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VOL. IV. NO. 306.
FIRE FIGHTERS FED
AI HOTEL
OVER 200 WERE FED LAST |
NIGHT AT THE GREAT NORTH
ERN HOTEL AND AT THE EX
PENSE OF PROPRIETOR.
A number of local citizens who ap
preciated the work of the boys who
so strenuously fought the fire yes
terday afternoon went to the Great
Northern hotel last night and ar- j
ranged for dinner for them. There j
were about 200 of them who took j
advantage of the dinner offer. This J
morning when the citizens committee i
went to the hotel to pay the bill they
Were informed that Harry Taylor had j
phoned in from Seattle that there
were no charges and that anything
that he could do to show his appre
ciation of the efforts of the fire boys
would be willingly done.
The above is but one of the many
illustrations that»could be given to
show the appreciation of the business
men of the efforts of the fire boys.
W. T. Rarey sent the department a
check last night for $50.
A committee started out this
morning to secure a fund for reim
bursing the boys for clothing lost.
number of suits were ruined by •
the water, fire and dirt and it was
thought that it was only right and
proper that the bo*s should be re
imbursed, but others thought that
instead of the expense from this
source being carried by the business
men, that the city council should care
for it. An effort will also be made
to create a city fund for this purpose
so that when a member of the de
partment damages his clothes while
in tbe performance of his duty that
the city will reimburse him at once.
DAVUMATLY
ARRESTED
_ .
Dave Gellatly had a troublesome ;
few minutes yesterday morning when .
he was "pinched" by a special officer j
at the Great Northern freight yards.
Dave was ambitious to get started to
work early yesterday morning at
about ."::>('. Tbe carload of apples
sent to tbe Chelan county exhibit at
the A.-V.-P. was sidetracked late
Monday night and Mr. Gellatly
thought to get to work early and get
what fruit he needed specially ready
to take up to the exhibit grounds.
It was too early for depot officials to
-be around so Dave broke the car seal
and was promptly arrested by an
officer who hove in sight. By being
Identified by the proper officials he
was released, but just the same
Dave's first experience with the
strong arm of the law was not as
pleasant as it might have been.
St. Joseph's Altar Society Meeting.
This society will hold its next
meeting at the residence of Mrs. Paul
Matzke. who resides several blocks
east of the Catholic church, next
Thursday. Members residing over a
mile distant will please call up 1902
to arrange for a carriage which its
president will furnish. A large Owing to the face that the fire
meeting is desired, as important mat- tower and fire hall are both in ashes,
ters are to be discussed. The ladies t a number of citizens have already
will make floral decorations for the j begun the agitation for a new city
and all members are urged j hall of good proportions. It is
to come and assist on Thursday af- argued that some place will ha\e to
ternoon.
* ■ cheaper in the end to bond the city
Hot-tod Four Robbers. and build a hall that will be large
Torreon, Mexico. July 7.—Con- enough for years to come,
fronted by four robbers in his apart- Some favor the plan of the city
ments. Jose Santiago opened fire and and the Commercial club working
killed two of them and wounded the out a scheme together.
two others so their capture was easy.
F. M. Scheble came over from Se
attle last night. He heard before he
left that the plumbing shop owned by
himself and occupied by Joe Ed
wards had burned to the ground and
Ifr. Scheble came over for the pur
pose of providing a place in which
jdr. Edwards could move.
Washington Weatrher.
Washington — Fair tonight and
Thursday.
HAS MADE MAGICAL
GROWTH
[REV. NIXON. WHO SPENT HOME
MONTHS HERE SIX TEARS
AGO, CAN SCARCELY REALIZE
CHANGE IN VALLEY.
Rev. J. Wesley Nixon, ar old
| schoolmate of C. H. Armstrong and
| County Fruit Inspector Darlington,
has been in Wenatchee on a short
i visit while enroute to the fair at
| Seattle. Mr. Nixon has many friends
j here as he spent some time in the
j valley six years ago and was given
his letters of recommendation for the
' Methodist ministry by Rev. F. B.
'Utter, to whom, as it also happened.
;he had gone to school as a young
boy in pioneer days in Idaho, twenty
years ago. Mr. Nixon joined the
| Idaho volunteers in the Spanish-!
