Testimonials From Pacific Live Stock Across the West
Letters of thanks and settlement notices from Spokane to Pendleton and Seattle praise the Pacific Live Stock Association. They document insured horse deaths, policy assignments, and full settlements with banks and firms including Bradstreet Dunn Old National Bank and Pendleton Savings Bank, dated 1905 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet, Dunn
Old National Bank
Spokane
Wash
Pendleton
Ore
Pacific Live Stock Association
W. M. Hunter
John Considine
Pacific Livestock Association
Harry Green
Wenatchee
Fagle Livery & Transfer Co., Inc
Treas. Lind
Oregon
Washington
W. Jewett
THE
Pendleton Savings Bank
T. J. Morris
W. P
Hop Picker Labor Surge Boosts Yakima Valley Harvest
Hop growers report eased labor worries as outsiders from the Sound plan to pick hops. Pay remains around $1 per box with negotiations ongoing, and growers expect ample turnout before frost. Secretary Hitchcock funnels federal reclamation funds to arid west projects, with Klamath and other sites receiving multi million dollar allotments to begin yielding returns soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browera
Yakima Valley
Prosser Men Discuss Irrigation Drives in Benton County
Prosser men C W Nessley and T H Cavanaugh visited Tacoma after touring Chehalis. They report government irrigation under the reclamation law advancing east of the mountains with surveys in Benton county. Sunnyside ditch may reach 50 000 acres, with headwaters projects planned to irrigate up to 400 000 acres. Benton county, formed in 1905, has a 2 100 square mile farming area. Rattlesnake and Horse Heaven lands require little irrigation, while wheat and fruit prospects grow strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Nevada
Klamath
Ore
Umatilla
Salt River
Arig
Huntley
Mont
Yellowstone
Milk River
Sun River
Truckee-Carson
Minidoka
Ida
Payette-Boise
Yuma
Cal-Arig
Okanogan
Wash
Tieton
Sunnyside
Indian Res
C. W. Nessley
T. H. Cavanaugh
Prosser
Tacoma
Chehalis
Benton County
Tacoma Ledger
Mr. Cavanaugh
Yakima Valley
Irrigation Service
Cavanaugh
Horse Heaven
Prosser Commercial Club
Benton
Yakima Real Estate Co Plans East Tour to Indiana State Fair
The Yakima Real Estate Co prepares advertising material for a tour through the east ending at the Indiana state fair. Messrs. C. O. Bradshaw and J. E. Fitch will lead a carload of Yakima valley fruit to exhibit at multiple stops, aiming to recruit a colony of Hoosier immigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Real Estate Co
Indiana State Fair
Yakima Valley
Messrs
C. O. Bradshaw
J. E. Fitch
Coffin Bros Offers 42-Piece Gold Band Dinner Set
A 42 piece decorated gold band dinner set is advertised at 2.90 dollars, below its 6.00 dollar regular price, in a Coffin Bros sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffin Bros
Mrs. Sadie Hanson Buried in Yakima County
The 27 year old Mrs. Sadie Hanson died at Waterville from a heart and kidney disease and was buried Friday in Tahoma Cemetery. She was daughter of Silas H. Woolsey and wife of P. J. Hanson, with two children surviving. Services were at A. J. Shaw & Sons parlor with Rev. Henry of the M. E. church presiding. A male quartet performed as pallbearers accompanied by numerous relatives from Waterville to the rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Hanson
Waterville
Kright
Hanson
Silas H. Woolsey
Nebraska
Ahtanum Valley
Cle Elum
Ahtanum
P. J. Hanson
A. J. Shaw & Sons
Henry
M. E. Church
Messrs
Warren Erwin
Otis Fry
Herman Crawford
Harold Curtis
Tahoma Cemetery
Injured in Runaway Near Moxee
Mrs. W. A. Bell and her brother Harader were thrown from a buggy when their horse frightened near Moxee. Mrs. Bell suffered back injuries while Harader sustained cuts and head bruises. Both were not thought to be fatally hurt and received medical care at the Bells residence on Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxee
W. A. Bell
Harader
Mr. Bell
Fell
The
Bells
Sixth Street
Death of A. W. Howard in local home
