The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-12
CH|CAGOANS VISIT
VALLEY
Washington Development
Leagues Advance Guard
Reaches City Today.

A portion of the second excursion
of Chicago people sent to the We
natchee valley by the Washington
Development League, arrived here on
No. l yesterday. Among others were
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter j Dunno, super
intendent of Mandel Brothers, own
er of a Washington Sunnyslope prop
erty together with so and 20 acres
on the Bridgeport bar. Mr.. Dallach
spent the greater portion of yester-
day afternoon showing Mr.. and Mrs.
Dunno over the valley, taking them
to several of the old established or
chards, showing them not only the
old trees but young trees coming into
bearing, all of which greatly pleased
Mr.. Dunno, not only from the invest
ment standpoint but from the point
of future home. AS Mr.. Dunno ex-
plains it, he has labored strenuously
for many years in the east at the
head of large organizations and feels
that few years hence, when his place
comes into bearing, his work justifles
a home for himself and family and
with this purpose in mind Mr.. Dunno
wasled to invest in Wenatchee Sum
nyslope property.
No. l today brought the second
detachment of the second excursion,
including Magnus Poison, one of Chi
cago's leading teaming and moving
contractors; George H. Lund, su-
perintendent of the American Color
type company, the largest printery of
color work ir the United States. Mr..
Lund, like Mr.. Dunno, labored siren
uously for many years, has laid aside
considerable money, is the father of
a good sized family, and feels that
he, together with his family, are en-
titled to life of leisure for the flu
ture, and after investigating the
Wenatchee valley was led to put a
part of his money into a piece of
hee-Sunnyslope property and
at such time when his trees come into
bearing will make this valley his
permanent abode, as will Mr.. Pol
son and Paul Olling, one of the large
printing and decorating contractors
of Cook county, Illinois. Mr.. OIL
IN, ho
mark, came to this country as a
youth and in the plodding Scandi-
navian way has gathered around him
self considerable means and has in
vested a considerable portion of the
same in the Methow valley through
instigation of the Washington De-
velopment League.
This excursion is conducted by A.
E. Swanson, one of E. NJ Elliott's
eastern associates, a man thoroughly
posted on soil conditions of the
United States, and a man perhaps as
we'll if not better qualified to talk
on the possibilities of this country,
generally, than any other man. In
the United States 1t is he who is sup
plying the farmers throughout the
continent with plant food elements,
taking the soil in depleted condition.
making it capable of producing maxi
mum yields. Mr.. Swanson, in an
interview today, gave very interest
ing explanation as to why he be-
came interested in the Wenatchee
valley. Knowing as he does the
soils of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Ohio, Nebraska, and after Analysing
the Washington volcanic ash he be-
came convinced that north central
Washington did not need fertilizer.
This soil has the elements, including
nitrogen, phosphates and potash,
which is so requisite to the growing
plant and after looking over the stu
alton carefully was led to do all in
his power in furthering the interests
of the Washington Development
League, and in consequence the We
natchee valley in north central
Washington.
The Oriental Limited for the next
two or three days will continue to
carry Chicagoans who are coming
out here to look over their several
purchases made through the Wash
ington Development League, and 1t
is sincerely believed that these peo-