Fine Residence With Probably Outclass Any in County Yakima
W P Sawyer of Parker plans a premier farm residence for a 120 acre Parker Heights fruit ranch. Archit De Veaux describes an Old Colonial style home with a brick fireplace living room panoramic Yakima valley views, stone walls from Yakima river bed, terraces and lakes. The design includes a large attic playroom, staff quarters, and extensive grounds to suit a ranching lifestyle. Fruit crop shipments in 1908 are rising with Sunnyside and North Yakima stations leading the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Sawyer
Parker
Pacific Builder
W. W. de Veaux
Parker Eeights
Wash
Parker Heights
Yakima
Sawyer
Yakima Reservation
White's Cream Vermifuge advertises for infant worms
A vintage ad urges mothers to give White's Cream Vermifuge to babies to rid worms and cleanse the system. It claims many babies have worms and promotes the product as a pleasant cure sold by D. H. Fry Drug Co at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Fry Drug Co
3000 Carloads of Fruit Predicted for Yakima Valley
State fruit inspector J. M. Brown predicts the 1908 harvest will be the greatest ever in the Yakima valley with 3000 carloads, buds set and unharmed by frost. Buyers and shippers corroborate the conservative estimate of a bumper season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima Valley
J. M. Brown
Man from Glasgow Sends Flirtatious Postcard to Yakima Farmer
A Glasgow resident named Miss S Poetman writes from 65 Bell street promising correspondence and a photo to Yakima farmer Ray Hallett after he found his name on a box of Yakima apples sent from Wapato. The note asks if he is a farmer and hints at a future in Yakima. Hallett weighs the accidental contact with possible romantic prospects.
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Scotia Maid
Ote
Wapato
Ray Hallett
Glasgow
Scotland
Hallett
Ray
Yakima
S. Poetman
Bell Street
Pasco To Build Duplicate Yakima Court House
Franklin County officials tour North Yakima and approve a Pasco court house modeled on Yakima’s design. Changes include removing fireproofing. project cost about 45000 dollars with a Pasco city lot secured.
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Franklin County
Pasco
Yakima County Court House
North
Yakima
Crocker
Gauntt
Eir
Pasco Court House
Yakima County
E. T. Juvenal
W. T. Johnson
H. B. Pratt
E. C. Braford
W. E. Quinlan
N. R. Sylvester
W. P. Gray
H. E. Deikman
Capt. Gray
Commercial Club
Indian evangelistic meetings begin at Fort Simcoe area
In Topp enish Washington May 10 the Indian evangelistic meetings open May 14 at the First Methodist Episcopal church six miles east of Fort Simcoe and run through May 17. Attending tribes include Spalding Kamiah Cottonwood Warm Springs Umatilla Wallula Cayuse and Yakima. Also notice served today by G G Lee attorney for J L Smith seeking 2500 damages for injuries from a sidewalk fall alleged to be higher than the grade.
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Toppenish
Wash
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Simcoe
Spalding
Kamiah
Cottonwood
Warm Springs
Umatilla
Wallula
Cayuse
Yakima
George Waters
Pendleton
G. G. Lee
J. L. Smith
New University Regent Chosen for Idaho State
Gov. Gooding appoints Hon. E. H. Moffitt of Wallace to Idaho State University regency to fill the J. H. McCarthy vacancy. Moffitt is noted as experienced in mining questions.
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Gooding
Idaho State University
E. H. Moffitt
Wallace
J. H. McCarthy
Moffitt
State Exposition Plans Invite Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Officials
Thomas Payne announces invitations to 37 county commissioners and all mayors to Seattle May 21 to 23 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition meeting. The aim is a coordinated state exhibit with fair county representation and space terms from expo management. Reeded counties must plan early to show resources while avoiding state building being overshadowed.
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Thomas Payne
State Commission
Payne
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Commission
Seattle
Almos
Commission
Hornberger
Dickson
Messrs
Gov. Mead
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold With Gold Value Promise
Bri. G. Stewart, a Cedar View Mississippi merchant, guarantees customers they receive value equal to the weight of gold when buying a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills, claiming relief from constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold at C. C. Case’s drug store for 25 cents.
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Bri. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
C. C. Case
Grandview Urges Faster NP Depot Action
An editorial in the Grandview Press laments slow Northern Pacific railroad service and calls for a city depot and a manager. It questions local townsite leaders and seeks decisive intervention from Seattle to end citizens’ transit hardships and secure needed shipments.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
Grandview
Egypt
Moses
Seattle
Grandview Press
State and counties tally predator bounty payments
For the quarter ended March 31 the state paid $1 per coyote on 8856 animals and $2.50 per wildcat on 1126 animals plus $5 for four cougars. Pierce county funded 14 coyotes and 45 wildcats. Douglas county led in coyotes with 546 while Chehatis headed wild cats with 147.
