Railroads Agree with Conductors on Eight to Ten Hour Pay
Western railroads and the Brotherhood of Trainmen reach an amicable adjustment ending the nine hour day demand. Wages rise: conductors by 10 dollars monthly, baggagemen 7.5, brakemen 6.5 above November 1, 1906 levels. Overtime rules set, no crew reductions or mileage boosts to offset raises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western
Order of Conuctors and Brotherhood of Railway
Knapp
Neill
Patton Ranch to be subdivided into forty tracts
Prominent attorney Patton Ranch of the Ahtanum near Yakima to be divided into forty parcels for sale. Plan aims to plant orchards and boost local wealth. subdivision talks led by W W Felger with H. S. Price overseeing. Includes note on health remedies from Dr. King's New Life Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
W. Felger
Dex
Horton Bank
Feiger
Patton Ranch
Felger
Yakima Valley
Work Too Much For Three Horticultural Inspector Faces Burden
Horticultural Inspector Joe Brown bears a heavy load with only three deputies for 1,000,000 trees to inspect before planting. The failing system relies on exams for qualification and state liens on unpaid bills as 275,000 trees have been planted this spring, with blight detection saving entire orchards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brown
Brown
Spokesman-Review
Poll Tax Law 9 Still Good in North Yakima
The poll tax collector Jack Kauffman reports residents accept the annual street poll tax for third and fourth class cities. The 1905 act allows imposition on every male over twenty one, up to two dollars, with emergency effect. The governor signed it March 6 1905.
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Jack Kauffman
North Yakima
Mr. Kauffman
Kauffman
State of
Washington
North Coast Rwy Rights of Way Tax Decision Impacts Valuation
The North Coast and St Paul properties face a valuation increase after the state tax commission ruled rights of way for new railroad extensions will be assessed as acreage or town lots, not unoccupied right of way. Milwaukee reports about 350 miles of rights of way in the state.
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State Tax Commission
North Coast Railway
Cascade Mountains
North Coast
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Population Growth and Urbanization in 1906 Census
Census estimates show the United States population at 83,941,510 excluding non-contiguous territory and 93,182,140 including Alaska and possessions. The 1905–1906 gain is 1,367,915, signaling a 1.5 percent annual growth. cities rise faster than agriculture, raising concerns about future labor and immigration pressures.
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United States
Alaska
Insular
Miners to Install Amalgamators in Coeur d'Alenes
F B Stanford and Will Everett of the Pacific States Mining company left Thursday night for the Coeur d Alenes Idaho to install ten large amalgamators and begin work on placer gold mining claims they own there. The claims show promise of rich ore and the partners expect significant finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Stanford
Will Everett
Pacific States Mining Company
Coeur d’Alenes
Idaho
Herald
Boy Almost Drowns At Weisberger Farm Irrigation Ditch
Edwin Weisberger narrowly escaped drowning when he slipped into an irrigation ditch near his grandmother Mrs Thelka Weisberger’s home. Neighbor Mr Marehalton heard his cries, ran to the ditch, and pulled him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Weisberger
Theodore Weisberger
Thelka Weisberger
Weisberger Place
Marehalton
Great Project at Bumping Lake Progress and Costs
Unprecedented snowfall and labor shortages slow the reclamation service effort to impound 1.2 billion cubic feet of water for Yakima valley irrigation at Bumping lake. The project features a 2800 foot long, 53 foot high dam with 20 foot apex thickness, heavy cribbing, cofferdams, and a seven foot conduit. Two hundred winter workers prepare for 600 more in summer as surveys map quarries and bunkhouses for a multi-year construction plan under U S Reclamation Service leadership including engineer Joseph Jacobs and supervisor D C Henny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Bumping Lake
Natches
Seattle Times
United States Reclamation Service
Department of the Interior
Yakima Valley
Keechelus
Cle Elum
Kachess
Joseph Jacobs
D. C. Henny
E. G. Hopson
A. J J. Wiley
First Presbyterian Church Mabton Files Incorporation
Articles of incorporation filed with the county auditor by the First Presbyterian church of Mabton. Officers listed: President George C. Giffer, Secretary M. L West, Treasurer George W. Pas water. Trustees named: M. L. West, J. A. Humphrey, T. S. Phil lips, Romanzo Wells, G. W. Pas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
George C. Giffer
M. L West
George W. Paswater
M. L. West
J. A. Humphrey
T. S. Phillips
Romanzo Wells
G. W. Pas
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Willie Aflon
THE
Yakima Herald Herald Publishing Company
Amo. N. Tuesley
Northmatte Wash
Jamily Bia
Advange
Weisberger
Ject
Reclamation Service
Little Bunny
Frank X. Nagler
Diamond Dick
North
Cascade Lumber Co
Homeseekers
Yakima Construction and Irrigation Co
Yakima County
Selah
North Yakima, Wash
Mabton Church
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