The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1907-04-01

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effect 1t once. Eight hours will
henceforth constitute q day and on
the first Of May the wage scale win
be nifty cents an hour. Heretofore
carpenters have been receiving $3.50
for nine hours work. E. D. Utter
is recording secretary of the local
union.
Born, Saturday, March 20, to Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Mccullough, girl.
Frank Ruhe left Wenatchee Satur-
day night to join his wife at Spo-
! kane.
Charles Dick, Sim Ferris and D.
C. Wolf of Entiat were Saturday Wis
itors in Wenatchee.
DR.. w. NJ. McCoy's runabout suf-
fered slight damages this morning
from capsizing. The horse, which
was hitched in front of Maxwell's
pool rooms, grew restless and Ill
waltzing around turned the buggy
over. Bystanders dived into the dust
cloud and prevented an equine trag-
edy.
A special meeting of the city
council has been called for tomorrow
night. No business of special inn
port will feature at the meeting,
there being simply a flood of detail
hi
the council will endeavor to dispose
of at this time, so as not to be inn
.eded at the next regular meeting.
Alfred Hensel, brother-in-law OF
Sheriff Webb, is visiting for couple
of days at the sheriff's home. Mr..
Hensel is one of the head mail clerks
on the Spokane-Lewiston branch of
the Northern Pacific and came over
from Spokane yesterday between
shifts.
The county commissioners are in
session today and are tackling the
many problems that come before
that body. There is the usual grist
of business and the bridge question
will occupy considerable of their at
tention.
Eloise Scheble, who is attending
the Annie Wright seminary at Ia
coma, is spending her Easter vaca-
tion at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Clark and
family are visitors in town from
Cashmere today.
John White is in town from South
side today trading with the local
| merchants.
j. A. Stoddard, Mrs. Theron Stod-
| dard and Fl. G. Colman came down
from Riverside on the boat today
Mr.. Colman is on his way to Seattle
on short business visit, while Mr..
Stoddard and his daughter-in-law
are on their way to Minneapolis.
Both Mr.. Stoddard and Mrs Colman
are the fortunate owners of land in
the Pogue Prairie irrigation district,
| having settled there several years
ago when the government first con-
sidered retaining that territory.
They lived through all the uncertain
period when the government engi-
neers were determining whether the
project was feasible or not and are
now in position to reap a reward
for the struggle it cost to hold on
there. Land under the ditch is now
selling for $3.50 an acre and buyers
are plentiful and glad to get tract
at that figure.
John Witte is in town from South
side today trading with the local
merchants
Roy Zahren, the city engineer, is
taking an enforced vacation as the
result of slight scratch on his
right hand. He bruised his hand
several days ago and at the time paid
no attention to the hurt for it SEEM
ed too slight to need attention. The
bruise developed into an incipient
case of blood poison, however, and
now the hand is out of commission
for few days.
A marriage license was issued
Saturday to Lew Sorel and Elsie
Brown of Ephrata.
T. j. Sherman, who has a sawmill
between Peshastin and Cashmere, is
a visitor in town today.
One week from tonight 'The
Spinsters' Return" at the theater.
Mr.. G.. s. Merriam, who has Just
returned from four days excursion
To his PnShaSfin and IeauanM worth