Harris Case Highlights Bad Checks and Family Ties
Sheriff Lancaster returns from Pasco with H Harris of Walla Walla on charges of passing worthless checks. Harris, signing as Harris & Company, allegedly cashed a $50 check and left bills totaling nearly $10. The case involves his brother Gus Harris, a prominent cattleman, and an attorney from Franklin County seeks settlement. Further warrants and curious bills surface, including a saloon bill for whiskey.
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Lancaster
Pasco
H. Harris
Walla Walla
J. B. Dazet
Harris
Gus Harris
Harris & Company
Franklin County
Brooking & Company
Yakima Band Praised by National Irrigation Congress
Prof Nagler received a Spokane National Irrigation congress letter of appreciation for the Yakima boys' band. The note credits the band and its leader for the congress parades and for bringing credit to Yakima.
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National Irrigation Congress
Nagler
Spokane
Yakima
Sunnyside Predicted To Produce Rich Fruit Yields
Reports from the Moxee valley and Sunnyside indicate a strong fruit season with ample supply and high quality. A Yakima fruit buyer praised Sunnyside, noting he bought 80 carloads and offered 38 dollars a box for Grimes Golden, indicating exceptional fruit brightness and demand.
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Moxee Valley
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Yakima Valley
Wenatchee
Rogue River
War era talk by ex governor Van Sant at club
Commander Van Sant of the Grand Army of the Republic addressed civil war veterans and women’s relief corps at a local club event. He spoke on how the war affected families, noting many wives and sweethearts waited at home while men fought and the personal sacrifices endured.
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Home Guard
van Sant
Minnesota
Grand Army
Department of Minnesota
Grand Army of the Republic
Women's Relief Corps
Feneraul
Wellman’s Second North Pole Balloon Attempt Fails
Walter Wellman and crew attempted to sail over the North Pole in a balloon from Camp Wellman Spitzbergen. After an initial successful rise to 25 mph a rope with 1000 pounds of provisions broke, the craft rose and was towed to Fram but a gale and a final tow bag explosion doomed the mission. no further flights are planned this year.
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Camp Wellman
Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Earth
Fram
Foley's Orino Laxative advertised for indigestion
An advertisement promotes Foley's Orino Laxative for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims to stimulate the stomach and liver, regulate the bowels, cure habitual constipation, and relieve sick headache and biliousness. North Yakima Drug Store, A. D. Sloan, Prop.
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North Yakima
A. D. Sloan
New Mail Boxes Placed Across City by Postmaster
Postmaster W. L. Lemon has completed installing 11 new mail collection boxes at varied city spots. Locations include south Seventh Avenue opposite the school, south Eleventh and Spruce, south Third and Chestnut, north Third and B, north First and F, Yakima Avenue and Fourth, Naches and Beech, south Sixth and Spruce, south Sixth and Pine, and north Third and H streets.
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W. L. Lemon
Seventh Avenue
School House
Eleventh Avenue
Spruce
Third Avenue
Chestnut
Third
Yakima Avenue
Fourth Street
Naches
Beech
Praise for Harriman on Kaiser's looming end
The Harrisburg dispatch notes escalating public interest in Harriman's return as the Kaiser Wilhelm II nears his pier. Alexander Miller lauds Harriman as a heartfelt, patriotic American while Wall Street shows disappointment at his continued absence from active management of vast interests.
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New York
Harriman
Alexander Miller
Harriman Jimes
Wall Street
Yakima County to Display Fruit at Chicago Land and Irrigation Show
Yakima County will have a 500 square foot exhibit at the Chicago Land and Irrigation exposition in November. The display, built by the Horticultural Union and Yakima growers, will feature premier fruit and was funded with nearly 500 raised in two hours. A Yakima Chicago committee of W. W. Butler C. H. Furman and W. N. Irish will coordinate valley clubs for the display and publicity.
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Chicago
Horticultural Union
Yakima
R. B. Cross
Land and Irrigation Exposition
A.Y.P. Committee
W. W. Butler
Grandview
C. H. Furman
Zillah
W. N. Irish
North Yakima
Farmers Move to Towns In Kansas Exodus
Secretary F D Coburn warns Kansas farmers holding money yet vacating farms to towns. He fears tenant farmers will neglect land, leaving future generations to bear the consequences. Coburn just toured central Kansas and noted many owners retiring from farming.
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Coburn
Kansas
Topeka
Kas
F. D. Coburn
Agricultural Department
Prospecting for Yakima River gold near Ellensburg
California miners W F Beeson and Albert Brown arrive to explore gold finds along the Yakima river below Thrall with W T Lewis. They plan to shallow dredge near Ellensburg, test confluences, and if paying quantities are found, build a steam dredge to process bedrock deposits.
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Ellensburg
W. F. Beeson
Albert Brown
California
Yakima River
W. T. Lewis
P. H. W. Ross
Lewis
QO. O. Felkner
Yakima
Glider Flies Over Moxee Plains Stirs Cattle
A novelty glider darts over the Moxee meadows provoking cattle to flee in alarm. Gordon Bell, nephew of Alexander Graham Bell, is noted for a tetrahedral aeroplane design gaining attention in these progressive days.
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Moxee
Jersey
Gordon Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Glider Flight Captivates Moxee Valley Onlookers
A young flyer uses a Bell designed glider in the Moxee valley with George Ker assisting. The craft, an engineless precursor to the aeroplane, glides from a hill and proves capable of sustained flight, leaving hop pickers gawking at the sky and speculating on engine power.
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Moxee
George Ker
Moxee Valley
Bell
Ker
Wrights
School of Applied Aeronautics
Mr. Bell
Invention Talks Fizzle Over Aircraft Plans
The article notes uncertainty about placing an engine on board and creating a real aeroplane. It mentions Mr Bell on the sound hearing his parents and Mr Ker postponing discussion, attributing the invention to his nephew.
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Mr. Bell
Ker
Moving picture show planned for Toppenish by Pacius and Chamberlin
Rumor from the Toppenish Review says a new cinema is planned with B. J. Pacius former Mabton Chronicle editor and proprietor and Dr. Chamberlin a North Yakima dentist. Both men are skilled musicians Pacius on violin and Chamberlin on mandolin.
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Toppenish
B. J. Pacius
The
Mabton Chronicle
Chamberlin
North Yakima
Pacius
Toppenish Review
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Sherif Lancaster
Wil Did
Wellman
OGRE
Yakima County
Mr. Ross
Missouri River
STARR
Edison Phonographs
Victor Talking Machines
Columbia Graphophones
PHO
Lili Yakima Ave
Munn & CO
Flaw York
F St
Washington
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