Rush on Bumping Lake project speeds winter work
The U S reclamation service pushes preliminary work for the Bumping Lake reservoir to conserve irrigation water along the Naches river valley. Thirty five teams haul cement and materials from Naches City up the mountains while the North Yakima Valley railroad moves carload shipments.
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Naches River
United States Reclamation Service
Naches City
North Yakima & Valley Railroad
North Yakima
Northern Pacific Railroad
McAllister Meadows
Tieton Canal
North
Illinois Club Plans Grand Banquet for Lincoln Centenary
The Illinois club of Yakima county tees up a February 12 banquet to honor Abraham Lincoln. Plans call for a South Third street pavilion seating about a thousand with former Illinois residents attending. George A. Kinyon and Martha L. Bamford wed in North Yakima after license issued.
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Tinois Club
Yakima County
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
J. L. Hughes
E. G. van Brandt
H. M. Gilbert
A. J. Helton
Alfred H. Henry
Lee Tittle
Illinois
North Yakima
South Third Street
Lincoln
United States
van Brandt
Illinois Club
Pacific Hotel
George A. Kinyon
Naehes City
Martha L. Bamford
North Yakima rail work eyed. Pitman to supervise
Chief Engineer Pitman expected in North Yakima today to oversee railroad right of way work for the North Coast line. Ezra Dean already in the city, with plans and future contracts in progress. Building operations located at Kiona with two contracting firms. more contracts to be awarded winter for spring and summer progress. Attorney Sims forecasts trial of Standard Oil with potential 40 million dollar fine, before Judge Landis. Professor Harry A Sharp plans a boys orchestra for Baptiste church.
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Pitman
Elsa Dean
City
North Coast Railroad
North Yakima
Ezra Dean
Kiona
Chicago
Standard Oil J
United States
Sims
Standard Oil Co
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
Harry A. Sharp
Baptist Choir
Mayor outlines city reforms on police, sanitation, and streets
Mayor Phillip M. Armbruster urged council to reorganize the police force with an assistant chief or sergeant, add two patrolmen, adopt eight hour shifts, and appoint a special detective for emergencies. He pressed for stricter lights out reporting, opposed gambling, and called for saloon curbs. Sanitation plans included extending sub sewers and a new scavenger system funded by beneficiaries. He proposed street sweeping carts, 24 hour operation if needed, and questioned water quality with artesian wells as a possibility. fire hydrants to be monitored. He also urged weighmaster reforms, limited saloon licenses, building and license ordinance amendments, and extending North Third avenue to improve the northwest route to the business district. James Binley of Pasco was in the city Tuesday.
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Council
Fred Parker
Miller
Andrew Johnson
Th Western Concrete, Machinery & Manufacturing Co
Ralph Harris
North Yak
Phillip M. Armbruster
Gi Didance
Apronanrs
Armbruster
Rose
North Third Avenue
Walnut Street
Petrified Indian Foot Found On Michigan Farm
John McCartney unearthed a petrified foot while plowing in West Kalama Hastings Michigan and sent it to Ann Arbor for examination. Experts called the artifact valuable noting visible moccasin embroidery marks on the foot of an Indian church.
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Hastings, Mich
Jan. Qi
West Kalama
John McCartney
Mr. McCartney
Ann Arbor
City council delays Elmore for police chief and rounds of appointments
Mayor Armbruster's slate for city offices was largely rejected by the council. J. R. Elmore failed to win the chief of police post by secret ballot two to five. Several patrolmen were replaced while others were reappointed. Four more names remain to be named, with possible additions bringing the force to seven. Schichtl was chosen for street commissioner under Armbruster’s conditions. Council committees were named, and L. O. Meigs left for Olympia for the Washington session.
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Elmore
Louis French
Schichtl
Armbruster
L. O. Meigs
H. Mull
Fred Shaw
M. Schorn
Fred
Olympia
Washington
Property Investor Earns Big Gain Near Mabron Mabton
Charles N. Stahl of Brawley California sold 160 acres of dry land near Mabton after holding it for years. He made a profit of 15800 dollars on a two dollar investment as Mabton irrigation projects boosted land values. Alex Miller plans to subdivide and list the parcel this spring near Mabton.
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Yakima County
Charles N. Stahl
Brawley, Cal
Mabron
Alex Miller
Stahl
Mahton
United States
Mabton
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Bumping Lake Reservoir
Naches
Ambruster
North Goagt 10 Bay
Yakima
Standard Oil
Dean
Kiowa
Union Gap
Naches Valley
Beech Street
Pen
Ima
Linbarger
South First Street
Court House
P. M. Armbruster
Aetna Indemnity Co
James Binley
Pasco
Michigan
BE Soda Wise Pe
Indian Head
Soda Waters
Yakima Mineral Springs CO
First National Bank of North
L. Sthinwes
A. B. Cline
Co. R. Donovan
Harold J. Doolittle
Martin Schichtl
Frank Millican
E. L. Storey
James Perry
A. Wakefield
Arthur Kinyon
E. J. Dawson
K. D. Lambert
Shaw
J. J. Miller
H. E. Wight
N. Smith
I. Mull
J. J. Miler
Board of Health
Dr. Nywening
Wadtc Beal
Jumense
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