' American war and participated in a
Inumber of engagements in the Phil
! ippines. one being the famous c harge
| led by Col. Ed. McConville. an old j
Indian fighter of the Custer type who i
received mortal wounds but was bre
veted brigadier general for heroism
on the field before his death. After
graduating from the Garrett Biblical
Institute at Evanston. 111.. Mr. Nixon
■ was called to Marshall. Wis., where
he is now stationed.
"The development of the Wenat
chee valley since my former visit has
been magical." said Mr. Nixon. "I
am congratulating my friends upon
its wonderful progress and the great
successes which I consider thej have
all achieved. The people where I
come from will be much intcested ,
to hear the stories of your splendid
growth and the grand opportunities
whlcta are still existent here."
BOUGHT THIRTY ACRES
<). 11. Mobftrg Now the Owner of Old
G. H. Moore Place at Mouth
of tbe SquiUcbuck. /
O. H. Moburg this week purchased
from the Wenatchee Realty company
30 acres of the old G. H. Moore
place on the Squillcbuck, paying for
the place (15,000. The sale was
made by the Wenatchee Valley Land
company. The place contains a mod
ern house and quite a tract of old
orchard, besides some young orchard.
The place until recently belonged to
G. H. Moore, who transferred his
c quity in the place to the Wenatchee
Realty fc Investment*company.
MANY WANT NEW
if HALL
I ■
MSTI'KS THE
ADVANTAGE OF
BONDING THE 1 TTY AT ONCE
FOR BUILDING PURPOSES FOR
(TTY HALL.
be provided anyway and it will be
Apropos of this subject a traveling
man jiut it straight to a World man
this morning when he said: "We
natchee's business section is a joke
all over the state. It is a downright
disgrace, or has been so in the past.
If Wenatchee's business men are as
live as they say they are they will
get up some decent buildings."
The council will take action to
night in reference to a fire hall and
the question of bonding for building
purposes will probably come up be
fore the meeting
THE W]SNATCHEE DAILY WORLD*, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY. JULY 7. 1909.
GIVEN PULLMAN
SCHOLARSHIP
MISS EDNA MILNER OF THIS CITY
NAMED FOR HONOR THIS
MORNING BY THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Miss Edna Milner of this city and ;
' a graduate of the local high school. j
; was this morning named by the board
!of county commissioners for the free ;
| scholarship to the state college at.
| Pullman. This is a coveted honor.
, Under the act providing for the crea
tion of the state college each county
! may nominate one candidate for a
free scholarship but for a number of'
years this county has not availed it-
I self of this privilege.
Miss Milner is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Milner. of E street,
land worked her way through the lo- i
leal schools with high honors.
INDIGNANT AT MAN
AGEMENT
WENATCHEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
NETTLED AT MERCENARY
(OHtSK OF WENATCHEE DE-
I»A RTM ENT ST( >RE.
Considerable indignation is felt
; over the fact that one of the proprie
tors of the Wenatchee Department
Store, when the fire was at its height
sent word to one of the clerks, Wil
kie Rice, who is in the Volunteer
Fire Department, that he "must
come back to the store and to
work or lose his job."
Mr. Rice told the messenger to
inform his employer to go to some
place that is probably as hot as the
fire was when it was leaping one
hundred feet in the air.
Members of the fire department
state that they will not fight any fire
which should happen to start in the
Wenatchee Department Store unless
the matter is righted. Fire Chief
Throw has threatened to notify the
insurance companies of the status of
affairs in reference to this business
house unless matters are fixed up
with the fire department.
It is also said that unless proper
apologies are made to the depart
ment, that the subject will engross
the attention of the next fire meet
ing.
In view of the fact that the actions
oi the Wenatchee Department Store
are so repugnant to the Wenatchee
spirit a movement is on foot to have
the matter investigated by the We
natchee Commercial club.
This is not the first time tha' this
store has run counter to public
sentiment in this city, and only re
cently was the subject for scathing
resolutions at the hands of the Span
ish War Veterans organization. Many
of the stores on the street closed up
entirely during the fire, and it is
said that there were no customers
to be waited upon while the fire was
in progress.
The members of the fire organiza
tion are standing back of Wilkie
Rice and the other business houses
on the street say that they will stand
with the organization.
The Royal Neighbors are planning
on a social evening after the business
session Thursday evening. July 8.
Refreshments will be served by Mrs.
MoEldowney. Mrs. Miller and Miss
Courtway. All members are request
ed to be present as there will be con
siderable busines sto attend to.
