The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-06
THE WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD MONDAY, JUNE g. 1910

five hundred men, possessed of un-
deniable ability, resource, push and
enthusiasm, undertake to do things,
they are done, and well done.
Ethical Conditions Favorable:
Ethical conditions compare favor
ably with material conditions. We
are growing in both directions. Our
churches are in flourishing condi-
ton, both in finances and in mem
bership; our schools have attained a
high standard of excellence. We will
soon have a public library, Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union
building, and Young Mems Christian
Association building, each one of
which will fill need that has long
been recognized. To show how ben
eficial have been the effects of the
closed saloons in our city, should
like to quote again, this time from
a telegram sent by our Mayor to the
people of Edmonds when he found
it impossible to fulfill an appoint
ment to speak on local option at that
place. 1t has been called "a Message
of Good Cheer:
"Wenatchee, with her $500 peo-
pie has made an exceptionally salts
factory test of the dry town policy,
and all our reliable citizens, whether
wet or dry before election, agree
that the removal of the saloons has
caused no loss to the city, either So
cially, morally, Intellectually, or fl
nancially. On the other hand, bust
hess is better than ever before Col
:ectiCns and cash sales have shown
a marked improvement, rents have
not diminished one cent, either in
residence or business property, and
we are unable to supply the demands
for buildings. The Jail is the only
building in the city unoccupied. Leg
itimate lines of business occupy the
prominent corner rooms heretofore
occupied by the saloons. Values Of
real estate were not and have not
been affected a particle; they con-
tinue to rise and have risen beyond
all expectations. Postofifce receipts
have increased 33 per cent in the last
year; bank deposits have increased
so per cent. A new 100000 CONNER
cial club building, $4,000 depot and
$4,000 high school buildings have
just been completed. Eight hundred
feet of two and three story brick
blocks will be built this summer. A
J quarter million dollars is beinb eX-
pended in a sewer system, and like
amount is being expended in street
grades. If any one doubts the truth
of these statements or any here to
follow, will pay his expenses to our
city and return if he finds / have
mis-stated conditions one iota. Dur
! ing the saloon period Jail expenses
ran from $50 to 500 per month.
January last past cost the city 1884;
So cents of this was for meals to
prisoners, the balance for light, not
really needed; and don't overlook
the fact that we now have many more
people in the city than year or two
ago. The moral tone is elevated 100
per cent. Your wife, sister or daugh-
of Wenatchee without being in dan
ger from insult, Intentionally or 9TH
erwise, by some poor victim of liq-
uor, who lodges himself with scores
of his kind in front of the respecta-
BILE saloon doors. Since the city went
dry but one man has been found
drunk from liquor sold within the
city. A few more have been picked
up at the depot as they came from
outside towns. The old gag that To-
cal option does not prohibit has been
| proven an empty myth. There are
not ten quarts drank now where there
were barrels before"
Does not this message bear splen-
did witness to the fact of the great
change in conditions since the days
when disorderly houses and public
dance halls were run wide opne, and
it was not safe for a woman to be
on the streets alone after night, and
not altogether safe for respectable
man
While it is true that we are ad-
vancing, do not let our Overweening
pride in prosperous conditions blind
us to the fact that there are still con-
ditions in our midst which are most
serious and call for energetic and
untiring vigilance.
One of these will soon be thing
of the past, as our mayor is working
in cooperation with the state board
of health oimprove sanitary condi-
tons 1t is known that our water
supply is not satisfactory, that the
city could be made more beautiful,
that our roads are not yet in perfect
condition, tina tther are lines of phil
anthropic work waiting to be taken
up, that the wind blows, and the
dust flies.
| Let us not be too harsh in orr