Local notes on residents and community events
Correspondence reports Mrs. Joe Bean's recovery from illness and congratulates Harry Bair and bride on their marriage. Mentions families visiting Yakima and returning to Portland, alfalfa harvest, a successful irrigation pump, a camping trip with notable fish catches near Anderson Flat, school starting District 30 under Miss Lottie Corbin, plus a list of local names and a one cent due on each advertised letter from P M W LEMON.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bean
Harry Bair
Natches
Amanda Purdin
Bessie
Yakima
Portland
W. R. Stuart
James Fraser
Gleed Canal
Naches
Rev. Whitmore
Ed. Kershaw
R. S. Bair
Geo. Chapman
Walter Purdin
John Dobie
Local Farm Notes and Community Happenings in Moxee
Hay presses resume baleing in shocks amid light rain. Hay hands scarce at two dollars daily and four dollars for a man and team. Theo Champoux nears completion of a new house near the store. Joe Schnick moves onto ranch bought from Rev. Borgers. Mose Allard of Minnesota visits Champoux family. Wheat hay remains profitable evidenced by J J Wood baling 21 tons on four acres at ten dollars and fifty cents per ton. Hop pickers needed as crops improve. hires at one dollar per box. Moxee Valley band marks first anniversary ball at the new hall Tuesday August 20 with lunch and music. Damaged by Water Sale starts at The Boston Monday morning. List of uncalled letters at North Yakima post office as of August 10 1907 follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. Champoux
Joe Schnick
Montana
Rev. Borgers
Mose Allard
Minnesota
Theo Champoux
J. J. Wood
Moxee
Moxee Valley
New Hall
City to Enforce Right-Side Driving Under New Ordinance
City officials plan to introduce an ordinance requiring all vehicles to pass on the right side of the road. City Attorney Charles E. Forsyth is drawing up the text to make crossing the left side a misdemeanor. The measure targets autos and all vehicles amid complaints of dangerous traffic in North Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Forsyth
Yakima
Alaska Fruit Deliveries End Trip to Interior
ZILLAN SENDS ALASKA FRUIT MAKES LAST SHIPMENT TO INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY. The final cargo from ZILLAN to the interior marks the end of a seasonal supply route to Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zillan
Alaska
Regular market opens in Alberta country prompt fruit shipments
Wapato ranchers ship fruit as Yakima valley supplies Alaska and Alberta markets. Hull Hamlets & Co plans regular mixed fruit orders from Yakima, with shipments starting within weeks. Peaches, pears, apples and other produce move to Seattle and Alaska as interior season closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
Alaska
Zillah
Interior
Seattle
House of Hull, Hamlet & Co
Alberta Wheat Country
Yakima
S. Hull
Alberta
Hull
Hull, Hamlet & Co
Wapato
Commission House
Bartlett
Commission
Delegation Plans Eastward Trip Through Ninety Cities
The article details a proposed canvass to recruit about fifty travelers from North Yakima for a trip to the eastern states. Cities named include Ellensburg Granger Toppenish Sunnyside Prosser and many others across Montana North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Nebraska Missouri Kansas Colorado Wyoming South Dakota and more. Stops cover eighty cities in fourteen states with lengthy stays in larger markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Ellensburg
Granger
Toppenish
Sunnyside
Prosser
Kennewick
Mabton
Kiona
Zillah
Wapato
Miles City
Montana
Glendive
Dickinson
North Dakota
Mandan
Bismarck
Jamestown
Valley City
Casselton
Fargo
Moorhead
Minnesota
Grand Forks
Crookston
Fertile
Twin Valley
Detroit
Wadena
Little Falls
Sauk Rapids
Anoka
Tik River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Shakopee
Belle Plaine
St. Peter
Mankato
Waseca
Owatonna
Richester
Winona
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Elroy
Madison
Janesville
Edgerton
Beloit
Rockford
Illinois
Belvidere
Marengo
Elgin
Towa
Omaha
Nebraska
Hamburg
Missouri
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Kansas
Leavenworth
Atchison
Sidney
Alliance
Crawford
Edgemont
South Dakota
Sheridan
Wyoming
Billings
Honest Fare Rewards Son for Returning Change
A son returns ten francs he found, the father tells him to keep the extra forty francs as a reward for honesty. The Bon Vivant note frames the scene as a moral vignette on integrity and generosity within a family.
City to adopt new basis for local improvement assessments
Officials have spent a week trying to set a fair basis for individual assessments under a new law. The proposed ordinance would base costs on properties 200 feet back from the street and on benefits received, a method the city attorney and engineer say needs refinement before approval.
CANVAD FOR BIO EXCURSION BEGINS IN YAKIMA
The Yakima publicity excursion plans are advancing as a ten day canvass to gather names for the trip starts today. Secretary Zuppani leads the publicity committee with aid from George E. Mosser of the Chicago & Northwestern Roy Kirkpatrick of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and W F Sater of the Northern Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Commercial Club
Zuppani
George E. Mosser
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
City
Roy Kirkpatrick
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
W. F. Sater
Northern Pacific
Publicity Committee
Honeymoon Visitors From Boise Linger In City
J. F. Skillern and his wife of Boise Idaho visit the city as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T Skillern of North First street after a honeymoon journey. They toured the fair at James town and other eastern cities then returned home via the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. Skillern will tour Yakima attractions during their brief stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Skillern
Boise
Idaho
W. T Skillern
North First Street
Jamestown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mr. Skillern
Yakima
Sale of Damaged Water-Soaked Goods at The Boston
Thousands of dollars in new air merchandise and other goods fit for immediate use, slightly water damaged, go on sale Monday morning at The Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Paris Green Price Listed by Coffin Bros
Paris Green offered at 30 cents per pound by Coffin Brothers. Item appears in a local trade or sales listing with minimal detail and no additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Coffin Bros
North End Street to River Drive Proposed Expansion
Property owners along North Second Street plan to obtain county permission to extend the street from the city limits to the Selah bridge half a mile below the existing structure. Most adjacent city lots owners would donate right of way for a 70 foot thoroughfare, opening a scenic drive and boosting land values. The bridge would be substantial and high, avoiding flood overflow seen at the old bridge, accelerating city growth on the north end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Selah Bridge
Second Street
North End
Rinehart Barbour Team Returns From Eastern Shopping Trip
At Home Mesdames Rinehart and Barbour of the Rinehart Barbour company have come back from weeks in New York and eastern cities selecting fall stock of ladies furnishings and millinery. They traveled home via the Canadian Pacific railway enjoying the scenery. Mrs Edwin Whitmore, niece of Mrs Rinehart, accompanied them from Chicago and will visit her mother Mrs Baker for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
Rinehart and Barbour
Rinehart-Barbour Company
New York
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edwin Whitmore
Rinehart
Chicago
Baker
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. L. Lemon, P. M
North Yakima
CTY
Canada
American Bison Society
Roosevelt
Washington
The
Bison Society
Wichita Forest Reserve
Oklahoma
New York Zoological Society
Morton J. Elrod
Montana State University
Flathead Indian Reservation
New Hampshire
United States
Listman Furniture
Herald
Retail Markets
Fiour
Wes Sorey
Lot
North Second Street
Burlington
Denver
A. E. Campbell
Pioneer Sq
Seattle, Wash
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