Monument Planned For Steptoe Battlefield Remembrance
An Inland Empire group plans to erect a monument on the Rosalia area battlefield near Spokane to honor Col. E. J. Steptoe and 157 soldiers in the 1858 engagement with Palouse Coeur d Alene Yakima and Spokane Indians. The unveiling is set for May 17, 1908 with surviving officers and soldiers expected as guests.
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W. J. Trimble
Spokane
The
Inland Empire Historical Association
Rosalia
Wash
E. J. Steptoe
United States
First Dragoons
Ninth Infantry
J. G. Trimble
Berkeley
Cal
Thomas J. Beall
Julietta Ida
Michael Kenney
Waitsburg
O. H. Taylor
William Gaston
Fort Walla Walla
W. W. Mackall
San Francisco
Steptoe
Alpen-on-we
Nez Perces
Snake River
Timothy
Leisuely
Coville
Te-hote-nim-ma
Coeur d’Alenes
Colville
Depot Location Debate Shapes Granger Growth
At a Granger Commercial club meeting the North Coast depot site was debated with two options. Voters favored placing the depot near North Second and East A streets to better serve Granger and surrounding traffic, avoiding the outskirts option near Woods Orchard that would hinder local business and put the North Coast in disadvantage to the Northern Pacific.
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Granger Commercial Club
North Coast Road
Northern Pacific Depot
Woods Orchard
North Second
East A
Granger
North Coast Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Delay in Opening Bernard Vaudeville Theatre
The inability of K G Bernard to secure a suitable house for a vaudeville theatre delays his plans, with opening hoped in under 30 days. John Cort’s theatre is the only option in town, forcing Bernard to seek a business space to convert.
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K. G. Bernard
John Cort
Bernard
San Francisco
Sullivan-Considine Circuit
Retained Aging Instructors Highlight North Yakima Report
Superintendent D C Reed praises the district's teachers in a seventh month report. Attendance rises to 1052 boys 932 girls total 1984 up 868 or 23 percent. All but two buildings show enrollment gains and the oratorical and athletic contests reach high marks. The reception to teachers, led by Mrs Vestal Snyder and others, earns appreciation as loyalty and cooperation fuel student success.
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D. C. Reed
Yakima
Townson
Miss Hill
Vestal Snyder
W. W. Robertson
Mary Cannon
City
Mi-ona Stomach Tablets Ad Promises Quick Relief
Guaranteed by C. C. Case the ad claims Mi-ona stomach tablets cure indigestion and related pains. It asserts relief from head aches back aches nausea and sleeplessness with a money back guarantee if not cured.
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C. C. Case
Northern Pacific Adopts Certificate Plan for Convention Travel
Northern Pacific announces sweeping changes to passenger rules effective Monday, restricting reduced round trip tickets for baseball teams, theater groups, bands and similar parties. Delegates must pay full fare to the meeting place and obtain a return fare only if 100 or more convention certificates are received. New Interstate Commerce Commission rulings govern these changes, expected to impact amateur organizations and show traffic more than professionals.
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Northern Pacific Railroad
New Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
Unsatisfactory Meetings Hinder Advertising Of Cheap Rates
The passage argues that meetings and conventions will block advertising cheap rates and notes attendance varies, making it hard to guarantee sufficient turnout before technical personnel convene.
Goodenough Mine Strike Boosts Idaho Ore Claim
In Ma shall Lake country the Goodenough property reports a strike at the 450 level among rich ore finds since December. Four tunnel sites lie on the area at 175 and 300 foot levels. The stake tops Idaho rival Mohawk in Goldfield camp as stockholders, including 100000+ shares held by North Yakima citizens, anticipate strong returns.
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Mashall Lake
Goodenough
Idaho
Goldfield Camp
Ney
North Yakima
Baptist Church Plans Modifications and Ground Sale
Architect N C Gauntt to confer with trustees on slight changes to the new church building plans. Plans call for a 40009 structure as trustees plan to sell the old property and buy Fourth Street south lots to start work immediately. Subscriptions totaling 15000 have been secured with expectation of full funding soon.
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N. C. Gauntt
The
Baptist Church
Fourth Street
Youthful delinquent freed under warning by judge
After weeks in Spokane juvenile detention, 11 year old Johnnie Malloy was released by Judge Poindexter to return with his mother to North Yakima. The court warned the mother and publicly cautioned on his future care, even showing him a jail cell to instill the consequences of misbehavior.
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Johnnie Malloy
Spokane
Poindexter
North
Yakima
Johnny
State fair commission rejects convict labor for grounds
At a Thursday meeting the state fair commission decided not to use convict labor to work on the grounds. Lack of funds means no improvements will be made, despite plans for buildings being approved and sent to the state board of control for approval.
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State Fair Commission
State Board of Control
Amusement Park Planned Along Natches River Line
Inter Valley Traction plans a vaudeville theatre as part of a new amusement park by the Natches river. A Seattle brewery will finance and erect the park and bear garden. A famous vaudeville manager has been invited to run the outdoor pavilion venue.
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Inter- Valley Traction Company
Natches River
Seattle
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Yakimas
Snake Eive
North Coast Depot
Delay Theatre
Milan
G. W. Cary
Second St
Northern Pacific
Amusement Park
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