Wenatchee Advance
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- Apr 15, 1897Don't Bond the Valley to a Dry DitchA Wenatchee editor warns that a $100,000 Wright-law irrigation bond would repeat the Kennewick failure—leaving settlers with debt, abandoned orchards, and no water.Wenatchee, WA
- Apr 29, 1897Wenatchee Growers Told a Railroad: Give Us Water and We'll Fill Your Freight CarsA delegation of Wenatchee Valley orchardists met Great Northern officials at Seattle's Hotel Butler to argue that irrigation—not mines or timber—would turn eastern Washington into a freight-producing countryside.Hotel Butler, Seattle, WA