North Yakima to close red light district and remove inmates
Mayor A J Splawn and Police Chief order immediate shutdown of the Blair Hotel area by September first. Inmates must leave the city and refrain from plying trade in residences or lodging houses. The action follows study and Civic League discussion, with unanimous city commission support and surveillance continued to enforce the order. The Blair Hotel is owned by New Jersey Investment Company incorporated in Arizona with offices in Phoenix.
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A. J. Splawn
North Yakima
Civic League
Splawn
Redman
City Commission
Redman and Crocker
New Jersey Investment Company
Phoenix
Ariz
Company Granted Right to Set Up North Yakima Branch
The company is authorized to establish a branch at North Yakima Washington where directors' meetings may be held and other business transacted. It is incorporated for $18 000 and stockholders' private property is exempt from any obligations of the company.
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North Yakima
Wash
Yakima Lambs Lead Chicago Market as Top Bid Fetches Record
Seventeen carloads loaded at Cle Elum head east with ten more starting from Toppenish. A. F E. McGee of Yakima tops the Chicago market with lambs sold at 8 per head, averaging 77 pounds for a net of 5.16, the heaviest in the shipment. McGee planned selective consignments and expects to ship the rest in September.
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Cle Elum
Toppenish
Yakima
Chicago
A. F E. McGee
Messrs. Agor
McGee
Mgsree
Archie Prior
Percheron Breeder Enters For State Fair
E B Coopock of Kittitas enters seven Percherons for the state fair livestock exhibit. Secretary Averill notes heavy inquiry about the livestock department and rising exhibit space demand. The machinery exhibit is expected to be outstanding, and Woodmen plan a log cabin style display at the fair, possibly temporary if not ready this year.
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E. B. Coopock
Kittitas
Livestock Department
Averill
Archies Prior 110 Percent Lamb Sale Sets Yakima Record
Archie Prior sold 1078 lambs averaging 73 pounds at $7.80 and 20 calls at six cents a pound in Chicago. After costs, net price in North Yakima equaled about $4.66 per animal, a 66 cents per lamb gain over Yakima sale prices. The sale followed a prior 140 percent rise and ships 110 percent of the band, with some range losses.
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Archie Prior
Chicago
Yakima
Mr. Prior
A. E. McGee
Prior
North
Herald
Mike Harans Famous Trees In Wenatchee Orchard
An August report from Wenatchee describes Mike Horan’s orchard of one thousand trees yielding twenty five to thirty boxes per tree. Crews prune and thin each tree in three to four hours while crowds visit to view the heavy fruit load.
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Wenatchee
Mike Horan
Night Spectacle at Spokane Fair Reenacts Cortes Invasion
The Spokane Fair plans a nightly pageant depicting Cortes invasion of Mexico. Spanish knights in armor and Aztec caciques in feather dress will stage a dramatic reconstruction with the capital city of Tenochtitlan and volcanoes in the background. The show runs the week of September 30 and aims to outshine all prior displays.
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Cortes
Mexico
Frescott
Montezuma
Senochtitlan
Iztaccihuatl
Mexitli
Huitzilapochtl
Spokane
Pioneer Day Pageant At Palouse Draws Big Crowd
The night show 1911 Pioneer Day in the Palouse drew near equal crowds to day races. Four hundred performers will stage a historically accurate pageant with a thrilling Aztec burning finale and fireworks worth 1500 dollars nightly. Night attractions include band concerts vaudeville and three contests. Night admission is 25 cents and grand stand also 25 cents.
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Palouse
Western governors meet to press state control of natural resources
At Boise Idaho August 1 the annual Western Governors Conference opened with five state executives present. Governor Norris of Montana urged state rights in supervising natural resources and urged concerted effort to counter federal control. He argued western lands and resources should benefit local populations and called for uniform laws to ease interstate commerce and attract investment.
