North Yakima Social Notes From Wenus to Zillah
Local items report H Barnes returning from Wenus fishing trip and H Andrews back from Seattle while ill. Miss Bessie Hall studied library work in Seattle and Miss Mook will be a stenographer at Olympia. Birth announced for Mr White’s Yakima Republic family. Readers gain updates on J W Henry acquiring Venus livery, J H Henry reassigned to Pasco, and several North Yakima visitors including NP inspectors Follett and Galvin. Also noted are irrigation congress plans, Seattle day at AYP, and regional travel to Spokane events.
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Bessie Hall
North Yakima
Seattle
Annie Mook
Olympia
L. O. Meigs
Mabel Merritt
Frank
Tieton
White
Yakima Republic
Thomas Tetreau
Mobile
Knights of Columbus
North Yakima Lodge
J. W. Henry
Venus
Henry
J. H. Henry
Northern Pacific
Pasco
E. B. Follett
D. J. Galvin
Tacoma
Jarvin
John W. Hill
Willis Ring
Bowdle Roller Mills Company
South Dakota
W. J. McIntire
Fruitvale
Sunnyside
J. D. Cornett
Traders’ Bank
Toppenish
Zillah
Stewart
Sunnyside Water Users’ Association
Hay
J. Harrison
Walter N. Granger
Irrigation Congress
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Spokane
Bellingham
Everett
Miller
Nagler
Yakima
BE. J. Haasze
Yakima County
A.Y.P
E. F. Moyer
South Eighth Avenue
Legh R. Freeman
Wyoming
J. H. Immel, Jr
Sandusky
Ohio
EB. A. King
Congregational Church
Congregational Church, Mr. Immel
Messrs. Richey & Gilbert
Foley's Urino Laxative for Digestive Troubles
For indigestion and stomach trouble take Foley's Urino Laxative. It stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels to cure habitual constipation. It also cures sick headache and biliousness and is mild and palatable, recommended for women and children. North Yakima Drug Store, A. D. Sloan, Prop.
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Foley
North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
Federal court blocks Harriman group on Oregon Trunk line
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order forbidding the Harriman interests from entering the southern 60 miles of the Oregon Trunk right of way from Madras to White Creek. The injunction lasts until August 13 when the Deschutes Railway must show cause for permanent restraint, while Porter Brothers retain rights to the contested route.
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Portland
Deschutes
Harriman
Porter Brothers
Oregon Trunks Railway
Wolverton
Oregon Trunk
Madras
White Creek
Deschutes Railway Company
Tacoma Woman Found Dead After Ingesting Scotch Broom
Tacoma, Aug 10. Mrs. R. Le Roy, widow of a former Tacoma policeman, was found in her bedroom by her stepson. She had traveled to the prairies Friday and dug Scotch broom roots for medicinal use. Dr. Shaver said the root's effects are unknown and that poisoning by ingestion may have occurred as he continues the investigation.
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Tacoma
R. LeRoy
South I Street
Fred LeRoy
Prairies
Shaver
Mazamas Seek Mount Baker National Park Status
C H Sholes head of the Mazama outing committee arrives in Bellingham with resolutions from a recent Camp Gorman meeting urging Interior Secretary Ballinger to designate the Mount Baker region as a national park. The Mazamas press for support and say they will push hard for the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
C. H. Sholes
Mazamas
Dog daubed with green creosote and painter doused
In Tacoma a fox terrier owned by Dr. Burritt crawled home covered in green creosote shingle paint after the painter dipped shingles in a tank. The doctor rinsed him then confronted the painter. In Asotin a major fire destroyed property valued at $25,000 with one third insured, in the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Burritt
Burritt
D. A. Williams
Asotin
Largest Touchet valley wheat sale reported
Dayton Washington August 10 10 000 bushels of bluestem and club wheat sold by Lewis Neace to the Preston Parton Milling company of Waitsburg at 87 and 82 cents per bushel delivered in Menoken warehouses An estimated half of the lot was bluestem yielding about 8500 dollars
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Dayton
Wash
Touchet Valley
Lewis Neace
Preston-Parton Milling Company
Waitsburg
Menoken
Neace
Indian Shot by Oregon Marshal After Noncompliance
In Pendleton on August 10 Jim White a full blood Indian was shot by Marshal Owen of Adams after refusing to halt. A bullet struck White in the leg and back while a third killed the horse he rode leaving him fatally wounded.