Mr. and Mrs. Schneider, instruc
tors in printing at the Vancouver
state school, are in the city today.
Their purpose here is to visit a num
ber of the deaf mutes in this valley
and to work in the interests of the
Vancouver school. They will be here
several days.
The Ellis-Forde and Firemen ball
teams will play tonight at the ball
park.
Member of the Associated Press
BRAXEMAN BADLY
INJURED
FELL FROM A FREIGHT CAR
AT CASHMERE AND RECEIVED
THREE BROKEN* RIBS AND IN
TERNAL INJURIES.
Guy Merwin. employed as a brake
man on the local freight, fell from a
car yesterday morning and
three broken ribs besides a fracture 1
of his spine. He was brought im- '
; mediately to this city and taken to ;
the Gilchrist hospital, where Dr. Culp
! attended him. He was in a very bad
condition yesterday but shows signs
of improvement this morning. Mer- :
win was attempting to climb on top j
,of the car when one of the rods
pulled out. allow ins him to fall to
the ground.
COMMENCE UK
BRICK SOON
EXCELLENT PROGRESS IS BEING
MADE ON THE NEW DEPOT
AND THE FOUNDATION IS AL
MOST FINISHED.
R. H. Davidson, who has charge of
the work on the new Great Northern
3tpot, reports excellent progress in
the work of construction. There has
been some little labor trouble and Mr.
Davidson has been obliged to fire
most of his old crew and hire another
one. The concrete work on the base
ment and foundation is about fin
ished and brick laying will be com
menced the latter part of the week.
Pressed brick and granite trimmings
will be used on the building and Mr.
Davidson states that the new depot
will be a great credit to the city.
SETTLED SHSPEC
IN ME
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALLOW
I N S P E C TOR DARLINGTON
THREE DEPUTIES —HARMONY
NOW RESTORED.
The matter of fmit inspection in
this county was np for consideration
this morning in the meeting of the
board of county commissioners and
the board has acceded to the seem
ingly universal demand of all the
county for fruit inspection. Inspec
tor Darlington was summoned to ap
pear before the boar"d this morning
and the service was thoroughly gone
into by the three members of the
board and Mr. Darlington, with the
result that three deputies are to be
appointed by Mr. Darlington, subject
to the approval of State Commission
jer Huntley.
Under the new law the deputy in
spector must pass an examination In
| the work required of him. It is likely
;that R. P. Wright of Chelan and J.
jC. Eakle of Cashmere will be reap
pointed, but there is nothing fully
j determined as to the deputy in the
I Wenatchee district.
| The inspection service has been
settled harmoniously by the board
and the deputy inspector and one of
the board expressed himself to the
Daily World today that he believed
that the inspection service should be
mote rigid in the future than it has
been in the past and this seems to be
the general sentiment throughout the
county as far as he can learn.
* . .
W. A. Sanders arrived in the. city
this morning from Seattle where he
has spent several weeks at the big ex
position.
Ff UB GREATER 1111
FIRST ESTIMATED
Will Exceed $40,000 With But Little-
Insurance—Plans Already Being For
mulated for New Buildings on Site
of Yesterday's* Fire —Rain of Last
Night Considered a God-send by the
Fire Department---Incidents of the
Conflagration.
Already plans are being made for
, the erection of a number of substan
tial buildings to be built on the scene
of the fire of yesterday. Jack O'Con
nor announced this morning that he
; had already miade plans for a con
crete building to be erected on the
site of his livery stable. Mr. O'Con
nor states, however, that he has gone
out of the livery business and that
the new building which he will erect
will be devoted to other purposes.
• The heavy rain of last night was
I welcomed by the firemen of the city j
fas it prevented the fanning of the
embers and obviated any danger of
the further spreading of the flames.
The loss as estimated in the Daily
World of yesterday is considered as
being too low, and the total loss will
aggregate considerable over $40,000.
with very little insurance.
The Daily World yesterday stated
that the origin of the fire was due
to boys and firecrackers, but Chief
of Police Tnscho today stated that
{this was incorrect, and that his the
ory was th atcigar ashes in the build
ing used by the Central Market was
the real cause of the fire. The loss,
as carefully estimated today, is as
follows:
George H. Ellis, two frame build
ings, loss $3,000: $1,500 insurance.
