The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1909-09-24
PESHASTIN COMMERCIAL CLUB
A Reporter of The Echo Attends Meeting
Last Saturday EVening-lt Is
a Live Bunch

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Commercial club of that thriving and
rapidly developing section Of the Wen
atchee valley. AS the crow flies Pc
shastin is about three miles down the
Wenatchee river from Leavenworth. By
rail the distance is nearly four miles,
and at the present time by wagon road
it is fully six miles. When the south
side wagon road is completed the dis
lance will be slightly shorter than by
rail, on account OF the latter following
the sinuosities of the river.
You may talk about your commercial
clubs, and any other talk-abouts, but
that Peshastin aggregation is a live
bunch. It's the out-talkingest, the
out-wranglingest and out-meetingest
bunch it has ever been the privilege of
this scribe to meet with. Now, do not
get the idea from what is above said
that there is any i'll humor displayed or
unprintable language used. Far from it.
But everybody talks about what he
thinks will advance the interests OF the
fruitful section, of which every mothers
son of them is proud. And well they
have right to be. With the exception
of that Immediately surrounding Lea
wentworth, it is the very best portion of
the Wenatchee valley. Having his
home at Leavenworth, the good people
of Peshastin will not expect the writer
to put it stronger.
AS we said before, that Peshastin
club is live bunch. They have not
succeeded in all their endeavors. But
they keep on meeting and talking and,
in the language of the great French
cardinal, In their lexicon there is no
such word as fall
Last year there was shipped from the
Peshastin orchards nineteen straight cars
of apples, in addition to innumerable
small shipments. This year not less
than fifty straight cars, and perhaps
seventy-fve, will be shipped from there.
In five years from this date the number
will reach 1000 cars, and the limit is
not nearly reached then. 1t is not an
old chestnut to say Keep your eye on
Peshastin. To hold her reputation
for the premier apple section the Wen
atchee valley will yet have to come to
Peshastin (and Leavenworth) for prize
winning apples.
To get back to what the live
bunch" has under consideration. Pc
shastin wants direct telephone commu-
nication with Leavenworth, as well as
with Wenatchee. Many of her citizens
do their banking here. Many more
market portion of their products here.
Consequently they desire every modern
facility and convenience for doing bust
ness which progressive people ought
to have. It was with a view of con-
Meeting the ranches in the vicinity of
Peshastin with this town that Mr.. ia
cobson put a proposition before the
club. A representative of the Farmers
phone was also present. Out of what
appeared to be perfectly friendly
rivalry, the people of Peshastin will get
what they want. We say they will get
what they want because they never
quit. They keep everlastinly at it.
They want a rural mail service, and
they will get that. They want resi-
dent agent to look after their freight
and express shipments, and they will
get that, too. They are of enough i'm
| portance to demand these conVemenceS,
and are not going to lay down their
hands until they get them.
The Echo will, within a few weeks,
issue 5000 copies Of a handsome eight
page folder, setting forth in truthful
and convincing language the merits Of
this particular portion Of Wenatchee
valley, for distribution among intending
investors in fruit lands. They will do
good. All they ask is that people come
and investigate. They have all that is
necessary to produce Wenatchee valley
apples in their greatest perfection.
When that is said, enough is said.
On Monday night, Sept. 9th, the