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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
2
Office hours 2 p m. Residence 210 S Naches. Phone 823. Dr Weyer listed alongside Dr Lynch in a small professional directory entry.
Physicians and surgeons advertise an X ray laboratory connected with their Sloan Elk office offering treatment and examination by X rays. Prompt day or night service. Residence listed as 3 N Naches Ave with separate home phone numbers for Dr Wells and Dr Nagler.
Dr. David Rosser, physician and surgeon, operates office over Janeck's Drug Store with residence at Cor Sixth and Chestnut. Office hours 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. He serves as a member of the Pension Board.
Paris reports the French government weighs denying President Castro a landing in France after Caracas expulsion. Castro, said to be ill, would be allowed to land at Bordeaux or pass through Berlin but not come to Paris, with port officials to verify his intentions.
Seattle judge Carroll H. Graves states that cities of the second and third classes share identical powers to construct purchase and operate water works. The opinion, dated November 27, 1900s, to Jesse H. Rose, confirms cities may pay cash or issue bonds and may acquire and maintain water systems for the public supply.
Mon afternoon reports describe bold hold ups causing residents to hire cabs after dark. Theories link these crimes to a group thought to be in the city but not hobos, with a hint of amateurism in the stick ups. Alexander was shot during an early incident after clutching a bundle. he is reported progressing. A man found loitering in the railroad yards Monday night was detained by police.
In Sunnyside Washington on Thanksgiving day a rabbit roundup drew over 100 hunters. Thirty horsemen and seventy five on foot encircled 40 to 100 acres of sagebrush, killing about 250 jack rabbits at 10 cents each. An Indian from near Toppenish joined the drive. A New Year’s drive is planned to protect fruit trees.
C Roy King, previously index clerk in the county auditor office, is named chief deputy county clerk by A W Barr. The resigning deputy's term ends Monday night and King starts Thursday after a brief orientation with County Clerk Ward. A prominent North Yakima figure, he leads the Ellis North Yakima lodge and holds many local connections. The auditor's office will announce his successor.
The North Yakima area forms a fruit growers association to manage packing and shipping. Leaders including Dr. Granville Lowther reject direct wagon loading and consigning, pledging careful supervision of orchard packs and all grower interests from the start.
Reports from Yakima Valley fruit growers show near unanimous support for forming a regional shipping association. J. E. Shannon and others say 75 to 80 percent of growers shipping through the point favor joining to regulate shipments and stabilize prices across markets.
Ralph B. Fisher chairman of the Oregon State Bar grievance committee was shot in his Portland office by J. A. Finch a disbarred lawyer. Finch claimed not to have killed Fisher and denied insanity while admitting shock over disbarment and the incident. Fisher, 28, had practiced four years after coming from Troy Idaho and was connected to sympathy resolutions for Mrs Francis J Heney.
J H Evans owns ten acres southwest of Yakima city and produced nearly 6000 boxes of fruit this year. Arkansas Black apples from 64 trees in 0.81 acre yielded 1297 boxes and $852, about 1011 per acre, surprising neighbors and underscoring Yakima valley productivity despite low prices.
A Metz Germany resident asks Granger Washington officials to arrange direct shipments of Yaki ma valley apples labeled Granger. The postmaster forwards the letter to Dr. C C W Chamberlain and George P Eaton for action.
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