North Yakima Boosters Hear Plans for Valley Prosperity
A large crowd gathered in the Commercial club rooms to discuss boosting the Yakima valley. Speakers urged factual advertising, broader outreach in eastern papers, and practical steps to attract settlers, industry, and electricity infrastructure for North Yakima and nearby towns.
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Commercial Club
North
Yakima
Medill
Lesh
Boosters’ Club
H. C. Lucas
The
Granger Man Loses Express Package in Trainyard Heist
Officer Kelly chased a thief Tuesday morning after a package beneath a moving passenger train vanished in the North Yakima yards. The grabber, aided by a woman, disappeared as the train pulled away. The package, billed to Granger, was later found torn open with a photograph left behind. its value remains undetermined.
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Yakima
Northern Pacific
Kelly
Officer Kelly
Indian mother of acquitted Simon Goudy dies at 102
Mrs. Goudy, an Indian and mother of Simon Goudy who was acquitted of murder days ago, died Monday at age 102. She could remember the first white people who came to this country.
Bush Arrested in Oregon Train Robbery Case
MARSHFIELD April 16 Joseph Bush was arrested at Myrtle Point Oregon on a charge tied to a Missouri Pacific train robbery at Pittsburg Kansas March 4 in which passenger John Henry was killed.
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Marshfield
Joseph Bush
Myrtle Point
Oregon
Missouri Pacific
Pittsburg
Kansas
John Henry
Land Values in Yakima Valley Highlight High Prices
The Yakima Valley boasts land values reaching $2000 an acre in spots yet warns against overemphasizing high prices. eastern buyers often overestimate costs, so broadcasts should balance tales of top tier land with affordable options to attract more investors and settlers.
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Col. W. W. Robertson
Yakima
Yakma Valley
Yakima Valley
Defense rests in Hermann case as rebuttal begins
The defense rested in the Hermann case and the prosecution started rebuttal testimony. Justices McKenna Lowry Gould and Chief Clerk Gilfey testified to Hermann’s reputation for honesty. John S. Mosby produced two letters praising Hermann for aiding land frauds inquiries in Nebraska in 1902 to argue not all letters were copied.
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Washington
Hermann
McKenna
United States Supreme Court
Justice Lowry
United States Court of Caims
Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Gilfey
United States Senate
John S. Mosby
Mosby
Nebraska
Col. Mosby
Land Office
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Miles Cannon
M. J. Bywater
North Yakima
Boosters
Los Angeles
Toppenish
Pasco
H. B. Scudder
J. M. Brown
E. B. Durlin
New York
O. A. Fechter
Phil Ditter
E. Remy
Ed Parker
I. B. Turnell
W. A. Bell
J. E B. Fitch
Granger
Express
W. [. Ladd, Pres
W. L.stein Weg
F. J. Tickner
Charles Carpenter
A. B. Cline
Asst
First National Bank
Central
United States
Agend
Bush
San Francisco
Oakland
Portland
Theodore Weisberger
Mitchell
Wyman and Sheldon
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