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


itor in tsw1 yesterday ~ ~ morn
ling.
r. g. Dudley. = Southside property
owner. was q visitor In. town yester.
tday.
irrigation canal there.
The committee appointed by the
council and the mayor have ordered
a combination chemical and hose
wagon from the Washington Rubber
company which will cost the city
about $1,000, and will be worth many
times that much for the protection
against dangerous fires that it in
sures.
Mr.. Martin, who has been resi-
dent of this city for several years.
sold his property in Peachy addition
recently and left last night for Ever
EFT, where he expects to make his
future home.
Mark Thomas, deputy sheriff of
Okanogan counay, passed thro..gh
Wenatchee today on his way to Med.
zeal Lake where he was taking a
young man named Morris, who WIS
declared insane. Morris comes from
| Oroville and the greater part of TIE
time is as sane as any of his fell
low men, at intervals of week apart
he is seized with fit of dementia, a..
which times he becomes violent AMI
dangerous. A few days ago he Was
| taken with one of thesev iolent at
tacks and attempted to kill the mem
bers of his family, and inflicted sew
eral injuries on his father and sister
before he was subdued by neighbors.
Frank Smith, the painter, is hav-
ing two modern 5-room cottages
built on C street. Contractor E. j.
| Delaney is doing the work and has
six men employed. Mr.. Smith is
building them to rent or sell.
Walter Buttles has purchased a
lot on Orondo avenue upon which he
expects to build residence. The deal
was put through by Grant & Cox.
The unstinted charity of the good
people of Wenatchee was illustrated
at the Methodist church last Sunday
morning. The Rev. Mr.. Kufus, pastor
of that church, requested of the audi
ence that they contribute to a special
collection for the purpose of meet
ing certain church expenses; he
stated that it was desired to raise
S250.00 if possible Subscription
cards were passed about, and when
the collection was taken up, it was
found that the total amounted to
$4,000.
1t is with regret that we chronicle
the illness of the Reverend Kufus,
who has been obliged to retire from
active work and go on vacation.
He has been granted a months leave
of absence, and will leave town for
| awhile to recuperate. Regular SER
vices will be conducted as heretofore,
however, during his absence
Mrs. o. H. Woody and child passed
through Wenatchee today on her way
to Seattle. Mrs. Woody is the wife of
the editor of the Okanogan Indepen-
dent, published at Pogue, formerly
published as Nelson. Mrs. Woody
has been visiting relatives at Chelan
and will visit for a time on the
coast before returning to Okanogan.
W. H. Heisler arrived on the boat
from Brewster this morning. He is
on his return to the coast from
trip into the Okanogan country,
where he went to look for land. At
Pogue he found what he was looking
for through the aid of A. M. Storch,
formerly of this place and now en-
gagged in the real estate business in
OkanOgan. Mr.. Heisler bought 10
acres of land on one of the upper
benches of Pogie prairie under the
government ditch, paying $3.50 an
acre, the prevailing price there at the