The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-02
A WORD TO THE INVESTOR

To those who have seen the won
derful progress the Wenatchee fruit
district has made in the last Eve
years, to those who were so fortul-
ate as to get into this country and
buy land when it was selling for but
a few hundred dollars per acre, to
those who were far sighted enough
to purchase town lots when they
were very, very cheap, to those who
located in a business way in the last
few years and now have the most de-
sirable locations, and in addition, to
those who saw the opportunity but
we're not financially in a position TO
take advantage of the same, to those
who had the money and now have
the experience, and to those who
have come here in the last few years
and have found land prices beyond
them, let us say that we are now put
ting before you a proposition, one
which will allow you to make for
yourself just as much money as you
possibly could have made had you
invested five or six years ago or just
as much as you could have made had
you been one of the choice few who
got in at rock-bottom prices.
Let US look back a few years and
see what the Wenatchee valley was.
Let us look over all of the high-grade
fruit districts of the west and see
what they were few years ago. The
answer, in but a few words, is raw
sage brush land without water. Let
us again consider the available lands
in the state of Washington today,
suitable for the growing of high-grade
commercial apples, taking into con-
sideration the elevation must be un-
der 1000 feet, and we find that the
total acreage is but few hundred
thousand acres, large portion of
which is already developed and in
apples. Let us consider again the
demand of the American market on
the state of Washington. In brief,
we are looked to by the great apple
shippers to produce at least 80 per
cent of the total apple yield of the
country in the next eight to ten years
to come In consequence, it is req
uisite that we put under cultivation
every available acre that will grow a
hard winter apple, an apple that will
bring the best possible returns, and,
in consequence, it is easy to appre-
ciate the fact that the next lands to
be planted to apples will necessarily
be the best lands
For your consideration as a pros
pective investor, or, as one capable
OF buying If the right purchase can
be made, permit us to place before
you facts and figures bearing on this
locality enabling you to take all vi
entities into consideration, arguing
in your own minds as to the next
lands to be developed, and, in con-
sequence, the next big money to be
made, that you may avail yourself of
SOLuc Ouc VI tuc SEduu opportunities
that are about to present themselves.
At Spokane, Washington, Was Re.
Gently Held Show.
the exhibits of which consisted Who'll
ly of apples. The exhibitors repre-
sented practically every state in the
United States and its dependencies,
as we'll as England and her colonies,
Germany, France, Norway and ia
pan, and premiums representing thir-
ty-five thousand dollars were award
ed to the growers of the best COM
mercial orchards in the various COM
petitions. The primary purpose of
this exposition, the first of it's kind
in the world, was to show the value
of the apple as a wholesome food, to