The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-20
Mayor Gellatly Returned
Last Night From Trip
Into Oregon.

in Oregan and Washington, | am
glad to be back in Wenatchee, and
am now better fortified than ever in
my belief that there is no place on
earth that can raise the big red ap-
pie as can the Wenatchee valley"
This is the statement of Mayor
John A. Gellatly, who returned last
night in company with his brothers,
Will A. Gellatly, who is sheriff of
Benton county, Oregon, and Robert
H. Gellatly, who is farming in that
lcounty.
Mr.. Gellatly and family left We
natchee by auto one month ago
Monday Mrs. Gellatly and family
were left at Corvallis, Oregon, and
Miss Flossie accompanied the party
home as far as Mabton, where she
took the train, arriving here yester-
day morning. The return trip yes
terday from Ellensburg to Wenat-
chez was made in five hours. After
going over many of the roads to be
found in Oregon, Mr.. Gellatly states
that this road over the summit,
though it has not been worked for
ten years, is good and he had no
trouble IN making it on high gear
all the way.
From Wenatchee the trip was
made to Ellensburg, Yakima, Nab
ton, Goldendale, across the Column
bia at the Dalles; shipped the ma
chine to Portland and from there
Cascades, taking in Hood River and
Portland, thence down the William
cite valley, where he and family re-
manned ten days, spending the Fourth
of July at Eugene, Oregon. Mrs.
Gellatly and family were than left
at Corvallis, and in company with
his brothers, Mr.. Gellatly took in
Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford,
Jacksonville and Ashland, and cross
ed the mountains a short distance
north of the California line and went
; over to Kalamath Falls by Crater
Lake. This was very radical change
from Medford with temperature
of 90. Their auto took them up an
elevation of 1000 feet almost to the
snow line. From Kalamath Falls
the trip was made northward
through Bend, Prineville, Shanoko
Morrow, Arlington. Mabton, Yakima
Ellensburg and home again.
Nothing Like Wenatchee.
Mr.. Gellatly states that he made
careful observation on his trip and
found no place that could produce
the fruit in the quality and quaint
ty as Wenatchee. Medford is grad
ually working into the growing OF
pears as the chief production. While
fine grade apple is raised, yet the
quantity is limited and the produc-
ton tree by tree is nothing nearly
as great as in this valley. Neverthe-
less there is big boom on in Ore
gon towns and they are growing at
per month secretary of the CONNER
cial club, and that country is being
advertised very extensively. MedfOrd
is also paving ten miles of city
streets with bithurtic pavement
which is very expensive.
Il inquired considerably regarding
city Values said Mr.. Gellatly, "and
find that our values are low in COM
parison with that of number of Or
egon towns In Medford, a city of
between 5000 and 5000 people, a
church congregation there is consij-
erlng selling fifty feet which it owns
for $4,000. This is on the edge of
the business district. In Corvallis
and Eugene all city property is high
err than it is in Wenatchee, while the
suburban land has but little value.
Every place that is growing in Ore
gon is spending great deal of mon
ey for street work and identifying
the city,"
Roads Universally Poor.
Mr.. Gellatly travelled in a seven
passenger, sixty horsepower Thomas
Flyer, which was in fine condition
when he left Wenatchee, but it is
somewhat worse for wear now. He
took along four extra tires and they
are all in use except one. The roads
were very bad, especially In Oregon,
and Mr.. Gelaltly feels the necessity
of concerted action on the part of
the county and state officials in
building better roads. He met many
auto parties on the trip. Several
autos were noticed along the road
side broken down and every party |
were kicking on the conditions of the
roads.
Will Not Be a Candidate.
Mr. Gellatly was interviewed in |
North Yakima regarding his candi-