The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-09-01
WENATCHEE DAY A
LANDSLIDE
ATTENDANCE WILL BE FAR BE-
YOND EXPECTATIONS - RE-
PORTS LAST EVENING INDI-
CATE GREAT ATTENDANCE.

At late hour last evening the
Wenatchee Day committee, presiding
ed that practically 1000 people had
reported to them that they would at
tend the Wenatchee Day celebration
at Seattle and would take the special
trains to Seattle on tomorrow, Thurs
day, at 2 o'clock.
Postal cards, letters and telephone
calls directed to w. Fl. Halling, Sec
retary of the Wenatchee Day commit
tee, presiding at the commercial club
rooms, came in with all mails and at
all hours during the day. 1t must
be exceedingly gratifying to those
men who have devoted their entire
time On this work for the past week
or ten days to see the results derived
from their efforts, and Wenatcheeites
can congratulate themselves on hav-
ing a committee working in their be-
: half as efficient as are these gentle
men.
Wenatchee Day will doubtless be a
monument to the city of Wenatchee
and will leave in the minds of the
public lasting impression whose
value will be untold in the future.
Tickets will be on sale for this excur-
sion at all of the following places:
Methow Canal Company
Wenatchee Realty & Investment Co
Ellis-Fonde Company.
Wenatchee Department Store
wells & motifs.
Halbert & Weber.
Owing to the central location of
the Colbert-Elliott Office, at 20 We
natchee Avenue South, opposite the
postoffice, the committee selected
these rooms as the central selling
location. and if you are unable to
get tickets. from your friends. The
above named Office will be open un-
til 10 o'clock tonight and early to-
morrow morning for the purpose of
the selling of these tickets, and it is
our desire that all who have not
procured their tickets up to this time
will make all haste and secure them
at once
Mr.. Piper, the local manager of
the Great Northern railroad, is de-
voting practically his entire time to
this excursion and has wired points
all over the entire system calling on
all available rolling stock insuring
the Wenatchee public of speedy and
comfortable transportation In co1-
junction with each of these trains
there will be sleeping car or chair
car and all of those who desire this
extra accommodation can procure it
by making reservation of the Great
Northern railroad before the leaving
OF the specitl trains.
Cashmere Monitor, Leavenworth
and Peshastin collectively declare
that they will send a delegation to
Seattle which will include some $50
to 1000 persons This is very
large proportion of their total popu-
lation.
We know Wenatchee will do her
duty and we know the attendance at
the fair will be even beyond the ex-
pectations of the commercial club and
the committees representing Wenat-
chez Day, and we know in addition.
one thing, however, that may not
have occurred to the Wenatchee Day
committee. We touched on this SUBJ
ject in our editorial of last evening
AMI on our first page today, let us say
to you. the people of Wenatchee, that
we sincerely hope that every one Of
you will assemble at $50 at Pioneer
Square on Friday morning. taking
your special places assigned to you
in the parade. that Wenatchee can
make the proper demonstration, by
all means the most important fea-
ture of the gathering at Seattle I'm
der no circumstances do we want
you to say, ooh | won't be missed;
l guess l will not 60" You will be
missed. Every man, woman and
child will be missed. You are to
assemble at Pioneer Square at $3.50.
The ladies are to assemble at $3.50
Friday at the James street entrance
of the Seattle hotel to go aboard the
automobiles. The gentlemen will
have ample time to take the ladies