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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
5
Public notice from a North Yakima Washington post office advertising second class atta matter. Published every Wednesday with advertising rates on application and subscription options for one year six months and three months. The date line shows Wednesday August.
Yakima residents praise Secretary Ballinger after a three day visit focused on reclamation and reservation projects. He inspected Fort Simcoe lands and the Wapato Ellensburg Tieton and Sunnyside efforts, requested more funds, and pledged steady progress toward completion of major irrigation works.
Chief engineer H M Wilson of the US Geological Survey warns smoke from coal fires costs the nation two million daily. He argues wasteful, imperfect combustion creates pollution and damages buildings, clothing, and health. A factory fireman, Pat Gilligan, proves proper stoking cuts smoke.
A manager complains an appropriation for furnace rebuilding is blocked. He notes coal waste and air pollution as the mayor and council clash. The plant later adopts smokestacks and mechanical stokers, emitting only faint smoke as health and economy concerns rise.
A critical column argues that Rockefeller and other titans view wealth accumulation as legally honest while law and morality diverge. It alleges monopolies thrive via legal means, questions philanthropy as moral ballast, and condemns legally honest oppression and greed behind Standard Oil tactics.
The Yakima valley will ship carloads of apples east this fall for advertising as part of a publicity fund tied to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition. With Live Stock Show in Chicago and a Land Exposition, officials urge placing Yakima products in the foreground to capitalize on eastern interest in irrigated agriculture and fruit culture.
In Washington D C a police judge named I G Kimball fined a countryman ten dollars for sleeping in his wagon. Policeman Schultz found the man asleep as the horse plodded along near the city.
A worn Maryland farmer driving eggs and vegetables to Center Market falls asleep on the road. Judge Kimball fines him ten dollars and costs, while a wealthy Washington chamber of commerce president once fined five hundred dollars for poison sales avoids jail. The piece condemns perceived legal inequities.
The speaker praises Secretary Ballinger as a sturdy rider able to travel from Montana to the coast and from the Palis to British Columbia, then ride to Fort Simcoe and return by horseback in one day. He notes the secretary’s age is comparable to that of others and concludes he must be all right.
Proprietors of first class grills and restaurants push up prices leaving ordinary people with two choices. The critic who spoke of life as survival of the fittest implied harsh social consequences. The result could force people to eat sparsely or turn to crime to survive.
Complying with state board rules, County Superintendent Jacobson will hold three days of teacher examinations at the courthouse Thursday through Saturday. The first of the school year for teachers lacking certificates or whose certificates expire, the schedule lists subjects by time slots for each day.
Edward F Geers known as Horseman TM stands as a defining figure in racing. The veteran driver projects calm dignity while discussing the sport with precise Noah Webster style diction and a southern accent. He moves with purpose, entering a hotel on a crutch and cane without drawing notice.
Geers, famed horseman and driver of The Harvester valued at 40000 dollars, returns from Kalamazoo bruised but cheerful about racing. He rejects surgeons, trusts experience, and warns against fixing races while recounting his early start in Lebanon Tennessee and career spanning over 30 years. He favors treating horses like children and boasts defeating racing combines in pursuit of fair competition.
Washington reports say many senators who opposed Aldrich and congressmen who resisted Speaker Cannon gained backing from their constituents. Ovations for Beveridge of Indiana and Cummins of Iowa show public pride in GOP defenders, while Aldrich accuses them of diverging from present Republican standards.
The text suggests factions strengthened their members making a comeback to Congress easier and set to continue pressuring the Speaker in the next session, contingent on Cannon retaining a seat. The piece implies ongoing intra-party conflict and resistance to the Speaker's authority.
Secretary Ballinger met with Yakima Indians at the Commercial club rooms and granted pasture lands on the spot. The Indians urged that all children born since 1904 receive allotments and that a permanent council be officially recognized in dealings with them. Present were Chief Shouchway and spokesmen George Minick and Charles Wesley among others.
Will F. Tler returns from Valparaiso Indiana and Chicago for business, traveled via Seattle. He says the cast cannot compare with this region and declares Yakima the finest place to live in the country.
Tom Fisher F X Nagler J T Keppel and Van Peyton returned from the Gold Hill country where they inspected the Elizabeth mining property. The party, including many Yakima citizens, reported very enthusiastic outlook and excellent ore values from several assays. Additional rock samples are expected to yield more results.
Manzan promotes relief from piles by preventing constipation with direct application via a nozzle attached to the packing tube. Sold by C. W. Camp.
Notice is given that the annual meeting of stockholders and annual election of trustees of the Tieton Water Users Association will be held September 4 1909 at 1 pm in the Farmers Room North Yakima Court House North Yakima Washington. Five trustees will be elected to serve one year. Dated August 9 1909. R H Warnick Secretary.
A. J. Ambrose sues Lizzie H. Ambrose in Yakima County Superior Court. Defendant is summoned to appear within sixty days after first publication. The notice serves to inform Lizzie H. Ambrose of the legal action and response deadline.
The plaintiff seeks an absolute divorce from the defendant on adultery grounds and asks for further relief as warranted. The defendant is ordered to answer within sixty days after August 11 1909 and to serve the plaintiff's attorney in North Yakima with a copy of the answer. If not, judgment by default will follow.
In Yakima County Washington the estate of Nellie Elizabeth Scofield deceased is administered by executor Frank Robey Scofield. Creditors must present claims with vouchers within one year after publication, by August 4, 1909, at Lynch Grady 205 209 Mullins Building North Yakima WA, or be barred. Dated July 28 1909.
Department of the Interior notice from North Yakima Washington dated July 30 1909 states Wesley Crews of Cowiche Washington filed intent to prove final five year proof for land in section 6 township 14 N range 17 E Willamette Meridian. The hearing before the Register and Receiver is set for September 16 1909 with witnesses Willard E Thompson William Tetherow William Schenck Jesse Thompson.
Notice is given that William Thomas Ward of North Yakima Washington filed intention to make final commutation proof to establish his homestead claim for N% NW% and NW 4 NE section 26 township 14 N range 19 E Willamette Meridian before the Register and Receiver on September 14 1909. Witnesses are J Dorriers Max J Morgan George H Valentine and John Wilfred Withers all of North Yakima Washington.
In Yakima County Washington the final account of L L Foiles administrator of Mary T Foiles deceased is set for hearing on September 7 1909 at 1 30 PM in the court room of Yakima County Court. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the final account should not be approved and the petition granted. Notice will be published in the Yakima Herald for four weeks and posted in three public places.
State of Washington Yakima County. I A W Barr certify a true copy of the order to show cause why the final administrator amount should not be approved and petition for distribution and discharge should not be granted. A hearing is set for Tuesday September 7 1909 at 1 30 p m in the North Yakima courthouse. Witness A W Barr county clerk seal July 22 1909. We Martin deputy. July 28 August 4 11 18 25.
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