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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
2
CORRESPONDENCE reports Joe Reibe drills 1000 feet for Bismark Tucker and reaches 70 feet with 80 feet of water. A second artesian well will be drilled for domestic water. Local social notes mention visits among Sterling Colorado residents and area households.
R H Warnick visits W F Foster. Cowling named to study herd law enforcement steps. North Fork ladies host a gipsy party with each guest in costume. Cowiche residents praise the Donald railroad promise. Young folks harvest newlyweds Martin at a lawn party with oranges and games. Cowiche Sunday school picnic in Naches grove draws many with hay wagon fun. Prof James F Martin of Vollmer schools visiting his brother Geo A Martin. Threshing crews report good crops. S Busch attends Contehe to discuss local interests.
Gardner was bitten by a rattlesnake while inspecting a ditch in Selah last week. He killed the snake and survived the incident.
Tra Gune Aly Keys Walter and Harley Wexs returned Friday from a mortal runtrip. Barker and son Harold have returned from six weeks in California. J W Shannon's new house ne ar completion. Mrs Nelson Dickson James Parim Diehkeen Anna Nelson and Lela Iodds spent two delightful weeks in the mountains. They returned last week. Cuse were North Yakima visitors Saturday. Eva Shiumon weekend with Vera Aumiller North Yakima. In Ray’s absence Cooley Mr Sutton occupied Congregational pulpit last Sunday. His sermon was interesting, helpful and enjoyed by all. Clulow spent Saturday in Yakima. The Congregational Sunday school gathering was grand and well attended. Senior Bove beat Men's Civic glass 14 to 6. Mr and Mrs Sutton and son Stanley leave this week for their new home.
Seattle parties offer Hastings 500 an acre for nearby land but are rebuffed. J W Evans tours the vicinity seeking deals while Erl Finch plans a third alfalfa cut and anticipates a fourth. Drainage work hinges on Holden Wheeler contract issues and court decisions. Coal is unloaded at Lichty for hop drying as social visits occur in Beaum and Portland.
Mr A B Flint and son return from an eighteen day mountain trip with Mrs A B Flint and Miss Marie Ide seeking nature and speckled beauties. J G Wagner buys two thousand dollars of shelf hardware direct from eastern manufacturers with a new hardware building due September 10. Al Ready, a farmer north of Outlook, doubles or triples acre yield with scientific farming and shows a Russian thistle potato nest. J G Wright builds a one story house on his sister Mrs Ormsby’s farm with a steam heating plant. About twenty carloads of hay shipped from Outlook last week. Russ Mullett and John Klassen operate Crisswell and Schlosser well drilling in Mr Crisswell’s absence in Pennsylvania. Lee Sehler, Outlook postmaster, learns of his mother in law’s death in Oregon and leaves Friday night. Judd Ide of Ide & Son hay dealers drives him to Sunny Side. Dr Stulmaher returns from Yakima after rheumatism treatment by electric baths.
Miss Clara Vinny leaves for North Yakima to become principal at Wide Fellow school. Others travel to North Yakima for visits, concerts, or family duties. Atonal notes include library fair planning, a sick resident, and a fishing party.
Miss Tressa Maxwell will teach in Sunnyside schools starting next month, noted as an efficient educator. Granger visitors included Mrs PD Tf Martin and daughters Ada and Lottie. Eighth grade exams were held in the brick school by Prof. G W Murphy. Mrs. N W Avery left for a coastal visit with relatives.
The Misses Geffert of Ellensburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Ringling, with several locals traveling for visits and extended trips. Ellensburg hosts a street dancing party by the band with new asphalt paving, and residents plan further travel to Seattle Vancouver and Santa Monica for visits with relatives and friends.
North Yakima residents Mr and Mrs B F Y Mattox visit Cle Elum for mountain air. Horace Rand returns from Dr D Kearby visit. Ermil Cooper to Yakima. Crossley & Sons founder William Crossley tours Yakima fruit market. Various travelers and locals visit Yakima hotels on short stays.
This Yakima area item lists hop picker starts at Selah ranch with wages of one dollar per box, Elberta peach picking underway though much fruit remains green. It notes various residents and visitors, a planned rail siding, a new born, and a political column discussing tariff and presidential race context.
The record shows Senator Jones defending a veto over a tariff measure with calls for recall provisions and statehood debates for Arizona and New Mexico. He critiques Democratic secrecy in tariff crafting and notes opposition to the wool bill among Republicans while praising President Roosevelt for courage.
Accountant Frank M. Spain of Yakima county audited the Stevens and Pend d Oreille division. He visited Colville and Newport, then returned to complete a comprehensive report. Pend d Oreille will pay Stevens county warrants totaling 81000 as the settlement.
Secretary of the Interior Fisher completed a 400 mile trip along the Copper River valley and into Alaska's interior. In Chitina he greeted pioneers at a mass meeting and spoke of Alaska's present situation and future interests.
Denver reports J A Franklin international president of the Boilermakers and M T Ryan president of the carmen rush to San Francisco to avert trouble with Harriman lines. Three parties of twelve men each have passed through Denver in three days, most from Pennsylvania, with quiet passage.
A sound freighter Steamer Transport left Roche Harbor last night, sprang a leak, caught fire and sank at 11 p m. The crew were rescued in small boats. Wilbur Snyder of Seattle, the second engineer, fell overboard and drowned during the transfer. News reached Roche Harbor today.
In Cannonsburg Pennsylvania two victims were buried after a Saturday night theater panic. A majority of the 24 expected to be interred tomorrow. Deputy Factory Inspector Patterson finds no law violations in fire escapes. The theater manager offers 500 dollars for the person who shouted fire.
A $100 000 mortgage was filed by Cascade Lumber Company to Rand Lumber Company of Tow a to secure the loan. Payments total 40 000 28 000 10 000 9 000 7 000 5 000 and 1 000 due by February 1915. The mortgage covers 6963.72 acres in Naches and Kittitas counties and includes multiple sections and fractional parts described in township 15 range 15 and township 15 range 16. Additional property in Sittitas county is listed in sections 22 2 24 21 and 6 with specific fractional interests indicated.
The Herald reported the Horticultural union seeks fifty tons of pears two inches or larger for cannery use. The fruit would be shipped out of the valley to a cannery likely near Puyallup, with local experts noting canning should occur near the growing region for best quality. A Commercial Club committee is studying canneries and will report later, possibly taking winter action.
A Washington Star exchange between a hopeful patriot and Miss Cayenne centers on universal disarmament. The woman concedes progress but argues that criticism and suspicion remain as constants in society.
Laura Flickinger of North Yakima has filed to make final desert land proof on NipNEY Section 32 Township 14 N Range 21 E W Meridian. The hearing will occur before the Register and Receiver at North Yakima on October 11, 1911. Witnesses named: John H. Bacon William T. Stewart Harry Swenson Charles A. Day, all of North Yakima. Register Harry Y. Saint.
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