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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
8
Local residents announce moves and visits including T. L. Irwin buying 14 Hall Ave home and family moving in. Several locals return from trips to the south east or sound cities, attend church conferences, or visit relatives.
Alfalfa will start classes September 6 with Prof. Edwards as teacher. Visitors included Mrs. Gelhart from Orchardyate and Roy Rarick from Toppenish. I I Burfield from Sotus aided repair work on the schoolhouse. Wilbur Durham improves after malaria treatment by Dr McCraken of Zillah. W L Hatch becomes foreman on the Shardlow ranch in Orchardvale recently sold to eastern buyers.
The Yakima Suburban Orchard Co members and associates visited Soda Springs by four horse rig and returned home soon after. Belle Chandler, recently in Ahtanum, resumed teaching in Seattle schools. Woodhouses and Woodcocks enjoyed Mt Adams trip with fishing, and Ernest Woodcock attended a Nob Hill reception for Yakima Realty and Investment Co.
Len H. Rolph and family visited from the Horse Heaven with the W. A. Kelso family. Funeral conducted by Rev. Gordon of Prosser for a young Japanese hotel employee. Kiowa livery owners repainted storefronts. Petitions circulate to license alcohol in unorganized county areas, with a lively campaign anticipated. G. N. Hughes and family returned from Walla Walla and Portland. Ira L. Fox returns to Prosser after work in the Horse Heaven. Harvest winds down. grain moving to warehouses. watermelons and cantaloupes selling well. Third alfalfa cutting nearly finished with larger stacks. J H. Kennedy back from Spokane with fruit output. NP railroad has no linemen actively wiring the area. Prof. W. C. Wright is noted in run.
A candidate seeking the nomination for county superintendent of schools is in town after touring the county and reporting satisfaction with the results. J. M. Warren finished flume work for Calhoun, Denny & Ewing Co. and returns to manage local construction. Kelso Bros. Co. overhauled their grain warehouse as grain begins hauling in. W. C. Warren works for Kelso Bros. Co. repairing stock corral and building wagon sheds.
Union men plan a Labor Day program featuring a 10 30 parade along Yakima avenue with police and craft unions, a speech by P W Dowler of Seattle, races and games, a park gathering at Sumach with a union music filled ball at Eagles Hall, and a full day of festivities and prizes.
Charley Wenner teased Jones from Ellensburg by rigging a yellow dog with ribbons and wires to greet No 5 at the station. The scene sparked laughter as Wenner kept the joke alive while Jones awaited arrival, while Elks were also wired to meet Jones when the dog arrives.
A Chicago bound laborer, about 30, found lying with his head on a westbound rail near Standard Oil tanks, had bread, cash, and a Chicago Labor Agency deposit. Witnesses saw him intoxicated earlier. investigators note no violence, but a cowcatcher and wheels caused decapitation.
A widower aged over sixty with a peaceful home ten acres of land and R F D telephone seeks correspondence with a woman aged forty to sixty. Dark hair and eyes preferred. Object matrimony. Photographs exchanged after first letter. Address Bert Parsons R F D 2 Box 94 A Oregon City Oregon.
T R Fisher Republican candidate for Sheriff profiles a career from harness trade apprentice in Paris Illinois to western farmer in Ellensburg and North Yakima. He emphasizes business experience, public service as North Yakima councilman, and promises strict, economical administration with merit-based appointments.
A marriage license was issued to T. A. Lindstrom of Tacoma and Susie Dickson of Chewelah, both deaf and employed as teachers at the state school for deaf children. In Lewiston 40,000 eastern brook trout fry are released by deputy wardens for streams nearby. In Toppenish the public schools open September 12 with over 800 pupils expected and A. R. Roberts named principal. In Spokane fresh snowfall on high Clearwater mountains follows calm weather. three parties totaling 25 men are surrounded but safe as leaders are seasoned mountain men.
The council will discuss buying more hoses and hose carts at the next meeting. An order for fire hydrants was placed earlier, and a recent business district fire that destroyed four buildings highlighted the need for complete fire appliances to combat blazes.
Olympia officials push for elimination of grade crossings with special authority to target dangerous spots including near Bluffs on the Interurban and crossings on the Grays Harbor branch of the Northern Pacific and at Elma. Clarkston council approves purchase of 1000 feet.
Continued political activity focuses on county and state aspirants and the fall election on the permanent location of Grant county seat. The current seat sits at Ephrata.
Victoria reports that the Methodist church discipline restricting dancing theatergoing and similar conduct has been replaced by a general admonition. The change came at the general conference after a heated debate sparked by a report from a 35 member commission. The proposed substitution failed to gain favor.
S W Bends of Coal City Alabama says he found perfect health with Dr King's New Life Pills after 12 years of liver and kidney trouble. He calls them best pills for constipation malaria headache dyspepsia and debility and notes they cost 25 cents at Clark's Pharmacy.
The page features residents criticizing political pledges and endorsements. One writer notes a pledge to back the top vote-getter for the legislative seat while another denies rumors that Sheriff Day promised Joe Lancaster as his deputy. Day emphasizes a clean efficient administration if elected.
If taken just when you feel you are going to be sick, you will never know what serious illness is. It purifies the blood and drives out disease before it takes hold. Such is Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. None other so effective and sure. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. D. H. Fry.
Notice announces the annual stockholders meeting and election of five trustees for one year to be held September 3, 1910, at 1 p.m. in the City Council Room North Yakima Court House, with other business to be transacted as required.
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