The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-12-07
LHTLEFIELD and q
SCHERLE ARRESTED
4 AIKEN INT CUSTODY IN SEAT
TIE CHARGED WITH WIN
MING AN ELECTION.
Two Cuiprits are Sentenced to Climb
the Totem Pole in Pioneer
Square-Pardo.l
Governor.

SEATTLE, Dec. 6-"An income of
$1,000 an acre on fruit lands"
"Yes, sir, and / have the facts and
figures to prove it. l tell you We
natchee is the home of the big red
apple, and one of the few places in
the state where fruit can be grown
properly"
This is the kind of talk that was
passed around the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Com
mercial club yesterday afternoon.
An excursion from Wenatchee val
ley, 125 strong, descended upon Sc
attic, and with pockets filed with
literature and apples, convinced the
most skeptical that Wenatchee val
ley is the garden spot of Washington.
Tie members Of the party arrived
in the city at 9:3. O'Clock yesterday
morning and were met at the King
street passenger station by a commit
tee from the Chamber of Commerce
and Commercial cab. After break
fast the visitors rendezvoused at the
Commercial Club. AID were given a
ride about the cist On the Seeing
Seattle cars. On t1sir return from
the ride the visitors lunched at the
Commercial club and were welcomed
to the city by the president, George
r. Revell. H. C. Littiefield for
ly secretary of the Wenatchee organ
ization, responded for the guests and
called upon some of his fellow men,
bers for short talks. Among tHose
who responded were Frank Reeves,
Walter Olive, L. V. Wells and Sem
natchee speakers dwelt on the neces-
sity for closer bonds between their
city and Seattle, and desire to
catch the Seattle spirit and enter
prise which caused the rapid growth
of Seattle.
During the luncheon. Sheriff R. P.
Webb, of Chelan county, and Sheriff
Logan, of Douglas county, placed H.
C. Littlefield, retiring Wenatchee
mayor, and F. M. Scheble, the may
or-elect, under arrest.
A court was formed and Frank
Reeves, an attorney of Wenatchee,
was elected judge. The prisoners
were formally accused of winning
an election and after due delibera-
ton Mr.. Reeves sentenced the two
culprits to climb the totem pole or
to step aside and let some other man
! be mayor of the town. AS soon as
the decree was made, handouts were
brought and the two victims were
handcuffed together. Ropes were in
readiness and the two officials were
decorated with hangman'ss moose.
After luncheon the party, headed
by the Wenatchee band, paraded to
Pioneer place, and then proceeded to
the Chamber of Commerce and atten-
ded the regular weekly meeting of
that body.
Gov, Mead made the principal ad-
Isdress, promising aid for the building
of the highway across the Columbia
river at Wenatchee. John a Gellat-
Ily, Chelan county's auditor, and Guy
C. Browne, president of the Wenat-
chez Commercial club, replied for
the visitors.
At the close of the meeting, Mr..
Littlefield, speaking for himself and
nor's pardon for his crime" point
ing out that both he and Mr.. Scheble
were -accomplices' to the governors
election and would aid him again If
his clemency was granted them. Gov.
Mead ordered the officers to turn the
prisoners loose and the meeting ad-
journed.
Later in the afternoon the most
Of the members Of the party, accom-