Big Yakima Block Planned by A. E. Larson on South Second Street
A. E. Larson plans a 125 by 130 foot brick three story block on South Second Street to replace the Hartung & Larsen implement yard. Six street stores on the ground floor with possible upper floor offices or lodging. Initial bids to be sought soon. other builders may attach adjoining blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Larson
South Second Street
Hartung & Larsen
North Yakima
Charles Carpenter
Larson
Buwalda
Ideal Theatre
Hmias
Carpenter
Walla Walla Swindle Nets Men in Timber Land Claim Sting
Forty residents fell for a sub rosa timber claim scheme in Walla Walla. A stranger posing as a lumber firm representative collected $10 from each man, promising to finance and buy assignments, then vanished with $400. No formal complaints yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Sam
Railroad Fight Now Imminent in Inland Northwest
Spokane dispatch reports rapid railway expansion by Hill Harriman and Carling across eastern Washington central Idaho and western Montana. Engineers in Spokane Lewiston and Missoula signal an imminent clash over the region with potential alliances to seize territory from Hill. The Milwaukee Road also pushes into feed area as Howard Elliott ties Washington Central to Northern Pacific at Pasco creating a new direct line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho Battleground
Johnson Electric
Nez Perce
Vollmer- Idaho
Northwestern Lumber Company
Vollmer
Craig Mountain Timber District
Clearwater Timber Company
Orofino
Great Timber District
Clearwater Country
Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound
Harriman Roads
Butte
Missoula
Mont
Portland
Ore
Harriman
Northern Pacific
Lewiston & Southeastern Electric Company
Johnson Road
Volkmer
Lewiston & Southeastern
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Publc
Commercial Trust Company
Joseph M Keatings
New York
Lewiston
Keatings
Enueil
Clearwater
Hill
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Nez Perce Prairie
Salem
Timber District
Johnson Construction
Riparia
Grangeville
Craig Mountain
Prairie
Electric Company
Spokane
Wash
Fastern
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Carling
Inland Empire
Northwest
Earling
Yakima Valley
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company
Howard Elliott
Northern Pacific Railway Company
More Land for Homesteader Under New Regulations
Federal act expands entry to 320 acres in designated districts Colorado Montana Nevada Utah Oregon Washington and Wyoming and in Arizona New Mexico territories Non mineral non irrigable land with no merchantable timber A designation not yet made in this district Applications under the act cannot be received until designation is announced Contiguous land may be filed under both old and new laws with strict cultivation rules and continuous residence required
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Fred Dennett
Record High Raw Land Price in Columbia River Valley
Five acres near White Bluffs sold for 3200 dollars to Gustave Nelson, paying 640 per acre, a record for raw irrigated land in the Columbia River valley. J. Williams, who bought the tract a year ago for 250 per acre with little down, stands to profit about 1950 dollars despite no major improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Bluffs
Wash
Columbia River Valley
J. Williams
Gustave Nelson
North Yakima
Williams
Yakima Apples Abroad Interest Norths Paramount
William Sigg, a Peaceful Valley resident for 24 years, recently toured England France Germany and Switzerland. He displayed photographs of the National Apple Show and noted strong interest in Washington apples abroad with Yakima fruit selling in Liverpool and Hamburg at notable prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatchee
Baden Baden
Germany
Offenburg
Inland Empire
Washington
Sigg
Newtown
William Sigg
Peaceful Valley
Graves Company
England
France
Switzerland
Spokesman-Review
Liverpool
Hamburg
War Vessels At Bosphorus Constantinople
Union and Progress shows strength over the third army corps as troops move toward Constantinople. Reports say 15 000 to 20 000 soldiers may reach striking distance within days. London and Berlin wires note unrest and assassinations amid the Turkish crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Committee of Union and Progress