Albert W. Howard died at his North First street residence Saturday morning of old age. He was 92 years old and survived by an aged wife and seven married children. Sons A. E. Howard, a noted contractor, and Frank Howard, a carpenter, are well known in the city. A native of New York, he moved to the area in 1903 to join his sons and had lived here since. The funeral is set for today at A. J. Shaw & Sons parlors with interment in Tahoma cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Howard
North First Street
A. E. Howard
Ditter Block
Frank Howard
New York
A. J. Shaw & Sons
Tahoma Cemetery
Indian manhunt after Wapato stabbing near Wapato
Charley Winger, an Indian resident near Wapato, stabbed a white man named August Smith Friday afternoon while riding with him. Deputy Sheriff John Edwards is pursuing the assailant on the reservation and intends to bring him to county jail. | A Walla Walla Produce Co. official, Co. R. Offner, reports heavy shipping from the valley with three cars daily, including Bartlett pears Crawford peaches and Italian prunes. A car of melons was also sent east from Toppenish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Winger
Wapato
August Smith
John Edwards
R. Offner
Walla Walla
Conconully Fight Lands Bill Joyce Under Arrest
Bill Joyce, 70, is held on assault charges after a confrontation with Judge Alvin W. Barry, 71, in Conconully Thursday morning. The clash stemmed from a water rights lawsuit where Joyce was a principal and Barry acted as opposing counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conconully
Bill Joyce
Alvin W. Barry
Joyce
Barry
Granger Surveys Seek Crossing Over Northern Pacific
Consulting Engineer Bienenfeldt and Chief Engineer Pitman visited Granger to survey three possible crossings over the Northern Pacific tracks. A nearby grade crossing west of the depot, an east depot site with an overpass, and a third near the depot are being considered. The choice depends on negotiations with the Northern Pacific and potential town street closures for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
Bienenfeldt
North Coast Railway
Pitman
Northern Pacific
Corps of Engineers
Snipes‘ Mountain
Water rights offered for sale by Northern Pacific Irrigation
Kiona Aug 24 M A McBean superintendent of the Kiona canal reports the canal owner Northern Pacific Irrigation company has again offered water rights for sale. Prices now stand at 50 dollars per acre for lands adjacent to the railway station and 40 dollars for other lands. Last fall prices were 35 dollars and a further rise is promised next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiona
M. A. McBean
Kiona Canal
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company
Steel railway coaches tested for fireproof design
The Pennsylvania Railroad completed a sample all steel coach at Altoona weighing about 103000 pounds, with a central box girder frame and heavy steel side panels. The car features cork filled doors, steel roof, cement flooring, fireproof lining, and plush fireproof seats. Trials compare heat and sound performance to wooden coaches as plans for many steel cars and steel sleeping cars evolve, with tunnels project prompting further design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Pennsylvania
New York
North
East
Pullman Company
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Walhington
Office OF
Department OF Insurance
Sam H. Nichols
J. H. Schively
Olympia
Pacifig Livestock Association of
Insurance Department of Washington
Livestock Insurance Association
A.C. Ruby
Gee Mr. Ruby
Pacific Coast
Peters & Powell
Dexter Horton
Seattle
Ruabans Tank
Tran
Lam
Prince
W.A. Peters
W. J. Furnish
J. A. Borie
J. W. Maloney
C. W. Vroom
Calhoun & Webb
International Contract Company
C. E. Fowler
South 2Nd Street
Roma Bldg
Yakima
Hitchcock
Interior Department
Federal Reclamation Fund
Carlsbad
Garden City
Kan
Klamath Project
Sunnyside Canal
Mrs. Hanson
Yakima County
Mr. Harader
A. W. Howard
North Coast
Steel Railway Coaches
Hollister
Case
F. Stanley Millichamp’s Bakery & Ice Cream Parlor
East Yakima Ave
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