Yakima Visitor Describes Oakdale and Yakima Valley
Mrs. Belle Davidson of North Yakima visits Oakdale and tells a Leader reporter about North Yakima as a flourishing city of about 5000 on the Northern Pacific line. She describes the Yakima valley's wealth in crops, irrigation, artesian wells, and cattle, sheep, and hog raising, noting its distance east of the Cascades and its location outside the wet belt in the Webfoot state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
Cal
Yakima
Belle Davidson
North Yakima
Wash
E. J. Sproul
C. H. Threlfall
Davidson
Belle Watson
Leader
Northern Pacific
Yakima Valley
Cascade Mountains
Seattle
Wheat Smut Bulletin From Washington State College
The Washington Agricultural College at Pullman issues a bulletin on wheat smut. It explains the pest is a tiny plant spread by smut grains clinging to seed wheat and outlines a formalin treatment using 40 percent formalin mixed with water to disinfect grain before drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Agricultural College of
Pullman
Washington
Spraying Formula Advised For Scale Control
Norta Yakima reports an article dated March 14 advising spray methods for scale control. The writer describes a vat method with about 30 gallons of water, 20 pounds of sulphur, and 10 pounds of lime, heated to a boil for effective results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norta
Large family meals rely on varied stock and savings
A large family can face high monthly costs unless a butcher keeps a wide range of items on hand. The firm highlights its big cold storage plant as an advantage to provide abundant choice for luncheon or supper and promises to save customers money.
Insect-Killing Tree Solution Formula Revealed
A detailed account describes maintaining a boil in a vat for two hours, then mixing lime and salt with warm water to create a sixty gallon solution intended to kill insects on trees. The process stresses constant stirring and careful covering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hera
P. Prudence
Lacey bill shifts forest reserves to agricultural department
The bill transferring control of forest reserves from interior to the agricultural department passes with presidential and cabinet endorsements. Agriculture will oversee superintendents, supervisors, ranges, and grazing and timber cutting. interior retains surveys and land titles. New reserves require governors' requests, oppose concerns about divided authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacey
Interior
Agricultural Department
Hitchcock
Wilson
General Land Office
Interior Department
Jones
Washington
De Witts Little Early Risers End Digestive Troubles
An advertisement touts De Witts Little Early Risers as a safe, gentle liver and bowel remedy that cures biliousness and constipation. User testimonials from C. E. Hooper of Albany, Ga., claim improved health after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
C. E. Hooper
Albany, Ga
Yellow Drug Store
Smash the Club Debates Dr Kings New Discovery
Hay Fever Association members discuss using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption to prevent collapse of the club. Claims the remedy cures Consumption Pneumonia Bronchitis and even grip and croup with a guarantee. Banner salve advertised for chapped skin and lips. France receiving exposition literature from St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
France
Mysterious Cure Claims and Nearby Farm Pest Find
An advertisement claims cures for coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial troubles and pneumonia la grippe. A farmer near Urbana New York found eighty mice nesting in his sheep fleece. the sheep showed no sign of distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
N. Y
Water on Ice Sends Shivers Across Arctic Regions
Water thrown on ice in Arctic regions shivers the surface while boiling water can break glass due to the extreme cold of the ice compared with the water.
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Arctic
Witch Hazel Salve offers cure for piles and skin ailments
De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve is advertised as a rapid cure for piles avoiding risky operations and is praised for scalds cuts burns wounds sores and skin diseases while warning against counterfeits at Yellow Drug Store. The ad adds a note on fowl origins noting Brahma Cochin breeds and the gamecock’s Gingalese jungle fowl ancestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Yellow Drug Store
Cant Keep it Secret Dr Kings New Life Pills
The notice extols Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remarkable remedy for constipation sick headache biliousness jaundice and indigestion. It urges trial and notes 25 cents at Yakima drug stores. Also mentions Oregon salmon eggs sent to New Zealand and Utah seeds sold by Flour Mill Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Yakima
Oregon
New Zealand
Utah
Flour Mill Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ines & Gushrie
Attorneys AT Law
Psle & Rigg
Yakima National Bank
Adair
Cofifin Bros
H. R. Wells, M. D
Asbury Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis
R. David Russer
U. S. Pension Examiner
Ayres
6Th and
Chestnut
Frank
First National Bank
A. S. Hayley
Yakima City
J . E. Banks
Sffice
Schindeler
Yakima Avenue
T G. Redfield
Toland
Yakima Ave
Ge Y
M. Richards
North Yakima Drug Store
Sixth Street
AL Bank OF North
Directore
M. Ladd
W. L. Steinweg
Char. Carpenter
H.b.scudder
W.B. Dudley
North Yakima, Wash
Geo. Donald
Hugh K. Sinclair
J.D. Cornett
Frank Bartholet
Capital
Yakima County
J. T. Foster
HE Yakima Herald
California
Agricultural College
Galumbla
Loyal Ford
A. D. Sloan
A. Schindeler
F Foley
Cochin
G. I. Aumiler
Drayman
Avenue
R. J. Curry
Jefferson
Mulhollan
Grocers
Teyeur
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