The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-20


and If she makes good will retain
and richly deserve the title of the
Queen City of North Central Wash
ington
But there are dangers to encoun-
ter and all will not be smooth SAIL
ing. If Wenatchee loafs on the job
and expects greatness to gravitate TO
her she may get a shock some day
that will make her sit up, rub her
eyes and wall about what she "couli
have done" If the talked-of rail-
road runs across the country from
Rockport to Spokane there will be
a good location for a live town at
the junction of it and the Oroville-
Wenatchee line and if there is no
other important town in this sec
ton one will of necessity spring up
there, for there must be one III
North Central Washington. A town
there would have command Of both
the east and west and would also get
the advantage of water competition
when the river is opened up. This
would give her a commanding posi-
tion But there is nothing to be
alarmed at yet, though there will be
nothing gained by waiting. Wenat-
chez has the lead on everything so
0f &c
reason why she should not keep it.
But there are some things she must
do if she keeps it, She must get
as much new cheap land as pos
sible, that is contiguous to her, under
the ditch and occupied. That means
a large population which forms a
foundation. support and framework
for large city.
1t will be an easy matter to ger
people here when We get some rea-
sonably cheap land-that is new
and unimproved land, for them. But
it don't pay to put a man down when
in order to do so We have to pull
another up to make room. Then We
natchee and vicinity ought to get
strongly organized for a campaign
on good roads. All roads should lead
to Wenatchee and they should be
good ones. She can make no more
paying investment than to pound and
push on the good roads question I'M
til we get results. But of equal, #
not greater Importance, is that of an
open river We should not be con-
tent with newspaper talk and long
distance promises by our lawmakers
in Washington, D. c., but should get
right out and push, agitate, educate
and make such a noise and such
forceful demands that we will be
heard and needed. 1t is true we may
get these things in time even though
We don't work for them but we may
not need them then; we need them
now to help make the town and not
after it is dead.
A good preliminary step has been
taken, too, in the direction of OBJ
tanning some of these things In the
organization of the Northwestern
Development league and it should
keep red hot and alive in the i'm
portant work it has outlined and
outline still more. 1t should make
itself heard and felt even If it were
necessary to send delegates to prod
up our representatives. especially on
this open river proposition. for we
don't want that work to drag along
for 20 years like The Dalles locks
did when it could have been done IN
five years.
So the campaign launched by the
inauguration of Button Day is to get
the leagues. associations, clubs and
all citizens, public and private, to
keep in mind realization of the
opportunities now offering them
selves to Wenatchee and induce rs
to take time by the fore top before
1t gets busy. It means that we must
get out of our selfish ruts and take
a general interest in the success of
the whole community. We must
realize that that which results in the
most good for the whole will like
wise result in the most good to in
! dividuals. Wenatchee must keep
! herself deservedly in the public eye.
| She must keep in touch and in line
with the up-river towns and she will
some day be a good jobbing and dis
tributing center for all the up-river
country.
Button Day means that Wenatchee
has taken another hitch in her dress,
buckled up her belt another hole so
as to increase her speed in the race
to the front or rather to keep her
place in front of the front. 1t means
that the citizens are going to loosen
up ana not try to make it all in
day and are willing to live and let
live and contribute a large share of
their energy to the building of city
and a country that will be source