North Yakima People to Glose Big Deal
Massive irrigation move targets fourteen thousand acres near Kennewick. Fechter and Rudkin of North Yakima reportedly gain canal title and adjoining land in a Seattle deal rumored to total around two hundred thousand dollars. Investment promises rapid development, employment, and a flood of settlers with Richland and Kennewick land bets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Kennewick
Seattle
Northern Pacific Irrigation Canal
Fechter & Rudkin
North Yakima
Richland
Downs & Allen
Horn & Grosscup
Horn Ditch
Northern Pacific
Laird & Fullerton
Mabton siphon bids opened for Sunnyside reclamation project
Bids for laying 55 inch wood stave pipe and 48 inch pipe on the Mabton siphon are listed with prices from seven firms. Government may use day labor for some excavation and inverted siphon work under the Yakima river. Bids on excavation, Sulphur creek waste way, and the Sunnyside canal frame office building are noted, with decisions pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Wash
Yakima River
Timothy Ryan
Seattle
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Washington Pipe and Foundry Company
George C. Clark
Sverett
International Contract Company
Sunnyside Ditch
Martin E. Mather
North Yakima, Wash
Reclamation Service
Advertised Letters At North Yakima Post Office
Uncalled letters remaining at the North Yakima Washington post office as of June 6 1808 include names such as Allen My W C Barker William Bryant Blake Mrs Ann Booker Louis Bowers William Bowman B T Bishop Miss Lula Chapman Mrs Mabel Conrad H Dean Joseph Carl Dew James Fanell Wm Fay Claphas Graham Sylvia Hank C L Ingram L A Jackson Mrs Wm Johnson Mrs Fay Karlsson Mrs George Knickrehn Geo Krenger Frank J Lucally John R Miller Mrs Maggie Miller Geo F Miller Chester Miller Harry D McNairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Wash
Allen
My. W.C. Barker
William Bryant
Blake
Ann Booker
Louis Bowers
William Bowman
B. T Bishop
Lula Chapman
Mabel Conrad
H. Dean
Joseph Carl Dew
James Fanell
Wm. Fay
Claphas Graham
Sylvia Golden
Nthwest Canning Co. Gordon
1St Ave. Hitz
Geo Hank
C. L. Ingram
L. A. Jackson
Wm. Johnson
F.ay Karlsson
George Knickrehn
Geo. Krenger
Frank J. Lucally
John R. Miller
Maggie Miller
Geo. F. Miller
Sear Miller
Chester McNairy
Harry -D
Local Mail Service Notice of Address Delivery Change
One cent due on each letter advertised. To avoid delay in delivery have your mail addressed to street and number. W. L. Lemon, P.M.
Reservoir project above Tieton canal gains start in Wide Hollow
Wickersham announced plans to build a reservoir irrigation system above the Tieton canal in Wide Hollow. Engineer Marble approved the plans and a dam contract will be let. initial work by day labor. The project aims to irrigate 160 acres, with later expansion to adjacent land and a broader valley grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Wickersham
Tieton Canal
Wide Hollow
Engineer Marble
Wickersham
Marble
Yakima
Rails to Cross Yakima Avenue for New Street Car Crossing
Yakima Valley Transportation will use a new crossing on Yakima Avenue to cross Northern Pacific tracks. Rails and crossing material arrived and will be laid soon. The street car line will extend to Sixth Street and to the fair grounds extension before fair time with construction starting within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley Transportation Company
Northern Pacific
Yakima Avenue
Sixth Street
Fair Grounds
Wheat outlook improves in Yakima County after rainfall
The Yakima County wheat outlook remains similar to last year with recent rains reversing earlier drought concerns. Earlier winds and prolonged dryness had dried the soil deeply, but renewed rainfall in recent days boosts prospects.
Early 1908 Wheat Crop Outlook Across Washington Locales
Reports from Wapato Toppenish Marton and Simcoe indicate mixed wheat prospects. Some counties anticipate larger acreage and good yields due to recent rains while others warn of smaller plantings and uneven growth with lower per acre yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapato, Wash
T. P. Robbins
George A. McArthur
Marton
Wash
United States Olympic Team Pick for London Games
New York selections named for London Olympic Games with 76 athletes led by Dearborn McGrath Rose Sheridan and Coe in heavyweight and discus. Shepard Hillman Smithson Gilbert Ewry among top event favorites. supplementary list of younger prospects prepared for potential entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
London
Dearborn
McGrath
Rose
Sheridan
Coe
Shepard
Hillman
Smithson
Gilbert
Ewry
America
Farm Offer in Frostless California or Blue Grass Kentucky
Advertisement invites buyers to acquire a farm in Frostless California or the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. Inquiries directed to V. C. Razor in Salt Lick Kentucky. Price and terms provided upon contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Blue Grass
Kentucky
V. C. Razor
Salt Lick
Advertising Results From Want Ad Columns
Advertising data from the Want Ad columns shows a range of classified activity with notices of sales, job seeks, and personal ads. It highlights reader engagement, market demand, and recurring categories such as real estate, employment, and services across the period.
