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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1907
Page
4
Gilbert Tessier, five, son of J Tessier, separated from parents while shopping in North Yakima. Found by police enjoying toy loads and said he knew the way home, then allowed to go. By midnight he remained missing as worried parents, new arrivals, feared for his safety.
Engineer Jacobs of the reclamation service announces the Sunnyside canal enlargement near Prosser will start after bids and contracts are awarded. About 30 000 cubic yards of earth and rock will be excavated. Prosser council approves 22 new street lights to be installed by the electric company, promising brighter nights. Robert W Moore of Prosser completes a Meade avenue building for a tailoring and steam cleaning plant.
Prof. S Meany of the University of Washington received the published reports of former commanders of the department of the Columbia from Maj Gen A W Greely. The records cover northwest and Alaska activities since 1878, including the Nez Perce campaign Bannock War Chinese riots Puget Sound 1886 and Coeur d Alenes mining troubles 1892. Generals Miles Otis Shafter Funston led the department in various years, with their reports valued for history. Washington State Historical Society is allowed to copy manuscripts at Vancouver barracks dating to the 1850s when U S Grant served as a lieutenant and quartermaster.
Testimonials from North Yakima and nearby towns claim Hyomei cures catarrhal troubles. C C Case backs with a money back guarantee if it fails to deliver. The formula is disclosed to physicians and is protected under the Pure Food and Drug Law Serial No 1418. The remedy is inhaled through a pocket inhaler and targets air passages to destroy germs.
The annual teachers institute meets in the city next Monday with an expected 200 participants. Leading instructors include H. B. Dewey J. H. Morgan H. G. Lull D. C. Reed Miss Helen G. Carrick James Bever Miss Loester Anthon Miss Carrie Young F G Bennett Miss Ninan Towne and others. A long schedule covers openings section work and talks on educational progress business education citizenship and character with daily chairmen and sessions through Friday. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is advertised as a remedy for digestive and urinary discomfort.
A New York daily paper reprints a plain remedy claimed to cure backache and kidney or bladder trouble before Bright's disease stage. Fluid Extract Dandelion half ounce, Compound Karo n one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla three ounces. Shake and take teaspoonful after meals and at bedtime. A local druggist says ingredients are harmless and affordable and notes the tonic may aid kidney cleansing and waste filtration.
An old advertisement proclaims Pinesalve Carbolized as a poultice that draws out poison and inflammation and promotes antiseptic healing. It is marketed for chapped hands lips cuts and burns and sold by C. W. Camp.
North Coast president Robert E. Strahorn says electricity may power trains over Cascade mountains once the line is built. He notes some short lines use electricity where local power is available, but long transcontinental routes are not practical. He cautions the Clealum river power plant project may relate but offers no firm commitment.
An advertisement urges strengthening stomach walls to aid digestion with Mi o na tablets before meals. It promises relief from headaches heartburn bad taste sleeplessness and other indigestion symptoms and guarantees a refund if not cured within the offer period.
Spokane banks report cash and due from banks totaling 6.58 million dollars at the Dec 3 call, up 20 percent from August. Deposits declined by about 1.5 million in three months. Clearing house certificates exceeded 1 million, with Bank of Montreal and several small banks excluded from the totals.
Total sums report 19,417,341.42 for December and 20,970,605.96 for August. Loans and discounts are itemized for Spokane and Eastern 1,499,687.53 Exchange National 2,895,360.01 and Traders' National 3,684,554.92.
The document lists several totals including 4,811,209.85 and 3,924,778.33 with dates Dec 3 and Aug 22 respectively. It also notes 1,418,280.88 and states a reported 3,500,000 due from Chicago and New York banks in connection with the foregoing.
A letter from F. E. Fairbanks of North Yakima asks whether to pull poor growers or reset apple trees after a poor first season. Expert guidance advises leaving trees to mature if not harmed by pests, noting transplanting slows growth but eventual recovery is likely. Another reader seeks apple ID. the author identifies the Mammoth Black Twig, now called Arkansas, and explains it matches the fruit described.
An advertisement touts Man Zan Put collapsible tube with nozzle as pain free treatment for piles. The product is priced at 50 cents and sold by C. W. Camp.
A grain coffee substitute named Golden Grain Granules is marketed as 100 percent pure and nourishing for men women and children. It is promoted as a preferable cereal beverage available through Yakima Grocery Co. and North Yakima jobbers after resonating with 14000 attendees at Pure Food shows in the region.
The Russian courtmartial of Lieutenant General Stoesel opens in St. Petersburg with nine generals presiding and charges including surrendering Port Arthur before resources were exhausted. Co-defendants General Sook and General Reiss face minor charges while Stoesel’s health concerns loom as doctors fear his condition after two paralytic strokes.
Seattle reports completion of a 200 foot wireless telegraph tower at the University of Washington. The station is the last link in a chain from Panama along the Pacific coast to Alaska and Russia, designed for practical maritime use and academic study with visitor access to a glassed compartment in the instrument bungalow. Builders expect operation within a week.
An advertisement touts Ring's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to awaken lazy livers clear the system and beautify the skin. The copy claims relief from biliousness and sick headache and lists a price of 25 cents with sale terms implied.
Rail road switchmen coupled the jail at St. Regis Montana to a through freight last night pulling a box car filled with prisoners from the district. Deputy Sheriff William Tissue had gone to Middletown leaving a cleanup to free the town from its new inmate collection.
Fragmentary notice lists city plats and a price comparison for roof stain at Scott's Lumber Yard. It mentions a stain cost eight shillings per thousand less than a rival product and references the Herald Office for plats.
Judge Veigh of the United States court issued an order restraining Mutual Reserve Life Insurance from adopting a proposed by laws amendment that would effectively place a lien on policies and affect abatements due under policy terms. Officers were also enjoined from voting proxies sent by policyholders.
Alumni from Columbia, Pennsylvania, Bucknell, Chicago, Virginia, Minnesota, California, Stanford, Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue will form a Spokane chapter. Harvey of California elected secretary of the preliminary group planning Saturday luncheons and an annual banquet. The chapter seeks Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Tennessee and Missouri alumni to join.
O S Wootever, a prominent Le Raysville merchant, testifies the Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him of piles twenty years ago. The product promises relief for sores wounds burns and abrasions and is sold for 25 cents at C C Case’s drug store.
During fall sales from September 1 to October 31 the Denver and Rio Grande railroad moved 1981 homeseekers tickets to the northwest, a gain of 2817 from last year and more than a fifty percent increase in business.
Mrs N E Miller court stenographer plans return to Prosser to report two criminal cases. She has visited here this past week and notes Prosser is her old home.
Fine furniture advertised with a claim of small profit on this investment. Coffin Bros promotes low prices and value in their offerings.
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