshments and merriment, were the
following: Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Paul,
Misses Martha and Marie A. Paul,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tanner, all for
mer residents of Pontiac, 111.; Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Unger, Misses Lola
E.. Adah B. and Therese Unger,
Masters Victor and Glen Unger, Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Ludington. Little
Miss Kathryn Ludington, Mrs. Chas.
H. Lee, all former residents of
Dwight, 111.; Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Raymond, Erma and Chester Ray
mond, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Goss, Ger
trude Goss, Mr. and Mrs. William
Shuman, Miss Minerva Shuman, all
former residents of Odell, 111.; Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Judson, formerly of
Thorton, 111., and also Miss Helen
Battise, of Carlinville. 111., and Her
bert Wallace, of Auburn, Wash.
Masons Bny Hall Site.
Cashmere, Wash., Oct. 29.—The
Masonic lodge of Cashmere has pur
chased two lots on Cottage avenue,
east of the drug store of F. S. Bai
ley. A two-story building will be
erected.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Chapman of
Monitor are the parents of a son,
born Monday, October 25.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Kinney of Peshastin, Mon
day, October 25.
Wenatchee's Big Red Apple Daily
IS SATISFIED WITH
A#E AWARDS
B. M. CHAPMAN, WHO HAS HAD
CHARGE OF THE CHELAN
COUNTY EXHIBIT ARRIVED
HERE LAST NIGHT.
B. M. Chapman, who since May 17
has had charge of the Chelan county
display at the A.-V.-P. E., arrived in
this city last night, accompanied by
his wife. The Chelan county booth
has been cleared of all its possessions.
The show cases and some of the per
manent exhibits have been shipped
back to the city. The apples and
fruit were disposed of as advantage
ously as possible in Seattle, a portion
of it, however, going to benevolent
soc'eties.
Mr. Chapman states that he feels
very well satisfied with the awards
that were made in Seattle and says
that Chelan county got far the best
of it in medals. He feels very glad
to get back to common, ordinary life
again after the strenuous six months
which he has put in in the hurly
burly of exposition life. Mr. Chap
man's place at Monitor has been rent
ed for the past year but he gets pos
session again the first of December,
H. A. Graham, who has been as
sisting Mr. Chapman during most of
the season, went to California about
six weeks ago to remain during the
winter. C. E. Buttles, who succeeded
Mr. Graham, also arrived here last
night.
ill MOSES LAKE
LAI
D. C. TOWNE AND C. F. OGILVIE
PURCHASED 8© ACRES ADJOIN
ING LAKE—WILL BE IMPROV
ED AND PLACED ON MARKET.
D. C. Towne and C. F. Ogilvie this
morning purchased 80 acres adjacent
to Moses lake. The purchase was
made from Drake & Henderson, of
Ephrata. The consideration was $8,
--000. This land is level and every
foot of it can be put into orchard.
The plan of the new owners is to put
water on the land, plat it and put it
on the market either with or without
trees as the purchasers may desire.
This land adjoins the William Turner
tract and it is to be known as the
Lake View Orchard company.
During the past several years a
great many acres have been planted
to orchard and from present indica
tions this section promises to be one
of the most profitable fruit belts in
the state and recently quite a number
of Wenatchee people have been mak
ing investments in that section.
The prospects of the building of the
Lind cutoff and other railroad ru
mors is booming- land in that section
and there is great speculation there
in land. The sale was made through
George Calentine.
FIGHTERS WILL RE
CEIVE RIDS
JEFFRIES AND JOHNSON MEET
TODAY AND THE FIGHT IS TO
BE 45 ROUNDS OR MORE NOT
LATER THAN JULY 5.
New York, July 29.—Jim Jeffries
and Jack Johnson met this afternoon
and agreed to box for the heavy
weight championship before the club
offering the largest Inducements, bids
to be submitted before December Ist.
to Robert S. Murphy of New York*
Bids must be accompanied by a cer
tified check for $5000. It was agreed
to fight "45 rounds or more," purse
to be divided 75 and 25 per cent.
Each fighter is to post $500 forfeit
and $5000 additional as a side bet.
The fighters agreed to hold the
fight not later than July 5. 1910. It
is to be governed by Marquis of
Queensbury rules. They are to wear
four ounce gloves. The selection of
referee and stakeholder will be made
when the place of the battle Is de
termined.
5c PER COPY.
1L BOUGHT
SPOKANE X
Ml
FOR $2,635,000 HE PICKS VP
ENOUGH COMMON STOCK TO
SECURE CONTROL—GETS THE
SHARES FOR 65.
Spokane, Oct. 29.—T0 prevent the
Spokane & Inland Empire system
from passing into the control of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road, the Hill interests have bought
60 per cent of the common stock. The
actual buyer of the stock was the
Northwest Improvement company,
which is the holding company of the
Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific.
The stock was bought at 65. While
this is 20 to 25 points higher than
the stock has sold for locally, it
would not be reasonable to suppose
that Graves, who made the deal for
the sale of the stock, would be able
to deliver 60 per cent without buy
ing up enough of the stock to boost
its value, and the Northwest Improve
ment company readily might have
agreed to pay $65 for 60 per cent
of the common.
Capitalized at $20,000,000.
The Spokane & Inland Empire sys
tem is capitalized for $10,000,000
preferred and $10,000 common. Prac
tically all of the common is issued.
whHe more than half of the preferred
is still in the treasury. The pre
ferred has no voting power, hence the
Northwest Improvement company did
not buy any of it.
According to the records of the
state railway commission at Olympia.
the Great Northern already owned
$1,083,850 preferred and $2,157,350
common. This valuation evidently if
on a par basis, which would meat
that Hill owned 21.000 shares of th<
common. As 60 per cent of all th«
stock amounts to 60.000 shares and
Hill already owned 21,000 shares, he
would have to buy 39,000 shares to
get 60 per cent. This would make
the deal, at $65 a share, amount to
$2,535,000.
About six weeks ago the Spokane
& Inland was negotiating for the sale
of Its entire system to the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul. Such a deal
naturally could not be consummated
without the knowledge of Hill, and
naturally, too, it did not appeal to
him to have a competing railroad in
control of a line in which he is inter
ested and which competes with his
own road in the most important parr
of the Palouse country. Hence the
deal whereby Hill takes control.
The Hill and Graves interests to
gether are stated to have always held
control of the system, and in order
for the Hill interests to get full con
trol they needed only to acquire
Graves' stock. The current report
among some of the minority stock
holders is that the Hill interests will
not buy more than 60 per cent of the
stock, and some are complaining that
Graves has "sold them out" in dis
posing of his own stock without giv
ing the minority holders a chance to
get in on the deal.
Whether Hill is openly to take con
trol of the road can only be surmised.
One rumor says that the new control
is to be announced within a short
timo. and another sys that Hill will
leace the present management undis
turbed and conceal his ownership as
long as possible,' for the reason that
Graves can get more concessions in
the way of franchises than Hill could
get out of the city.
Hill's control of this system means
that he owns the Spokane Traction
company streetcar lines—or, rather,
that his railroad owns this property.
Quake Shakes California,
San Francisco, Oct. 29.—The earth
quake reported in several places was
more severe than any experienced In
| several years. In Northern California
| and southern Oregon the vibrations
j continued for ten to twenty-five sec
-1 onds, according to observers in dif
ferent towns. In several places the
windows were shattered, chimneys
tumbled and in others no damage oc
curred. Humboldt county appears to
be the center of the disturbance, but
only meager reports were received,
the wires being interrupted. At
Crescent City there was no damage,
although the shock was the heaviest
since IS7O.