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Pendleton, Ore
Agu
Marshal Owen
Adams
Jim White
State rail commission orders waivers for lower freight rates
Olympia agency rule requires railroad agents to inform shippers when a lower rate can be secured by signing a waiver of loss. The measure targets household goods shipments where rates drop if the shipper releases liability to five dollars per hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
State Railroad Commission
Woman Heroically Rescues Children From Inferno
Mrs. Wilfred Dion, in Marton Washington, dashed through a wall of fire to save her three children. Her room was consumed by flames and she suffered severe burns likely fatal, spanning from waist to head. Two children were saved uninjured. the third remains alive but critically burned.
Man Found Dead After Water Stoppage in Montana
In Missoula a water supply stoppage uncovered a man’s body believed to be William Laffay of Heron Montana. Papers in his pocket bear that name and a December 1908 letter signed by Lois Laf fay, suspected wife. Death ruled self-inflicted.
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Missoula
Mont
Wm. Laffay
Heron, Mont
Lois Laffay
Great Northern offers gold prizes for best grains and grasses
James J. Hill, chairman of the Great Northern, pledges 2500 in gold for top grains and grasses grown along his lines to be shown at the National Corn exposition in Omaha from December 6 to 18. About 40 first prizes will be awarded for wheat oats barley corn clover timothy alfalfa hay speltz and field peas.
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ST. Paul
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern
Omaha
Opening enrollment at W. S. C. next September
Notice indicates student enrollment will begin at Washington State College in September. Details on deadlines or exact dates are not provided in the fragment.
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Pullman
Registrar Reports Prospective Enrollment Near Twelve Hundred
Inquiries from prospective students indicate enrollment near the 1200 mark. Registrar F. J. Barnard completed a compilation showing slightly under 100 old students returning to collegiate classes, with the remainder being new enrollees.
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F. J. Barnard
Forest Fire Near Goldendale Gains Control
Fire roared through the Klickitat Pine Lumber company lands about 12 miles northeast of Goldendale burning several thousand acres. Forest ranger Frank E. Miller directed a large force of men, and the fire was finally brought under control.
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Goldendale
Klickitat Pine Lumber
Charles Boyd
E. N. Barney
Mrs. Morris
Frank E. Miller
Labor unions push for Bellingham initiative referendum
Bellingham labor unions gather support to circulate a petition for approving an initiative and referendum amendment to the city charter. The Bellingham Central Labor Council will organize volunteers to circulate the petition, following Spokane’s example which secured a similar provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Bellingham Central Labor Council
Spokane
Oil burners to curb locomotive sparks in Washington
The Washington State Forest Fire Association launches a campaign to replace coal with oil fuel in locomotives to protect standing timber along rail lines in the northwest. Annual dry-season spark damage costs millions in valuable timber. President Earling of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway says Milwaukee will cooperate by equipping forty locomotives with oil burners.
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Seattle
Sparks
Washington State Forest Fire Association
Earling
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee
Seattle Welcomes Largest Trainload of Passengers
The Great Northern brought 1511 people to Seattle on Snohomish day. Passengers came from Everett, Snohomish, Stanwood and other Snohomish county towns.
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Seattle
Great Northern
Snohomish
Everett
Stanwood
Snohomish County
Mrs. Charles Prosch Dies at 85 A Puget Sound Pioneer
Tacoma reports the death of Mrs. Charles Prosch a prominent Washington figure age 85 who lived on Puget Sound 51 years. Her husband survives and they recently marked their sixty third wedding anniversary. A son Thomas Prosch the Puget Sound historian survives. She voted in territorial days and served as a superior court juror. Burial was in Seattle.
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Tacoma
Charles Prosch
Washington _ state
Puget Sound
Superior Court
Thomas Prosch
Prosch
Seattle
Crocker to retire as Tacoma federal collector
Col. B D Crocker will retire from his post as collector of internal revenues at Tacoma on September 1. He will focus on personal affairs and become a private citizen. Former Spokane Postmaster Hartson will succeed him. Also in Seattle Governor Hughes and Governor Johnson attended an A Y P exposition dinner where a toast about a future president sparked good natured banter between the two leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
B. D. Crocker
Col Crocker
Hartson
Spokane
Seattle
C. BE. Hughes
New York
John Johnson
Minnesota
Gov. Hughes
Gov. Johnson
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition closes first half
Seattle report notes the exposition ended its first half as attendance climbs. With sixty nine days remaining, management declares success as total admissions reach about 1,745,000 at midnight.
