The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-23
EXCURSION PARTY
N METH0W
Ample Opportunity Given
for Viewing Beauties of
Famous Little Valley.

Winthrop, July 23.-The excur-
sion of the members of the Wenat-
chez Commercial club arrived at
Winthrop an hour ahead of schedule
time Wednesday morning. The six
autos, all loaded, made a short stop
at Winthrop, and from there went
up to Pearrygin lake, where they
had a chance to see the beauties of
that region, and were especially in
terested in the old Pearrygin place,
which now belongs to Messrs. Geer
and France, late of Wenatchee, and
which is in a state of cultivation
that is very encouraging.
Upon returning to Winthrop there
was an hour to spare before the II
O'Clock lunch, so that ten of the
party made a trip of two and a half
miles up between 1.-The Forks" to the
l.. ranch of the Methow Trading
Co, where there are ~ acres in or
chard which presented very credit
able appearance and which pleased
the visitors very much. They ex-
pressed themselves as wonderfully
delighted with the whole upper Met
how valley and were particularly sur
prised to find out how much profit
able farming was being done without
irrigation. The orchard at L. was
open to special commentator con-
sidering that it is not irrigated, in
fact they admitted that it looked as
we'll as it could even with irrigation.
Upon returning to Winthrop the
Winthrop band played several selec-
tons very commercially and enliv-
ened the reception by the excellence
of their performance. Lunch was
served in the beautiful grove ad
jacent to Winthrop, through the
courtesy and public spirit of Messrs.
Ventzke and Mclean, Mrs. Mclean
having charge of the actual work,
and we all feel that great credit is
due to them for making our visitors
so welcome.
DR.. King was called upon to make
few remarks, which were listened
to with great interest, and it is to
be hoped that the words he spoke
will have a marked influence upon
the frame of mind of the people of
the upper country, inasmuch as he
devoted nearly the whole of his alto
gether too short discourse to the sub
ject of cooperation which he regards
as the only means of salvation to
people who are so isolated as we are
here. The people of Winthrop (who
had assembled in not very great
numbers owing to the fact that many
of them were somewhat doubtful as
to whether the expedition would
reach here after having disappointed
them last week. to man went away
from the meeting feeling very much
Encouraged. The general feeling is
that Winthrop has at last been dis
lowered" and that the unusual mer-
it's of our country around here will
at last receive the attention and
achieve the fame that has been their
due for many a year, as we know
THAT the visitors from Wenatchee can
not forget the excellence of the soil
and the abundance of irrigation wa
ter they have seen here.
The gentlemen and ladies who
formed the party of visitors showed
a genuine enthusiasm over the pos
sibilities of this country, and one and
all expressed themselves as converts
to the upper Methow valley, saying
that there was no doubt that the We
natchee people who were fortunate
enough to be able to pick out place
away from town for summer home
would come out in this vicinity and
here choose to stay.
The lesson which these visitors
have taught us is one that was cost
needed. During the remarks that
were made while they were here it
was NCiy tAdI
IWenatchee began it's upward march
under very heavy handicaps; that is
to say, without a railway and in
lcountry that, as far as outward ap
Ipearances are concerned was far
from attractive in it's uncultivated
Estate; and that the Wenatchee spirit,
as exemplified by the management of
1.-The commercial club, has been the
one force that has brought that coun-
try into it's own. We not only feel
THAT no man can have an uncharitable
lenvy of the success of Wenatchee,
but that on the other hand all must
join in complimenting them upon
having achieved such an eminence
under such unfavorable conditions
at the start. This thought makes us
Iall feel that by cooperation and by
pulling together, and by joining
forces with the other people in the
valley (who must receive a like i'm
pression), we can unite with the eff
forts of the north central Washing
ton commercial club and do our part
to boom the whole district reaching
from Wenatchee up the Columbia