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Pierce County
Douglas County
Chehatis
Grandview gains a new Press edited by Fred L Harris
Grandview home to a growing newspaper at Sunnyside rail terminal with Fred L Harris as editor. The paper is described as handsome and thriving, with strong prospects of rapid expansion under the aggressive proprietor.
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Grandview
Fred L. Harris
Sunnyside
Foley's Honey and Tar for Coughs and Consumption
All nations seek to check the white plague and Foley's Honey and Tar promises to cure coughs and colds safely. It claims to prevent consumption and urges customers to choose the known remedy. Sold by North Yakima Drug Store, A. D. Sloan, Prop.
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Foley
North
County surveys proposed road system from Wapato to Fort Simcon
County Surveyor McIntyre collected descriptive material on a proposed road system from Wapato to Fort Simcon. A large petition will be presented to the county commissioners urging adoption, which would make the roads county property and follow section lines through irrigated and future irrigated lands.
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McIntyre
Wapato
Fort Simcon
Largest road petition in state history proposed
The 886 mile project covers 174 percent sections or 111 239 acres under canal or proposed canals. The government will sign over roadway rights to Indians and issue waivers of right of way to white settlers with land claims to expedite road establishment before settlement increases.
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Board of Commissioners
Waptato
Telegram Game Involving Minneapolis Firm And South Dakota Trader
A traveling salesman in Deadwood South Dakota reports heavy snow and stalled plows. The Minneapolis wholesale house replies to wire funds and instructions then orders immediate telegrams to remit poker winnings back to the house.
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Minneapolis
South Dakota
Deadwood
S. D
Divorce division places property in trust for 10 years
In the Hesther Current v E K Current case the court puts both spouses assets in trust with Yaki ma Trust Co for a decade. Proceeds are to be divided while custody favors the father of a 99 year old son and the mother of twins. Trust includes a $15,000 block on South Second Street now occupied by Nevins and Harmon and a $1,200 property. the former is the husband’s separate property and the latter the wife’s separate property.
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Supreme Court
Lake Shore
Hesther Current
E. K. Current
Yakima Trust Company
Nevins & Harmon
South Second Street
Great Crop Forecast Across Washington Fruit Regions
Eastern fruit buyers returning from the Yakima Wenatchee Prosser Spokane and Columbia river and Snake river valleys say the coming season should yield the best diversified fruit crop in history. Apples peaches pears and cherries are thriving with no frost danger and some trees already show heavy bearing. Strawberry shipments on the Snake and lower Columbia rivers will begin soon. An estimated 117000 acres in Washington are devoted to apples pears plums peaches and cherries with a bumper crop worth millions of dollars.
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Spokane
Wash
Yakima
Wenatchee
Prosser
Columbia River
Snake River
Snake
Columbia
Washington
Divorce Action In Ahtanum Ranch Family
Mrs Ellen Young through attorney H J Snively seeks a divorce from A Young prominent Ahtanum rancher. Allegations include drunkenness and cruelty. She requests custody of seven children and division of realty valued at 10000 and personal property 5000 with restraining order prohibiting sale pending settlement.
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Ellen Young
H. J. Snively
A. Young
Mayor blocks open town saloon ordinance in Toppenish
May 10 Toppenish Washington mayor Grant refused to sign a council approved ordinance that would have made the town a wide open city with all night saloons and sales to Indians. Three council members voted for while two voted against. Citizens back the mayor awaiting result.
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Toppenish
Wash
Grant
Farmer’s Neck Broken in Wagon Accident Near New Westminster
Robert Bowell, a farmer near New Westminster British Columbia, was dragging furniture when his team bolted. He was dragged about a hundred yards and died instantly when the wagon ran over him, breaking his neck.
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Robert Bowell
New Westminister
B. C
Pie Saving Landlord Pie Count Sparks Odd Tale
A quirky diary entry notes the landlady saving three more pies after a pet cat vanishes. Mr Rudolph declines more pie as the landlady predicts a profitable season ahead. The fragment hints at a whimsical household ritual surrounding food and disappearance.
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Mr. Rudolph
Mr Rudolph
A Trained Wife Suburbanite Joke
A Suburbanite quips about a man keeping a long-serving cook. The neighbor notes he married his stenographer, claiming she can take one hundred fifty words a minute from the cook without a frown.
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Newsubb
Puck
Kettle Valley Line President Heads to England for Funds
Word reaches Grand Forks that J. J. Warres president of the Kettle Valley Line will travel to England at once to raise money for continuing the railway to Franklin camp.
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England
Grand Forks
B C
J. J. Warres
Kettle Valley Line Railway
Kettle Valley Line
Franklin Camp
Drowned While Fishing Near Seovide Dense
Clarence Churchill, guest of A G Wilson at de Pines, drowned at 9 00 this morning while fishing near Seovide. His body was found 40 feet below the surface where he went down. He was a member of the Bacies Aerie No 4, married with two children.
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Clarence Churchill
G. Wilson
de Pines
Seovide
Surfas
Aerie Noo
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