Rankin reports plans for 70 mile electric railway system
General manager G S Rankin presented to the Yakima Valley Transportation company board a financial plan to extend and build an electric rail network from North Yakima into surrounding valleys. The proposed 70 mile system would reach Afitanum Academy, Moxee valley, Granger and Sunnyside. strong investors from the East are eyed to fund and organize the expansion. Construction on Yakima avenue crossings begins this week with poles for East Yakima avenue due soon. cars may run through the business district by August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Rankin
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
North
Yakima
Rankin
Afitanum Academy
Moxee Valley
Fairground
Yakima City
Parker Bottom
Zillah
Granger
Sunnyside
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yakima Avenue
East
Salvation Army to Feature Red McCarthy Prison Conversion
Red McCarthy, converted by the Salvation Army in Yakima county jail, will recount his experiences at a mass meeting in the Salvation Army hall tonight before leaving for Chicago and then Indiana to serve a prison term. He volunteered to surrender and return to custody after breaking parole amid strong public interest and large crowds at weeklong services led by Adjutant and Mrs. Storey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red” McCarthy
Salvation Army
Yakima County
Chicago
Indiana
United States
McCarthy
Adjutant
Storey
Tacoma to receive million-dollar railroad shops
Official notice states Chicago Milwaukee and St Pauls Pacific coast shops will be located in Tacoma. Plans include building extensive yards and the shop cost will exceed one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Health Officer Notes Low Disease Case Count
Free from diseases is the headline tone. Dr A J Helton city health officer reports one case of typhoid fever one of diphtheria and four of scarletina in the city. Dr C J Lynch returns from Port Townsend where he left his family to remain there for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Helton
C. J. Lynch
Port Townsend
Bryan for President and Gray for Vice President
Denver July 7 The Democratic National Convention opened with a large crowd and rousing oratory. Temporary Chairman Bleak of California delivered the keynote as delegates began formalities and paid tribute to Grover Cleveland amid factional skirmishes and protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Auditorium
Bryan
Gray
Cleveland
Denver
Democratic National Conven
North Yakima Y M C A lecture course lineup announced
Jacob Riis will headline the first North Yakima Y M C A lecture course with Governor Hanley of Indiana and Governor Johnson of Minnesota. Opie Read Edmund Vance Cook and the Ernest Gamble Concert Company join readings and entertainment. charter memberships open through June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Riis
Roosevelt
North Yakima Y. M. C. A
Johnson
Minnesota
Hanley
Indiana
Opie Read
Chicago
Star
Edmund Vance Cook
Ohio Post
Ernest Gamble
Reed to file candidacy for senator from Yakima area
Senator Walter J. Reed will file his declaration of candidacy for the Republican nomination for senator with the secretary of state at Olympia on Friday. He departs for a sound vacation after announcing his recovery from a recent illness and reports no opposition in the Yakima and Benton county district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Reed
Olympia
the Sound
Yakima
Benton County
Barbour Ranch Sold In Moxee Valley Deal
Mrs. Elsie P. Barbour sold a ten acre fruit ranch in the Moxee valley near the Moxee road to C. L. Darling for 5506 dollars, about 550 dollars per acre. The orchard is mainly apples and lies about three miles from the city.
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Elsie P. Barbour
Moxee Valley
C. L. Darling
Moxee Road
First Yakima Bell Moves to Zillah Church
The first bell rung in North Yakima valley will hang in Zillah Christian church after being sold by First Christian church of North Yakima. No new bell plans exist for the North Yakima building. The bell traveled from an eastern firm to Portland then the Dalles and North Yakima, with frontier history including a 1908 Fourth of July Liberty float.
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North Yakima Valley
Zillah Christian Church
First Christian Church of
North Yakima
Portland
Dalles
Nurserymen of Coast Open Convention Today
Nurserymen from the Pacific slope gather in North Yakima for the sixth annual Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen convention at the Yakima Commercial club. The two day program includes officers reports, addresses by leading fruit growers, and election of officers with sessions today and tomorrow.
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Nurserymen OF Coast Open
Yakima
Pacific Slope
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen
Yakima Commercial Club Rooms
Nurserymen Gather For North Yakima Meeting
July 8 1 30 p m opening address by Mayor Lombard North Yakima A Eckert Detroit Wash and others speak on dipping nursery stock and seedlings before lining out. A tour to leading orchards planned. July 9 sessions cover horticultural law ideal nurseryman problem with fellow nurserymen rose propagation ornamental planting and quarantine humor by Charles Chambers Fresno Cal.
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Mayor Lombard
North Yakima
A. Eckert
Detroit
Wash
A. McGill
Hillsboro
Ore
F. W. Powers
Salem
C. F. Lansing
G. W. Miller
Milton Ore
C. F. Smith
Blackfoot
Idaho
Detroit, Wash
H. M. Gilbert
North Yakima, Wash
F. A. Huntley
Tacoma
F. K
G. W. R. Peaskee
Clarkston, Wash
Jacob Visalia
Cal
J. A. Balmer
Cle Elum
Arendt Retires After 20 Years in North Yakima Business
Sam Arendt announces retirement from his North Yakima ventures after nearly two decades of work. Health problems last year prompted him to close his interests, with plans to wind down by Christmas. He founded his business on Yakima Avenue, rebuilt after a fire, then moved to temporary quarters and later leased space at 19 North Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Yakima
Sam Arendt
Mr. Arendt
Arendt
Yakima Avenue
Syndicate
North Second Street
Clement C Gamble Named Manager of St Paul Tacoma Yards
Clement G Gamble son of Mrs W W Gamble has been elected manager of all the St Paul and Ta coma Lumber company yards in central Washington. He will take charge the twentieth of the month and be in the office in this city. William P Taylor the former manager is on leave of absence due to ill health and will seek a warmer climate to recuperate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement G. Gamble
W. W. Gamble
St. Paul and Tacoma
Washington
William P. Taylor
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Mgr. Rankin
Board OF Trustees
State of
Prion
M’carthy
Treat Raynor
South First
U. S
W.L. Steinweg
Chas. Carpenter
A. B. Cline
C.R. Donovan
Tion
Blel
California
Pennsyl
Vania
Grover Cleveland
Jacob Rits
Johnson and Hanley
Association
Tur
Reed
Honess
Sound
Barbour Ranch
Liberty
Pacific Coast Association
West
W. D. Ingalls
A. Brownell
F. A. Wiggins
Toppenish
H. A Lewis
Russellville, Ore
A. Lingham
Puyallup, Wash
S. A Miller
Milton
N. B. Harvey
Claude J. Lewis
W .S. Thornber
The
C. A. Tonneson
Tacoma, Wash
Scappoose
F K Spalding
Backfoot
P. A. Dix
Roy
Utah
Fred Nelson
Fowler
M. J. Henry
Vancouver
B. C
Salem, Ore
A. W. McDonald
Toppenish, Wash
J. A. Stewart
Christopher
Transportation Committee
Albert Brownell
J. B. Phkington
F. W. Power
M. McDonald
P. A Dix
Roy, Nee Gee
Roeding
Fresno
P. Hartley
Caldwell
A. Gee
Question
Commercial Club
Spalding
R. Layritz
Victoria
B.C
Chas. A. ‘Chambers Nurseryman
Ingalls
Oam Arendt
Pioneer Merchant
Emporium
Clement C. Gamble
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
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