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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1907
Page
5
A Herald reader, a city mother, urges removal of the restricted district arguing it harms children and business. She cites a recent incident near the district with rioting and gunfire, urging officials to protect homes and schools over revenue from vice.
William P. Sawyer of Parker writes in favor of the Yakima Valley Transportation company taking over Inter-Valley lines. The note outlines hardships, financing needs, and the anticipated benefits for North Yakima and local farmers, urging public support and caution against widespread condemnation.
The old company under H. B. Scudder cleaned up preliminary work and the new Yakima Transportation company prepares to begin construction once financing is secured. Competent managers oversee progress and the Herald backs a swift completion to improve Yakima mobility and express gratitude to local financiers.
The Herald notes council dilatory moves toward paving the city amid muddy streets. Doubts arise about receiving bids as the season advances and red tape delays large projects, with only limited work possible before next summer and another winter of mud likely.
The demand for laboring men rises as ranches absorb most surplus workers while railroads and government projects struggle to hire. Camps offer clean quarters neatness and quality food with good pay, yet workers remain scarce. Some hoboes ride boxcars seeking unpaid chain gang work, harming regional labor prospects.
The Herald calls for an official county milk inspection after Inspector Adams reports troubling conditions at several cream separation sites. The Sunnyside Sun criticizes North Yakima fair hotel pricing, but the Herald notes statewide preparations to improve lodging and expects 2,000 extra beds for next year.
Announcement yesterday confirmed Roberts as humane officer and launched a county wide campaign to boost Humane Society membership. The piece urges broad public support to end animal abuse and assist the officer in challenging but important tasks ahead.
The Sunnyside water users raise their capital stock to almost two million dollars, reflecting strong confidence in the vast Sunnyside canal watered territory and its future prospects.
Washington State College experiment station outlines a potato growth circular to farmers in Eastern and Western Washington. It seeks data on acreage, planting methods, costs, yields, and disease for future collaboration with starch factories and alcohol distilleries. Professor A C Craig details a multi-year seed selection plan to improve tuber quality and yield while linking to market opportunities.
Testimony from San Pedro officers at Captain Birmingham's hearing links the Columbia disaster to shipmasters running at full speed in fog. San Pedro's Chief Mate Hendrickson said he did not slow after hearing fog signals. Hansen of the San Pedro defended rescue efforts and described near drowning scenes as the Columbia wreckage and debris hampered lifeboat use.
No superion for rheumatism stiff joints cuts sprains lumbago and all pains. Buy it try it and you will always use it. Anyone who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment is living proof of what it does. Trial bottle offered. Price 25c 50c and $1.00. Sold by Colton Fry Drug Co.
The remark compares the current weather to General Sherman’s harsh campaign style, describing scorched earth like conditions and relentless, consuming heat. It frames meteorological extremes as a ruthless, historical parallel to war.
Report describes Columbus arriving and meeting two Indian chiefs who inquire about a package. They are told it contains Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, offered for 35 cents as Tea or Tablets at C. C. Case's Drug Store.
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