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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
4
Police suspect local boys burglarized Treat and Rayner on South First Street. Stolen items valued at $300 include 21 Iver Johnson revolvers 30 dozen fly hooks 12 fish lines 12 boxes of cartridges and six hunting knives. Entrance via transom with iron strip noted.
J L Dumas of Dayton Washington, president of the Washington Association of Fruit Growers, says apple prices are too high and consumers pay too much. He argues growers and railroads take profits cutting prices, and urges regulation to lower prices and shift toward medium sized apples with better flavor. He notes Wolf River stage aims to brand the big red apple but advocates quality over size and variety limits.
From Grower to Planter emphasizes direct sale of fruit trees with minimal handling by the company. Mr. McDonald heads the growing department with 18 years of experience. Since 1903 the Yakima reservation stock has been grown and sold to planters, and the firm boasts two percent million trees maturing for this season. If a salesman misses a customer, customers may write for access.
Washington Nursery Company in Toppenish Washington advertises for salesmen everywhere with positions open and call for applications. The notice emphasizes broad hiring and immediate opportunities across the region.
Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot advocates teaching children to know and care for trees, urging teachers and parents to emphasize tree study. He cites Yakima’s mixed tree variety and notes locusts, maples, cottonwoods, elms, and other species as common in the region, with local forests shaping conservation sentiment ahead of a national congress in Seattle.
Mr Steinweg receives saplings from the department of agriculture to test their climate adaptability. Officials suggest labeling trees for public education as in Boston and Brookline. The passage describes scrub oak at 1800 to 2000 feet, mixed brush, quaking aspen, alder, willow, birch, and conifers progressing from pine to fir and hemlock at higher elevations.
Denney & Co reports August 17 auction with 29 cars offered, following a 40-car day the previous day. Bartlett pears and peaches pull high bids while grapes and plums stay in strong demand. Prices ranged from $0.58 to $2.90 with averages across varieties noted for many fruits.
Kennewick Washington August 19 A deal by Commercial Orchard Land company invests 1 000 000 in Horse Heaven lands sparking a major western land rush. Klickitat Irrigation plans 600 000 acres under cultivation attracting Boston investors and local water right sign ups as construction looms with farmers to work canals this winter.
An application for the incorporation of Granger was presented to the county board on Saturday. A special election is scheduled for September 18 to decide the matter.
Charles Speer editor of a Fort Branch Indiana newspaper proposes a United Society of Equity style plan to unite growers, cut middlemen profits, and distribute wealth. He aims to form local and district exchanges, with profits shared among producers and consumers, under society oversight. The plan awaits the national convention at Bowling Green Kentucky.
J B Plakemore of Seattle filed on water in the Klickitat river yesterday reserving 2000 cubic feet for Yakima Klickitat and Zenton counties for milling mining agriculture manufacturing irrigation. Five hundred cubic feet are to be taken from the left bank of the West Fork at the Falls and 1100 feet below the Junction of junction.
A specified water withdrawal targets one thousand cubic feet from the Klickitat river left bank at a point 556 feet north and east of the section corner. The final five hundred cubic feet are to be drawn from the Big Muddy left bank 300 feet below Hell Roaring creek junction as part of a coordinated diversion.
Mrs Minerva M Morgan widow of the late Robert S Morgan filed a petition to appoint her son William F Morgan as administrator of the estate. Robert Morgan died intestate leaving 40 acres with water rights and personal property valued at 4500 dollars. He was a Yakima valley pioneer among the first homesteaders in the area.
Mexico City August 24 President Diaz quietly dismissed General Reyes by naming General Trevino to command the Third Army Zone at Monterey. Reyes supporters fear exile or domestic assignment as his movement is deemed dead and rumors swirl about his future.
Ethnologists led by Waldemar Yochelson report discoveries in the Aleutian Archipelago that may establish the existence and characteristics of ancient populations in northwestern North America. The findings include relics and skeletons suggesting a high level of humanity thousands of years ago.
In Columbia Falls Montana on August 23 the Great Northern withdrew its engineers from the Flathead country after fruitgrowers on the east shore of the lake demanded prohibitive right of way prices. They seek nine thousand dollars per mile in a remote area and threaten condemnation actions.
Catalogue invites readers to visit the college today for a course in this great business school that will qualify them for positions of trust and responsibility.
The state railroad commission considers extending service on the Somers line while Great Northern and Milwaukee companies plan surveys from Great Falls to Columbia Falls. Hill’s push into the Sun River country signals new line ambitions in the Flathead with Kalispell as a key survey and bridge site for a possible crossing of the Flathead River.
A local note claims Dr King s New Discovery saved a man named C V Pepper from deadly lung issues after three weeks use. The testimonial advertises the remedy for lung ailments and other bronchial complaints with prices 50 cents and 1 00, trial bottle free and guaranteed by Case Druggist.
In Sionmlay morning accident on Jon Yakima avenue a mass of timbers toppled trapping William Acres. He suffered a broken collar bone and multiple cuts and bruises. Acres was driven to Dr. Crompton's office for treatment of his injuries.
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