Five Public Fountains to Be Installed on Yakima Avenues
City council approved public works to install five sanitary drinking fountains on East and West Yakima avenues including at Neches and Yakima, Yakima and Second, Yakima and Front, Yakima and Second avenues, and Yakima and Sixth. Northwest Light and Water Co will supply water at no cost. The sanitation committee authorized the expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Avenue
Miller
Mveed
Neches
Yakima
Second Street
Front Street
Second Avenues
Sixth Avenues
Northwest Light and Water Co
Janeck
Savage Company
Short
Donovan
Treasury
Luhman
Dam Remove Ordered in Fairview Water Dispute
Judge Preble issues restraining order requiring Ludlow C Schaeffer to remove a two foot dam from his Fairview property amid a drainage dispute with Charles S Simpson and wife. Simpson seeks fifty dollars damages claiming the dam floods part of his five acre tract and adjoining fruit ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow C. Schaeffer
Fairview
Simpson
Der
Fred Parker
Charles 38
Schaeffer
Treating a torpid liver with Golden Medical Discovery
An advice piece arguing a lazy liver signals a tired body and that curing digestion and nutrition improves liver function. It promotes Vierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non secret non alcoholic glyceric extract of native medicinal roots, claims restored stomach activity, clearer secretions, and relief from biliousness. It warns against hot bread and substitutes and stresses known composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vierce
Bruff Awarded $500 by Jury in Northwestern Mutual Suit
John H. Bruff won a $500 verdict from the jury in his suit against Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance. He sought the full policy amount claiming a home fire destroyed clothing and other goods. A possible new trial may be pursued, and the case ends the term with a 15 minute verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Bruff
Northwestern Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Bruff
New Steam Balers Arrive for Yakima Hay District
Two fine new steam hay balers arrived in North Yakima via the Northern Pacific railroad yesterday, consigned to a local company. They have already been sold and will be used to bale the surrounding Yakima valley crops immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
Northern Pacific Railroad
North
Yakima
Local Resident Endorses New Life Pills Popular Remedy
Harrisville New York resident A. A. Felten praises Dr Kings New Life Pills. The pills claim relief from constipation biliousness and malaria and are sold for 25 cents at J C Case's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
A. A. Felten
Harrisville
N. Y
C. C. Case’s
Bold Bandits Shoot Chauffeur Lynch on Yakima Avenue
A well known city chauffeur, Lynch, was shot in the back by holdup men at Naches and Yakima avenues about 12:30 this morning. He was guiding a Cosgrove family party home when a gun was pressed to his nose and fired after a warning. Lynch, from Seattle, was treated at the Cosgrove home and is resting easily. police searched for the assailants but found none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Naches
Yakima Avenues
Washington
Cashman
Cosgrove
South Eighth Street
Naches Avenue
Seattle
Rene Cosgrove
Kidney Cure Claim By Lisbon Man
Geo A Sherman of Lisbon Red Mills Lawrence Co New York reports long kidney illness resolved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He states frequent urination brick dust and slimy deposits ceased after four bottles. Sold by North Yakima Drug Co and A D Sloan Prop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Sherman
Lisbon
Red Mills
Lawrence Lo
N. Y
Foley
North Yakima Drug Co
A. D. Sloan
Want New Road Between Cowiche and Naches
About a dozen Cowiche ranchers asked the county commissioners to open a ridge road between Cowiche and Naches immediately. A 1900 roadway grant lapsed when unused, so property reverted. petitions will be circulated to revive the route, important for upcoming irrigation by the Tieton canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowiche
Board of County Commissioners
Naches
Prosser Plans 60 Mile Electric Line Toward Paterson Belma and Bickleton
Businessmen in Prosser and nearby areas push a sixty mile electric line with extensions to Belma Paterson on the Columbia and to Bickleton Klickitat County. Right of way surveys begin soon with engineers confirming feasibility and costs to secure local support and funding. Frederick Finn and local parties invest to show faith in the project as an electricity link boosts Prosser and Benton County commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosser and
Belma
Paterson
Columbia
Bickleton
Republican Bulletin
Prosser Traction Company
Prosser
Klickitat County
Sixth Street
Horse Heaven Hills
Frederick Finn
Benton County
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Praised By Local Resident
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill N C commends Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best. He reports it cured a felon on his thumb and heals all sores burns and wounds it is applied to. Available for 25 cents at C C Case's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
J. W. Jenkins
Chapel Hill
N. C
C. C. Case
Slander Jones Denounces Palouse Irrigation Slander
A defense of Congressman Jones against Ankeny press accusations re Palouse irrigation. The piece asserts Jones supported the Palouse project, ties Sen. Ankeny to insider tips and land deals, and accuses opponents of repeated falsehoods and slander in push for reclamation funding for Washington state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankeny Press Syndicate
Congressman Jones
Congress
Walla Walla
Statter
Ankeny
Washtucna Coulee
Old
North Yakima
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
State of Washington
Yakima
Okanogan
Engineer Fights and Slays Fifteen-Rattle Rattler
T. Watson of the Wide Hollow division on the Tieton project reports killing a rattlesnake with fifteen rattles in the Wide Hollow district. The snake put up a fight before Watson dispatched it a couple of days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Watson
Wide Hollow
Tieton
Pioneer Ahtanum resident John W. Shaw dies in Tampico
John W. Shaw, an early settler of the Ahtanum valley, died Monday morning in Tampico. The funeral is set for Tuesday at 11 30 at Tahoma cemetery. he was a brother of A J Shaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Shaw
Ahtanum Valley
Tampico
Tahoma Cemetery
A. J. Shaw
Walnut street grading contract awarded and public works discussed
The city council awarded the Walnut street grading contract to W W Pettijohn and R S Bush for 67 cents per lineal foot totaling 4221 with a 60 day deadline. Other bids ranged up to 6237 with various firms. The meeting covered Maple Walnut street crossings, petition for opening Walnut street, sidewalk and curbing payments, and multiple sewer projects including sub sewers for blocks 582 83 84 1658 166 167 and a Capitol Hill sewer connecting the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Pettijohn
R. S. Bush
Walnut Street
Eleventh Avenue
Eighth Street
Thompson & Carevosso
Thomas Dingle
W. McKiver
Janeck
de Force
Northern Pacific
Walnut
Ed Parker
Theodore Weisberger
First Street
Front Street
North First Street
Court House
Capitol Hill
Cascade Lumber Hires 206 In Salvage of 2000 Logs
A large force of teamsters and workmen is hired by Cascade Lumber to salvage about 2000 logs that floated past the mill during the spring drive. About 206 men work through most of summer, with 1800 logs between the mill and Moxee bridge and others lower downstream. The Yakima river level is lower, reducing danger as crews search for timber of substantial value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weikel
Consolidated Fuel Company
Cascade Lumber Company
Union Gap
Moxee Bridge
Yakima
Stimulation Without Irritation Urine Laxative Syrup Ad
Urine Laxative Syrup aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating stomach or liver like pills or ordinary cathartics. It does not nauseate and is mild and pleasant to take. Sold by North Yakima Drug Co. A D Sloan Prop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima Drug Co
D. Sloan, Prop
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Council
Lombard
J. R. Elmore
New York
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Charles 8S. Simpson
Bright
W. Camp
West Side Druggist
Boost Prosser
Slander Jones
Watson
Tieton Project
Dangerous Snake
Pettijohn
BUSH
Chestnut
Yakima River
Norih Yakima Drug Company
Prop
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