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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1912
Page
3
The Washington State Fair announces a large children’s industrial department with prizes across agriculture horticulture and crafts. Awards include a pure bred Shetland pony a registered Holstein calf and $100 in cash from sponsors plus numerous class prizes for youths under seventeen who grow or make displays in fields including potatoes corn cabbage and apples.
A. F. Linse of North Yakima offers a prize titled Pen of White Wyandottes for the top fruit display by a boy or girl under seventeen, inviting young participants to compete in the horticultural event.
Local listings show multiple vendors in North Yakima offering prizes for girls under seventeen. Awards include best loaf of potato yeast bread, best display of kitchen products, best display of jellies, and best hand painted china, plus garments and embroidery categories.
North Yakima offered by John Mechtel for best display of cut flowers grown by a girl under seventeen. Mrs. TM. B. Readle offered for best display of cactus dahlias grown by a boy or girl under seventeen. Mrs. J. R. Schwartze offered for best display of tochet voses grown by a girl or boy.
Valley Hardware Company of North Yakima offers a set of manual training tools including a saw coping saw jack plane square hammer block plane brace and assorted bits and butt chisels in a canvas roll for a best article of wood metal or leather made by a high school pupil.
The Tieton irrigation season runs May 1 to September 30 while Sunnyside canal extends to October 31. Project changes alter payment requirements for homesteaders under section three, reducing the first per acre payment to 9.30 plus maintenance. Relief on planting timing is overseen by Project Engineer Croynover to satisfy anticipated growers. A separate notice mentions Hepatobiliary tonic Herbine being sold locally for liver and digestion support.
The House will discuss a bill to levy an excise tax on all net incomes above 5000 dollars a year and a sugar free list bill. Both measures likely pass within a week or ten days, but their fate in the Senate is uncertain and tempestuous.
Arlington and Pacific mill strikers allied with the central labor union will return to work Monday and accept a five percent minimum wage increase. The decision was reached by the union’s general committee, with plans to urge acceptance across all mills. Industrial Workers of the World, controlling many unskilled workers, have declined.
A Kansas man from Washington reports la grippes cured by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound after a severe attack nearly led to pneumonia. He credits rapid relief and three bottles ending his grippe, with the North Yakima Drug Store selling the remedy.
An optimistic Tacoma observer reports booming activity across lumber, ties, and rail car orders. Northern Pacific expands work with 2,000 jobs, mills plan cross ties for China, and real estate hosts foretell a strong year as shops resume full output and shingle mills reopen.
Seattle reports announce spring colonist fares westbound from March 1 to April 15 to the Pacific Northwest, with strong efforts to recruit settlers. In mayoral politics Hiram C. Gill seeks another term amid a crowded field, while a socialist candidate gains votes but not final ballot eligibility. Canalization measures for the Columbia River and powder mill accident beneficiaries add to regional concerns, with disputes over industrial insurance funding and company contributions.
The Taft administration issued a proclamation urging Americans in Mexico to leave if conditions worsen, with a telegram to Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City and copies to consular agents. Officials say the move does not acknowledge revolution nor neutrality, but warns against partisan influence while hoping for peace. In El Paso refugees view President Madero facing growing revolts. Villa moves his forces toward Chihuahua. Ballard’s Horehound Syrup ad follows.
The report lists resources and liabilities including loans and discounts, U S bonds to secure circulation, deposits, real estate, and cash items. It shows total assets of 668,524.99 and total liabilities of 668,524.99 with capital stock 100,000 and surplus 150,000, sworn by cashier A B Cline in Yakima County Washington.
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