Miss Van Buskirk Wins Yakima High School Oratorical Contest
Jessie Van Buskirk won over nine contestants at an oratorical contest in the Presbyterian church. She will represent Yakima high school at a state contest in Pullman on May 12. Judges were E. B. Preble C. H. Hinman and Rev H. P. James.
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North Yakima High School
Pullman
Jessie van Buskirk
Yakima High School
Presbyterian Church
Wash
Warren Erwin
Rossman
Coral Coast
New England
Webster
Yakima Farmers Risk Big Market Damage on Alaska Potatoes
Editor warns Yakima growers about contracting Alaska grade potatoes at ten dollars per ton for fall delivery. He argues the price undervalues normal and No 1 grades and could wreck next season’s market. The piece notes Alaska grade must be extremely fancy and argues contracts should fetch higher prices to sustain profits.
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Yakima
Alaska
Alaska potato contracts risk de moralizing markets
The text warns that contracting Alaska grade potatoes at 10 to 15 dollars per ton undermines the market for No. 1 potatoes, urging growers to avoid prices below 15 dollars. It notes buyers may be financially unstable, demand strict grades, and reject goods, harming both farmers and overall potato futures.
Royal Neighbors Meet and Next Convention Planned
Royal Neighbors of America state group closed a biennial convention in Bellingham selecting North Yakima as the 1907 meeting site. The date is set for the second Tuesday in April. Officers elected from 100 delegates include Oracle Mrs Eliza Louden Tacoma state vice oracle, state recorder Mrs Rose McCloskey Palouse. Local notices list rental and sale ads and farm supplies from Yakima trades.
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America
Bellingham
North Yakima
Oracle
Eliza Louden
Tacoma
Alice Hatch
Llah
Rose McCloskey
Palouse
Wealthy Rose moves to bore artesian water in Moxee valley
J. H. Rose arrives with an artesian well boring outfit and expert. He holds 37 000 acres option and plans to spend five to ten thousand dollars to test a water flow. Attorney General Burke of Minnesota accompanies him. If successful, it could transform central Washington and attract immigration. if not, loss borne by Rose.
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J. H. Rose
Mr. Rose
Moxee Valley
Rose
Burke
Minnesota
Moxee
Washington
Yakima County
Hartung Buys Fawcett Bros to Form Hartung Hardware
Nick Hartung former manager of Fawcett Bros hardware dealers becomes sole proprietor after purchasing the firm last week. The store oldest of its kind in the city, Hartung served sixteen years building goodwill and will continue with honest methods under the new name Hartung Hardware and Implement Company.
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Nick Hartung
Fawcett Bros
Hartung
Hartung Hardware and Implement Company
Remodeling Plans for Syndicate Hall by Local Lodge
The Modern Woodmen of America lodge plans to remodel the Syndicate building third story to create a more inviting lodge room. The committee aims to repaper the walls repaint the woodwork lay a new floor and adjust partitions to enhance social gathering spaces.
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Modern
Woodmen of America
Syndicate
Garden seeds and moving services advertised in Toppenish
Early Ohio and Early Rose potatoes, Rocky Ford cantaloupe seed and a general line of garden seed at Richey and Gilbert's Toppenish. 15 21 Piano and furniture moving. J A Orchard corner First Street and Yakima Avenue Telephone 381 otf.
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Ohio
Rocky Ford
Richey & Gilbert's
Toppenish
J. A. Orchard
First Street
Yakima Avenue
Union Missionary society meeting and social at Congregational Church
On Tuesday afternoon April 25 at the Congregational church the Union Missionary society will hold a meeting and in the evening host a social and informal program both at the same location with Japan as the discussion topic. Milton Shearer trades residence known as the Walter Reed property to Mrs Spencer of Fairview valued at 6000 dollars containing 24 acres of land in the Moxee. Mr Shearer moves to his new home next week. Senator Walter J Reed bought properties on South Second street from Security Loan and Trust Co Tacoma paying 4500 for the old Central house and 8000 for the Caldwell house. Justice J A Taggard performed the wedding of Clyde Wallace and Miss Selma Johnson of Sunnyside last Thursday afternoon at the Bartholet hotel parlors in the presence of a few friends. The bride is a native of the Sandwich Islands. Chester Walton's father died in Leadville Colo March 29. the Walton family were former residents and the son and father ran a Leadville grocery business after leaving here. J A Hawks, formerly Hawks Hughes ice manufacturers, has returned from a long eastern trip and spent winter in Phoenix New York tending banking interests. Mrs Hawks visiting Illinois. Hawks plans to stay about a month.
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Union Missionary Society
Japan
Milton Shearer
Walter Reed
Spencer
Fairview
Caldwell House
J. A. Taggard
Clyde Wallace
Selma Johnson
Sunnyside
Bartholet
Sandwich Islands
Chester Walton
Leadville
Colo
Mr. Walton
Chester
J. A. Hawks
Hawks & Hughes
Phoenix
N. Y
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E. B. Preble
C. H. Hinman
Fiev
H. P. James
W. Douglass
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L. V. McWhorter
Fair Grounds
Steam Hay Press
Herald Office
Coffin Bros
North Second Street
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines
Turkestan
Oregon
Syndicate Hall
Marsh & Arnold
Clothiers
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Sloan Block
Pierce
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