Half Secured Right of Way For Great Transportation Project
Land donations for the Yakima Valley Transportation Company progress rapidly with half of the desired right of way already recorded. All land given with a nominal recording fee of one dollar. Key segments secured include Moxee ranch areas on the line and major stretches between Union Gap, Zillah, and Sunnyside, with river crossing at Maple Street and route to Yakima City assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
Moxee
Moxee Company
Maple Street
Yakima City
Delegates Named by City Republicans for County Convention
Republican primaries produced a large turnout with 43 delegates selected to attend the county convention on April 18. Each ward listed multiple delegates who were instructed to vote as they please, including names from six wards led by politicians and local figures such as Dr Geo Sloan Captain Thomas and W H Redman among others.
Joseph Flanney Sentenced for Second Degree Murder
Joseph Flanney, convicted of murder in the second degree, was sentenced to 30 years in the state penitentiary Saturday afternoon by Judge Preble. The motion for a new trial on statutory grounds was overruled by Judge Preble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Flanney
State Penitentiary
Preble
Judge Preble
Sentence for Flanney in Wife Killing Set at Thirty Years
The court finds no deliberation or premeditation in the first degree murder of Flanney's wife but holds the act malicious. He is sentenced to 30 years of hard labor in the state penitentiary. A notice of appeal to the supreme court was filed and he will be sent to Walla Walla in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Flanney
Walla Walla
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs with Honey and Tar
A. M. Ake of Wood Indiana recalls life changing results after years of lung hemorrhages. He tried several doctors before Foley's Honey and Tar eased his cough and restored lung health. The product is promoted as stopping coughs and preventing serious cold outcomes at North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
North Yakima Drug Store
A. D
Real Estate Men of Yakima Form United Group
A city real estate association forged at a Yakima hotel banquet aims to end unethical exaggeration by rival dealers. Backed by the Commercial club and Business Men's association, offices open on Second Street near B Street, with President Janeck announcing readiness by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Commercial Club
Business Men's Association
Second Street
B Street
Janeck
Toastmaster
IL. O. Janeck
O. A. Feehter
Yakima Commercial Company
R. Winsor, Jr
Chas. Marsh
H. B. Scudder & Co
Jack Maher
The
Highland Real Estate Company
Fred Alder
Inland Real Estate Company
M. B. Miles
Harry Averill
Tennant & Miles
Dr. Lowther
Lowther & Wilcox
J. B. Ermsdorff
Yakima Valley Land & Investment Company
H. H. Riszt
Yakima Valley Farms Company
H. Hinman
J. J. Miller
Miller Realty and Investment Company
S. E. Farris
Walker Moren
James Louden
First National Bank
Fisher Winner
Supreme Court affirms decision in Fisher versus Northern Pacific. Goods stored at North Yakima railroad warehouse were deemed under a common carrier liability, not mere warehouse custody, awarding Fisher $268.19 for destroyed goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Supreme Court
T. R. Fisher
Respondent
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Fisher
North Yakima
Golden Grain Granules Coffee Claims Health Benefits
An advertisement promotes Golden Grain Granules as a 100 percent pure cereal coffee for all ages. It cites nourishment for men women and children and notes demand from food shows with fourteen thousand people showing interest. Yakima Grocery Co. supplies the product through North Yakima jobbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Grocery Co
North Yakima
Opening of Big Leagues Looks Toward Banner Season
Opening day is set for April 14 with 154 games in the National League and 152 in the American League. Teams travel about 95,700 and 92,465 miles respectively, with the Pittsburgs and Browns highlighted for heavy schedules. Estimated season costs exceed $2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
American League
National League
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphias
Washington Club
Pittsburgs
Cincinnatis
Brooklyns
Bostons
Chicagos
Renter Problem A Puzzle In North Yakima Valley
Land values push rent use and sharecropping in Selah and surrounding valleys. Owners resist sales while renters and crops expand on onions potatoes and other vegetables. Japanese workers and other tenants multiply as owners seek responsible men to lease land for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Washington
North
Yakima
Selah
G. G. Mitchell
Ira P. Englehart
Electric Bitters Restored My Health Says Mill Creek Man
Nine years ago I was nearly dying when a druggist recommended Electric Bitters. I bought a bottle and regained strength. One foot in the grave, now well and thriving. Sold under guarantee at C. C. Case's drug store for 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. C. Farthing
Mill Creek
Ind
Electric Bitters
C. C. Case
Osteopathy and Healing Methods Advertised by Zeddiker
Prof Jas F Zeddiker operates from offices above Ditter Bros store for over five years and reports treating 1350 cases with notable success. He uses Osteopathy Massage Magnetic forces Electricity Vibration Hot Air Baths Hydrotherapy and mental and hygienic methods with no medicines or knife. Doctor Almira M Davenport MD assists in women’s diseases. Consultation free and charges reasonable. Credit arranged in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. F. Zeddiker
Ditter Bros
Almira M. Davenport
England to Plow Hops via Cable Update
A London telegram reports over 5000 acres of hops to be plowed in England amid a dull market and expected price declines. Tacoma News cites a 12 percent acreage cut with potential yields down to 400000 hundredweight, while Pacific coast growers anticipate better prices and careful yard management for fall sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pincus & Sons
London
England
James Pincus
Tacoma News
Pacific Coast
Hop prices through the 1880s to 1890 reveal yard profits
The record shows hops at 1 dollar for contracts, 8 cents in April 1886, 33 cents in August 1886, 11 cents in July 1888, 20 cents in September 1888, 15 cents in June 1890, and 40 cents in September 1890. These figures indicate that it does not pay to neglect the hop yard.
