State Fair notes mark preparations for year’s event
The State Fair commission has begun active operations at the secretary’s office for the coming fair from September 24 to 20. Letters are sent daily arranging music, features, races, and special premiures. Secretary Gunn will attend a Oregon Washington BC meeting in Portland on the 15th to arrange transportation rates for fair circuit visitors. Special premiums include $50 from Seattle Brewing and Malting Co and $100 for Burpee seed prize. The poultry and pet stock department is led by Harry H. Collier with L. R. Schott as assistant superintendent and aims to be the Northwest’s finest poultry showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Fair Commission
Gunn
Portland
Oregon
California
Washington
British Columbia
Seattle Brewing and Malting Co
Spokane Drug Co
Pacific Brewing and Malting Co
Yakima County
American Oxford Down Record Association
Middletown
Ohio
Balfour, Guthrie & Co
Tacoma
UH. N. Richmond Paper Co
Seattle
W. Atlee Burpee
Philadelphia
Harry H. Collier
L. R. Schott
Northwest
Indians Fight Over Alcohol Case Before U S Commissioner Howlett
A disputed hearing before U S Commissioner Howlett on a March 26 case involving Willy Screw an Indian and Chook Spell centered on a drunken argument on a reservation over an alcohol bottle. Screw claimed self defense after Spell and his squaw Neva Nanmiah attacked. Spell drew a knife before both sides retired. Testimony conflicted, so Howlett continued the case to Saturday for additional evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Howlett
Death
Willy Screw
Chook Spell
Neva Nanmiah
Sclew
Spell
Canal plan to reclaim Yakima county desert lands
Nelson Rich plans a lower county canal to reclaim 12 000 to 15 000 acres of desert land. Captain J T Kingebury and Rich say construction starts within a month, with an 8 ½ mile main ditch from Horn Rapids toward White Bluffs, 12 foot bottom width and four feet water. Expected cost over 35 000 dollars. grading outfit from Wallace Idaho to be moved here. No fluming. benefits 1500 acres owned by Rich and other desert claim residents including North Yakima, Walla Walla interests represented by Levi Ankeny and Joseph Painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima County
Nelson Rich
J.T. Kingebury
Yakima
White Bluffs
Rich
Walla Walla
Levi Ankeny
Joseph Painter
The Horse Head Brand Roundup Across Counties
Four to five hundred horses of the old Snipes and Allen horse head brand have been gathered, spanning from the Big Klickitat source through Yakima Douglas and Okanogan counties. Some riders estimate twelve or fifteen hundred total, with many animals so aged they never grasped a rope. The brand was sold to W F Mellick of Montana and later passed to James Lonergan amid financial distress and dwindling horse demand.
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Snipes & Allen
Big Klickitat
Yakima
Douglas
Okanogan
W. F. Mellick
Montana
James Lonergan
Court dispute over cattle transfers in Round Se district
Animals were moved to the Bernard Gros who sold them months ago to Bert Parton. Parton hired the Bernards to protect his interests in the Round Se and bought four well bred Jacks from A. Elliot to cross the stock. Now Mellick resurfaces asserting irregular transfers and possible court action over brand and stock title.
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Bernard Gros
Bert Parton
Parton
Bernards
Round Se
A. Elliot
Mellick
Amortizement Loan Promises Home Ownership Plan
A new Amortizement Loan lets owners borrow to build a home with payments near rent. With a $200 lot and $800 house, a $500 loan at 7 percent costs about $35 yearly. ownership happens after about six years. Equitable Saving & Loan Ass'n funds are available. contact W. L. Steinwey at First National Bank for details.
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Europe
Equitable Saving & Loan Asa’n
W. L. Steinwey
First National Bank
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by North Carolina Reader
W J Baxter of North Brook North Carolina reports fifteen years of piles cured after using two boxes of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. He claims the product heals everything and warns against counterfeits, noting Quiett Ayres as a supplier.
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DeWitt
W. J. Baxter
North Brook
N.C
Quiett & Ayres
Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure Guarantee
An herbal remedy sold at L. O. Quiett & Ayres' drug store with a money back guarantee. If it does not cure, customers may return the bottle for a refund. Priced at 25c 50c and $1 with a claim of over fifty years on the guarantee.
