Proceedings of Benton County July 1906 County Board
County Commissioners meet at the court house on July 4 1906 with Carey and Jensen present. They review the S J Pritchard drainage petition in township 10 N R 27 98 E and a 1906 survey report finding the ditch not a public necessity. They schedule a hearing for August 6 1906 and order costs recorded. They confirm school district boundary notes between Yakima and Benton counties and approve tax refunds for Dora J Elliott. They reject Frank Mertel liquor license in Hover and set a road hearing for the Weisel road. The board approves expenses and adjourns to July 5 1906.
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Court House
Carey and
Jensen
Cresewell
G.j. Writchard
N. R&r
Goard
Pritchard
S.J Pritchard
National Sureties Co
Petit
Board of County Commissioners
Albert L Smith
Benton County
Board of Commissoners
S. J. Pritchard
Thin
Mid District
Yakima
Benton
Machinery Arrives For City Pumping Plant
The engine pump and electric motor for the city pumping plant arrived from Indianapolis last Tuesday. The Atlas engine and four valve boiler are 100 hp and fuel efficient. Cost about 2500 dollars. The piston type Smith Vail triplex pump will move 500 gallons per minute. The 40 hp motor costs 800 dollars and 400 dollars for the motor. The generator for the motor has not yet arrived. Spokane Interstate fair prizes for apiary products are expanded with several new awards for comb honey extracted honey bees wax and related displays.
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City
Indianapolis
Atlas
Corliss
Smith & Vail
Spokane
Hover Round-Up Ends as Horses Are Branded and Shipped East
Horsemen rounded up the Hover range early this week, branding the colts and loading several carloads of the best horses for shipment to the east.
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Hover
Umatilla Canal Contract Awarded to Paget Sound firm
The secretary of the interior awarded the storage feed canal contract for the Umatilla irrigation project to Paget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co of Seattle. The 25 mile canal from the Umatilla River near Feho to Cold Spriggs reservoir requires 700,080 cubic yards excavation plus 6,66 cubic yards rock and 2,200 cubic yards concrete and 2,600 cubic yards rip rap. The bid totaled $161,188.
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Secretary of the Interior
Paget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Seattle
Umatilla
Umatilla River
Feho
Cold Spriggs Reservoir
Third steam shovel wrecked in Columbia River incident
The third steam shovel sent from the east by Wren and Greenough fell from a loaded barge in the Columbia River below Hover when the securing rope broke. The barge swung into the current and the shovel sank. Divers or swimmers later recovered the barge at Camp 2 and the shovel likely remains where it lies until river low water.
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Wren & Greenough
Columbia River
Ainsworth
Mountain Gem
Camp 2
Natural Ice House Curious Cold Storage Near Ellensburg
Frank Rogers of Mena st ash canyon near Ellensburg created a natural ice house by carving a cellar in a hillside bed of ice found during a well dig. The cold storage maintains near zero temperature with no upkeep, keeping beef fresh indefinitely. The site sits about 600 feet above Ellensburg on a canyon bench.
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Frank Rogers
Menastash Canyon
Ellensburg
Rogers
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J. W. Gilkey
Shool Didticts
North Yakima, Wash
Honorable
Wash
la. Jacobson
Yakma County
Yakinin
Benton Counties
Yakima River
Éctiona
W. M
Yakima County
J A. Jacobson
W. Gilkey
Sols
Renton Coun
Bora J. Elt
Dok
Ellott
Benton Whig
State of
Washington
Dora J. Elliott
Frank Mertel
Frank Mentel
Havine
Board of Commissioners
Sloon
Arid
W. R. Weisel
Weigle Road
J. W.seth
L. W. Seth
E. L Boardman
J.D Marsh
Tim Murphy
Marshal Glover
L G Monroe
Black Cat
Chicago
Kenosha Hosiery Co
Kenosha, Wis
Royal Worcester
H. M. Ashbaugh & CO
Howard & Swingle
Pendleton, Ore
Kennewick, Wash
Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of
Fred Kurtzman
Agt
Pasco
Kennewick Lodge
A. M
Sercombe
W. M. Vorney
Cox
Secy
O. KF
Kennewick
Masonic Hall
Rufus Fullerton
N. G. W. F. Sonderman
Seay
G. D. Hunter
Tam
McGall
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
A. Rasmussen
H. E. Baldwin
Newick
Columbia Commission Co
Richland
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