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Boish
Edwin L. Norris
Montana
West
Spry
Oddie
Hawley
Shaffroth
Deloas A. Chappel
W. QO
Strout
Eberhardt
Minnesota
Norris
Boise
Idaho
Association of Western Governors
Congress
Washington
Department
Washington peach crop overestimated by growers' group
H M Gilbert of Richey and Gilbert challenges statewide peach yield forecasts for 1912 saying estimates are too high. He cites Kennewick, Yakima, and Carmens as undersized due to thinning and warns against selling too cheaply. He promotes coordinated marketing and aims for higher prices, noting a long season and strong demand for Bartletts.
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Washington
H. M. Gilbert
Richey & Gilbert Company
Carmen
Yakima
Yakima Produce Company
Yakima Avenue
What Makes a Woman Strong with Electric Bitters
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a health tonic for women, claiming strength, endurance, and the ability to rule a kingdom. It cites Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma praising the medicine for fainting, dizziness, weakness, and tiredness and notes a 50 cent price and Red Cross Pharmacy guarantee.
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Eliza
Pool
Depew
Red Cross Pharmacy
Pea Pancake with Butter and Maple Syrup
Boil peas until tender or use leftovers and drain dry. Mash, then mix with boiling milk and butter sugar salt. When cool add eggs baking powder and flour. If too thin add more flour. Bake in buttered waffle irons until golden, dust with sugar and serve hot with maple syrup.
Potato Industry of State Menaced by Insect Threat
Tacoma reports State Horticultural Commissioner F A Huntley and inspectors warn that tabermoth infected potatoes from Southern California threaten Washington crops. Five carloads were burned after detection. inspectors and shippers are on alert at Puget Sound ports. Dock warnings extend to Southern California counties and British Columbia cooperation is sought to halt the pest. If uncontested, the tabermoth could ruin the Northwest potato industry.
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Tacoma
Washington
F. A. Huntley
Puget Sound
California
Huntley
British, Columbia
Vancouver
Wash
Portland
Ore
British. Columbia
Northwest
Gingerbread with Raisins and Almond Border
A recipe instructs making a gingerbread and adding half a coupful of seedless raisins. The cake is outlined with blanched almonds and served hot with a vanilla or orange flavored hard sauce.
Foley Kidney Pills Then and Now Persuade Readers
In this testimonial style ad a Michigan man John Heath recounts six years of kidney and bladder trouble and says Foley Kidney Pills relieved him quickly. The piece urges others to try Foley Kidney Pills at North Yakima Drug Store, highlighting cost of living concerns and value.
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John Heath
Michigan
Cal
Foley
North Yakima
Diseases Found in Cattle Hogs Sheep July Report
I N Habecker city meat inspector for North Yakima reports July inspections at two abattoirs with continuous oversight of meat products. Condemned total 852 pounds including beef pork mutton liver sausage brains. diseases include cattle and hog tuberculosis and sheep caseous lymphadenosis affecting numerous animals. Market condemnations total 207 pounds across multiple markets with various condemnations. Improvements at abattoirs include cleaning, waste removal, and weekly sulfur fumigation.
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I. N. Habecker
North Yakima
Washington
Mexco
Columbia
Olympia
Benoit
Rainier
Wiley City
Yakima
Fulton Market
Irwin
D. Market
Parker Market
North End
Love's Dear Way in the May Light
A poem lyric from the Atlanta Constitution about love guiding a beloved through night into a hopeful day. It speaks of love rebuilding a nest, rosy directions, blooms, and stars, ending with gratitude for night and a shared path.
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Atlanta Constitution
Dr Rosser Physician and Surgeon Listed
Dr Rosser is a physician and surgeon with an office over Janeck Drug Store at the residence corner Sixth and Chestnut. Office hours are 9 a m to 1 p m and 2 p m to 5 p m. Member of Pensica ard.
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Rosser
Janeck Drug Stora
Cor. Sixth and
Chestnut
Pensica Ard
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Wik
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