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Shiloh
L. O. Quiett & Ayres
Advertised Letter List Issued By Local Post Office
Names included Berney Francois Clark Edith Clark T F Cameron D A Calhoun KF M Cook H Dean A C Griffin A B Greipenslok F Hill Harry Hartman Olga Hanson Y V Owen Jas Lubberts Jao Palmer Maud Parker Abbie Richards A Scribner Newt Shoman E W Williams W C Please call at post office and mention advertised list L E Sperry Postmaster.
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Berney
Francois
Clark
Edith Clark
T. F. Cameron
D. A. Calhoun
KF. M. Cook
H. Dean
A. C. Griffin
A. B. Greipenslok
F. Hill
Harry Hartman
Olga Hanson
Y. V. Owen
Jas. Lubberts
Jao. Palmer
Maud Parker
Abbie Richards
A. Scribner
Newt Shoman
E. W. Williams
W. C
One Minute Cough Cure Cited For Life Saving Rescue
W. S. Musser of Millheim Pennsylvania saved his little girl from dying of croup using One Minute Cough Cure. The ad extols the remedy as painless with immediate results for coughs colds bronchitis grippe asthma and throat and lung troubles. It promotes Ely Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with 50 cent and 10 cent trial sizes and liquid form versions priced to attract buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Musser
Millheim
Quiett & Ayres
Ely
Ely’s
Public Notice Summons in North Yakima Property Lien Case
In Yakima County Washington City of North Yakima sues Richard Edwards and Edwards wife to foreclose a lien on Lot 5 Block 70 for 7.45 plus interest and fees. First publication March 20 1900. Attorney H B Rigg. Reference to Karl's Clover Root Tea ad follows.
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K. Strolach
Nettie Strobach
Janes A. Moore
Los Darland
Ella Darland
Willimma G. Mayer
Morris Henry
Marian EK. Henry
Scottish-American Mortgage Company, Limited
L. A Hubbard
State of Washington
Willian A. Mayer
Scottish American Mortage Company, Limited
L. A. Hubbard
James A. Moore
Plannel
Sepherk
BR. Strobach
Steinwee
Lore
North Yakeima
Washington
R. Strobach
Nettie Strotmel
Adolph Munter
Richard Edwards
Edwards
North Yakima
H. B. Rigg
City of North Yakima
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carroll B. Graves
Fllenspurs
Englehart
Raves & Englehart
Attorneys AT Law
North Yakima, Wash
Whitson & Parker
Fred Parker
Ogle & Rigg
Yakima National Bank
H. R. Wells, M. D
Asbury Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis, Minn
Kershaw Block
David Rosser
U. 8
Penslen
Janeck Bros. Drug Store
6Th and
Chestnut
P. Frank
Frank & Dulin
Physicians and Surgeons
Telephone
J. E. Banks
Schindeler’s
Jewelry Store
Yakima Avenue
GG Mac L. Richards
W. W. Felton
Chestnut Street
First National Bank of North
W.M. Ladd
W. L. Steinweg
Chas. Carpenter
H. B. Scudder
W.B. Dudley
Geo
Donald
Hugh K. Sinclair
J.D. Cornett
Frank Bartholet
Capital
C. W. Chamberlain
General Commission
Merchant
Western Avenue
Wash
Dallas
Nelson
Horse Head Brand
Snipes and Allen Band of Horses
G. T. Aumiller
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co
Carin
Orn Our
Geratesi
Akinet Buerdick
Lee Bremer
Viltree
Burdick
al Crrsey
Wade
Ars Sane
Sears
Sears, Roebuck & CO. Inc
Chicago, Ill
See
Exan
Sis Machine, Co
Frrrandesan Ls
Osborne Mower
Osborne
Pierce
Mary
Breakajar
Price
John A. Pierce
Post Office
Superior Court
State of
Washingtom
County of
Losteinweg
Pininrill
Hyde Block
Spokane
Spokane County
City of
Karl
L. O. Janeck
Postoffce
S. Arendt
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