Scenic route study eyed from Yakima to Tacoma
A exploratory journey outlines a 140 mile scenic route from North Yakima to Tacoma via Anderson and Gold Hill. The plan follows the Naches and Bumping rivers to the American river and uses Elizabeth Gold Hill Mining company roads to access mines. The aim is a mountain connector to Paradise Valley and Rainier Tacoma area.
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Anderson
Gold Hill
Naches River
Elizabeth Gold Hill Mining Company
Yakima County
Paradise Valley
Rainier National Park
Tacoma
Yakima
Puget Sound
Cascades
Rainier- Tacoma
No Boes For Chain Gang In Yakima Jail Demolition
Reported effort to recruit chain gang workers for tearing down Yakima city jail has failed as there are fewer inmates than days past. Police patrols search for vags and undesirables, while demolition of the old building proceeds with scarce manpower.
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Noh Yakima City
Winnatian
Seattle arrivals advocate boys rest room in city
Amelia and Barnett, new to the city from Seattle, propose a rest room for boys to channel spare time away from worse places. Miss Barnett, only here a week, notes the mild climate helps her asthma, a health issue she has endured for some time.
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Amelia & Barnett
Seattle
Miss Barnett
Rich gold strikes by regro in Cordova region
Reports from Cordova describe a major gold and copper find near a railroad three and a half miles away. Joe Austin, a local prospector, uncovered a large copper ore vein with high values and a shipment planned to Seattle. Officials from Copper River & Northwestern railroad consider a branch line if the mine reaches heavy tonnage. Kenneth Wert confirms multiple payable ore bodies in Copper River valley with early shipments planned this year. A trial shipment from McKinley lake mines prompted a stamp mill construction with 20 stampers planned within five years.
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Seattle
Cordova
Joe Austin
Johnson
Austin
Vtascome
Copper River & Northwestern Railroad
Kenneth Wert
Alaska Syndicate
Cordova and
Copper Center
Copper River
McKinley Lake
Tresdwell m
Juneau
Campers Return from Lake Keechelus Pleased with Hills
Messrs Walter Tuesley and Al Wineman return to the city from Lake Keechelus where they camped with their families. They report an excellent time, say fishing was not great but reveal they are no longer cash and find Dolly Varden coarse. They note many campers on the lake and a rising seasonal flow of visitors.
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Walter Tuesley
al. Wineman
Lake Keechelus
Dolly Varden
Waiting for a Friend by Robert Louis Stevenson
A reflective verse in which Stevenson consoles a mourner. The speaker likens a departed friend to someone who has just turned a corner and continues onward, urging patience and courage as life’s seasons restore the bond. The living traveler moves ahead while the friend lingers, waiting to be met again.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Alfalfa Granger Consolidation Suit Dismissed
Superior Judge Grady dismissed the suit by Harris and Burefield against County Superintendent Bush seeking to stop the Alfalfa and Granger school district consolidation. The case failed since not brought by proper authorities within the required thirty days after electors approved the move. Prosecuting Attorney Ward declined action earlier amid mandamus threats.
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Grady Throwr
Harris
Burefield
Bush
Alfalfa
Granger
Ward
Grady
Women marry at rates and have many children says Vassar head
James Monroe Taylor former president of Vassar College asserts that college women do marry and bear children at high rates. He notes that the idea of a widening gender gap in marriage is overstated and cites seed of earlier eras. He mentions reunion conversations and statistics from graduates showing marriages and births among alumnae.
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New York
James Monroe Taylor
Vassar College
Guch
Sydney Smith
Taylor
College debate over gender roles sparks campus banter
A married alumna jokes that Vassar sends more husbands than graduates to future Vassar girls. The speaker argues college education does not assign motherhood or household economics to women and says fatherhood belongs in Yale, not in the college curriculum.
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Vassar
Vascar
Yale
Drought Harms Midwestern Crops Says Government Report
Washington July 10 A. C Murray acting chief crop reporting board reports drought in June si gh led to below average yields for oats hay and potatoes. He notes hay under two thirds normal and oats about 25 percent under last year while corn acreage is large but yields about seven percent below average. Wheat remains near average. The hardest hit region includes South Dakota Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Washington, D. C
N. C. Murray
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
New York Heat Wave Persists After Light Shower
New York endures another day of extreme heat with the thermometer at 96 degrees before a brief shower. After the storm the reading fell to 86 with 80 percent humidity. Health records show 200 sunstroke deaths and 33 related fatalities in the week, plus 1,754 prostrations.
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New York
Board of Health
LO la
Senate Approves Reciprocity Bill After Amendments Fail
The Canadian reciprocity bill advances after Cummins and Simmons amendments to boost free duty entries are defeated. The vote clears the way for final passage as the measure emerges unscathed from its toughest Senate test.
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Washington, D
Senate
Cummins and Simmons
Cummins
Hendish Deviltry Shown at Hanford
The Hanford Columbian reports a deliberate act destroying Mr. G. L. Turner’s peach and apple trees, the second such incident in the area. The paper avoids naming a suspect but condemns the act and calls for exposure and punishment of the culprit, promising further details may be withheld.
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Hanford
G. L. Turner
Troops Reviewed at Camp Fortson as Sanitary Conditions Praise
Gov. M. E. Hay and Brig. Gen. Fred Llewellyn reviewed the Second regiment field signal corps and cavalry at Camp Fortson American Lake on Saturday. Troop B and Company A Seattle led in drills while a canteen opened north of camp, and a band concert was planned for visitors from Tacoma Seattle Olympia and Centralia.
