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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
9
The portable steel rock crusher ordered for city street work will arrive around April 1. No. 8 unit costs about $2900 with a seven ton roller, capable of 10 to 14 tons per hour, producing 80 to 100 tons daily at low cost. It runs on 15 horsepower and claims strong, simple construction with no cog gears, easy operation, and reversible hard jaws for varied rock.
Governor Rogers appointed the eleven member Pan American exposition commission for Washington. Members include Senators L B Andrews Seattle D B Biggs Whatcom L B Sumner Everett. Representatives F Elrich Mount Vernon H D Merritt Spokane. Lee B Hart Seattle A R Titlow Tacoma A C Little Tacoma Levi Ankeny Walla Walla W J Snively North Yakima and Capt C H Thompson Spokane.
The San Francisco Call profile recounts Travis, a 1850s vigilante icon who stabbed Hopkins and faced summary punishment. The piece notes U S gunboat Adams arriving at the harbor and demanding Travis’s release, then firing when refused.
Justice J. A. Taggard recalls the city episode alleging no shots were fired by Adams or its captain and that Travis was released only after Hopkins recovered. Travis later returned, killed a man, and was hanged for the crime.
Carpenters of North Yakima form the Carpenters Mutual Association of North Yakima with 54 members at a city hall meeting. They adopt a 9 hour day at 30 cents per hour, and approve a 4 hour system at 80 cents per hour starting April 1. Officers elected: D. L. Thacker president, George F E Wise vice president, C. H. Mc Coy secretary, C. A. Collins treasurer. Over 100 carpenters expected to join. a follow up meeting is set for next Saturday.
Two country men examining a Winchester on the street in front of Coffin Bros. store caused the gun to discharge sending a bullet over the Hough bank building. Marshal Boyle detained them and Justice Taggard gave a sharp reprimand. They left town avoiding a fine. Also Henderson, jailed 50 days for quarantine violation, released after 10 days as mayor requested.
The O. R. and N. Company runs three cool clean sleeping and observation cars daily between Portland and the east. Each car has a porter to attend passengers. For rates and details contact A. L. Crate, General Passenger Agent, O. R. & N. Co., Portland, Ore.
A promoter urges travelers to use the Rio Grande Western Railway via Salt Lake City with connections to the Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland lines. He touts scenic routes, three through trains daily, a single dining car service, direct Salt Lake City passage, and Pullman sleeping cars from San Francisco and Portland to Denver Omaha and Chicago.
The potato dryer is under repair for a spring restart. Twenty acres Moxee land for sale, partially improved, a bargain to be had. A bridge burn on the Northern Pacific delays Friday trains from the east. Wm. Fyan released after concealed weapons charge. Odd Fellows plan their 2nd American anniversary with April 26 events. Tacoma reports 1900 hop crop mostly sold. 202 bales left in Western Washington. 160 bales unsold. 1901 contracts offered at 8 to 11 cents, growers not accepting.
A summons for publication is issued in Yakima County Superior Court. The City of North Yakima, a municipal corporation, files a legal action in the state court seeking relief specified in the complaint. The document announces service of process and court procedures for interested parties.
The State of Washington summons Maud A Gove and her husband to appear within sixty days after the first publication of this summons to answer the complaint. The plaintiff seeks a decree for seven dollars fifty cents with interest, costs, and a lien on lot 15, block 44, North Yakima, foreclosing the lien by sale. VESTAL SNYDER, Attorney for Plaintiff and City Attorney of North Yakima.
Public summons in Yakima County for foreclosure of tax liens 1077 and 1078 held by C R Donovan on Lots 15 and 16 in block 180 and 130 Husons addition North Yakima. Defendants Annie C Brockenbrough and John C Brockenbrough Jr urged to answer within sixty days of March 7 1901 or face judgment foreclosing liens with tax penalties interest and costs.
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