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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1903
Page
4
Mr and Mrs C B Laughlin travel to Seattle while Parker attends North Yakima event. Dry will conduct morning and evening services next Sunday. Miss Blanche McCollum of the Natchez visits cousin Edith Beeks. John Carroll moves to Wapato to start blacksmithing. Ed Barrick returns after a year east and favors Yakima. A house fire at the Fairview ranch destroyed the Shafford residence and contents. insured for 800 dollars.
Local items from Simcoe and nearby include Rev G M Booth hosting and preaching, possible rector call for Rev Budlong, Federated church addition plans costing about 2000 dollars, Bishop Wells addressing crowds, and a new silver communion service from the Woman’s Auxiliary. Socials and visits abound including Mrs Holiday’s Prosser trip, Mrs Merwin’s Spokane visit, and summer plans for Lottie Spratley.
Mrs. H. P. Westfield remains ill with lung congestion. Jerrin becomes bookkeeper for J. B. George. Andrew Lester couple arrive from Iowa. Rev Geo Raymond and wife depart for Olympia for a year. Bishop L. H. Wells guest of W. H. Cline. Sunnyside vs Prosser slate set. Dr H. V. Luithlen to graduate April 29 from N P Dental College. Newt Beckner and Jack Morgan visit Sunnyside. Christian church hosts reception at Naaman Woodin home.
Sunnyside trustees advertise for bids to lay a stone foundation 74 feet square for a new high school building. Rev T G Stull heads the literary department amid a varied program and J B George expands his store to handle growing trade as local merchants support the project.
In Upper Moxee the Catholic church did not hold Mass last Sunday as most boys went to town. A ditch meeting is planned at the Dutch school house on April 30 for those interested. Water now reaches the Selah and Moxee canal but washouts cause water shortages similar to prior years.
April sunshine and crops buoy farmers as Roy White visits from Yakima and Kate Danker recovers from a horse accident. Services, gatherings, and a May basket social fill the school calendar while hop market letters from Winstanley challenge dealer price claims and disclose coast stock totals.
Market reports show bears pressing for 30 cents per pound while growers push to hold prices at 30c. Breweries buy sparingly at 29 to 30 cents, with little trading underway. Salem dispatch notes brown rot in hop yards signaling a tight supply outlook and possible rise toward 30 cents.
The Puyallup Independent notes bears in control of prices as brewers buy only hand to mouth and hop yards in Pierce County expect wintered vines to sprout well. Contracts include 3000 pounds at 149c from Lorenzo of near Roy, while Yakima buyers and growers report uneven yields and past losses in Oregon hop sales.
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