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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
7
The Yakima Herald of North Yakima announces its publication details for May 22 1907. A.G. N. Tuesley is manager and the paper operates as a second class matter with weekly issues and listed subscription rates.
Yakima Commercial club aims to engage delegates to the Seattle convention with marked attention. A Spokane representative will greet arriving delegates with ribbon badges and fruit baskets, while others will target coast cities. Missionary work will be done among about 20 000 members, promoting irrigation belt interest.
The article warns that dust will worsen as summer nears and urges extensive sprinkling citywide to curb airborne dust. Citizens across all sections demand action to keep streets sanitary and protect homes from dirt and germs carried by windy dust storms.
Farmers near Black Rock breathe easier as squirrels damaging grain disappear thanks to district girls who organized to trap and shoot the pests. The effort earned the girls money, with many using rifles and traps while some used other methods. as the numbers dwindle, the earnings fade and the farmers pay gladly.
The Ahtanum water cases arising from the Munn relation are scheduled for trial in the superior court on June 3.
J J Parker superintendent of the quartermasters at Fort Lawton warns of a short supply of cavalry horses in the Philippines. He notes 570 head were shipped to Manila aboard the Dix, draining available stock in three northwestern states. He may oversee imports from Australia to replenish the U S军, with disease and flies hampering kept animals. Parker has shipped thousands over nine years and may soon supervise Australian stock via Sydney.
A playful verse ends with a call to action for advertising in the Heraki Want columns at the North Yakima Sanitarium. The piece uses whimsical language to reference a health themed jest about hinges and jumping over the moon, ending with a contact line.
A severe shortage of female kitchen and dining room workers grips the northwest with Seattle Tacoma Portland San Francisco Spokane and mining camps seeking cooks dishwashers waiters and waitresses. Union leaders say relief is impossible and Western mining camps offer high wages while Seattle begs Spokane for staff.
Tacoma News notes Yakima and Spokane backwards form Amocat and Enakops, used as trademarks for various items. The piece suggests future local rebrandings like Amikay peach and other altered product names across communities.
Seattle and Tacoma reports describe a bench scuffle involving Shaw and Danny Shea on Saturday. George Schroeder posted fines for Shaw and Shea, with calls for tougher umpire discretion and player restraint. Separately, storage and potato market notes indicate limited eastward stocks and a need for 100 carloads to meet northern demand.
A Seattle report notes large supplies and slow movement keeping prices steady. Minnesota offers reach up to 40 dollars, but many sacks in the north are unsellable and sold locally. Stored stocks sprouted due to recent weather, reducing quality and marketability.
The Humane Society reports ongoing efforts to curb cruelty. An officer persuaded a man to shoe a lame horse after stopping him while driving. A Fruitvale man with chained harnesses causes horse injuries will be investigated, with charges possible if substantiated.
Councilman Armbruster quotes a detailed water ownership estimate for the city. He lists eight and a quarter shares in the Union ditch, five shares in the Natches and Cowichee, another share in that ditch north of the hill, with one former share to revert to the Catholic cemetery. He adds two shares in the power house waste ditch and two cubic feet from the Yakima river.
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