Wenatchee Booms—But Its Hotel Tables Don't

The Wenatchee people have a right to be proud of the advancement the town and valley have made within the last twelve months. The population has almost doubled. The area of new land being put under cultivation by canals now building, projected improvements and general industrial development will give Wenatchee a population of 4000 or 5000 by the next census. The hotel service at Wenatchee could be considerably improved. That town has been growing rapidly and has become an important transfer point for up-river country. Travelers are entitled to a good deal better treatment than they get at the Bell. A hotel charging $2.00 per day—meals 50c—ought to provide well for its guests. No stranger, judging by the knotty, infested specimens on the dining room tables, would suppose for an instant that Wenatchee was the banner, prize-winning, fruit producing section of the northwest. If the rooms were swept once a week it would help some. A hotel there that would pay careful attention to the wants of guests, serving the best fruits, vegetables, butter, milk, cream, eggs that the valley produces, would make a great hit, and spread the fame of Wenatchee throughout the length and breadth of the whole land.