The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-19
TALKS ALL THE WAY
To RENO
Sheriff J. E. Ferguson Gain.
ing State Reputation
as a Stump Orator.

Sheriff J. E. Ferguson is gaining
a statewide reputation as a humor-
Gus after-dinner speaker and stump
orator. The following from the Sc
attic Times will make interesting
reading:
The life of the party on the Nor
rison special which went from Seat
tie to Reno was big Ed. Ferguson,
sheriff of Chelan county, who makes
his home at Wenatchee. Ed. started
from home to catch horse thief, and
after he got to Seattle he got an idea
| that the thief had started south Ed
did little Sherlock Holmes work
and arrived at the conclusion that
| the horse thief was probably on his
way to Reno, so he hoped on board
The sheriff, in company with sew
eral choice Seattle spirits, hunted all
over Reno for the horse thief but
failed to find him. Being already in
Reno, he thought he might as
we'll go out to the arena, having
bunch that if the horse thief was in
that section of the country, he would
be inside the big Enclosure built on
the sage brush and sand, but if the
thief was there he kept himself hid
den from the eagle eye of the sheri.
Being in the arena, the sheriff could
not help but look at Jeff get his lick
ing.
Sheriff Ferguson confided to those
on board that he once sold papers in
Tacoma with M. Merton Mattison,
now the foremost political writer of
the state, but argued that that should
not be held up against him.
The sheriff first came into promi-
nence at Ashland, Ore. That bustl-
ing little town was reached by the
Morrison special in the early morning
hours. Some of the gang had been
in bed; others had stayed up to see
the sun rise. The Chamber of Com
merce of Ashland had sent down a
committee with baggage truck load
ed with peaches, cherries and such
truck, and the hungry horde swooped
down on that fruit like crows in a
cornfield
No one thought about thanking the
folks at Ashland for their thought
fulness until the tall form of the
sheriff of Chelan county was seen
climbing aboard the truck. Striking
an attitude like Roman senator ad-
dressin gthe tribune, the sheriff ex-
pressed the thanks of the men on the
Morrison special in voice that could
have been heard in Reno
CITIZENS of Ashland" he began,
with right hand appraised for silence
ION behalf of the flower of the man.
hood of the great commonwealth Of
Washington, / wish to thank you for
this magnificent reception and for
this touching display of your hos
pitality." There was a lot more to
the same effect, with the Seattle gang
breaking in every so often with the
tumultous applause.
AS the train pulled out the citi-
zens of Ashland marched up town
feeling well repaid for turning out
so early to give fruit to the Seattle
party.
At Tahama there was a little man
about four feet high, wearing long
linen buster and chin whiskers. He
was the only man in sight when the
Morrison special paused for breath.
That made no difference to the sher-
if of Chelan county. He strobe to
the back platform of the special and
began: Mayor of the thriving lit
tie city of Tahama, it is indeed kind
and thoughtful of you to leave your
downy couch to come here and extend