Third Army
Alexanderetta
Adana
Wapato Project to be Independent in Irrigation Takeover
The secretary approves petitions for disposal of allotments on the Yakima reservation. The reclamation service and Indian bureau reach understanding to transfer irrigation work to the reclamation service. A key requirement is guaranteed enough land to ensure financial viability, with per acre costs lower than other Yakima valley projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Yakima
Interior Department
Reclamation Service
Indian Bureau
Yakima Valley
County Treasurer Reports Record Tax Receipts for March
The office of County Treasurer Frank Bond reports March receipts totaling 268 530 26 with 260 450 72 from tax collections. Disbursements in March reached 130 726 43. Warrant activity remains on a cash basis and cash on hand at year start was 59 813 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bond
Benton County
Yakima
Land Opening Oregon Irrigated Lands For Settlers
The notice promotes thousands of acres of Oregon irrigated lands for settlement with tract options from 40 to 160 acres. No land rights are charged. land itself is free to the settler. A perpetual water right costs only the state’s irrigation construction expense. The project covers 216,009 acres with 406 miles of canals in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
County finances show record quarter totals and tax take
The quarter ended with disbursements of 169 748.96 and cash on hand 308 977.25. Tax collections for the month reached 402 777.61, marking a county record and highlighting active county officials in the handling of the accounts and warrants.
Activity Among the Congregationalists
A surge of new members at the Yakima Congregational church over the last two months. Easter adds 37 new members, bringing total to 44. a teachers training class starts Thursdays at 8 30 pm. Church adopts a new creed and membership forms and hosts a Yakima association meeting at Naches on May 11 12 with speakers including Professor Charles A. Palmer Miss Jeanette Bridgman and Rev. E A King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Yakima Congregational Association
Naches Church
Charles A. Palmer
Jeanette Bridgman
E. A. King
Outlook Nursery Offers Grafted Trees and Plants in Sunnyside
Yakima valley scions offered for home grafting and growing with Bartlett pears commercial apples and strawberry plants. Specialties include rooted trees and plants at low prices from E P Dopps proprietor Sunnyside Washington R F D No 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
Bartlett Pears
Outlook Nursery
E. P. Dopps
Prop
Sunnyside
Wash
Debt-Free Dedication Marks New First Church Building
The First Church of Christ in North Yakima dedicated a $50,000 building with Dr. Charles Reign Scoville preaching. Morning services raised $24,804, later totaling $25,034 after evening offerings, clearing debt and leaving $6034 in surplus. Fifty-one converts were won, with twenty-five baptized in the evening. Henry J. Bicknell donated $3000 for a new organ, and multiple gifts ranged from $1 to $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ
Charles Reign Scoville
North
Yakima
Henry J. Bicknell
Mrs Glenn Passes Away In Portland After Prolonged Illness
Rev Morton L Rose of the Christian church received word from Mrs L B Rinehart that her mother Mrs Glenn died in Portland Thursday afternoon at 5 oclock after months of illness. Mrs Glenn was well known locally and beloved by many friends. Mrs Rinehart recently buried her husband.
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CIY
Seattle
Moses Lake
Big Bend
Milwaukee
Columbia River
Hanford
Kyle
Flathead Country
Clearwater Lumber Company
Weyerhaeuser
Monarch Lumber Company
Palouse
Boville
Boosters
Rosst
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Bosphorus
Europe
Paris
Colorado Springs
George Knox McCain
The
Berlin
Frankfurter Zeitung
War Academy
Izzet Fuad Pasha
Lokal Anzeiger
Guard
Besika Bay
Dardenelles
Black Sea
Turkey
Bulgaria
Wapato
Indian Bureau and
Kanzler
Wells Fargo Building
Portland, Ore
Congregationalists
New Church of Christ
Worthington Pumps
Loomis-Fettibone Gas
Theodore Weisberger
Matey Ravemt
Willson Bros
Monarch Laboratory
Edgerton, Wis
G. J. Ellis
North Yakima, Wash
North Sixth Street
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