Local notes and arrivals from Yakima County woodlands
A flurry of town notes reports residents and visitors including J. N. Scott on vacation in the Cascades, H. M. Ashbaugh visiting family in Spokane, and R. A. Simmons back from Idaho. Posts on land sales, auctions, and new business spaces mix with society socials at Garden Tracts and Hayden Lake, while county officials boost rewards and park a deer enclosure. The column covers travel, real estate, shipments, and upcoming band concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Mueller
Des Moines
Iowa
P. L. Taylor
Stanford Ditch
H. J. McNeel
Seattle
J. N. Scott
Cascades
R. A. Simmons
Idaho
Kiona
J. B Schlund
King Block
Miss Gretta Book
Sand Point
J. Flynn
North Yakima
Hayden Lake
Harvesting Progresses in Wide Wheat Belt Amid Good Weather
After four days of rain delay wheat harvesting resumes at full speed. Richard’s ranch reports two combines at work across 1800 acres with an expected 20 bushels per acre. Don Cresswell and Irvin outfits push through Fall ground and Missouri Mint plots while Cresswell supplies camp meat. Westward crews including Howard Brown Dodson and Larkins-Williams groups steadily head and cut, with repairs catching up to speed. If weather holds, thousands of bushels will be gathered in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard’s Ranch
Richards
Don Cresswell
T. H. Irvin
Fred Cresswell
Leonard
Cresswell
J. R. Howard
F.W. Brown
Irvin
Owens
Wroe
Jim Dodson
the Larkins
Illiams
Amon Bros
Owens and
Alexander
Bently
Movements of the W. R. Todd to Aid Yakima and Install Pumps
The W R Todd towed the grounded steamer Yakima off rocks on the Snake river then returned to Ainsworth for repairs. Heavy irrigation machinery for White Bluffs Irrigation Co weighing 60 to 70 tons was loaded onto the barge. A 100 hp gas producer engine will power pumps, first of its kind in the area, with pumping to commence this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todd
Miller
Yakima
Snake River
Snake
Ainsworth
White Bluffs
Harvest Inspectors Attract Rural Youth To Wheat Belts
Harvest inspectors and young workers draw attention from town as groups visit the Cresswell ranch and nearby wheat belts. On Sunday Sheppard Nelson Violet Armstrong Lula Laird observed the scene. Wednesday Wheaton DePriest Williams and Thursday King McPhe Stringer with Church Bower Perry joined in the excursion. The parties report an interesting jolie time in the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
Nelson
Violet Armstrong
Lula Laird
Cresswell Ranch
Wheaton
DePriest
Williams
Messrs
King
Mc Phe
Stringer
Church
Bower
Perry
Repairs for Old School Building Amid Enrollment Rise
The school board, citing a census by Don F. Cresswell showing rising enrollments, will use the old school building for some grades. Repairs began Thursday to ready for the September 2 start, with D. J. Reinhart and crew plastering the rooms. Interior painting and other work will push costs to $500 to $800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don F. Cresswell
D.J Reinhart
Bids Sought for School Bus Hauling Routes
School board seeks bids to haul buses on the same routes as last year with August 24 deadline. Bids to be submitted to S. T. Laird, chairman, or D. F. Cresswell, clerk. The piece ends with an unrelated testimonial about Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Laird
D. F. Cresswell
Hover notes recount visits and local changes in Hover
Mr Burton formerly of Sweet Grass Montana visited Hover last week. Miss Bradford and her nephew Willis left for Tacoma to join Mrs Blackman. Angus Kay who ran the Sunshine was in town and started his White Bluffs Spokesman. Miss Iva Stretchberry opened a souvenir postal department at the post office. Mrs D S Stuart returned from Spokane. A petition circulates to appoint Rev T H Dry as postmaster. The Hover schoolhouse plasterers finished work and exterior painting nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
H. D. Sweet’s
Garden Tracts
North Coast Railway Company
Hiedler
North Yakima
Northern Pacific
Pine Street
First Avenue
Yakima
Tripp & Son Club
Williams Building
Ward Emigh
Walla Wala
Frank Emigh
Emigh
Ray Poon
Bickleton
S. Yakima County
Findig H.E Nicoli
Sunnyide
Roger
Mary
Nelle Brown
Miss Kelly
St. Paul
E. N. Cayce
Kelly
Cyce
Walla Walla
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Columbia
Frank Wright
Bedford
Iowa
Fay F. Dean
Edith
Cr. Griffeth
Clements Place
Griffeths
Mr. Burton
Sweetgrass
Montana
Miss Bradford
Willis
Blackman
Tacoma
Angus Kay
White Bluffs
Iva Stretchberry
D.S Stuart
Spokane
T. H. Dry
B. D. Burton
McGuire’s
Hover
Finley Facts and Valley Prospects Amid Public Health Efforts
Lester Cox recovers from fever as preparations begin to drain the large pond northwest of town. A wagon-load of scrapers was sent out last Tuesday to clear foul water and mosquitos, while residents anticipate relief. Mrs. A R Fisher returns from Garfield with relatives from Boise Idaho to inspect local prospects. Malaria and other ailments are being blown out of the country and an electrical storm has freshened the air. A fat brown mare strayed July 20 from camp below Hover. ten dollars reward offered at Kennewick Transfer Barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Baker
Seattle
A. H. Brownfield
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
J. N. Scott
E. D. Ellis
Rosalia
Roseman
A. R. Fisher
Garfield
Rena Jackson
Boise
Idaho
Kennewick
Wren & Greenough
Open an Account With The Exchange Bank Kennewick
The bank urges readers to open a checking account with The Exchange Bank of Kennewick stating the value for business and personal finances. It notes that paying by check provides a legal receipt and invites talks before opening an account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Bank
Passenger schedule and tariff notes in river trip card
The notice advertises a river trip with meal and berth details. It highlights a pleasant outing up-river and mentions complete passenger schedules and freight tariffs on the cards.
Finley Ranch Offers 40 Acres Near Finley at 165 An Acre
A listing markets 40 acres one mile from Finley and the railroad at 165 per acre with 26 acres leveled and flumed using 1500 ft. of cedar. Ten acres alfalfa and sixteen acres wheat with the rest in rye. Includes a small house and barn. Nearby land sells higher, and a new Vancouver railroad is expected to raise value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley
Vancouver
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Fred Midke
Mabton
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W. A. Williams
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Petrt
H. A. Hover
the Sound
California
J. H. Singleton
Congregational Church
Springdale
Wash
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Fort Collin
Colorado
James Crowell
Hover Grand Hotel
Manl
J.E. Maddrey
Hover-Schiffner Co
Lundy & Crowell
G. T. Thatch
Laters
Attalia
Thatch
J. V Thatch
Dr. Suther
St. Mary’s Hospital
Gateway
Mr. Thatch
J. W. Thatch
Water Company
Thomas McKain
W. R. Todd
Finley Facts
Lester Cox
Lowney’s Chocolates
L. J. McPhee
New Hover Hotel
Bill
Responsibility
the Exchange Bank
Sjeta
R. L. Baughman
Hanford
Priest Rapids
Finley Ranch
Cheap
Coombs & Briggs
Bankers Trust
Tacoma, Wash
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