Railroad Plans for 1912 Freight Boom and Alaska League
Northern Pacific to spend about 10 million on rolling stock for freight season with 500 refrigerator cars and 1 000 box cars ordered. Rail links to Ellensburg Pasco and Yakima canyon work plus new lines between Ellensburg and Pasco. Portland traffic talks hint Milwaukee and OWRN alliance to gain Portland Oregon territory access. Canadian Pacific excursion dates and fares to multiple eastern cities listed for 1912 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway
Point Defiance
Spokane
Pasco
Auburn
Centralia
Seattle
Ellensburg
Yakima Canyon
Yakima
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee Rail Road
Beverly
Hanford
Portland
Milwaukee
Harriman
Oregon
Harriman Roads
Excursions East for Coming Season Rates Announced
Pacific coast railroads unveil summer tourist rates with Eastbound service from the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific. Tickets active April 25 to 27 and May 2 4 10 11 17 24 29, plus select June to September dates. Fifteen day travel window. return limit October 31. Rates to eastern terminals expected to match prior season figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific
Lune
Wily
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Chicago
St. Louis
New York City
Boston
Montreal
Toronto
Kootenay and
Arrow Lakes
Thousand Islands
Pacific Coast
Herald
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific Railways
North Yakima
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Evaporating Plants Planned in Yakima Valley
C E Norton states plans for evaporating plants in the Yakima valley remain active with two initial sites in Fruitvale and South Nob Hill. The project aims for thirty ton green apple capacity per plant, employing about fifty workers, with future expansions to Selah Naches and Lower Yakima. Norton notes two thirds of bearing orchards are allied and contracts are near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Norton
Yakima Valley
Mr. Norton
Fruitvale
Nob Hill
Yakima
South Nob Hill
North Yakima
Selah
Naches
Living Present Reflects on Past and Future Duty
A concise quotation by Joseph Choate noting that the live present gathers light from the past and acts responsibly toward future results through its conduct. The statement emphasizes duty, responsibility, and the continuity of time.
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Joseph Choate
Grange backs Yakima potato clubs with district prizes
Ahtanum Grange leaders including D. J. Wyncoop back a boys potato club movement in Yakima, linking with school districts to offer prizes and promote competition. Wyncoop envisions state fair entries and breadmaking awards for girls, urging rapid rules distribution to districts for swift mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahtanum Grange
Messrs. Smyser
Gilbert
Dustin
Yakima
Grange
Ahtanum
D. J. Wynooop
South
Wyncoop
Cost of Spraying Being Worked Out in State
State Commissioner of Horticulture Huntley is compiling a table on spray material usage for 1911. The project will show quantities and costs per tree, how sprays fight pests, and future material needs alongside nursery and planting data. Much lime and sulphur spray is home made, and local sprays may be manufactured here in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntley
State Department of Horticulture
Positive cure for bed wetting cited in Lovington notice
Charles Durham reports a successful treatment for his child’s bed wetting using Foley Kidney Pills. He states after two thirds of a bottle the boy stopped wetting the bed about six weeks ago and has remained dry. Available at North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Durham
Lovington
North
Yakima Valley Promoted as Pure Stock Leader
Prospective buyers from Montana and British Columbia visit North Yakima to inspect Lincoln bucks and cross bred ewes. T C Powers of Helena and W L McAbee of Ashcroft seek high quality pure bred dairy and beef stock while local breeders tout Yakima valley as a growing center for pure stock, dairy, and sheep with notable interest from across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
British Columbia
North Yakima
T. C. Powers
Helena
Mont
H. Stanley Coffin
Ashcroft
B. C
W. L. McAbee
Herald
Canada
Yakima
South America
The
Coffin
State College
McDonald
Animal Industry Department
A. J. Splawn
Yakima Valley
McAbee
How to Grow Sweet Peas in Home Gardens
Plant sweet peas now but may need a two to three week delay for safety. Space vines two inches apart and avoid two living in same earth two years in a row. Prepare a deep trench with heavy clay and rotted manure or fertilizer. Add ash and cover seeds four inches deep. Thin and mound soil as plants reach two to three inches high.
