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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
3
Joe Lancaster, candidate for sheriff, returns from the upper Naches with two bears and proof of big game hunting. He reports Indians using dynamite to kill thousands of fish, with larger fish smoked and smaller ones left to rot on the banks. He urges action to halt the destruction while Naches fishing remains excellent.
W L Steinweg president of the First National Bank and Sumach park owner will travel next Tuesday aboard the Jefferson from Seattle with Dr L L Porter to Alaska. They seek wild game for the North Yakima zoo including bear wolves and possibly a rare silver fox. Porter is a noted big game expert and author.
Company E of North Yakima wins the state rifle match for the fifth year and heads the largest camp roster with 66 men at American Lake. The encampment runs four weeks with about 2548 regulars and 3000 National Guardsmen, fed on a tightly controlled subsistence plan costing roughly $12000 daily, including 112,500 pounds flour and 187,000 pounds of potatoes and onions. Managing stores cover 70,000 acres with two storehouses edge by guarded areas, while 119 staple kinds and 500 cords of wood supply the camp. an estimated $250,000 will be spent with Tacma merchants and supply men.
Walter J. Reed withdraws from the state senate race due to poor health. Sam Cameron says he will file his declaration this week with the secretary of state. The contest now centers on Cameron and J. Harrison of Sunnyside. Reed will ask to withdraw his name. Reed, recovering on the Sound, cannot campaign or serve in the senate if re elected. The new candidate is a prominent Yakima Valley figure, president of the Washington state fair commission and Olympia representative, head of the Jones club in North Yakima active in directing the campaign.
I H Dills of the Star Clothing company distributes 1000 no trespassing boards to ranchers and landowners in Yakima County to protect game birds including imported Chinese pheasants. The move is praised as safeguarding birds and deterring illegal hunting. In a separate matter, the Yakima County Superior Court terms a guardianship sale of Ernest A Salter’s real estate, setting a September 1 hearing and publication notices in The Yakima Herald.
County auditor records show 44 hunting licenses issued in July in Yakima County with three more added on the first day of August indicating strong activity among local hunters.
Frank M. Rushmore and Lucian Rushmore sue V. N. Massey F. H. McCullough and Clay Frint and unknown heirs to remove any interest in Yakima Acre Tracts Lots 1 2 3 in Section 25 Township 13 North Range 18 East WM Yakima County Washington The case requires defendants to answer within sixty days after August 5 1908 with high priority on residents of Ward Building North Yakima Washington represented by Cull Luse Davis Attorneys for Plaintiffs August 5 12 19 26 September 29 1908
Notice is given that all persons with claims against John W Shaw deceased or his estate must file with the executors William Shaw and A J Shaw within one year from July 15 1908 at Vestal Snyder law offices Sloan block rooms 4 and 5. Claims not filed will be forever barred.
A public notice urges voters to turn out for the September 8, 1908 direct primary. It explains the system replaces conventions and caucuses, placing nominating power in every voter's hands by listing all party candidates on the ballot.
The text states that the candidate in each party receiving the most votes becomes the party nominee for the general election on November 3, 1908, and that primary outcomes mirror November results. It emphasizes equal voting power and urges participation in the primary.
A call to express support or opposition to Wesley L. Jones at the Primary election. The note emphasizes that the legislature will not override the will of the people shown in the primary.
If you want the right sort of men to represent you in congress and state legislature, ascertain your choice from the candidates now before you and then vote for their nomination September.
The notice urges voters to support the suitable candidate for county office at the September Primary, stressing prudent administration through party unity and selection of the best qualified person.
The Primary election will be held in each voting precinct on September 8. Polls open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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