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Seattle
Fire destroys half Snoqualmie business district
A fire beginning after 4 AM in the Johnson hotel room of Mrs. A. McLeod swept through Snoqualmie causing the loss of about $26,000. Buckets and volunteers fought the flames as they threatened to engulf the town, with nearly half the business section ruined.
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Snoqualmie
A. McLeod
Johnson Hotel
Insurance commissioner moves for impeachment depositions
Olympia report says the State senate will meet as an impeachment court next Wednesday. Insurance Commissioner Schively asked for 58 depositions but the request was cut to 88 after protest due to lateness. Schively intends to press a strong case.
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Olympia
State Senate
Schively
May Cushman Appointed Administratrix of Cushman Estate
Tacoma reports Mrs. May E. Cushman widow of late Congressman Francis W. Cushman was named administratrix of his estate and issued letters this morning.
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Tacoma
May E. Cushman
Francis W. Cushman
Probate Court Grants Letters of Administration in Cushman Estate
Judge Easterday oversees probate after B A Lynn Adam Cook and W B Theodore witness a July 27 1903 will. Mrs Cushman qualifies with a 12000 bond as the will is admitted to probate. The will remembers Mrs Cushman FR BE Cushman the congressman's brother and his mother with most of the estate split between the widow and mother.
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Easterday
B. A. Lynn
Adam Cook
W. B. Theodore
Cushman
BE. Cushman
Lewiston Cantaloupe Shipments To Start August 15
Lewiston growers will launch straight car load shipments of cantaloupes from Lewiston orchards starting August 15. An estimated 30 to 40 cars will go out this season, with 1385 acres in melons and profits expected from crates sold at 2 to 3 dollars while delivery costs are about 1 dollar per crate. The harvest will continue for several weeks.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Walla Walla County Raises Reclassification to Seventh Class
County commissioners after a lengthy hearing move Walla Walla from eleventh to seventh class. Petitioners include the Walla Walla real estate board and L. W. Meacham publicity agent for the local commercial club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla, Wash
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla
Wheat harvest rapid in Goldendale county
Wheat across Goldendale county is nearly cut with combines. Cen terville grain is hauled to the station warehouses as teams unload. Much of the crop this year will go through the farmers' association which has leased the buildings and sidings at Goldendale and Center ville.
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Goldendale
Centerville
Farmers’ Association
Engineers Back Electric Headlights Over Acetylene
Olympia reports E H Stevens and George Barnhart of O R N engineers and G E Foster of the Northern Pacific testify before the railroad commission in favor of electric headlights as the only light to be considered. The hearing adjourns to August 11 for further testimony by Attorney L C Gilman of the Great Northern.
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Olympia
E. H. Stevens
Geo. Barnhart
G. E. Foster
Northern Pacific
Railroad Commission
L. C. Gilman
Great Northern
State to audit all 3,000,000 acres of federal land grants
Olympia reports the legislative investigating committee will list locate describe and abstract every acre of the state's federal land grants. The panel will review all land deals since statehood and trace income from land sales or rentals under the program outlined by the committee. Senator H O Fishback of Lewis County will supervise and perform much of the work himself.
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Olympia
Legislative Investigating Committee
State Land Office
H. O. Fishback
Lewis County
St. Maries ranchers sue to lower river stage for hay harvest
Ranchers in the St. Joe and St. Maries valleys file mandamus against Washington Water Power to force lowering river water. They seek opening sluices at Post Falls to release water and save an unusually good hay crop submerged by high flow.
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ST. Maries
St. Joe
Washington Water Power Company
Post Falls
Made in Washington day observed in Seattle commerce drive
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce urges all state commercial groups to join a last Saturday in August celebration promoting homemade Washington wares. The aim is to boost local production and increase consumption of state products to strengthen the commonwealth economically.
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Seattle
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Commonwealth
Washington Tuberculosis and Glanders Tagging Plan
Washington state authorities will tag all cattle and horses reacting to tuberculin or mallein tests with a right ear label reading Washington Tuberculosis or Washington Glanders to aid eradication efforts. The program aims to identify affected animals and support disease elimination across Washington.
