Office at North Yakima Drug Store
Residence and infirmary No. 15 Sixth street. Telephone 461.
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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1902
Page
5
Residence and infirmary No. 15 Sixth street. Telephone 461.
The Fraternal Club hosted its inaugural annual entertainment and banquet at Odd Fellows hall in the Syndicate block with about two hundred attendees. A business meeting preceded the program, six new members were initiated, and a musical program followed by a sizable banquet and social hour. A Parker delegation led by George Stephenson helped crowd. performers included a male quartet and multiple soloists and duets with piano pieces and vocal numbers.
A traveler details a December 27 1901 trip from Grants Pass through Ashland Mount Shasta and Dunsmuir to Redding Red Bluff and onward to Sacramento and Los Angeles. The narrative notes oil town Bakersfield in sleep, Tehachepin passes with nineteen tunnels and a rail loop, and describes scenery, farming, timber like blue gum and wheat farms along the route.
J P Marks describes the Central Valley climate with fog and Santa Anna winds, noting dusty skies and forthcoming rains after winds subside. He highlights sugar beets as a promising crop, growing interest in diversified farming, artesian water for large wheat and barley farms, and potential state forest and land regulations to watch.
G W Olney visited from Toppenish last Friday. D C McKee and wife of Parker were at the county seat. Dr Wells shows favorable recovery. J J Schlotfeldtt of Ellensburg renewed acquaintances here. Nell Gano employed to teach at Columbia school. E C Burlingame back after illness from poison oak. Macdonalds big clearance sale a complete success with widespread price reductions. Thomas Johnson of Natchez sent to a Portland sanitarium. Floyd F Siverly of Ahtanum and Meda A McAuliff of Toppenish wed by Justice Taggard on Dec 21. Justice Taggard also joined James Deweese Mabton and Josephine Wood Yakima. J R Walkup and W T O Connor arrive from Anaconda Montana, stay at Bartholet, Walkup seeks local business, O Connor left postal job to move to Washington. Ladies calling cards available at the office.
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