Selah Fruit Co forms in Yakima valley with $256000 capital
Ohio stockholders form the Ohio Selah Fruit Co with Robert Webster as president and incorporation papers filed for a 256000 share capital. A new boardwalk is under construction on South Fifth Avenue from Yakima to Walnut. A Yakima couple, Charles E Whitnack and Elsie D Mercer, receive a marriage license. Local officials including S R Justham mayor and E W Glenn visit the city for business. Sheriff McNeil and G T Longworth are seen in town. Several social notes follow, including a funeral, skating rink opening, high teacher exam success, YMCA meeting plans, and a dog incident at Yakima Ave.
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Ohio Selah Fruit Co
Ohio
Yakima Valley
Robert Webster
Charles E. Whitnack
Elsie D. Mercer
Toppenish
S. R. Justham
Roslyn
A. G. McNeil
Benton County
G. T. Longworth
Cle Elum
Gladys Eaton
Milton
Ore
Luhman
Elberta Rosenstock
A. J. Shaw & Sons
Tahoma Cemetery
Tieton Hall
Official Vote on President: Taft Carries Washington
Final figures show Taft carried Washington by a plurality of 47 979 votes.
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Taft
Washington
Lines of Battle Drawn In White Plague Fight
National study warns beds for tuberculous destitutes fall far short of need with under 15,000 beds for a 600,000 living cases. Regions with most beds are New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, Massachusetts. some states have fewer than twenty beds and others none. Experts urge isolation of advanced cases in hospitals or homes to curb spread and lower death rates. campaign to expand beds aims to save up to 100,000 lives annually.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States Bureau of the Census
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Koch
Arthur Newsholme
National Association
Lawsuit Filed Against East Selah Irrigation Co
Engineer A L Smith has started suit in the superior court against the North Yakima and East Selah Irrigation Co and Clark O'Brien president of the company. Lynch Grady represent the defendants and a demurrer by H J Snively has been filed with no further papers yet recorded.
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East Selah Company
A. L. Smith
North Yakima and
East Selah Irrigation Co
Clark O’brien
Lynch & Grady
H. J. Snively
Pinesalve Carbolized Poultice Advertised
Pine salve carbolized acts like poultice drawing out inflammation and poison. Antiseptic beating. For chapped hands lips cuts burns. Bold by C. W. Camp West Side Druggist. Herald want ads bring results.
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C. W. Camp
West Side Druggist
Advertised Letters at North Yakima Post Office
Unclaimed letters dated December 12, 1908 include names Alexander Willie Bergquist Oscar Bullis Mrs Mand ell Bodaie Churchill Geny Clark W A Davis J Newton Ford Joseph L. The list presents individuals awaiting pickup at the North Yakima postal facility.
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North Yakima
Alexander
Willie
Bergquist
Oscar. Bullis
Mandell
Bodaie. Churchill
Geny
Clark
W. A. Davis
J. Newton
Ford
Joseph L
Meigs Favored by Anti Saloon League Leader
In Spokane interview Rev. Royal W. Raymond ex state head of the anti saloon league predicts L O Meigs of North Yakima will win the speaker of the house post in Olympia He cites 54 pledges plus verbal support from legistslative members as proof of a safe majority Slayden Tacoma candidate is criticized for voting against local option and helping to block the bill two years ago
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Anti-saloon League
L. O. Meigs
Olympia
Spokane
Royal W. Raymond
Anti-Saloon League of Washington
Raymond
Antisaloon League
Meigs
Seattle
Bremerton
Sound
R. W. Raymond
North Yakima
Tacoma
Committee On Public Morals
Indorsements and a Divorce Claim Highlight Local Politics
The report notes that the indorsed candidate for speaker, the chairman, secretary and floor leader were all men who opposed a local option two years earlier. It also covers Mr. Raymond expressing satisfaction at the collapse of the rumor that his wife had filed for divorce.
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Raymond
Cosgrove Will Be Governor If He Recovers
A telegram from Howard Cosgrove reports Governor-elect Cosgrove improving at Paso Robles California. He may walk unaided soon and could be sworn in from his bedside or in Olympia in January depending on his recovery and weather.
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Grove
Howard Cosgrove
Paso Robles
Cal
Washington
Father
Sawyer
Admiral Evans
Sam
Magdalena
Olympia
Settlement Reached in Clark Grant Ranch Case
The suit by Joseph Clark and others against Ronald A Grant over the Grant ranch in the northwest part of the city is settled out of court. Deputy Sheriff Grant receives a $15,000 mortgage on the property and Clark and others assume a $2,000 mortgage. Grant relinquishes his interest in the property valued between $40,000 and $45,000.
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Clark-Grant
Joseph Clark
Ronald A. Grant
Grant Ranch
Grant
Clark
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