Selah Valley canal upgrade to boost Yakima county growth
The Selah Valley Company to invest 10000 dollars to enlarge and remodel the canal to improve water service. New settlers and higher crops, especially potatoes, bolster Yakima county as rail plans a Venus spur station and a warehouse. The action aims to raise land under cultivation and county wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima County
Sound
Selah
Murphys
Venus Spur
Selah Valley Company
Ira. P. Englehart
Paul Schulze
Washington
Burlingame Pushes Moxee Canal Toward March Completion
The Moxee ditch project progresses with Burlingame guiding about one hundred workers and seventeen teams from The Dalles. Heavy grading near the hill advances, prelim camp at the valley set, and fluming from Yakima intake awaits ferry. completion deadline March 15 with penalties for delays.
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Moxee
Burlingame
Dalles
Yakima River
Buckley
Tacoma
Selah & Moxee Valley Canal Company
Tietan
Cowychee
North
Yakima
Wide Hollow
Yakima Indian Reservation
Selah & Moxee Canal
Irrigation Scheme Hailed as Vital for North Yakima Area
Tut Herato endorses a major irrigation project stating it could be the most valuable undertaking for North Yakima county and the state. He believes ample funds will be available and calls irrigation king for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tut Herato
Yakima
Letter From Dan Simmons Promises Good Prospecting
J H Simmons reports a letter from his brother Dan dated Galivan City Nome district Sept 25. Dan says he is working steadily has staked good claims with excellent prospects for winter and will employ several men. He notes 5 to the pan is common near his locations and expects to make money next year while sending greetings to Yakima friends and admitting mixed feelings about Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Simmons
Dan
Galivan City
Nome
Ile
Yakima
After Thirty Years Nicaragua Canal Feasibility Urged
The Nicaragua canal issue, before Congress since 1869, has support from Public sentiment and officials. The latest commission mirrors the first, with Nicaragua and Costa Rica favorable. agreements with England possible or no treaty required. Congress urged to authorize the project without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicaragua
Congress
Grant
Costa Rica
England
Portland
Newbro's Herpicide Promises Hair Cure For Baldness
A year of lab work yields Newbro's Herpicide claimed to cure baldness, stop hair loss, and erase dandruff by destroying the scalp germ believed to cause the condition. The ad asserts dandruff stems from a parasite and that eradicating it removes the hair problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbro
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Ad Sparks Cautions
An advertisement extols the original DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles eczema cuts burns and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit products from Quiett & Ayres' drug store. The piece includes a humorous barber patron exchange about soap as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt’s
Quiet & Ayres’ Drug Store
DeWitt
Quiett & Ayres
Mule Troubles and Moral Parables in a Crystal Era
A humorous slice shows a mule as a symbol of vexation amid a colored preacher recalling an ancient parable. It notes Dewitt's Little Risers as dainty pills for liver cleansing. It mentions FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR and a North Yakima Drug Store. It closes with a note on composer Henry Russell who died in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FOLEY
North Yakima
Methuselah
Henry Russell
London
Local Advertisements and Banking Coin Update
An old advertisement notes Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets as a one day cure for colds with no cure no pay and 25 cent price. It also reports Tacoma banks will accept Canadian coin at par, predicting Yakima banks will follow. DeWitt's Little Early Risers marketed as effective liver pills that never gripe by Quiett Ayres.
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Tacoma
Yakima
DeWitt
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Homhon
Telepee No
Oses
Yakima, Wash
Bister Superior
Ditter & Mechtel Bakery and Restaurant
Dinter & Mech
Yakima Ave
Hl. L. Tucker
Selah Valley Canal
Moxee Canal
Baldwin
Manuel Baldwin
San Francisco
Quiett & Ayres Drug Store
Dan Simmons
Quiett & Ayres’ Drug Store
Square Meals
Mele
Yakima Avenue
Lucy, Propr
C. W. Chamberlain
General Commission
Western Avenue
Seattle
Wash
Coffin Bros’ Premium
Bancroft Library
Cote Brothers Big Department Sore
Majestic
Tuk MajEsTic
United States
John Sawbridge
Gcc
Lincoln Proprietary
Fort Wayne
Ind
Quibtt & Ayres
Ages
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