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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
3
An urged column in this issue favors establishing a city park in North Yakima. It argues the project costs little and yields lasting civic value with fountains, memorials, miniature lakes, bridges, and walkways. The proposal recommends presenting the idea to the city council for prompt action.
The measure will take effect in 90 days and require the removal of all slot machines. Supporters call it a good law while opponents may challenge its timing and impact on local gaming.
Cyclists protest a sidewalk riding fine, arguing selective enforcement. They acknowledge sidewalk violations but claim slot machine offenses are tolerated while bicycle riders face daily arrests and penalties, urging consistent justice across ordinances.
The governor signs a law requiring a $1 annual hunting license for residents and a $1 resident tax with $10 for non residents. Open season runs September 1 to November 1 for moose elk caribou antelope and mountain sheep. Capture limits include four deer one elk or antelope two caribou or sheep and ten birds. In Kittitas and Yakima counties prairie chickens cannot be killed before August 15 1903. A $20 penalty applies for every male elk killed presumed to target female elk.
John F Johnston of Central Washington Marble and Granite has designed a monument for the proposed Company E memorial. The committee will decide on action. Johnston’s prior works include the Cutler post statue at Warsaw and the Alamo monument at Austin. The proposed figure shows a soldier defending the stars and stripes, with a height from base to top noted as 241 1/2 feet and a 10 foot tall soldier figure.
Detailed engraving and sculpture description of a grand monument featuring a 615 foot banner base 14 feet high weighing 90 000 pounds with a front fountain basin and a cross emblem. followed by community notices on dances sermons services anniversaries a shoplifting incident and local examinations and obituaries mixed with a lost jacket notice and job ad.
Pure bred White Wyandotte eggs offered for hatching with a general purpose fowl. Each sitting of 15 eggs costs one dollar. Orders filled promptly by Mrs. H. E. Angel at East end A Street, North Yakima.
New shaving parlors offer quality shaves, with fine bathing apartments featuring porcelain tubs. Jackson, proprietor, invites patrons to try his services at the new establishment.
An ad notes a full set of teeth priced at 11.50 with other dental offerings including gold fillings from 1.00 and gold crowns at 7.50. It also mentions future business prospects and a location at Janeck Building rooms 4 and 5, plus references to local real estate and various ads in Yakima area.
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