Northern Pacific Demoralized Traffic Delays Hit Routes
The Northern Pacific faces severe disruption as trains Nos. 5 and 6 are removed from schedule. No. 5, a Burlington crack train, runs daily 1 58 p m. No. 6 serves local eastbound, due 5 45 a m. Nos. 1 and 2 operate Portland to Spokane amid Harri man lines complications, likely halting Oregon Short Line runs. No tickets east of Trout Creek Mont. sold. traffic east stalled indefinitely. Freight and express shipments drop. two freight offices workers laid off with more layoffs expected.
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Northern Pacific
Burlington
Portland
Spokane
Harriman
Oregon
Taft Leads as National Committee Adjourns Contests
Taft leads in early convention contests as the national committee adjourns after four days of hearings. Sixteen contests affecting 36 delegates were decided, including 27 Taft seats and nine Louisiana black and tan delegates with tentative Taft backing but no binding agreement. Louisiana Mississippi and Missouri seats were defined, with a split Louisiana delegation to seat both Taft and opposing factions.
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Chicago
National Committee
Taft
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Swan Avenue Scene of Little Auction Tuesday
North end residents on Swan Avenue held a Tuesday boycott against a meat seller who supplies a Japanese restaurant. As he passed through the street he faced jeers and a child shouting insults, then tea-pebbles were thrown. He fled the area, abandoning the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Avenue
Pruitvale
Unrest Over Pavement Strike Affects Swan Avenue Laborers
Report notes many laborers on Swan Avenue have been out of work for weeks after a pavement strike. Wives and children express bitterness, with special animosity toward Japanese workers involved.
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Swan Avenue
Kaw flood abates as rivers near peak in Kansas City
The Kaw valley flood at Topeka and along the Kaw and Missouri rivers is subsiding and predictions say both rivers will hold steady at midnight then begin to fall within 24 hours. Lowland residents faced flooding with stockyards partly submerged and crowds watching from bluffs and bridges.
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Kansas City
Topeka
Kaw
Missouri
Fishermen Whip Cowiche Creek Without Catch
A Missouri gentleman in rubber boots claims to have whipped Cowiche Creek for trout without success. He notes locals reported forty trout killed by a ruthless act, while his party fished and read, failing to lure any fish in the stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowiche Creek
Missouri
Use Live Mice As Bait Off Maddocks
Fishermen near Maddocks along the C R N railway draw a group including C G Hickok Portland W W Grove Spokane Auditor MacLeod Klickitat George Klose William MacMasters North Yakima ball experts and F A Cheney St Louis Mo using live mice as bait to lure large fish during a western vacation stop.
New Quaker Lunch Room Opens on North First Street
The Quaker Lunch Room opened Tuesday morning at 9 North First Street under Mr G Rosenstock and his father of Portland. Rosenstock, a noted hostelry man in the Philippines, occupies the former Dining Car premises. The proprietors boast of the best coffee in the country, using fourteen varieties in their Vienna blend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North First Street
G. (. Rosenstock
Portland
Rosenstock
Philippine Islands
Vienna
Thinks It Saved His Life By Dr King’s New Discovery
Lester M Nelson of Naples Staine writes that Dr King’s New Discovery saved his life after coughs and colds. He calls it a reliable throat and lung remedy and notes it has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies for forty years as a preventive of pneumonia. Sold under guarantee at C Y Case’s drug store for $1.00 with a trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Staine
Dr. King
Fray Neers
al C. Cy Case
McCrean Soup Method for One Person
A single serving method details browning butter in a spider then adding stale bread to soak. Crumble and combine with hot water and sweet cream, stir to a smooth boil, and salt to taste before serving.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northern Pacific Canal
North Coast
O. L. Hanson
Howard Amond
Tacoma
U.S
Sunnyside Irrigation Project
Mabton
START
Yakima Man
Yakima County
Pet-Intelligencer
Herbert Eshelman
Alex. E. McCredy
H. M. Gilbert
H., M. Pope
Simcoe
J. D. Coburn
Kunz & Hartz
A. T. Carlson
Trout Creek
Montana
Pedder
Kansas
Quaker
First Street
Herald
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