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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1901
Page
12
An ad touts Palace Bakery and Dining Hall offering guaranteed satisfaction across all branches. It highlights practical workmanship, first class materials, and promises of satisfying restaurant and canteen services plus a claim of the best cigars in the city.
Washington congressman W L Jones proposes selling grazing lands at 1.25 per acre with 25 cents down and four annual payments. Tracts capped at 320 acres, purchasable by owners or occupants, contiguous to their land, with one purchase per person. Bill seeks reader comment on amendments and benefits to farmers.
The act allows sale of surveyed U S lands in Washington not part of reservations to U S citizens or settlers declaring intent, in parcels up to 320 acres at 1.25 dollars per acre. It preserves bona fide claims, mining rights, water rights, and ditch or canal rights, with procedures for purchase and proof of non cultivation and grazing use.
The act requires oath integrity under penalty of perjury and forfeiture for false swearing. It sets a sixty day notice period in the land office, a publication requirement, and criteria for entry and patent upon payment, with objections allowed and eligibility tied to contiguous land ownership. It also limits purchases to one per person and directs regulations by the General Land Office.
J C Ouronant, member of the Cyclists Touring Club council, argues basalt from the local area is superior for roadwork and criticizes limestone as unsuitable. He notes limestone’s carbonate composition and warns macadam surfaces may not endure town traffic.
The Moro Land Co of Moro Oregon purchased 7000 acres in the Horse Heaven country from Leo Brune at a very small figure. This brings the company's total holdings in the district to 30000 acres.
Representative Jones introduced a bill granting Yakima Irrigation Co. right of way to build an irrigation canal through the Yakima Indian reservation. The company may appropriate water from the Yakima river and receive land for storage reservoirs and canal links. The Interior Secretary will set compensation to Indians for damages, with a ten year construction timeline and a three year five mile deadline under penalty of forfeiture of rights.
C H Gray and F L Hartman began their final cattle drive to Yakima last Saturday. They anticipate feeding about 800 to 1,000 head at Yakima this winter.
Directors of School District No 56 Moxee invite bids by noon December 24 1901 for erecting a frame school building. Plans and specifications are with the clerk. The board may reject all bids. By order of the Board H Garrettson Clerk.
Chester White hogs for sale seek male pigs addressed to 11 M. Gilbert at residence 1.5 miles west of North Yakima Washington. Also noting cough remedies and Bromo Quinine tablets for colds. Oil cake meal promoted to increase milk yield and fatten calves. Coffin Bros. 48-tf
A Chappaqua man sues his neighbor for damages claiming the neighbor built a dam on his land forming a pond that has become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. The lawsuit seeks redress for property harm and nuisance.
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