One of these buildings was occupied
by W. Cressell with a plumbing
stock. Cressell's loss was probably
$1,000. with no insurance. The
other building was occupied by the
Salvation Army and the shed in the
rear, in which the fire started, was,
occupied by the Central Market.
Three horses and a number of sheep
with harness and other articles were
burned there.
The O'Connor*barn, owned by Jack
[O'Connor, loss $5,009, with $1,000
[insurance. The stock was owned by
O'Connor &r Parrish and most of this
!was saved. There were some sleighs
and one or two buggies, $500 worth
lof feed and other material that was
! not removed.
Louis Vondell, blacksmith, lost all
'bis tools and stock to the value of
j $1.000. The building was owned by
! Charles Harlin. The loss on this
[building will probably be covered by
1 $300.
Chas. Harlin frame building, con
crete building, stock of meats, re
frigerating plant, meat cutters, loss
$8,000. While Mr. Harlin is in Se
jattle yet it is understood that he
[carried between $3,000 and $4,000
| Insurance.
F. M. Lucavish, real estate and P.
jHeley, tenants of the Harlin build
-1 ing. were also sufferers. Heley lost
all of his tailoring goods. He is now
in Seattle.
W. E. Morton, Crescent, building
and stock $7,000: insurance $500.,
lon stock $300. Mr. Morton had his
! building filled with a stock of no- 1
tions. books, confectionery, toys. l
fete, and carried a much larger stock
lof goods than the general public had
j any idea of.
The Pear" Grocery had removed;
| most of its stock of goods and there
prill be several hundred dollars worth
of loss as results of the hurried
move.
The Jap restaurant also had its'
stock out in the street and there was
W I
some loss there also.
Woods and Lewis. $2,500 loss, no
insurance.
N. M. Streeter. tenant of the
Woods building, lost $2,500. with no
insurance.
5c PUB COPT.
Walker & Widney were also ten
ants of this building and had a loss
of probably $50. They have not as
yet secured offices for their real ee
(' tate business.
Confectionery store in the Woods
j building, estimated loss $500.
j J. J. Ever, another tenant of the
Woods building, suffered quite a loss
in uicycle repair business.
Mrs. Etta M. Raker of the Cottage
I How* !o?r m furniture and fixtures
'SIO.OOO- building $R.OOO. with $1.
--j "00 insurance. -
i Knowles <s.- Son real estate, lost
itheir fixtures.
t The city fire station and fire bell
.and tOwer, loss probably about $2.
--! 000.
i The Farmers' Telephone company
sustained a loss of probably $2,000.
J The telephone service was consider
j ably impaired. It will be three or
four days yet before the system is
j again in normal shape.
I The Wenatchee Electric company
also sustained considerable loss from
j the burning of their poles and cables.
Immediately after the fire started
and when it seemed as though it was
j going to be serious. W. T. Clark des
patched a man on horseback to cut
out the headgate and turn in a full
supply of higli line water into the
city reservoir. This fact alone prob
j ably saved the fire from becoming
more general.
The Wenatchee Electric company
after the burning out of the power
line of the Entiat Power company,
immediately connected up and fur
nished power tor the running of the
pump.
That there were few accidents in
i the fire yesterday was probably due
|to the cool work of Fire Chief
Throw. What might have been the
most, serious one. however, was due
to luck rather than to anything else.
During the burning of the building
just to the rear of the main building
of the Cottage Hotel the firemen
were working close to the building,
the chimney tottered and might have
gone into the building or to the out
side, but as hick happened it fell into
the building. Should it have fallen
on the outside, however, it might
have crushed a number of the fire
men.
There were all kinds of rumors
last night regarding the fire, but one
that caused most talk was in regard
to the stealing of Dr. McCoy's horse
and buggy which had been hitched
to a telephone post at the side of
the Columbia Valley Bank building.
In this were Dr. McCoy's surgical
instruments and it was reported that
some bold burglar had taken the
cash register of the Harlin market
which contained some $200 and had
absconded with the buggy and the
cash register. There was no founda
tion for this story whatever, but un
til today many people believed it.
The horse and buggy were not taker
and while there was some search for
the cash register yet it was finally
located in the store of the Wenat
chee Drug company, where it had
been taken for saef keeping.
After the Harlin market had
caught on fire and as much of the
contents as possible could be re
moved, one of the fire boys found a
kitten which was meowing loudly.
Already the hair on one side of it
had been scorched. The fire laddies
carried the kitten to safety. A simi-
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