Government irrigation officials inspect Yakima Valley projects
Byron Hunter of the Agriculture Department and S. O. Jayne of the Reclamation Service spent several days evaluating irrigation developments in the Yakima Valley. Hunter, in charge of Pacific Coast Farm Management Investigations, noted pumping plans, storage needs, nurse crops, and frost protection as key factors. They discussed Sunnyside and Klickitat schemes, estimated water supplies, and urged careful farmer contracting and expert review.
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Byron Hunter
Bureau of Plant Industry
U.S. Department of Agriculture
S. O. Jayne
Reclamation Service
Yakima Valley
Hunter
Department
Umatilla
Columbia Valley
Priest Rapids
Dalles
Pacific Coast Farm Management
Washington Idaho
Oregon
Pratt
Columbia River
Jayne
Argentine Republic
Klickitat
Sunnyside Canal
Sunnyside
Land Owners Association
Schau bert Lady Quartette at Twin City Theatre November 2
Popular Schau bert Lady Quartette draws crowds with entertaining encores of beloved melodies. Hear them at the Twin City Theatre on November 2. For sale two dozen Barred Plymouth Rock pullets, Section 7, phone 504, Mrs G W Lane.
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Schaubert
Twin City Theatre
Plymouth
G W Lane
Memorial for Fannie Mae Harlan
Fannie Mae Harlan born February 24 1886 in St Paul Minnesota was 23 years 8 months and 14 days old at death in Phoenix Arizona on November 7 1909. She joined St Paul Park M E Church at age ten and worked in the youth and Sunday school. Her family moved to Washington seeking milder climate but consumption claimed her life after a brave fight. Funeral held in Phoenix Monday pastor Rev Robert S Fisher officiated and burial followed there. Mrs Harlan returned home the following Sunday morning.
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Fannie Mae Harlan
C. C. Harlan
St. Paul
Minnesota
Phoonix
Arizona
St. Paul Park Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington
Phoenix Arizona
Robert S. Fisher
M. E. Church of
Phoenix
Phoenix Mis
Harlan
Thanksgiving Football Finale at Kennewick Home Ground
The school football team aims for a Thanksgiving victory at home against Toppenish while facing high costs and urging a large crowd. The article notes mixed season results and the players’ improved readiness, alongside several student movements and school activities including new enrollments and debate plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennewick
Ruth DuBois
School Bus Discipline And Phone Use Urged By M S Lewis
A school official appeals to parents to report bus discipline issues and to limit nonurgent telephone calls to schools. He asks for direct contact via phone, visit, or note to correct faults and emphasizes using school phones only for important matters to avoid disrupting administrative duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Lewis
What Taft Will Recommend for the Incoming Session
The President’s tour signals a strenuous term with calls for national monetary reform a postal savings system and a revision of the Sherman anti trust law to curb monopolies while limiting the reach of railroad combinations.
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Congress
Treasury Reserve
Ambitious Reform Agenda Faces Senate Clash
The article outlines a broad legislative program including an income tax amendment for wartime use, merchant marine subsidies for defense training, federal injunction control, conservation of forests mines and waterways, internal waterway improvements, and a federal court reform drive. It notes tensions in Congress with Republican majorities at odds and personal enmity among some Senators, though overall partisan friction has eased in recent years.
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Congress
Congress of
United States
House
Senate
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Oscar Nelson
Seattle
Edmund Coney
Hligh School
Palouse City
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Post Office
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Brunswick Billiards
Paul C. E. Tripp & Son, Props
Tohacy
Thor
Elite Barber Shop
LH. Dills
H. E. Brown
E.F. Mary Oe
Yakima and
Columbia River Nursery Co
L. Keene
Kennewick Highlands
Rome
Newton Ark
Yakima
Kennewich
H. A. Howe
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