Special School Bond election planned in district No 7
A special election will be held Saturday March 24 at Central school from 1 to 7 pm to authorize the board of school directors to borrow funds and issue 20 year bonds to build another school house on the north side. The Union Ditch Company reports its trustees McCurdy Matterson and Dean, with an annual maintenance fee of 10 per share and water rent of 25 cents per acre for irrigation of 40 acres per share. The canal is Yakima county’s oldest, predating the city plat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Ditch Company
McCurdy
M. M. Matterson
A. Dean
Yakima County
John Wood Arrested in Vancouver for Land Swindle
John Wood alias Henry Moryatt, a sixty year old swindler and former soldier, was arrested in Vancouver and will be taken to Seattle for trial on thirty nine indictments for fraudulent timber land schemes in the past year. He allegedly offered to locate about forty timber claims and took 25 dollars from each claimant in Kittitas County, amassing about 5000 dollars before his last June arrest. Special Agent Dixon secured evidence likely to convict him before Judge Hanford after prior acquittal attempts in Portland with counsel for Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood
Henry Moryatt
Vancouver
Seattle
Kittitas County
Bellinger
Portand
Dixon
Hanford
Liberated after arrest of Belle Graves in theft case
The Spokesman-Review reports police failed to obtain a trial transport for Belle Graves alias McKay, accused with Cecil Smith of stealing $100 from Italian Joe Berti. Graves was located in North Yakima and released. Smith remains jailed on a $750 bond. A second note from Dawson recounts harsh wages and early mining work on Hunker Creek with a bleak January temperature record.
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Spokesman-Review
North Yakima
Belle Graves
McKay
Cecil Smith
Joe Berti
Andy Green
The Passion Play at Mason's Draws Large Crowds
Reproduction of the Ober Ammergau drama drew big audiences at Mason's with matinee and evening showings. Enhanced by stronger electrical lighting, the performance featured Pilate, the crucifixion, and the return of Christ, marking an improvement over the usual presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason’s
Pilate
Forum
Christ
Edison Invention Slides Entertain With Living Pictures
The article describes life like movements on screen produced by moving attachments to a stereopticon unwinding a 50 foot film. The film records movements before the camera and displays them as a moving panorama. Other pictures range from sentimental to comic and the overall entertainment is instructive and absorbing. County Assessor Robert Scott has named deputies J M Hall Harry Goonse and others to assist in the 1900 assessment. Office and field men are listed with assignments across Kennewick W M Scott Kiona and Sunnyside among others. Work has begun and is expected to take sixty days to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ediison
Robert Scott
J. M. Hall
Harry Goonse
Harry van Horn
Kennewick
W. M. Scott
Kiona
William Finn
Prosser
Wallace Goodsell
Sunnyside
R. W. Scott
North Yakima
J. N. Scott
Selah
Newt Wilcox
Cowyche
D. J. Stephens
Ahtanum
Joseph Parrott
Mount Adams
Woman's Club marks seventh anniversary with world tour
The Woman's Club met at the Commercial club rooms on Friday to celebrate seven years of organization. Members toured the world in the private car Advance with a punch card game, prizes, and a railroad lunch break. Fifty members now wear violets, and the event drew praise as an enjoyable afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Commercial Club
Mesdames Snyder, Wright, Burlingame and Kinsey
Miles Cannon
Mesdames Wright and
Kinsey
Jas. B. Reavis
Olympia
Remarkable Postal Increase Prompts Surplus and Stamp Run
Phil Ditter reports post office receipts for the fiscal year ending April 1 will exceed prior year by almost 1000 and forecasts near 9500, with a possible 10,000 total. He bought 250 worth of stamps and sent a drag after them. Maschon entertainment notes progress for Mason's opera house two nights, about 100 pupils rehearsing, with funds needed for grade materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Ditter
Ditter Bros
Mason’s Opera House
Ma-schon Wins Approval at Trinity Church Play
The Lyconom theatre group at Trinity church presented Ma-schon under Miss Potter. Cassie Heller sang opening numbers with animated notes and received applause. The cast performed marches tambourine drill and pink poem with poppy pictures, and Miss Potter and Miss Cutler drew praise. the male quartet "My Old Kentucky Home" also pleased the audience with an encore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyconom
Guild of Willing Hands
Trinity Church
Miss Potter
Cassie Heller
Advertised Letter List and Viavi Health Claims
The North Yakima postoffice lists unclaimed letters including Austin A L and Bellinger Amee Blackes John Cunningham Josh Cleman Walt Curtis Kate Chase Wm Downing LH George D E Grallion W H Linsley C E Moore LC Palmater Frank Stone Edward Smith Olive Simpson Nellie Samson Billie Sanderson J H Wilson Frank B. Persons are asked to claim within the advertised list. Also notes a detailed approval of Viavi remedy as safe reliable home treatment per U S Health Reports Feb 1 1899 with office in Lund block.
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North Yakima
Austin
A L Bellinger
Amee Blackes
John McC Cunningham
Josh Cleman
Walt Curtis
Kate Chase
Wm Downing
George D E Grallion
W H Linsley
C E Moore
LC Palmater
Frank Stone
Edward Smith
Olive Simpson
Nellie Samson
Billie Sanderson
J H Wilson
Frank B
L. E. Sperry
U. S. Health Reports
Lund Block
One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Local Mother
Mrs. Calvin Zimmerman of Milesburg Pa endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a speedy remedy for coughs croup and throat ailments. She says it is pleasant for children and uniquely harmless with immediate results and claims it can prevent consumption. Janeck's Drug Store carries it.
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E. C. Dewitt & CO
Chicago
L. C. Janeck
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg
Janeck
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S.c.wells & Co
Leroy
N.Y
Hamilton, Can
Aneck
Nort
Kime
Eureka
STANE
Ial
Ferry
Fernry
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Bos
Secensary Norsicken
NEO CO. Phila. Pa
Ely
Catarre
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Oregon
Pullman Palace
Europe
Buulesd
A. B. Cline
EF. Ellis
First Avenue
Wash
H, Hurlburt
Portland
Ore
The
Freda Jungst
Fred Jungst
Dawson
Fred
Hunker Creek
George Ker
Pete Norby
Yakima
GE. McEwen
Yakima Avenue
H. J. Rand
4Th St. and
Yakima Ave
J.C. Brooker, Proprietors
Coral Coast
Kentucky
Saunders Quartette
Part
Nob Hill
A. W. Speyers
Ditter & Mechtel
Diter & Wechtel
Square Meals
Iliu
Premfs railVu
Lucy, Propr
J. T. Foster
Janecks Drug Store
Mendel
A.D. Sloan
Rosin
Sears, Roebuck & Co, Inc
Sears, Roebuck &C
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