Ditches and Privies Plan to Combine Two Ditches
North Yakima officials consider enclosing the Scamp and Broad Gauge ditches from intake to Broad Way to curb contagion. Health experts Lumsden and Terrea u urge correcting privy conditions in Modern addition as a priority. Citizens offer funds while plans outline shared financing among taxpayers, city and ditch companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Lumsden
Yakima
Thomas Terreau
Doolittle
Broadway
Sanitary League of
North Yakima
Juumsden
Lumsden
Dan Goodman
Goodman
Lorimer Election Inquiry Delves Into Hines Lumber Ties
Washington officials scrutinize Edward Hines Lumber Co statements as testimony links Hines executives to contributions for Lorimer’s 1909 election. Duluth figures recount remarks about a $10,000 jackpot and personal claims of Lorimer’s victory while disputed claims on Stephenson and southern Democrats surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward Hines Lumber Co
Lorimer
Lorimer Senate
William Burgess
Duluth
C. F. Wiehe
Herman H. Hettler
Herman H. Hettler Lumber Co
Hines Lumber Co
Hines
Henry Turrush
W. H. Cook
Old Stephenson
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Cork
Turrish
Hines Way
Woman with dementia committed to Medical Lake asylum
Mrs C H Enfield a widow living near the Fair Grounds was found to suffer dementia and was deemed a danger to neighbors after she shot into a neighbor's house. Judge Grady ordered her committed to the hospital for the insane at Medical Lake after two physicians declared her a fit subject for care. She believed people plotted against her. Her trouble began when a chicken refused grain and pecked her wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Enfield
Fair Grounds
Grady
Medical Lake
City Expenditures Report Draws Budget Warning
City Treasurer and City Clerk Br ooker warn that daily running costs reach about $650 and that current warrants total $79,077.53 with past payments exceeding $88,000. A June 30 cash balance stands at $34,054.92 as the council reviews three months of receipts and disbursements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
Brooker
Brookier
J. (. Brooker
Two Thousand Attend Sumach Park Sunday Record Crowd
About 2000 people gathered at Sumach Park Sunday seeking rest from heat, setting a new Sunday attendance record with no special attraction. Temperatures differed by about five degrees from city to park while lagoons stayed cooler. boats and canoes were in use until 11 p.m. Evening traffic to the park grew as more residents made it a weekday recreation feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumach Park
Crime Gang Aftermath Leaves Two Dead In Shootout
Minneapolis reports reveal the pistol duel between Patrolman Olinger and Jerry McCarthy as part of an organized highwaymen gang. A.H. Danson confessed implicating McCarthy and Olinger and Fred Briggs as the brain. Briggs remains jailed. Saloon license of James Lyons revoked and Patrolman J. J. Walsh discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lyons
J. J. Walsh
Fred Briggs
Martin Brennan
Briggs
Brennann
Express charges under discussion at Sunnyside meeting
A Sunnyside convening under the Sunnyside Commercial Club plans to review readjusting fruit express rates east and west. Valley exhibitors and fruit associations will send representatives to consider cutting high charges that hinder Yakima valley shipments to natural markets. The aim is to determine if an arrangement to reduce rates is possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
Sunnyside
North
Yakima
Sound
Washington
Yeomen draft for injury aids injured member
W R Taylor of 101% South Second street received a draft for 180 from Dr A W Walthew, of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. He broke his left hip after falling in the Mullins building basement on Chestnut and Second streets, and has been unable to work since January 30. Yeomen members offered support during his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Taylor
South Second Street
A. W. Walthew
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Mr. Taylor
Mullins
Chestnut and
Second Streets
Taylor
Council Repeals Rail Crossings Ordinance At Expansion Request
City council met with most members present and acted on multiple petitions. Ordinance 863 repealed after Northern Pacific and North Yakima railroads urged not to spend on bells, while city considers private bids and paving projects and approves a $50,000 drain indebtedness plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira P. Englehart
Northern Pacific
North Yakima and Valley Railroads
Attrney Manglehart
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company
F. ¢. Howard
Finance Committee
Maple Street
Divorce Suit Filed In Superior Court Over Cruelty
Mrs Stella J Snyder sues for absolute divorce from Charles A Snyder citing cruel treatment and personal indignities. She seeks custody of their minor daughter Mary Estella Snyder and monthly alimony of 250 dollars. The couple married in Coeur d Alene Idaho in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella J. Snyder
