Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 230.
 
FRANCIS M. SCHEBLE

     deceased, was a native of Ohio, but lived many years in Minnesota. Mrs.
Scheble who in her girlhood days was known as Miss Henrietta Morey, claims
Wisconsin as her home state. Mr. Scheble first came to Washington in 1887,
looking for a location to establish himself in business. Among other places he
visited Waterville, and being well pleased with this thriving and rapidly
developing section of the Big Bend country, he returned early in the spring of
1888, and associated himself with W. J. Stanley in the harness and hardware
business.   His family followed him a few months later. With the building of the
Great Northern Railway through the Wenatchee Valley in 1892, he removed to
Wenatchee and started a hardware store, first locating in the old town, but upon
the change of townsite location a few weeks later he went with the crowd,
and established the same business at the corner of Mission and Orondo Streets.
This venture was immediately profitable, due largely to the boom conditions that
came with the building of the railroad, and notwithstanding the reaction of the
boom collapse in 1893, and the gripping hard times that hung over the country
for several years, Mr. Scheble maintained his business upon a sound basis, until
the return of better conditions, when his position became secure. He was
regarded as one of the best business men of North Central Washington. Mr.
Scheble belonged to a class of men who always became factors in community
development. He appeared to always proceed on the theory, that not only it was
the right thing to do but that from a business standpoint it paid to develop. He
became an active propagandist in favor of the Highline canal, and gave weeks of
his time in canvassing the country with L. MacLean. He was also identified with
the movement for a wagon bridge across the Columbia River at Wenatchee, which
not only called for heavy financial support, but much painstaking work in
effecting an organization that would include a large number of land owners in
East Wenatchee. He was a member of the first city council and in 1907 he was
elected mayor, serving one year. It was during his administration that a
definite and comprehensive plan was launched for city improvements, such as
sidewalks and a sewer system, which to a great extent reclaimed Wenatchee from a
wretched straggling town of scattered dwellings, to one of improved streets,
substantial sidewalks and a morale that is born in civic pride.
     Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Scheble: Percy F., Albert, Harry
and Eloise. The last named is now Mrs. J. M. Wade. Harry died about the year
1912, and Mr. Scheble passed away in July 1915. Mrs. Scheble continues to reside
in Wenatchee.

     
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