The Walla Walla Candy Company Changes Hands
After four years of growth, a local candy wholesaler retires to manage property, selling his business to a former grocery man.
An important deal was finalized yesterday evening in which the wholesale candy business of the C. A. Mott Candy Company on East Alder Street passed into the hands of W. E. Hill. Mr. Hill, formerly of the Sims grocery, takes possession immediately. The business will be renamed the Walla Walla Candy Company and will continue to operate as it has for the past four years. Glenn Hite, the firm's salesman, will be retained. Mr. Mott, who has worked in the mercantile industry for 43 years, plans to retire and manage his property interests. Despite leaving for Portland briefly, he expressed a deep commitment to Walla Walla's future, predicting the city would double its population within ten years.
“Walla Walla in my judgment is one of the best business and home towns in the Northwest.”
Local business transitions were the bedrock of early 20th-century town building. Mr. Mott's bullish prediction for Walla Walla's growth mirrors the optimistic boosterism that fueled the development of the inland Northwest.
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