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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
5
Yakima Water Light and Power Company advances plant upgrades including a larger dynamo and a new pump to boost capacity. A day circuit may be added next year, with water main extensions planned on North Second Street from D to H as part of broader system improvements.
John G Boyle purchased the Yakima Washingtonian from F G Drew last week and will operate the paper along its current republican line. No sensational changes will be made as Boyle treats the venture as his livelihood. Drew remains in the county and will pursue other business interests.
Marshal Grant posted notices that from April 5 unhitched horses on city streets will be arrested and fined. The move mirrors previous arrests of bicyclists on sidewalks and warns all team drivers to heed the marshal and his deputies.
For two weeks Marshal Grant and his force have patrolled the valley to manage a large flow of hobos. Nightly bands of ten to twenty hobos pass through, with many sent on to other regions. The use of ball and chain deterred some, and word of this fate spreads among the transient men.
Police monitor a disruptive class with vigilance, pursuing offenders from pillar to post. Some are taken into custody, while others are ordered to leave the city within an hour or 80 minutes.
Joe Manville appeared before Justice J A Taggard on a larceny charge after John Bell of Moxee reported $40 stolen from his person in Sandberg's saloon on March 31. Bell’s watch was taken during sleep. Dan McDonald was previously arrested and bound over for trial. Bell recovered no watch, payment missing. Manville is bound over to the superior court in $250 bail.
Miss Pearl Taylor returns home from North Yakima to live with her parents. Vessey and McRae will erect a brick block 75 by 100 at the corner of 7th and Bennett avenue, moving an old hotel and several shacks to clear the foundation. Vestal Snyder of North Yakima visits Prosser. he is attorney for two cities.
An ad style passage praises Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria linked illnesses and touts testimonials. It also blends a humorous joke about a tack and a runaway, plus Bucklin's Arnica Salve for skin ailments and a 25¢ price at Yakima drug stores.
Last week Fruit Inspector Beck condemned nearly a thousand trees destined for local orchards after tests found crown or root gall, a disease common to eastern grown trees. Stark Bros. of Missouri had 60 trees condemned, and Perry Nursery Co. of Rochester, N Y 1000 trees were largely rejected. Earlier shipments from these and other nurseries were deemed sound, suggesting a lapse by the eastern nurserymen.
The attorney general issued the order dissolving the deputy United States marshal office at this place based on a report from an examiner who visited last fall. Marshall Hopkins did not issue the order and had asked to keep all old deputies, but this location was omitted from the maintained list.
R W Peabody of Chicago, a 75-year subscriber now 91, visited The Youth's Companion offices. He has read the journal continuously since its first issue on April 17, 1827, sending in one of its earliest subscription letters. The lifelong reader has followed the paper through wars and peace across New England and the West.
Coffin Bros ready to open the wool season on the 15th with 20 machines. A trial last week sheared two sheep, showing substantial speed and humane results as wool is saved per cut and animals avoid hand gashes.
The city greets Carbonettes by Bushnell with buzz over their beauty at James studio. Residents praise the photo display as the best yet in town.
For sale a forty three acre fruit and hay ranch in Parker Bottom twenty one miles from the railroad station with free water and a good desirable home. Address John Buzzell Parker. A brief dialogue follows with a safety warning about a cracked ladder and people arguing about climbing it.
Eggs for hatching from pure breed White Wyandotte priced at 1 dollar per setting of 15 and Buff Plymouth Rocks at 1.50 per setting. Contact Mrs H E Angel at east end of A street. Also drugstore notices for Foley remedies appear with brand claims and local contact at North Yakima Drug Store.
The Cosmopolitan for April includes Rafford Pike essays What Women Like in Men What Men Like in Women and Husbands and Wives the third in the series. It also offers a feature on Prince Henry’s visit with a collection of finely printed photographs titled A Clever Emperor and a Confederation of Nations. Contributors include F Hopkins Smith Israel Zangwill Bret Harte and Maarten Maartens in a notably strong fiction selection.
A Philadelphia woman asks if a marriage ceremony makes one nervous. A Chicago woman answers that it used to cause nerves.
A bakery proclaims its reputation for well made pastry cakes cookies pies doughnuts bread and related goods and invites customer trust through quality. The ad emphasizes a broad assortment and a commitment to maintaining its established standard.
MechTel Bakery and Restaurant at 110 Yakima Avenue listed in local directory style notice.
Dr M L Scarbrough of Hebron Ohio recounts losing his voice after a cold two years ago and a persistent cough. He praises Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds for rapid relief after 35 years as a physician and offers $1 trial bottles through Yakima drug stores with a positive guarantee.
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