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Camp Fortson
American Lake
Tacoma
Herald
Field Signal Corps
M. E. Hay
State Military Forces
Fred Llewellyn
Camp Forts
Col. Inglis
Lake Maneuver Grounds
Gov. Hay
Paull
Inglis
Llewellyn
Militia Signal Corps
Seattle
H. W. Palner
Signal Corps
Infantry
Hartwell
Olympia
W. Vaughn Tanner
Country Club
Fortson
National Guard
Cosgrove
Murray Creek
Lieut
Parker
Company A
Sergt. Powlitz
Centralia
Tacoma Railway & Power Company
Pacific Avenue
Briquetting Lignite Now a Success
The Bureau of Mines reports success in briquetting lignite from California Texas and North Dakota without binding material. A new briquetting machine from Germany enables commercial production with lower costs. Bulletin No 14 outlines costs per car and potential use of waste coal to further cut prices.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Mines
Pittsburg
California
Texas
North Dakota
North
South Dakota
Montana
Reclamation Service
Williston
Bureau
Germany
Charles L. Wright
Dhird
Wright
Spokane firms prepare 6000 to 7000 workers for Hope to Kamloops line
Spokane sub contractors for the Canadian Northern Railway project plan to hire 6,000 to 7,000 workers within 45 days. The $15 million contract, awarded to Patrick Welch of Spokane, covers 162 miles of grade from Hope to Kamloops and calls for two-year completion. Camps will form along the Fraser River route as crews prep before August. The work described as the heaviest since the Canadian Pacific line through the Rockies and Selkirks includes blasting 40 miles of grade from solid rock and driving three tunnel sections.
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Spokane
Wash
Canadian Northern Railway Company
Hope
Kamloops
B. C
Patrick
Canadian Pacific
Rockies
Selkirks
cHanyon
Fraser River
Lido
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Two Deeds Put On Record For 60000 And 12000
In the county auditor’s office on Monday two large deeds were recorded. Northern Pacific to the Washington irrigation company traded for 60000 and covered parcels in sections 8 and 20. Florence M. Scott conveyed to Minnie E. Hill for 12000 the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 5-9-23.
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Northern Pacific
Washington Irrigation Company
Florence M. Scott
Minnie FE. Hill
Local notices and visits fill North Yakima week
Mrs. Herman Brending of Nob Hill is very ill for a week. Mrs. J. H. Thomas and friends visit Port Madison. Arthur Miller leads camp trumpeter duties at American Lake, Krist takes position. Florist Geo Hards returns from Seattle. Pastor Russell praise noted at crowded Seattle meetings. Mrs. F. B. Laurance visits with relatives in El Dorado and South Capitol Hill. Campers Wineman and Tuesley return from Lake Keechelus to attend to business. Mrs. Alle P. Millar attends National Teachers Association in Berkeley. Knights of Pythias lease hall with Masons for special work, shifting regular meetings to Tuesdays. Agnes Van DerAarde to wed Earl Albert Fry at Nob Hill Park Avenue. Albeny Capistren in Moxee livery business visits North Yakima. Sisterhood aid at First M. E. church plans a picnic. Naches Presbyterian Missionary society hosts July 12 gathering. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. King leave for Sound points with Miss Jennie Leach for a month.
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Herman Brending
Nob Hill Boulevard
J. H. Thomas
Port Madison
Arthur B. Miller
Company E
North Yakima
American Lake
Krist
Company A
Seattle
Geo. Hards
Lincoln Avenue
Russell
Brooklyn
F. B. Laurance
Flora
Lowell
el Dorado
Kansas
Laurance
A. L. Miller
South Capitol Hill
A. H. Wineman
W. F. Tuesley
Lake Keechelus
Alle P. Millar
Berkley
Cal
National Teachers’ Association
Yakima
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Lodge
Knights
Masonic Temple
K. van DerAarde
Agnes
Earl Albert Fry
Park Avenue
Nob Hill
First
M. FE
Fair Grounds
Naches
North End
N. P
E. A. King
Jennie Leach
New Officials to preside at track at state fair
The state fair race track will see a new board of officials this season replacing Bob Leighton Judge Woods and others who have served for years. Dr J S Kloeber president of the state fair commission announced the change saying new faces will uphold good sportsmanship. Wilt Averill joins fair management in fall publicity as attention to the Potlatch fair subsides.
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Bob” Leighton
Judge Woods
J.S. Kloeber
State Fair Commission
Wilt Averill
Se Altie
Decline of Trout and Pheasant Populations Alarms Community
An editorials warn that streams once alive with fish are vanishing fast not from fishing but from irrigation practices and destruction. Locals consider tougher game laws, note pheasant nests disturbed by humans and dogs, and point to scarce habitat after settlement.
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Smo
Prodigal Son Returns. Calf Feast Recalled in Talk
In a Washington Star exchange, the prodigal son’s return prompts mention of a costly feast once common, noting meat was cheaper in earlier times. The remark reflects nostalgia for simpler prosperity and shifts in pricing.
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Washington Star
Juror Equality Dilemma Faces Spokane Court
Spokane judges weigh how to handle women jurors alongside men when the superior court opens in September. The 1911 law allows exemption for women and limits compensation, leaving the bench to decide mixed juries in civil and felony cases as clubs pledge readiness to serve. Mrs. Bertha B K Johnson and her son Norval arrive in Yakima to manage Wallace property interests.
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Spokane
Wash
Spokane County
Bertha BK. Johnson
Norval
Yakima
Wallace
Ida
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