Dedicatory Sunday Free of Debt for New Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church on North Fourth Street, a $45 000 structure, was dedicated Sunday with a surplus in the treasury after pledges totaling $21 355.50, marking perhaps the largest one day church contribution in central Washington. Dr. Whitman of Seattle delivered the dedicatory sermon and evening address.
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First Baptist Church
Old Baptist Church
North Fourth Street
Washington
Whitman
Seattle
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition set activities and exhibits
The Seattle exposition will feature wireless demonstrations on the grounds and a daily Wireless news paper for Alaska trade updates. Korea and California displays join exhibits highlighting Pacific progress, with Alaska fish cuisine demonstrated and French electric lighting enhancing the pavilions. An $800000 appropriation funds buildings, with major structures ready by March 1. Rogery traveling man earns honorary publicity bureau membership as Seattle drummers tour the grounds.
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Alaska
The
Wireless
Seattle
Korea
Seoul
California
Congress
Washington
Hawaii
Philippines
Rogery
Mayor Moore Calls for City Charter Reform
Spokane mayor C Herbert Moore announces radical changes in city government with the urgent need to revise the charter. He cites inadequate modernization for a city of 120,000 residents and promises broader power and provision for water supply.
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Moore
Spokane
C. Herbert Moore
Women Mobilize for Pure Food Campaign in Washington
Spokane hosts a state federation initiative starting February 13 to organize pure food councils in towns and cities. The move aims to enforce state and federal food laws and involve non clubwomen, with demonstrations by experts over a week. The federation foresees nationwide reach across the United States and into Canada.
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Spokane
Washington
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. H. Allen
Federation
Commonwealth
Allen
United States
Rooster Survives 400 Mile Express Truck Ride
A rooster that escaped from Adams Express at the Lehigh Valley station rode 400 miles on Pullman car trucks from Wilkes-Barre to Geneva New York. It had frozen feet and comb but remained otherwise sound after the long journey and was found by a car inspector on the Geneva car.
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Wilkes-Barre
Adams
Lehigh Valley
Geneva
N. Y
Buffalo
Yakima Savings & Loan Considers Ground Floor Offices Move
Semi official report shows Yakima Savings & Loan directors meeting Friday night approving stock placement and an eight percent annual dividend with a five percent reserve. They also reported January loans totaling 13 400 dollars and overall lending growth closer to a decade than a three year old institution.
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Yakima Savings & Loan Association
Roberts & Udell
Tome
Yakima
Local Savings and Loan director elected state president
A. B. Weed, a local director, elected president of the state association of Savings and Loan men formed at Olympia. The North Yakima institution reports strong growth and eight percent dividends, higher than the seven or six percent common elsewhere. The January meeting declared eight percent dividends for stock in good standing and added over five percent to the reserve fund. A new block of stock may be offered soon, with applications invited after past issues reached about $650,000.
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A. B. Weed
State Association of Savings & Loan Men
Olympia
Weed
Savings & Loan Association
Savings & Loan Institution
North Yakima
Armbruster and Cameron Speak at Yakima Medical Society Banquet
Mayor Armbruster and state senator elect Sam J. Cameron headlined the first annual banquet of Yakima County Medical Society and North Yakima pharmacists at the Pacific Grill. They outlined city sanitary plans, water supply and sewer improvements while Cameron touched on legislative issues affecting medicine. The event drew about 40 local physicians surgeons and pharmacists with toasts by Dr. Terreau and others followed by music and late-night songs.
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Armbruster
Sam J. Cameron
Yakima County Medical Society
North Yakima
Pacific Grill
Rosenstock
Thomas Terreau
Cameron
Phillip Frank
State Board of Health
C. J. Lynch
Fred L. Janeck
C. S. Fletcher
C. E. Keeler
Potatoes Frozen in Pits Raise Seed Price Fears
Yakima county ranchers report hundreds of tons of potatoes left in ground pits frozen by heavy snow and cold. They fear much of the seed potato supply and spring stock will be lost, pushing prices upward for good spuds. Apples in storage appear protected with no expected damage.
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Yakima County
Yakima Apple Shipment Suits Set for St. Paul Hearing
Hearing in Yakima apple shipment cases against Northern Pacific railroad was scheduled for Wednesday in St. Paul. The Yakima Horticultural Union J M Perry & Co and Richey Gilbert sue for damages over lack of cars for 1907 shipments. Trial expected within days.
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Yakima
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yakima Horticultural Union
J. M. Perry & Co
Richey & Gilbert
St. Paul
H. M. Gilbert
Witnesses named in fruit shipping suit in St Paul
Eastern attorneys of the shippers will present at St Paul with local witnesses already secured in North Yakima. The case seeks heavy damages and a shipping precedent on whether refrigerator cars must handle all fruit or pay damages for non shipment.
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Ternoon
North Yakima
St. Paul
Examinations in Yakima County Schools Announced
County Supt Jacobson announces three testing periods for eighth grade exams in Yakima county. First tests on January 21 22, second in May, third in August. Subjects include grammar physiology history civics geography arithmetic reading orthography and reading circle work. Students must show at least one reading circle book read.