Superior Court
Charles A. Snyder
Couer d Alene
Idaho
Mary Estella Snyder
State Work Costly, County Road Work Scrutinized
W. J. Roberts, North Yakima, examined state aid efforts near the city. He rode with county commissioners Olson and Lemay to inspect a mile and a half of road south of Yakima City and found the street dug up and impassable. The state highway commissioner promised action against the contractor W. W. Pettijohn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Cascades
Olson and Lemay
Mr. Roberts
Yakima City
W. W. Pettijohn
Not Well Advertised Yakima Valley Calls For East Coast Promotion
Prof. W F Selleck warning from a Yakima Orchard Securities Co trip urges organized effort to supply East Coast ticket offices with Yakima valley literature. He notes eastern offices lack Yo Yakima materials while Oregon districts recruit emigrants, risking lost settlement opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. EF. F. Selleck
Yakima Orchard Securities Co
Chicago
Oregon
Yakima Valley
Self-inflicted death near Wapato rocks realities of illness
John P. Cleary a Yakima reservation lessee killed himself three miles from Wapato using an .88 caliber revolver. Coroner Fred Shaw found it a death by own action with no inquest. Cleary, 4, left a wife and three children plus eight sisters. belonged to Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen of America at Palouse lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Cleary
Yakima
Wapato
Cleary
Fred Shaw
Eght
Royal Neighbors
Modern Woodmen of America
Palouse
Miss Susie Erwin Visits Mrs Bilis in Olympia
Miss Susie Erwin left Sunday to visit Mrs G Bilis of Olympia for a fortnight, staying at her home during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Erwin
Mre
No New Cholera Cases Reported at Quarantine
New York July 17 Dr Doty health officer says cholera situation at quarantine is reassuring with one death in the last 24 hours and no new cases. 600 emigrants from the Moltke and Portugal are undergoing bacteriological tests as officers continue examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Doty
Swinburne Island Hospital
Moltke
Poruga
Senate approves broad public disclosure publicity bill
The Senate passed a sweeping pre election publicity law setting spending caps of ten cents per voter for Senate or House campaigns and a $10 000 limit for senatorial races with $5 000 for House races. It requires full disclosure of contributions and expenditures starting 15 days before elections and bans promises of political jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Furthher
Ellensburg Growth Reported in Polk Directory
Polk directory crews estimate Ellensburg population near 6800, with about 1800 added for suburbs using a two and a quarter multiplier per name. The count exceeds the U S census by several hundred, reflecting city and adjacent areas combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellensburg
Polk
Kittitas Valley
United States
Joseph Kuntz Dies After Railway Accident
Joseph Kuntz of Yakima City dies at St Elizabeths hospital from injuries after being struck by a gas line car on the O W R N company line July 8. Funeral at Sunnyside, his former home, today. Survived by four sons. Frank of Yakima will attend. Kuntz had lived in the county 22 years, coming from Knapp Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kuntz
Yakima City
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
O.W. R. & N. Company
Sunnyside
Frank
Mr. Kunta
Knapp, Wisop
Voters Approve City’s Move to Commission Government
North Yakima voters backed the commission form by 96 to 4 percent with 50 percent turnout. A mayor and two commissioners will be elected within sixty days, with petitions needed to place candidates on the ballot. The first voter was a woman in precinct two ward one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall and
Brown Avenues
Hall Avenue
Thomas
Grady
Shaw
Brown
Carver
North Yakima
Fifth Ward
Court House
Schott
Agst
Forest Rangers 10 Use Aeroplanes
Spokane Washington July 17 Major Frank A Pain supervisor of the Selway national forest overseeing 1 600 000 acres plans that aeroplanes and wireless telegraphy will aid protecting timbered lands in the Pacific slope. A flying survey could replace a week of ranger work in hours and wireless stations on mountain peaks would help assemble crews to extinguish fires. Several hundred miles of telephone lines have been built this season and no serious fires have occurred in the Northwest forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Frank A. Pain
Selway National Forest
Nez Parce
Idaho
Pacific Slope
Foresta
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Inlet
Petition of Sanitary League
Willian Burgess
Hines’ Company
Pacific Power and Light Company
Union
Sds
Webb Motor Fire Apparatus
City Hall
Pacerkiele
Uae
N and C. Ditch
Minneapolis
Valley Fruit
John Lynch
Mayor Schott
Pease
H. H. Schott
Wenner
Lynch
North First Street
Fifth Avenue
Walnut Street
Pine Street
GA Piocks
W. J. Roberts
W. F. F. Selleck
Ast
Yaakima
J.P. Cleary
Forest Rangers
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