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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
3
Fire destroyed the Mabton bridge across the Yakima river on Sunday afternoon. Loss is about 11 000 to 12 000 dollars and a new county bridge will be built with bids opened August 24. A ferry will operate meanwhile and locals plan a temporary crossing. The steel span installed years ago by C F E Sum is likely unusable.
A midnight blaze caused by crossed wires in an electric lamp damaged Yakima Trust Company and Dr. Paul Cooper’s office furnishings, with water causing major losses. The fire spread to a roll top desk and its contents on the Washington Hotel’s second floor while a guest flooded the area with a hotel hall hose. A hotel guest and cashier aided firefighters as smoke overwhelmed Circus Sally Ruth.
Hunters flocked to the county auditor’s office on Friday to obtain licenses as the hunting season nears and circus day draws crowds. Citizens press for strict game law enforcement and consider scrapping the game warden position unless convictions rise. rewards for trespass cases are proposed. Licenses were issued to Gordon Putman J A Cadwallader W L Nemitz F W Hansen Haddon Harrell Peter Liese E E Harter A R Dull David Erwin Sumner Scott C F Scott A Fleming R G Schaffner C T Devoir T Happy Horace Hughes Fred O Neal.
Three consecutive days of arson attempts at the A Y P exposition grounds in Seattle lead to one arrest by guards and a deployed plain clothes force. Incendiary loops 2300 volt circuits by dropping lead plates across wires. fires started but quickly extinguished. Suspects include former Seattle Electric workers and a possibly deranged anarchist.
The 17th National Irrigation congress closed in Spokane with officers elected and Pueblo Colorado chosen as next meeting site. A resolution praised Pinchot and Newell, urged a 10 million dollar irrigation fund and endorsed the Mississippi deep waterway. Governor Brady of Idaho commended Ballinger and Pinchot.
Spokane reports a plan to run a feeder from Ritzville west toward Ellensburg to cut about 100 miles off the main line. Surveys are said to be nearly done and the route would run parallel to the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line, diverting traffic from Pasco. A company official noted a Ritzville feeder into Milwaukee territory is probable.
Men seeking admission to county institutions for laziness face scrutiny by Dr. Frank and Dr. Helton as police testify to their aversion to work. Cases show no physical defects, only an inherent dislike of toil, prompting orders to seek employment or leave the gas field area. The article also discusses Standard Oil’s pipeline plans and alleged price-cutting tactics against independent oil producers in Texas Oklahoma.
Farmers and contractors in the Yakima valley warn of a labor shortage as higher wages fail to attract workers. A Seattle agency promises forty men, but officials fear it will not meet demand. Reclamation and irrigation projects suffer while vagrancy crackdowns deter transient laborers, threatening busy season stability.
Texas and Louisiana independents say Standard Oil and allies pressuring them to unprofitable margins in fuel oil. They allege the company now controls fuel oil territory across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana and is strengthening its position. Fort Worth and Dallas franchise moves by Standard Oil affiliates aided by Lone Star Gas.
A. I. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports that after a three month summer cold and hay fever symptoms, standard medicines failed but Foley's Honey and Tar quickly cured him. He says his wife had the same success and recommends the product for chronic coughs and lung trouble. North Yakima Drug Store handles the remedy.
Guthrie Oklahoma August 14. Proposal to make the Arkansas river navigable from Cimarron mouth to the Mississippi includes four harbors at Fort Smith Little Rock Tulsa and Muskogee each with a dam and locks costing about 500000 dollars total around 2000000. If funded next winter the work could start next summer and finish in three years. The plan would provide an outlet for Oklahoma cotton coal and oil and create a crude oil market exporting 15000 to 20000 barrels daily.
Advertisement urges treating a cough or cold by bowel movement using Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. Claims quick action and child appeal, sold by Cc, W. Camp.
Ten people died and between 40 and 50 were injured when two Denver Rio Grande passenger trains collided head on near Husted Colorado 13 miles north of Colorado Springs at 10 25 this morning. The eastbound and westbound trains were heavily loaded with tourists and G A R members. An inquiry is to be held Monday.
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy to strengthen kidneys and cleanse blood, preventing exhaustion backache rheumatism and urinary issues. Warns against delays and substitutes. endorsement attributed to North Yakima Drug Store and A. D. Sloan proprietor.
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