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Yakima
Jacobson
Jeffries Begins Training Ahead of Possible Johnson Fight
James J Jeffries starts light training at his Los Angeles home amid statements he has no plan to return to boxing though friends expect a long season of prep aimed at regaining the heavyweight title from Jack Johnson. A Mazuma mining club dispatch notes Reno offers $100,000 for a Jeffries Johnson bout within six months.
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Los Angeles
James J Jeffries
Pugilist
Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Reno
Mazuma
Johnson
Fire Escapes Chosen For Two Schools
Canvass chutes will be used as fire escapes for Fairview and Modern addition schools after the board of directors voted Thursday to buy three of the novel escapes. Two will serve Fairview second floor rooms and one for Moderna addition. landing time estimated under three minutes. Plumbing and heating inspection postponed to next Monday as current work shows excellent satisfaction in cold weather.
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Fairview
Modern Addition
Moderna Addition
Man Sub Sues Rich Widow for Breach of Promise
Dr. Kirk E. Stanley of New York sues Mrs. Jeanette Deve Chapman of Chicago for 150000 alleging a decades old breach of promise. The suit, filed last October, seeks damages tied to a February 15, 1905 agreement. Chapman, 58, a noted social leader, was located only recently for service.
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Chicago
Kirk E. Stanley
New York
Jeanette Deve Chapman
John Deere
Moline
Ill
Superior Court
Chapman
United States
Paris
Stanley
Masons to Double Stock at Temple Recapitalization
At the annual meeting of the Masonic Temple association on Monday evening at 7:36, capital stock is expected to rise from 40000 to 80000 dollars. Leading members have indicated plans to immediately double their subscriptions, signaling a bold recapitalization for the order.
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Temple Association
Masonic Temple Association
Trustees to Be Elected for Masonic Temple Plan
Secretary J L Hughes issues cards for three trustees to succeed McCurdy Leslie and Hughes and conduct other business. Re-election is likely. If capital stock is taken up, construction on the Masonic temple at Fourth Street and Yakima Avenue could begin in fall. site secured with $40,000 subscribed and no assessments until building starts.
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J. L. Hughes
B F. McCurdy
J. M. Leslie
Masonic Temple
Fourth Street
Yakima Avenue
Ashby Divorce Case Over Tacoma Property Heads to Court
In Yakima county superior court a divorce suit seeks to settle whether Tacoma property is Mrs. Sarah J. Ashby’s sole property or the couple's community wealth. The case includes a letter from Mrs. Ashby in Valdez and details of a December 1872 marriage in Leis, Oregon.
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Sarah J. Ashby
Valdez
Alaska
Tacoma
William Ashby
Superior Court
Yakima County
Ashby
Leis
Ore
Injunction Fight Over City Payments To Savage Subcontractor
Judge Preble heard arguments on dissolving the restraining injunction preventing North Yakima from paying warrants to George Milton Savage for paying work until William McKiver’s suit is heard in superior court. No decision announced. injunction remains. City attorney Frank J. Allen appeared. Savage was represented by Marshall K. Snell with firm Englehart and Risty. McKiver’s lawyers Lynch and Grady opposed dissolution. Savage and city filed similar answers acknowledging a claim but disputing the amount and denying collusion or fraud. Sav age offered 5420.14 as the amount due, not 14789.43 as claimed.
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Judge Preble
North Yakima
George Milton Savage
William Mce River
Superior Court
Lynch & Grady
McKiver
City
Savage
BAD CHARGE AGAINST TWO ADDINGTONS HEARD IN COUNTY COURT
In Justice Doust court Saturday Emrt and Alice Addington faced charges of enticing 13 year old Dora McMillan from her home for unlawful purposes. The state vs the Addingtons was dismissed by motion and bound over to superior court with bonds of 1000 dollars. Dora testified she fled New York lodging house fearing reform school. sheriff Crowley recovered her in Kittitas county.
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State of Washington
Emrt
Alice Addington
Justice Doust
Dora McMillan
H. J. Snively
Bert Addington
Dora MacMillan
Ellensburg
Crowley
Kittitas County
New York
Reform School
Addingtons
McMillan
Doust
Reopen Boundary Case Discussed by Olympia Officials
A conference of legislators and state officials in Olympia on January 9 addressed the Supreme Court petition to reopen the Columbia River boundary case. Assistant Attorney General E. C. Macdonald will travel to Washington, D. C., Monday to pursue that objective. If withdrawal is denied, a petition will seek the appointment of a survey board to determine the boundary line along the entire length of the disputed segment.
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Olympia
United States Supreme Court
Columbia River
E. C. Macdonald
Washington, D. C
First to Register in North Yakima for 1909 Voting
Volney Taft became the first person to qualify as a legal voter in North Yakima by registering at the city clerk's office on Monday. By Wednesday evening, 27 others had followed the deputy clerk's example and prepared to cast ballots in contests over the next year.
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Volney Taft
North
Yakima
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