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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
4
Eastern visitors arrive with wildly false ideas of the West. They expect perpetual sunshine, huge mountains, endless riches, and endless game. Walter Peterson recalls myths about wild West natives, big rivers, and abundant warmth, finding instead ordinary towns, mountains smaller than expected, and limited wildlife.
M. D. Baker, the county game warden, received twelve dozen Bob White quail to release along the river and in Kiowa and Horse Heaven. The birds, from Wichita Kansas at about $10 per dozen, are protected until September 1908 with a fine of 5 to 50 dollars for killing. Prosser Record.
D D Bates prominent Moxee rancher spent Christmas with relatives in Natchez and visited Yakima. He moved from Missouri last June and bought a Moxee ranch. Bates urges local citizens to improve streets and expects Yakima population to top 25 000 within eight to ten years.
A stylish ceremony united Roy Hedges of Spokane and Hattie E. Thomas of the city at 815 South Natchez avenue with Rev. Dr. Henry officiating. Witnesses Harold Davidson and Lenna Fulkerson assisted as about 80 guests attended. the couple will reside in Spokane after a wedding supper and farewell visit.
Secretary Wilson transmitted to the Department of Justice nine additions alleging railroad companies violated the 28 hour rule for confining stock on cars without food or water. The alleged offenders include Oregon Short Line Southern Pacific Union Pacific Lake Shore and Michigan Southern B and Q and Santa Fe. Prosecution will be pursued wherever evidence warrants and there are several hundred other cases under consideration by the agricultural department.
A Norfolk Virginia peanut dealer says the U S peanut crop totals about 11 000 000 bushels annually and that overall sales range from eight to ten million dollars.
The Western Federation of Miners executive board released its annual report denouncing President Roosevelt for backing Gooding a Standard Oil tool. It claims conspirators use Washington to push to judicial murder of reformers Moyer Haywood and Pettibone.
A. P. Davis assistant chief engineer of the reclamation service and D. C. Henry toured North Yakima inspecting Sunnyside dam and Tieton project progress. They planned to continue to Portland Yu ma Arizona to assess the Imperial valley Colorado river floods and damage.
New York December 29 Recorder Goff affirmed the conviction against Enrico Caruso the tenor for annoying women in the Central Park monkey house. Hannah Graham who filed the complaint need not be present in court the recorder said the offense was a breach of public order and decency not merely personal affront.
Governor Mead announces the reappointment of Dr. Elmer Heg of Seattle to the state board of health to succeed himself as his term expires.
The North Yakima Business College announces reopening after Christmas with two additional rooms added to the rear of the assembly hall to improve shorthand and typewriting work. The school serves about 70 day pupils and 20 night pupils and expects new enrollments next Wednesday. Principal Van Vliet praises the class and notes his 30 years of experience. His daughter Miss Van Vliet will join him soon, having previously worked with him in Buffalo.
Samuel Hill of the Washington Good Roads association reports Samuel C. Lancaster of the Office of Public Roads will return to the state in January to lead a school house canvass across counties. They will lecture with lantern slides to spark interest in road building and plan to travel along the coast after year’s end.
Attorney General Atkinson outlines three funding options to aid the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition including a special levy over years or a general fund appropriation. He cites constitutional limits on state indebtedness and suggests warrants could be issued and paid with interest if money is unavailable. He urges broad state support benefiting Tacoma to Spokane and all towns, projecting major economic gain.
A plan to build an electric railroad links Wenatchee with Kiona and connects the Northern Pacific Milwaukee and Great Northern lines. The report has Seattle abuzz with the potential route and implications.
Secretary Haynes confirms the Hanford Irrigation Company plans a north south electric line to channel energy wasted at Priest Rapids. The project would connect eastern Washington irrigation districts lacking a north south corridor, improving interdistrict communication and development across north central and south central areas.
In Mountain View, Douglas County a machine has been perfected and is in successful operation. The report notes the device functioning smoothly and implies potential practical applications in local industry.
Ranchers in prairie Big Bend areas drive to convert abundant sagebrush into fuel. The small variety, previously unused, is now being burned as a practical energy source, addressing local fuel shortages. Experts note vast sagebrush reserves and shifting practices across ranching regions.
Mrs Kate M Scholes of Pittsburg obtained a divorce from James F Scholes. The court heard that Scholes would eat meals at a restaurant and then return home to flaunt it in front of his hungry wife and children.
The note reports a 90 000 dollar amount tied to an OBB TD with unclear context. Names and places are not legible in the fragment.
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