Delayed irrigation project costs and delays for Yakima land
The article details costly delays in the Biefon irrigation project affecting land parcels valued at $600 to $700 per acre and potential losses near $2.2 million in cash payouts. It notes the Cowiche unit with 12,900 acres dry and at least $1,000,000 in risk if delays extend another year. It emphasizes the need to expedite contracts and acknowledges small investors bearing much of the risk. It ends with reflections on education and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Jones
Washington
Perrieton Jland
Cowiche
Yakima
Bharge
Editorial for Boys and Girls in School About Teachers
An editorial urges students to recognize teachers work and fairness. It recalls restlessness after months in class and asks pupils to show fair play, empathy for teachers, and to stay diligent despite the lure of sunshine and outdoor fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teacher
Y'nere
All Around the House Cleaning Tips
Household hints cover soap with sugar for lather to remove dirt quickly turpentine restores yellowed ivory handles felt pads on chair legs prevent floor scratches glycerine prevents wood pails from shrinking warm water keeps meat hot on the stove during dinner cold water cleans floors hot water yellows boards mattress cleaning uses starch as a thin paint then brush off repeat if needed
Black Wallpaper Creates Dainty Cameo Room
An artistic woman uses black wallpaper framed by white woodwork to form four-foot panels around the room. Oval white framed mirrors alternate with white framed pictures, while orange and flame silk cushions and red and orange pottery add color to the otherwise dignified and cold decor.
Flies Targeted in Spring Health Drive Across Homes
Sanitary experts urge immediate action to curb flies which spread typhoid dysentery cholera and other diseases. Use insecticides screens and regular cleaning with proper disposal of manure to reduce the house fly population and prevent generation of hundreds of thousands of offspring in 14 days.
Proper care for fine handkerchiefs in old fashion care
The article instructs on washing delicate handkerchiefs. Soak six in cool water with fine soap, rinse in cold water, wash in hot water with borax, rinse until soap is gone, then soak in milk with violet essence for whitening, dry, and iron without starch using a clean small iron on a heated board lined with flannel.
Postal Card Pillow From Leather Cards
A summer divan pillow can be fashioned by sewing leather postal cards to cover an old sofa pillow. Arrange cards to fully cover the front then stitch edges and add ribbon along each seam. A plain leather back or cloth back from a department store completes the project.
Rail town interview reveals vast local industry and climate
A Herald reporter grills a station interviewee about local sources of coal logs apples hay hops potatoes wool stone bricks and milk noting Mabton as a major grain shipper and claiming the area has 7000 tons of cider and a vast glacial water source the man praises the region calling it the best country and says he will return to a place where no one can kick him out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Granger
Mabton
Pacific
Vinci touted by Mrs Hawthorne Lathrop for sick children
Mrs Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, famed for aiding New York sick children, recommends Vinci. She notes it restores appetite and life when cod liver oil fails, especially for destitute patients with weak stomachs. Druggist Fred L. Janeck of North Yakima promotes Vinci as a body builder with iron and cod liver oil elements, offering money back if no benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinci
United States
Fred L. Janeck
North Yakima
Library has new trustee Gertrude Rasch named to board
Mrs Gertrude Rasch, appointed by Mayor Armbruster to the North Yakima library board, pledges to boost book funds and support the library. She cites a need for increased taxation to add annual funds and improve access to materials, drawing on her wide reading and teaching background in shaping the library's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Rasch
Armbruster
Library Board
Campbell
North Yakima
Yakima
Rasch
Massachusetts
West
Seattle
New Zealand
Auckland
Hawaii
California
First National Bank
Wapato
Pasco
Tacoma
Everett slander suit over four dollars in early 1900s
In Everett Mrs Mary McClaflin and husband Harry R sue Charles Fitch in superior court for four dollars over two public slanders tied to a family dispute among members of the old Church of God colony near Snohomish. North Coast line work may start on road-bed near Grandview with crews to arrive soon. Chelan Commercial Club awards slogan prize to Mrs U.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mary McClaflin
Harry R
Charles Fitch
Church of God Colony
Snohomish
Chelan
Chelan Commercial Club
Mrs. U
Public Notice of Final Proof for Homestead Land Claim
Louis Draper Mitchell of Selah Washington filed intent to make Final Five Year Proof to establish his homestead claim on land in NE 4 NE half Section 10 Township 13 N Range 18 E W M. He will prove July 1909 at North Yakima Register and Receiver. Witnesses named: Fred C. Belohlav Sherman F. Howards Fred V. Hanson George Vann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
U. & Land Office
North Yakima
Wash
Louis Draper Mitchell
Selah
Washington
BE. W. M
Fred C. Belohlav
Sherman F. Howards
Fred V. Hanson
George Vann
Harry Y. Saint
Register
Notice to Creditors in Ditter Estate
Notice is given to all persons with claims against the estates of Henry Ditter and Katherine Ditter deceased or either, to present claims with vouchers to administrator at Fred Parker Office North Yakima within one year from May 5 1909 or barred by Washington law. PHIL A DITTER administrator. Fred Parker attorney. May 5 12 19 26 June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ditter
Katherine Ditter
Fred Parker
South Second Street
North Yakima
Yakima County
State of Washington
Summons for Publication Yakima County Case 1909
The Superior Court of Washington Yakima County summons Charles W Shelton E H Taylor and Shaffer & Company to appear within sixty days after May 12 1909 and defend I W Buzby v Mrs E B Shelton and others. The suit aims to foreclose a chattel mortgage on a Columbia hay press purchased June 1908. Attys Lu ham Clark North Yakima. Publication dates May 12 19 26 June 29 16 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court of
State of Washington
Yakima County
I. W. Buzby
E. B. Shelton
Charles W. Shelton
FE. H. Taylor and Shaffer & Company
E H. Taylor and Shaffer & Company
Columbia Hay Press
Woods Liver Medicine Advertises Quick Liver Relief
An old advertisement from C. W. Camp promotes Woods Liver Medicine as a regulator for liver disorders and related symptoms including headaches constipation biliousness and malaria like illnesses. The 4.00 size claims to contain multiple times more product than the 0.50 size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
C. W. Camp
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Ays
NORSH
Kima Drug Company
A. D
Bright
Sunnyside
Heaven
T. Shaw
Magnolia Beach
Shaw
Lewiston
Celtic
Inland Empire
Twin Cities
Pasco, Wash
American Water Company
W. D. Alton
American Power Company
Colnnel J. H. Pendleton
M. J. Shaw
U. S. Marine Corps
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Navy
Marine Corps
Pendleton
Clara Anderson
L. S. Schwabacher
Sixteenth Avenue
East Union Street
Miss Anderson
Northwest News
Grandview
Deering and McCormick
Valley Hardware Co
Chas Gordon, Mer
North Second St
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