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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
1
J Dunn of White Bluffs sought 15 men and teams for an irrigating ditch job offering five dollars a day. Bywater of the Aumiller Transfer company sought ten teams but secured none. Both men lament the shortage of willing workers as time wore on and efforts failed.
Mr and Mrs Frank Williams left Tuesday for Toppenish to occupy their newly completed home They returned Sunday from an extended honeymoon in Southern California and Honolulu.
Eugene E. Schmitz was freed from jail after posting a 150000 dollar bond. Extortion charges he faced have been dismissed. Affidavits by Heney and Langdon refute Ruef immunity claims, with Heney’s 65000 word affidavit described as the longest in San Francisco court history. Detective Burns to follow with 40000 words.
Local union men in North Yakima push for a federation of labor to unite trades and labor councils. E R Lucas of the Painters Union returns from Portland with a plan to form a central headquarters and attract cooks waiters and pressmen who lack union representation. A union meeting is planned to work out details and advance the effort.
Cleveland March 10 Coroner Burke concludes the Collingswood school fire caused by overheated steam pipes placed near wood. He says no definite blame yet pending evidence review as 166th body is recovered after a month long siege of influenza. Mrs A Purdin of Leaming's addition resumes domestic duties though not fully recovered.
Commissioners grant Yakima Valley Transportation an extension to build two miles of track by March 12, 1909 with five more miles over the following three years and a full line completion within five years. The decision signals an extensive new rail venture benefiting North Yakima. Also notes horse racing at the State Fair Grounds featuring Senator and Thomas W. with Gunnerson and Brooker preparing to drive.
Capt Winslow and Commander Key attacked ship construction defects before the Committee On Investigation in Washington. They charged ships under Admiral Evans left Hampton Roads over draft and criticized armor belts gun decks and ammunition hoists as unsafe. Key clashed with the panel over testimony, while the committee moved to an executive session to continue tomorrow focusing on ships not officers.
County commissioners accepted DeVaux landscape plans for finishing the Courthouse grounds. Bids will be called soon for cement walks and the Red Cross monument will be placed in the vacant area. An eight foot walk will run from the main entrance area to street First Street and north side entrances.
A nameless Japanese man was arrested near Ely Nevada after a struggle with Clinton a local draughtsman who tried to detain him the Japanese invited Clinton to accompany him to San Francisco to obtain fortification drawings promising pay Clinton refused and held the man until officers arrived police seek evidence of the suspect’s possessions
A 20 foot terrace will surround the courthouse and jail with shrubbery and flowers to be planted. Locust trees are being grubbed out and dirt is hauled in to level the grounds as curb work proceeds.
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