Among Our Neighbors Notes From Upper Selah and Nearby
Community bulletin recaps visits and travel in Upper Selah and Ahtanum. Charles Dickow buys a cow. residents report illness, a new telephone line, a growing sanatorium, and Soda Springs trips. Local mischief includes break‑ins at Chandler and Dorsett homes and a robbery attempt on Edd Phifer. Lon Cook heads to the Portland fair amid mountain prospecting injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Chandler
Mr. Chandler
John Dorsett
Edd Phifer
Lon Cook
George Palmer
Soda
Large stone roll injures Palmer on mountain side
A heavy rock rolled from a mountain and struck Mr. Palmer injuring him severely with a fractured left arm and head wounds. Charles Dillon and others cared for him until home. He is improving considering his age and injuries as neighbors report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Palmer
Charles Dillon
John Dillon
Henry Dillon
Mert Palmer
Bisine Dorsett
Cle Elum
Ed Pifer
Idaho
John Dorsett
Will Butler
George Jacobs
Community notes from Belma and Soda Springs area
Local items report visitors and travels of residents, farming work, a Hop kiln project, a house fire mystery, school district changes, and a fatality in Howard Cook. Camp life at Soda Springs remains active with a serious injury from a cliff fall near Aug. camp.
Local arrivals and incidents in Alfalfa and surroundings
New residents include A C Walker azillah J P Mattoon A H Bair and family W H Thompson H McKee Zella Taylor Coral Doust J F Barker and wife J C Reed and wife J F Shreiner and family C A Abbey Alfalfa. W L Hatch and family spent Sunday at Sotus. Judd Ide played music for a Granger grand ball Friday. Rena Marstin visited Toppenish. Our Alfalfa agent is on duty again and express freight is arriving. Services were led at the schoolhouse by Rev Ebey and Rev Mackenzie. F N Bunker of Liberty visited. Wakefield stacked grain. Forest has threshing machine ready to begin Monday. Mrs Skirving and son arrived from Seattle for the summer. Mrs Alex Bowman lectured Wednesday. E G Ellis of Missoula consulted Dr Goodenow about eye trouble after a Lewis and Clark Exposition trip. He noted Nob Hill cultivation has advanced greatly. Goodwin was arrested Friday for carrying concealed weapons. fined 40 dollars and costs. He faced an information for assault with a deadly weapon after a shooting attempt on Front Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kershaw
Portland
Alex McGee
Willie McGee
Carrie Richey
North Yakima
Annie Crawford
Wende
Page
W. H. Cline
Board of County Commissioners
W. H. Cline l
E. J. Young
Blaine
Victoria
Portland Fair
T. C. Williams
Chicago
A. G. Fleming
Tacoma
Broacher
8. Wooden
Clayton Marsh
Robert Allen
Prosser
Sunnyside
Charles Fosser
Mabel Perry
Rey
Belma
William Wright
Hugh Gray
Fb. Charvett and Sons
Ed Scanlin
Orting
Wash
Wm. Lemay
Bert Davenport
Big Bend
Joseph Manceaux
Joe Beaudet
Walla Walla
W. L. Killian
Dayton
Geo. C. Giffen
Mabton
E. L. Killian
Henry Warner
Chehalis
Wm. Cautand
Geo. Cochrane
Warroad
Minn
Mr. C
Minnesota
Mr. Cautand
Canada
Dickey
Howard Cook
L. B. Cook
Presbyterian Church
New Cemetery
Mitchell
Simons
Ernest Piland
Wapato
Elmer
Sanford
J. McCurdy
Mt. Adams
George Forman
J. W. Hardison
D. A. McDonald
Yakima
W. L. Hatch
Judd Ide
Granger
Rena Marstin
Toppenish
Alfalfa
Ebey
Mackenzire
F. N. Bunker
Liberty
Mr. Wakefield
Mr. Forest
Mrs. Skirving and Son
Seattle
Alex Bowman
E. G. Ellis
Missoula
Mont
Dr. Goodenow
Nob Hill
Goodwin
Justice Court
Front Street
Sandberg
State Fair Adopts New Pedestrian Safety and Poultry Show Revival
The state fair commission bans hack and bus entry to reduce danger during fair week. Poultry superintendent Harry Collier reports a record poultry exhibit ahead, with top breeders promising outstanding stock. Assistant Secretary Graham notes a Union Stock Yards trainload from Chicago will travel west to showcase breeding’s financial benefits, with W. E. Skinner in charge and North Yakima hosting a stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Fair Commission
Harry Collier
Poultry Department
Prise
Graham
State Fair
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
W. E. Skinner
North Yakima
Engineer Recommends Extension of Reservation Canal
WIT Recommend Extension, W. O H. Code, civil engineer attached to the Indian department, has completed canal investigations on the reservation and departed for New Mexico. He will urge in his report that the new reservation canal be extended for several miles with a new lateral. Funding is available and extension may be built this fall. Code will return next season to publish a further irrigation report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O H. Code
Indian Department
New Mexico
Reservation
Sparsely Attended Liberati Concert Draws Mixed Reviews
Critics praised the performance by Liberati and his trained musicians as one of the finest musically, though the crowd was small due to the warm evening. The North Yakima audience missed a rare opportunity to hear the renowned cornetist, with the event noted as a strong musical offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberati
North
Yakima
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Star Clothing CO
Dills & Lemon
P. S
The
Herald
Upper Selah
Charles Dickow
Alva Brown
Olympia
L. I. Foiles
Flossie Foiles
Aw Anwann
E. B. McCracken
Perry O. Neal
KE. B. Hersom's
Mr. Burril
Mr. Wood
Soda Springs
Wm. Henry
Sound
J. E. Shannon
Vera McDonald
Wm. Wiley
John Wiley
J. J. Dixon
Christie Sherman
Hilda Sherman
Wesley
Lindin
Isit
Rela
Lower Natchez
St. Loui
California
Kerr Glass Mfg. CO
Portland, Ore
Grace Randolph
Easton
H. D. Jorey
Grant ‘Cady
Cle Klum
Robt. Burrell
W. L. Dimmick
Pasco
M. C. Gunderson
Natchez
Walter Purdin
Kershaw
Edd Kershaw
Will Lemon
Morrissey Brothers
Timothy
C. E. Greene
Chas. Dillon
Soda Spring
Washington
Sloan Building
G. T. Aumiller
City Drayman
Rock and Sand
West
Yakima Ave
C. W. Crompton
York
Washington State
Sisi
Sam Whe
Peck
Turkestan
Coffin Py
Paris Green
Ansbacher’s Best
Coffin Bros
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