Realty Men Organize Local Real Estate Association
North Yakima real estate firms form a local group with about 1500 in treasury and 34 to 35 members. The association aims to bind dealers, protect buyers new to the valley, and standardize advertising while posting commissions and a constitution in member offices. Officers include IL O Janeck president J B Ermsdorf vice president E C Van Brandt secretary treasurer. executive board names and arbitration rules announced.
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North
IL. O. Janeck
Yakima Commercial Company
J. B. Ermsdorf
Yakima Valley Land and Investment Company
E. C. van Brandt
Lesh Land Company
J. E. Boyle
Naches Land Company
Chas. Marsh
H. B. Scudder Company
J. R. Fitch
Yakima Real Estate
Bona Fide
Committee On
Chicken Thieves Strike While Halls Attend Church
Thieves stole 12 chickens from Henry Halls at 9311 North Second Street Friday night while the Halls were at church. Among the birds were eight heavily blooded hens imported by Dr. Connel. This marks the second raid in three months with previous thefts of all fowls. Residents along North Second Street are on alert and placing guards on coop locks.
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Henry Halls
North Second Street
Dr. Connel
Mr. Hall
Mrs H M Allen Arrives From Salt Lake City
Mrs H M Allen wife of Dr H M Allen arrived in the city from Salt Lake City on Monday. Dr Allen has rented a home on North Seventh Street.
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H. M. Allen
City
Salt Lake City
Dr. Allen
North Seventh Street
Secretaries Visit Tieton Ditch Project For Y M C A Work
State Secretary Charles W Wilcox and H S Turner travel to the Tieton government ditch site to assess YMCA involvement this summer. About 460 to 500 men work there. They plan social and religious improvements modeled after Panama government projects.
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Chas. W. Wilcox
H. S. Turner
Tieton
Government
Panama
Turner
Wilcox
Naches
Like father and son linked by crime in Spokane tale
In Washington state a father Benjamin Connors and his 18 year old son Orwell Connors share a Wenatchee jail cell after being sentenced for horse stealing. The elder revealed to the jailer that the youth was his son, a fact kept from the boy and later moved to Walla Walla in irons with guard Barney Esterbrook.
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Spokane
Benjamin Connors
Orwell Conners
Wenatchee
Wash
Waterville
Douglass County
Chelan
Threke
Connors
Iowa
Walla Walla In
Irons
Barney Esterbrook
Gilson damage case taken from jury by Judge Kauefman
Judge Kauefman remitted the Gilson damage case from jury deliberation declaring that damages stem from acts of God. The ruling argues such events absolve defendants of liability under existing policy and precedent. Local court records indicate the decision alters the case posture and potential settlements.
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Gilson
Kauefman
Silas A. Gilson
Kauffman
Yakima Boom Company
Yakima County
City Tax Ordinance Expands Fees Across Businesses
North Yakima officials approve a broad city ordinance taxing circuses oil peddlers theaters and many service trades. The measure sets daily or yearly licenses dozens of categories and requires records for secondhand dealers with fines for noncompliance.
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Mull
Yakima
Prin
MAKE BIG HOWL POOLROOM MEN OBJECT TO NEW RESTRICTIONS
A pool room manager denounces city restrictions as unfair and explains a center partition to reduce drafts. He cites $3500 in improvements and says the screen serves patrons with air and comfort, not hiding gambling. Other owners fear hardship but oppose evasion of the ordinance.
Local vendors in city face taxes and penalties
The text notes vendors seeking permission to do business in the city, staying briefly, paying no tax. It warns that lacking proper evidence will subject individuals to fines of at least five dollars, with penalties escalating under unspecified rules.
Not in districts proposed paving must be bid on as whole
The paving district will not be divided for small bidders. Four contractors prep bids alongside H Weiseberger who will bid. Denny Clay Barber Asphalt Independent Asphalt are noted bidders. The ordinance delaying action requires two weeks to study division feasibility and would push work back four to six weeks.
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Lesh Land Company
H. Weiseberger
Weisberger
Denny Clay Company
Barber Asphalt Company
The
Independent Asphalt Company
Psbmit
Restaurants Fight Box Law as Police Seek Compliance
Police briefed restaurants and saloons to remove or modify liquor boxes to meet a new ordinance. Five days to comply or face enforcement. Saloons accept the rule. Chinese and Japanese restaurant owners vow to fight, hiring Attorney H J Silver, arguing restaurants differ as legitimate businesses and avoid liquor sales.
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Short
H. J. Silver
North
Wes
Minnesota Society Seeks First Native Born Residents
The Minnesota society asks Yakime County residents to report names ages and current addresses of first native Minnesotans and second generation members or their spouses who reside in Mittresesa or Third-Haishands. Send details to Miss Mawd Colton BR FL iD No 2 Norte YREL ma Wash. Registration is free regardless of prior registration.
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Minnesota Sociéty
Yakime County
Minnesota
State Horn
Mawd
Colton
No. 2
Norte
Yrel Ma
Wash
Tregistre Leon
Airship Sightings Reported Near North Yakima Tonight
The Bellingham Herald notes an illuminated airship seen circling the night sky near North Yakima, with correspondents observing a brilliantly lit car beneath the starry heavens. The report ties to Yakima sources and recalls earlier Mt Tacoma eruption news from spring.
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Yakima
Bellingham
Noh
Billy
Yakims
Mt. Tacoma
McCourt Approved as U S District Attorney for Oregon
The Senate confirmed John McCourt this afternoon to be United States district attorney for Oregon. The nomination was acted on in March.
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Yakima Biom CO
God
Standard Oil Trust
Barnum and Bailey
H. Mull
H. M. Taylor
Lrention
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Chas. Carpenter
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