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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
5
Two athletes tested endurance by holding a full arm stretch. One ate heavy meat meals and lasted 22 minutes while the other, who ate Quaker Oats with rice and macaroni, stopped after over three hours. The ad extols Quaker Oats as strengthening for the day with regular and large family packs for grocers.
W. H. F. Sickenga, formerly with the Yakima National Bank, sails Tuesday for the Netherlands after eight years away. He will spend about three months visiting his parents and friends in Leeuwarden, Friesland, with a brief Iowa stop, then New York to sail August 17 aboard the same vessel, the Ryndon, returning home. He stopped by the Commercial Club to pick up literature for distribution in the old country.
Edmundson formerly of the University of Idaho set a coast half mile record of 1 minute 55.25 seconds in Seattle Athletic Club tryouts for the A A U games at the Alaska- Yukon- Pacific exposition stadium. He trails Kilpavick's 1895 words record by two seconds and may contend at the August 13 14 stadium meet. Gissing and Risdon also ran fast while Nelson won the hundred yard dash 10.15 seconds. Courtney and Martin followed.
Spokane August 3. Opponents and supporters of Roosevelt era forestry and reclamation policy prepare for sharp lines at the National Irrigation congress during the August 9 session. Proponents cite a record of $42,000,000 and ongoing home building as they defend continued public works amid broad criticism.
Charles Sontag, once partner of famed bandit Chris Evans and a parolee after sixteen years of a life sentence, announces plans to lecture and campaign for prison reform in San Francisco.
Former Secretary Leslie M. Shaw told a Chautauqua audience that political cowardice prevails and leaders are too close to the public. He attacked direct primaries and the initiative and referendum as dangerous reforms while warning of extreme centralization and predicting Hearst or La Follette as likely next presidents if Taft Roosevelt and Bryant died.
In August circa Omaha Nebraska reports claim women workers flood the small grain harvests across southern and central Nebraska. Beatrice farming shows five girls replacing male labor and drawing other women to harvest with higher pay and steady work through stacking and baying.
The passage asserts that constitutional checks belong in an executive, lauds Taft for pushing tariff changes, and declares no conservative party remains. It accuses the Republican and Democratic parties of timidity while the Socialist party denounces all three as insufficiently radical.
A Fort Omaha officer has developed an electric projection device that could disable enemy engines of war. Reportedly an exclusive U S government invention, the system would send a column of electric energy over hundreds of yards to strike targets, potentially reshaping aerial warfare.
The passage discusses weaponizing mechanisms on a warship to disable propulsion, signaling, and armaments, claiming the capability to cause mass in casualties through shock and even magazine explosions. It asserts ongoing experiments show promising offensive possibilities, though not yet universally proven.
Southern Oregon advocates secession from Oregon and the creation of a new state named Siskiyou. They argue neglect by Salem and Willamette Valley leaders, citing cuts to Crater Lake road funding and a legislature that harmed northern California relations.
A Y P meeting about J Haasze Yakima superintendent will be held in North Yakima Friday for the county committee regular session. Secretary Newcomb urges all members to attend the important meeting.
Seattle August 3 plan to educate Atlantic diners features free first barbecue serving cod, mackerel, salmon, halibut, smelt and flounder. Bering Cod Fishing of Anacortes leads firms in arranging the display of fried, fricaseed, boiled, baked and stewed Pacific catch during New England week.
Veteran bounty land certificate good for 320 acres in Alberta Saskatchewan or Manitoba issued by Canada’s Department of the Interior under the Volunteer Bounty Act of 1908. Open to any adult man or woman for $100 with immediate sale by writing or wiring L FE Telford 131 Shuter Toronto Canada.
In the Superior Court of Washington Yakima County the estate of Nellie Elizabeth Scofield deceased is administered by executor Frank Robey Scofield. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within one year after publication, dated August 4, 1909, to Lynch & Grady 205 209.
The property at Mullins Building North Yakima Washington is named as the place for estate business and failure to act will bar the claim. Dated July 28 1909 Frank Robey Scofield deceased Beth Scofield listed with dates August 4 11 18 25 September 1.
Department of the Interior notice from North Yakima Washington dated July 30 1909 that Wesley Crews of Cowiche Wash holder of Homestead Entry 4100 seeks final five year proof to establish claim for lots 3 and 4 section 6 township 14N range 17E Willamette Meridian witnesses Willard B E Thompson William Tetherow William Schenck Jesse Thompson all of Cowiche and Naches City Wash before the Register and Receiver September 16 1909 record shows claimants witnesses and official dates.
Department of the Interior notice shows William Thomas Ward of North Yakima Washington with homestead entry 6026 made April 9 1908 for NW and NW 4 NE section 26 township 14 north range 19 east Willamette Meridian intends to make final commutation proof before the Register and Receiver September 14 1909. Witnesses named are J Dorriers Max J Morgan George H Valentine and John Wilfred Withers all of North Yakima Washington.
Yakima County court orders U L Foiles to show cause why the final account of the administrator should be approved and the petition for distribution granted. Hearing set for September 7 1909 at 1 80 p m in North Yakima. Notices to be published in Yakima Herald for four weeks and posted in three public places. Witness A W Barr county clerk.
Trustees of the Yakima Orchard Development Company vote a 20 percent assessment on each share. The two equal installments are due August 10 and October 1, 1909, at the company office in North Yakima. Payments made under the June 10 call are credited. Dated July 17, 1909. J. A. White, Secretary. July 21-28 Aug. 4.
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