City News Notes From Yakima Area
F Groshen of Seattle visited town on Monday. Arthur Reider of Prosser toured as a Yakima visitor. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Alvin S Burrill on Saturday Jan 23. The Ideal Bakery opens its 4th unit with a full bread and pastry line. Pat Jordan family arrived from California after weeks away. Augusta Robert granted divorce from Harry Roberts in superior court. Printer A S Coons mourns his father’s Boone Iowa death. Plowing continues despite a late cold snap. Jack Walters sentenced to two years for forgery. A B Flint and family visit from Lookout Ranch. Presbyterian church music adds interest with mixed choir and instruments. John W Thomas hears of a Swank mining strike worth $350 per ton by Roslyn discoverers. Sheriff J J Inkster takes Dick Bragdon to Lincoln county for alleged fraud. Bragdon earlier discharged here on similar charge. Mayor Taylor of Prosser notes rising Wheat acreage in Horse Heaven for potential big yield. First Church of Christ Scientist services announced with weekly Bible Lesson on Spirit. F F Randolph leaves post office work for a Seattle printer supply job. Dog poisoner again strikes. prized dogs killed, curs escape. J A Leach loses his dog Stamps. W H Whipple’s dog killed. Yakima County Horticultural union credentials issued for Inland Empire Fruit Growers session in Spokane. many delegates may attend Pullman institute after Spokane meetings.
Irrigation Plan At Priest Rapids Faces Legal Hurdles
Olympia dispatch reports F A Noble hydraulic engineer says a field corps will study irrigating Yakima county land from the Columbia with an intake at Priest Rapids. Survey to finish by March 1st. Government may delay reclamation until new irrigation laws are enacted.
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Priest Rapids
Olympia
Columbia River
F. A. Noble
State Land Office
Corps of Engineers
Yakima County
Mr. Noble
Gov. McBride
Noble
Wyoming
Yakima
Prevention of Consumption Through Early Treatment
The prevention of consumption is entirely a question of commencing the proper treatment in time. Nothing is so well adapted to ward off fatal lung troubles as Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold by North Yakima Drug Store, A. D. Sloan, prop.
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Foley
North
Kennewick to Vote on Incorporation Next Saturday
Kennewick plans incorporation vote next Saturday with officials nominated for mayor O L Hanson treasurer Alonzo Hunt and councilmen Rufus Fullerton S H Amon Daniel Boyd L C Rudow T B S Cantril The ticket comprises local business leaders and incorporation is expected to win by a large majority.
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Kennewick
O. L. Hanson
Alonso Hunt
Rufus Fullerton
S. H. Amon
Daniel Boyd
L. C. Rudow
To Save Fine Gold From Black Sand Along Snake and Columbia
Pasco dispatch notes rising interest in a new project to save fine gold from black sand along the Snake and Columbia rivers. San Francisco assay of sand from the second apron shows $64 per ton, while the first apron yields over $200. A shipment for the smelter test is planned this week.
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Pasco
Snake
Columbia
San Francisco
Survey to Mark Ditches Near Priest Rapids and Kiona
Surveyor Frank Marble started a line survey for a new ditch near Priest Rapids in Douglas county to irrigate about 5000 acres. Harry Marble will begin measuring lines at the county’s southern end between Kiona and Kennewick for the Northwestern Improvement Co to cover 12000 acres.
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Frank Marble
Priest Rapids
Douglas County
Harry Marble
Kiona
Kennewick
Northwestern Improvement Co
Knights of Pythias Leader Visits Local Lodge Event
J R Stevenson of Pomeroy, grand chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias of Washington, visited the local lodge with a Friday trip. An afternoon session featured an address and exemplification of secret work, followed by a social banquet at the Hotel Bartholet with about 45 covers. Sheriff Inkster of Davenport attended and a series of remarks concluded the gathering.
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J. R. Stevenson
Pomeroy
Knights of Pythias
Washington
Castle Hall
Hotel Bartholet
Bartholet
J. D. Cornett
W I. Linee
P. Frank
C. T. Dulin
Sheriff Inkster
Davenport
Lincoln County
Mutilating Shade Trees Protest Grow Over Local Wires
Kellogg and Ford protest trimming of locust trees in front of Pacific hotel on South First Street by city telephone company workers. They allege unlawful, unwarranted pruning that devastates the shade and beauty of the property and threaten to pursue legal remedies to curb such actions.