Foley's Honey and Tar as Safe Cough Remedy
Notice to customers promoting Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles as not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Sold at North Yakima Drug Store. A. D. Sloan, Prop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Endorsement of Fruitgrowers Demand for Tax Inquiry
In Yakima county business men and farmers back the North Yakima Fruitgrowers Association call for an investigation of county finances. They question if the tax funds subsidize saloons in Toppenish where whisky sales raise crime and cost taxpayers. The case of Flanney who killed his wife near Toppenish after drinking whisky bought there has cost taxpayers over 10000 dollars. The association says they pay the larger share of this burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toppenish
Wash
Yakima County
Fruitgrowers’' Association of
North Yakima
Flanney
Everett Promises Big Mining Business in Spokane
Will Everett reports strong Spokane interest in the Pacific States placer mining amalgamator. He claims 50 miners registered at the exhibition, 100 more interested, and about 5000 people have viewed the display. North Yakima investors show notable financial interest in the new patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Everett
Spokane
Pacific States Company
Exhibition Grounds
Yakima
Mrs Taft Dies After Prolonged Illness in North Yakima
Mrs. C. J. Taft died Thursday morning at 5 30 at her home 106 North Fourth Street after an illness of two years. She was the wife of Dr. C. J. Taft who has lived in North Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Taft
North Fourth Street
North Yaki
Obituary Notice for Mrs Taft of Baker City Ore
Mrs Taft born in Butler Missouri in 1849, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Laidy, lived in Fort Vancouver and Umatilla before moving to Walla Walla and North Yakima. Survived by husband Dr Taft, son Volae Taft, three sisters and one brother. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM from family residence with Rev Morton Rose officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Butler
Joseph Laidy
Fort Vancouver
Taft
Umatilla
North Yakima
C. J. Taft
Dr. Taft
Volae. Taft
James Jameson
Mx.candaer Files
Vancouver
Wasi
A. A. Dealy
J. M
Of Interest To Women and Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Readers are informed that Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a non alcoholic proven tonic for women’s weaknesses. The ad touts its safety and lists ingredients, promising a free endorsement book via mail and noting Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
N. Y
Pierce
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Levi Strauss & Co
Dan Sinclair
F. ¢. Shaw
W. W. Robertson
E. T. McCoy
H. K. Goldberg
E. M. Hause
G. L. Allen
A. J. Helton
Owen Jones
W. L. Steinweg
Chas. Heath
Geo. Sloan
H. Lombard
A. ®. Reed
W. B. Dudley
Lh. O. Janeck
Dr. Connell
T. T. Porter
Thomas Terreau
J. Lenox Ward
Third Ward
Capt. Thomas
A. \. Short
J. H. Treeland
Walter J. Reed
R. D. Holt
M. L. Title
R. Scott
W. H. Marble
E. Tyon
C. W. Camp
F. Armbruster
Roy King
A. Jacobson
Yakima Hotel
Pany
Everett
Hollister
Dave
Madison
Wis
Seian
Yakima Alley
Cascade Lumber Co
Sam C
Won
Richeli Cnong
M&n
Orde Restaur H. J
Masma
Beens
Burg
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