If man would make good he must be good
Quote attributed to Charles Eugene Banks asserting personal virtue as the measure of goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eugene Banks
Land Owners May Borrow Under Government Water Rights Order
Government order details mortgage protection for land on irrigation projects under the 1902 act. It allows mortgagees to receive notices of default, prevents automatic cancelation of water-right applications for foreclosure buyers for up to one year after foreclosure, and permits credit for past water-right payments upon filing a transfer of title. Mortgagees must notify the local land office register and project engineer within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Gullickson
Washington
The
Reclamation Service
Miss Kate Brown Seeks Yakima County School Superintendent
Miss Kate Brown of Oranger announces candidacy for Yakima county superintendent of schools becoming the first entrant in the field. A rancher and educator, she has nine years teaching experience with AB and AS degrees and serves as district clerk, active in North Yakima institutes and local education work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Brown
Oranger
Yakima County
Brown
Miss Brown
Yakima
Herbine claims relief for stomach distress with digestive aid
Advertises Herbine as a remedy for heartburn indigestion and stomach distress. It states it forces undigested food from the body and restores tone in the stomach and bowels. Price 50 cents. Sold by D. B. Fry and TM Gyamyn at the corner of 3rd and Yakima avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. BH. Fry
Gyamyp
Yakima Avenues
Northern Pacific explores Benton Canal survey impact on Kennewick
The Northern Pacific Railway mobilizes engineers to survey the Benton project lower canal near Kennewick. The plan aims to irrigate about 150000 acres, including 100000 acres owned by the railroad. King filed a 2000 cubic feet per second water appropriation near Prosser as survey proceeds. The project awaits Army Engineers approval and possible railroad-led completion to spur city growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Ledbetter
Kennewick
William R. King
Yakima
Prosser
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Rairoad Company
Board of Army Engineers
Ballard's Snow Liniment advertises fast healing
An old time advertisement warns that small wounds in cold weather become sores if untreated and promotes applying Ballard's Snow Liniment at once. It promises prompt healing and no need for a bandage. Bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00, sold by D. H. Fry and C. W. Camp at 3rd and Yakima avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
D. H. Fry
W. Camp
Cor
3Rd
Yakima Avenues
Half Million Due From Yakima County Reclamation Work
Nearly $500000 will be paid to the federal government in coming weeks for Sunnyside and Tieton reclamation. About $250000 from Sunnyside canal by March 1 and just over $200000 from Tieton by April 1. The payment flow shows rapid settlement as 400 water users take up acreages west of the city with encampments and new homes appearing along the main roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima County
Sunnyside
Teton
Sunnyside Canal
United States Land Office
Tieton
Koley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by A Local Hotel Keeper
Mr Jas McCaffery of the Schlitz Hotel in Omaha recommends Moley's Honey and Tar Compound as a universal cure. He cites personal use and praise from others for throat and lung diseases. The medicine is pitched as a reliable family remedy for coughs colds croup and pneumonia prevention. Sold by North Yakima Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koley
Jas, McCaffery
Mer
Schlitz Hotel
Omaha
Neb
Moley
North Yakima Drug Store
Dr Rosser Physician and Surgeon Listed
Dr Rosser physician and surgeon operates an office over Janeck Drug Store at Cor Sixth and Chestraet with hours from 9 to 1 and 2 to 6 p m and serves on the Pension Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosser
Janeck Drug Store
Cor
Chestraet
Pension Board
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Canadian Railway
Pacific
Associates
J. T. Shelnut
Bremen
Ort
West
Evistrauss
MR. Wyncoop
Ahtanum Is
Lincoln
Department
Kate L. Brown
N. P
Benton Canal
Pany
Kenne
Wick
Northern Pacific Irrigation Company
Sunnyside and
Call For IT
Tim Kelly
Wapato
Mr. Buyer
First Street
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