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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
8
Local notes report Dr. Webb and others returning from trips to Vancouver and Lake Kaches while real estate moves in Seattle and North Yakima. Officials, engineers, and visitors fill the week as the city hosts auctions, hearings, elections, and transport updates amid fruit shipments and streetcar work.
The community reports a daughter born August 9 to Mr and Mrs 8S A Shaffer of 309 Garfield. Sebastian and family arrive from San Diego for a visit and plan return before the fair. Will McGee was arrested for robbing Ernest Tindekugel of $15 at Red Apple cafe. The county adds three voting precincts near Fort Simcoe East Selah and Grandview and redraws Naches lines so ranchers vote at Naches City. Thirty eight candidate cards posted in the county auditor's office with no stated preference from Auditor Crocker. Nellie Bunnell celebrates a seventeenth birthday with 14 youths at 11 Fourth Ave S. Bunnell gifts noted. Dr. D. Thompson visits and Granger Republican candidate for county commissioner spends day in the city. W R Edwards buys 10 acres Amadon place and moves in. Prof H R Cox of Tacoma visits the Wylie home and recalls Fort Simcoe days. Northern Pacific explains state fair special rates one and one third round trip daily during the fair. City to hire white wings and carts for street cleaning on paved streets. Pleasant Bounds returns home from St Elizabeths hospital after a shot wound healing. Collins to face preliminary hearing soon.
Mr Will Shaw came from town to visit relatives while Willie Knox was in the city on business. Mr and Mrs Charles Anderson Jr visit Fort Simcoe with friends as Mr Anderson and party fish and hunt at Fish Lake. Mrs Anderson stays with her mother. They expect Mr Anderson to return to Simcoe early September after months at Fort Simcoe. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Mondor on August 2. Mrs Martha Ward and her daughter were in the city on business Monday and Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs George Chapman Rena Jostos and Sadie Jacobson returned from Soda Springs yesterday after a ten day stay praised as excellent. Willis Finnch and family leave Friday for Mount Adams for three or four weeks. Mr Walker and family depart next Tuesday for Mount Adams. Four doctors in the Natches Valley for one day breaks the record. Mrs
Walter Pender is ill with fever while Mrs. Frazer faces a bone felon. Mrs Amanda Bob experiences a fainting spell. Mrs John Doby has a girl baby. O B Whitman returned from Soda Springs on Thursday. The second alfalfa crop is being harvested and slightly below average.
L. J. Steward of Sunnyside, candidate for county clerk, appeals to School Section voters. Mrs. Henry Leach and Mrs. Garil er of North Yakima visited Mrs. George Carpenter over Sunday and returned home Tuesday. Charles Dillon and family came back from a mountain trip last Friday with news of local comings and goings.
To the voters of Yakima County I announce my bid for county superintendent of schools on the Republican ticket. Miss K L Brown Granger Washington seeks election as official for the county school system.
Fruitvale residents spent Sunday at Riversite park. Clifford Wright visits Ta coma. Grace Powers returns from Mt. Vernon and will head to Prince Albert Canada with her grandmother Mrs Hutchinson, who has been with her daughter Mrs F G Orr this spring and summer.
Alfalfa and Toppenish residents were seen in the area this week. The dry season has left the grain crop very slim. A 20 acre ranch near Sunnyside is for rent with improved facilities and potential lease options.
The Yakima Valley Fruit and Produce Association shipped its first alfalfa carload of the season to sound points. News reports a car sale at 8.25 dollars per ton net to the grower, with dealers discussing seven dollars and president B. D. Thompson securing a better price on the initial carload.
J M Brown declares as a Republican candidate for Yakima County Clerk subject to September primary voters. He seeks the office in the upcoming election and announces the bid in this paid notice.
A Republican primary seeks Anglix Eee as candidate for Yakima County Sheriff. Voters are urged to consider the incumbent and other contenders ahead of the election date.
ER. M. Douglass announces candidacy for Yakima County Superintendent of Schools on the Republican ticket. He holds a permanent first grade certificate and has sixteen years of teaching in Yakima schools. He also serves eight years on the Yakima County board of education and pledges extensive knowledge of the state school system.
Notice sets the nomination date for the office of County Engineer on the Republican ticket subject to voters will at the September primaries.
The office of county superintendent ticket is subject to primaries to be held September date not specified. A DICKEY is identified in the text.
ASA W. SCHWARTZE announces Republican bid for Yakima County assessor subject to September primaries. He lists Nob Hill as a residence.
Health ad explains appendicitis risk from chronic constipation. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy that stimulates liver and bowels without nausea or griping. Product sold by North Yakima Drug Co. and A. DB Sloan, Prop.
Eight county superintendents filed the annual census of school age children for the year ended June 30 1908. The data show gains and losses across counties including Pierce 26386 gain 885 Skagit 6817 gain 187 Whatcom 13040 gain 884 and Yakima 8866 gain 1113 with many others listed.
The Y M C A reports busy activity as Physical Director Cook completes gymnasium equipment installation and lockers tested. Much furniture arrives for the main floor auditorium rooms and sanitary wardrobes. The office handles many inquiries about rooms, memberships, and tours for visitors and newcomers. Pineules for the Kidneys advertise a 20 day trial. Tree planting offers a guaranteed stand and pruning before planting new orchards. Ernest A Brown promotes trees via telephone and a P O box.
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