An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . rep., 65;E. W. Porter, rep., 56; W. J. Stanley, rep., 67;M. S. Holland, rep., 53; C. M. Stephens, dem.,54; G. E. Steiner, dem., 40; J. H. Brockman, 35 ; C. C. King, dem., 41 ; W. R. Wetsel,dem., 35. For Treasurer—H. C. Thomas, dem., 44;George Hollingshead. rep., 42. Even after the town had voted thrice onthe question of incorporation complicationsarose. Doubts were expressed concerning thevalidity of the last election. The matter foundits way into the courts. In
An illustrated history of the Big Bend country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams, and Franklin counties, state of Washington . rep., 65;E. W. Porter, rep., 56; W. J. Stanley, rep., 67;M. S. Holland, rep., 53; C. M. Stephens, dem.,54; G. E. Steiner, dem., 40; J. H. Brockman, 35 ; C. C. King, dem., 41 ; W. R. Wetsel,dem., 35. For Treasurer—H. C. Thomas, dem., 44;George Hollingshead. rep., 42. Even after the town had voted thrice onthe question of incorporation complicationsarose. Doubts were expressed concerning thevalidity of the last election. The matter foundits way into the courts. In September, 1894,Judge Wallace Mount, of the superior court,held that the old, or second incorporation, wasgood, and that the old council should be re-seated, and that the new incorporation was nulland void. The case was carried to the supremecourt. A dispatch from Olympia dated Novem-ber II, 1895, said: The supreme court in the case of the Stateof Washington ex rel, George Bradley, prose-cuting attorney, respondent, vs. P. E. Berry etal., appellants, affirms the judgment of thelower court. This is a proceeding involving. A DOUGLAS COUNTY WHEAT SCENE. HISTORY OF THE BIG BEND COUNTRY. 577 the validity of the organization and existenceof the town of Waterville as a municipal corpo-ration. The question has been fully decidedseveral times before by the supreme court, andthey decline to entertain further the Gordian knot was cut, and thesecond incorporation stood. Dtiring the Spanish-American war Water-ville was represented by a company of heryoung men and officered by Waterville number of Wenatchee boys also joined thiscompany. The company departed for Tacoma,the muster-in point, July 8, 1898. Here theywere mustered in as Company D, Twenty-sec-ond Washington Volunteer Infantry. July21 St Company D moved to Vancouver Bar-racks. Early in September orders were re-ceived to muster out the company, which wasaccordingly consummated October 30th. Theofficers of
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