The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-07-04
RfDWOODiTES OUT WEST.
Mrs. Henry Petrie Writes of Conditions
in Washington.

the Wenatchee Valley, WASH, has
written the following description Of
the conditions and people out there
for The Gazette:
Perhaps some of your readers
would like to hear about Minnesota
people who now live in Wenatchee.
1--WE spent nineteen days with the
bunch and had the time of our lives.
Archie Sinclair has a 49 acre fruit
tract (the people call their small
tracts ranches, but Webster says
that a ranch is large farm, and
would not call from to 20 acres
large FARM adjoining the city f
Wenatchee. It is a beautiful place
and will net him fine income. If
he continues 10 hustle, in the future
as he has the past few years, they
will soon he on easy street.
Our next stop was at Tom Wal
tons. They have one of the best
fruit tracts in the valley east of
Wenatchee city, GO acres Every
thing is in perfect order, we'll cult
waited and not weed to be seen.
Walton and son are ideal farmers.
They have a beautiful lawn, and
at the left a rose garden, over so
varieties, which when in full bloom
are certainly things Of beauty and
joy to behold. Their orchard con-
tains apples, peaches, apricots, pears
and cherry trees. In a few years
they will be able to spend their win
tiers in California and their sum-
mers in Europe, if they wish to cross
the ocean.
Anyone wishing to invest in fruit
lands ought to buy the young or
chard, only $4,000. 1t is situated
one-half mile from Malaga station
and % miles from Wenatchee.
You can see the Columbia river
and the mountains are not very far
away.
Drop dollar anywhere in north
central Washington and it will roll
into Wenatchee. A 231 acre tract
near Waltons (mostly unimproved)
recently sold for 100000.
Thomas Martin has a fine home
and fruit tract on Wenatchee Ave.
He is in the country but so near the
city limits that he feels as though
he were living in the city.
Tony Readon of Morgan has
small tract near Martins and Sinclair.
He has done we'll since he came to
Wenatchee.
Bert Adams Of Morgan is in
business in Wenatchee. He is max
ing money, but neither he nor his
wife has very good health.
Mat Parsons and a couple of his
sons are also here.
Last but not least Mr.. and Mrs.
Epley Gay Dougherty) have been
here few years. They have a fine
fruit tract Of 10 acres about 2 miles
from the city. They are different
from most others in this way. They
have chickens, two horses and a COW.
If the fruit crop should fail their
chickens would support them at the
prices that eggs are here.
A large share of the fruit raisers
buy all Of their vegetables, milk,
butter and eggs instead Of raising
such stuff themselves.
Wenatchee valley is just perfect
paradise. We were up and down
the valley for miles and miles, and
at each corner that you turn you
think the next turn will bring you
into city. 1t is just one vast su-
burb. The fruit tracts are laid out /
so perfectly and everything is so
free from weeds and rubbish.
L can not say Iue SAME OIL Lne CITY
of Wenatchee. 1t is dirty, vacant
lots piled full of rubbish, other
places sometimes worse than rub
bish. Wenatchee is dry. Yes we
know that it is dry in more senses
than one. The dust was about six
inches deep on Main street the day
we landed at Wenatchee and the
wind blowing at 40 mile rate.
asked a party if real estate was
always on the move like that. His
reply was, "Oh. that is just dust"
thought it was genuine dirt, it
tasted like it and felt like it and l
am sure we looked like it.
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