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Pullman
Washington
Settlement Surge Reported Along Pend O'Reille Corridor
W L Sax returning from the Pend Oreille mountains cites rapid settlement in the intermediate country between Colville and Metaline with few remaining lands for entry. Along the Washington Idaho Northern railway most tracts are already claimed or settled.
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Colville
W. L. Sax
Pend O'Reille
Metalime
Washington, Idaho & Northern Railway
Encroachment Rumors Stir Land Contention Near Priest Lake
Documents describe settlers moving toward Priest Lake Timber reserve in a bid to claim farm lands. The report notes potential conflicts with timber authorities and local inhabitants over land use and rights.
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Priest Lake
Pioneering Cle Elum Druggist Ellensburg Obituary
Ellensburg resident Thereon Stafford longtime business man and pioneer druggist of Kittitas county died at his Cle Elum home. He arrived in 1885 and opened a general and drug store at Teanaway siding later moving to Cle Elum as the town grew. Stafford shifted to drugs only and in 1899 suffered injuries from two hold up men that contributed to his later decline.
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Stafford
Dr Philip Frank Plans Countywide Health Tour
County health officer Dr Philip Frank will tour Yakima valley visiting towns on both river sides to inspect sanitation. He will appoint deputies where none exist and keep typhoid and diphtheria cases to five and two respectively. He may visit Granger Sunnyside and Prosser and will confer with Benton county officials.
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Philip Frank
Yakima Valley
Yakima
Dr. Frank
Granger
Sunnyside
Benton County
Bentonshiretown
Yakima County Seeks Wide Display at Seattle Fair
Superintendent E J Haasze calls for samples of grain hay fruit and all Yakima county products for exhibit at the Yakima county building during the Seattle fair. He urges eastern visitors to see diversified farming and asks county women to contribute canned fruit and jellies with packages to the Yakima county building A Y P fair grounds for delivery via express.
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Yakima County
E. J. Haasze
Seattle
Haasze
Yakima
A.Y.P. Fair Grounds
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promotes Quick Pain Relief
Advertises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the supreme healer for boils ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. Claims rapid inflammation reduction and pain relief with 25 cents at C. C. Case, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Earth
C. C. Case
Blind boy from Granger hailed as musical wonder
George Bailey, 13, son of Charles F. Bailey, is praised by Prof. F. X. Nagler for his extraordinary musical ear and violin tests performed blindfolded. Despite attending a California school for the blind, his study time limits violin practice. He has piano training and can play operatic themes by ear with impressive accuracy.
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George Bailey
Charles F. Bailey
Granger
F. X. Nagler
Prof. Nagler
George
Mother Saw Dead Son In Her Dreams
Mrs. Sutton, mother of the late Lieut. James N. Sutton, testified in an Annapolis inquiry that her son appeared to her in a vision after death claiming Adams and others beat him to death before a final shooting. She said the dream followed fears about letters to navy officials and defended her actions. The cross examination referenced the ongoing inquiry into the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Jimmie
Mr. Sutton
Adams
Sutton
Birney
Lieut. Adams
Lots of Peaches at Good Figures
H. E. Angel and Miss Angel of Parker arrived in North Yakima Monday with 25 boxes of Champion and Carmen peaches sold at 1.25 dollars per box. They own a 15 acre orchard in Sood bearing and expect an excellent crop. They offered no yield or proceeds estimates yet. Mr. Angel said the Parker district proves its peach quality by a large, superior crop this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Angel
Miss Angel
Parker
North
Yakima
Angel
Swede Strikers Still
Stockholm August 10 It remains impossible to foresee the strike's end but it has little effect on social life. Perfect order is maintained food is plentiful and conditions are returning to normal in the capital.
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Stockholm
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Co. H. Barnes
Wenus
H. H. Andrews
Noerth Yakima
A. L. Schlosser
FE. L. Roney
National Irrigation Congress
Spokesman-Review
Congress
J. E. Fitch
Nuaches
Northwest News
White Bear, Minn
First State Bank
Henry Paul
Fred Larkens
William Butler
Orofino
Henry Groves
Clearwater
Mr. Groves
Moscow
Palouse
Granger Lad
C. W. Camp
Parker Man
Ana
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