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Kellogg & Ford
Pacific Hotel
South First Street
Road to Yakima City Hearing on Shortening Main Road
Commissioners set April 5 hearing for a proposal to shorten the old town road by at least half a mile and macadamize to handle wagon traffic. Trade to the city grows as 25,000 acres open with the new reservation ditch, boosting travel needs.
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Old Town
Apples For Sale Cheap At Yakima Produce Warehouse
Apples offered by the box at the Yakima Produce Co warehouse opposite the freight depot. Clean grain and feed sold at Flour Mill Co warehouse. Also promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with No Cure No Pay and price 50 cents. Thompson Music Co advertises violin repair on North Second Street near the post office.
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Yakima Produce l Company
Flour Mill Co
Grove
E. A. Thompson
Thompson Music Co
North Second Street
P.O
Electric Bitters Sold After Close Call on Engine
A Burlington locomotive fireman C W Bellamy recalls a near wreck and credits Electric Bitters with restoring his health. Advertised by C C Case and North Yakima Drug Store. Professor Stargazer notes gravity on Mars is weaker than Earth's surface.
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C. W. Bellamy
Burlington
C. C. Case
North Yakima
Professor Stargazer
Mars
Earth
Furness
Poisoned Children Warned Over Opioid Cough Syrups
An old alert warns that cough syrups containing opiates harm children and even prove fatal. Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a safe non opiate remedy, with North Yakima Drug Store listed as seller. The ad also touts Herbine for imperfect digestion and vitality, sold by F L Janeck's drug store.
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Foley’s
North
F. L. Janeck
Couple Dream of Cottage Life Crushed by Rent Demand
A couple recounts planning an ideal life in a cottage. The plan unraveled when the owner demanded rent in advance, forcing them to abandon their dream due to prepayment terms.
Public sale of livestock and farm implements at Cameron place
Auction at the old Cameron place on the Wenus, 16 miles from North Yakima, Monday Feb 1 offers 25 milch cows 35 head yearlings and two year olds 17 hogs 1 mare and colt 1 saddle pony 1 Stubble field hay stacker 1 Deering Ideal giant power 1 two-horse power 1 De Laval separator 1 riding saddle 75 tons hay and misc items. Terms: under 50 cash over 50 four months with bankable paper. Includes free lunch at noon. Auctioneers Thomas Butler and J F Cameron.
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Cameron Place
Wenus
Yakima
Deering
de Laval
J. F. Cameron
Thomas Butler
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the Sweet Singers of
Israel
Singer
Singer Manufacturing Co
North First Street
Condensed City News
F. Groshen
Seattle
Arthur Reider of
Prosser
Alvin S. Burrill
Clogg Building
Ideal Bakery
Pat Jordan
California
Augusta Robert
Harry Roberts
A. S. Coons
Boone
Iowa
Jack Walters
Ellensburg
A.B. Flint
Lookout
The
Presbyterian Church
John W. Thomas
Swank
Roslyn
J. J. Inkster
Dick Bragdon
Taylor of
Horse Heaven
First Church of Christ, Scientist
3Rd Street
F. F. Randolph
Hapgoods
Pioneer Building
Pacific Printers’ Supply Company
J. A. Leach
W. H. Whipple
Yakima County Horticultural Union
Inland Empire Fruit Growers’ Convention
Spokane
M. N. Richards
E. Remy
J. M. Brown
S. Price
O. A. Clark
Will Everett
W L. Wright
Orlando Beck
Paul Kruger
W. C. Wimner
L. B. Kinyon
P. L. Zirkle
W. D. Thompson
S. 8
Shafer
W. P
Purity Meat Market
M. C. Barnes
Vaurr
Prescisons
Fred Canege, Driggs
Order of Rights of Pythias
Yakima City
Novelty Rug and Carpet Co
North Front St
George Parker
Prop
Willie
M. L. Bobbitt
Bargerton
Tenn
Dr. King
C. C. Case’s
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