Yakima Herald North Yakima May 17 1905
Official city paper of Yakima detailing publication information for the May 17 1905 issue. Includes city designation and masthead with editor and business manager notes.
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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
5
Official city paper of Yakima detailing publication information for the May 17 1905 issue. Includes city designation and masthead with editor and business manager notes.
The Chicago speech on the 10th declares that if needed the city, state and nation will unite to uphold liberty and justice under law. Anarchists and law-breakers are warned that government may use full force if required to maintain order and safety for all eighty million people.
Charles Wenner of Sunnyside argues against itinerant hawkers who peddle goods with no local backing. He warns they buy nothing local, pay no taxes, and will leave town with cash, forcing farmers and mechanics to rely on established merchants during hard times. He stresses reciprocity between farmers, mechanics, and local shops.
Telegraphic reports say Herbert V. Croker, son of a Tammany leader, was found dead on a west bound train from opium use while visiting a Kansas City joint. The piece notes the drug's grip and critiques attempts to regulate personal habits by law.
The piece argues opium dens contaminate the city creating crime and madness. It claims two dens exist secretly and urges immediate police raids to destroy them and shield the public from ruin.
The death of United States district judge Charles B. Bellinger of Oregon is noted as a grave loss to the Pacific coast. He gained national respect for wisdom and integrity and elevated the practice of law. Washington proclaims June 1 a state holiday to honor the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition in Portland.
Wall Street financier C Russell Sage & Co requests information on a block of steam railroad bonds in Washington under construction. H S Coffin of Yakima Valley Bank is asked for details on any suitable railway project. The letter, dated April 14, 1905, signals East confidence in Washington investments.
The Camp will convene at 7 30 PM for an ice cream social hosted by the Royal Neighbors. A store sale at Schott's Millinery features reduced oil hats and street hats with special prices on Thursday through Saturday inviting every lady to visit.
Attention Fruit Growers. Full line of berry crates and fruit boxes offered at reasonable prices. Also parts green that test up to state requirements. J. M. Brown secretary Horticultural Union. Prices reduced on all millinery at the Ladies Hat Store. Murchie Patton Union block.
Wapato Washington letter argues the irrigation bill overfunds and misuses money. The writer urges amending laws, favoring storage projects and state control, and criticizes the revolving fund while proposing 25 percent conservation funding without returns. Signed GEO. S. HEATON.
A letter to the Editor from E. Remy in Fairview on May 15, 1905 protests misattribution of local news to West Riverside. He asserts Fairview is the rightful, long-held name and warns neighbors against renaming to Riverside or Seaside, criticizing outsiders.
A reader asks for remedies for plant lice on roses. The writer suggests using kerosine emulsion to kill sucking insects such as green aphis that attack roses and worry gardeners.
The recipe details a method for making a kerosene emulsion with hard soap, water, and kerosine. Dissolve half a pound of hard soap in one gallon boiling water, add two gallons kerosine, stir ten minutes until milky and thick, then use by diluting with nineteen gallons water. Paul G. Kruger.
St Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co plans to relocate its yards to block 213 south of Yakima Avenue this year to gain space. The old site will be subdivided and sold for warehouse use.
Dr Fannie Waite eyesight specialist announces permanent offices in the Miller block and invites those with eye troubles to call especially if glasses have failed to fit in the past. Also notice Tuscan hats at the Ladies Hat Store Murchie Patt on Union Block and Paris green testing claims by Richey Gilbert Co with arsenic content over 60 percent per chemist.
Classified notices advertise five acres in Fruitvale with a small house and barter for a larger place, three Capitol mill lots with improvements, a talking machine with every $15 purchase at Hinehart's, lawn hose and sprinklers at Yakima Hardware, garden seeds and spraying gear at Richey & Gilbert Co., second hand clothing wanted, piano tuner services, Yakima Bindery and binding supplies, affordable carriages and furniture at Coffin Bros, Bean spray pumps, stylish polo turbans in New York hats found at Murchie Patton, and more local offerings across Yakima avenues and Union block.
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