Local and Personal Mention in Yakima February 18 1902
Mrs. Harry Haywood of Tacoma visits Yakima. J. M. Perry travels to the Sound for business. Gladys Webber visits her brother H. A. Webber at Sunnyside. Rev. Cheal conducts Episcopalian services in Sunnyside. M. Schorn to build a $3000 residence at Natchez Ave and C Street. J. W. Turner and family visit Palo Alto and Los Angeles. Garrett Bros. sell wood yard to C. N. McIntyre of Easton. new managers assume operation. Dr. H. H. Hoffman and wife visit Lind. Lott from Yakima hardware visits Kennewick for a claim. Assessor Scott and family return from Everett. favorable remarks on Yakima business. School District No. 7 near debt limit, cannot build this year. A. H. Harris reports Yakima fruit growth prospects. County Assessor Rankin returns from North Yakima convention. Levy and Jackson of Toledo Scale install a scale at Yakima Cash Market. C. L. Brown leases O Libby building space for a barber shop. new quarters expected March. Ed Mulligan praised by fire department for aiding at Read steam laundry fire. arm fracture healing. Zillah weighing a new high school serving Liberty, Alfalfa, Toppenish districts and Zillah with $10,000 building planned. James Stephenson from Ellensburg journeys to Olatha Kansas. Briggs & Dam and North Yakima Furniture signings. Ernest Nash builds a cottage on a 10 acre tract near the fairgrounds.
Associations Merge to Strengthen Yakima Farm Protectors
The Husbandry and Cattle Growers association merged with the Yakima Husbandry group at the court house last Saturday. A. J. Splawn was named chairman and J. J. Wiley secretary, with several farmers appointed to a committee to pursue water shed protection and forest reserve legislation for the valley.
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Husbandry and Cattle Growers’ Association
Court House
Cattle Growers’ Association
Yakima Husbandry Association
A. J. Splawn
J. J. Wiley
Dan Sinclair
John Loudon
W. G. Griffiths
H. D. Winchester
T. D. Quinn
Yakima Valley
Snow Depth Promises Strong Valley Crops
The Cascade Miner reports mountains hold 25 feet of snow with daily falls and valleys near a foot, ensuring irrigation water and a prosperous year. Ditch promoters are urged to continue, as the project will become the valley’s greatest tax payer.
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Cascade
Train Delays From Damaged Bridge Over Squaw Creek
A Great Northern passenger train delayed by high water and a damaged bridge over Squaw Creek above Selah, causing Sunday and Monday trains to arrive around 7 a.m. Monday. The bridge had previously caused a January wreck when it gave way. A landslide west of Spokane shifted service to this route, with trains arriving after 1:15 p.m. on that day.
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Squaw Creek
Selah
Great Northern
Spokane
Farms and estate offerings in Sunnyside Washington
Real estate and livestock ads list 40 and 20 acre alfalfa and fenced tracts at 60 per acre with time terms, 3 business lots, a 24 by 60 store building for rent, 10 high acre tracts, a 12 room hotel with five lots rented 20 monthly, unimproved lands with perpetual water rights at 35 per acre, and a full blood Percheron stallion Aristarchin 71973 plus five Norman mares. Office in Norrie building opposite Hotel Sunnyside Sunnyside Washington.
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Sunnyside
Chicago
Bridge Abutments Undermined By High Creek
Water in the creek rose and undermined bridge abutments causing settlement. Temporary repairs followed and traffic resumed as trains now run on the line.
Congregational Church To Host New England Dinner
The Congregational church ladies announce a New England dinner in the former Greene Mercantile building at First street and Yakima avenue. The event starts Saturday by noon March 1 to raise funds for the church furnace installation.
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The
Congregational Church
Greene Mercantile Company
First Street
Yakima Avenue
Reduction of Taxes and County Property Listing Plan
Robert Scorr, Yakima County Assessor, urges property owners to meet the assessor and provide full property inventories with acres cultivated and land types. He aims to prepare tract books to standardize values, promote equity, and reduce taxes through uniform assessments.
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Yakima County
Iam
Robert Scorr
Smallpox Flares In Ellensburg Health Fears Rise
Ellensburg reports ongoing smallpox outbreaks with warnings from the Ellensburg Capital. The paper urges strict quarantines and heightened caution as typhoid also flares in summer, casting doubt on the town’s health status as a resort.
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Ellensburg
Ellensburg Capital
Zimmer Geisel Dissolution Notice
Notice declares the Zimmer and Geisel partnership dissolved by mutual consent. Business now conducted by G. E. Zimmer. Signed by G. E. Zier in North Yakima Washington on February 13, 1902.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim cure for cold in one day
Advertisement notes a cold cure with no cure, no pay and a 25 cent price. It also mentions poultry feeding tips with bone and oyster shells, and lists miscellaneous items including a coffin and buggy. The tone imitates an old newspaper classifieds blurbs.
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Coffin
Coffin Rte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston
Nhw
Madras
Yakima Herald
Harry Haywood
Tacoma
City
J. M. Perry
the Sound
Gladys Webber
H. A. Webber
Mr. Cheal
M. Schorn
Natchez Avenue
C Street
J. W. Turner
Palo Alto
Los Angeles
Cal
Garrett Bros
C. N. McIntyre
Easton
H. H. Hoffman
Lind
Charles F. Lott
Yakima
Kennewick
A. H. Harris
Walla Walla
North Yakima
Washington
Walla Walla Union
John R. Rankin
Goldendale
J. E. Levy
C. I. Jackson
Toledo Scale and Register Co
C. L. Brown
O. Libby
Lombardi& Horsley
Mr. Brown
Ed. Mulligan
Read
Zillah
Liberty
Alfalfa
Toppenish
Parker
James Stephenson
Olatha
Kan
Briggs & Dam
North Yakima Furniture Co
Ernest Nash
Florseshoeing
Blurton & Webster
Olympic
Ferry
Ferry & Co
Detroit
F. H. McCoy
Norrie Building
Hotel Sunnyside
Wash
Wallace-Coburn Hardware Co
Yakima Hardware Co
New England
Fawcett Bros
Gis A. Aus
Studebaker
Front
Cor
Krumbla
Marke
A. N. Short
Liggett & Short
Undertakers
North
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