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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
8
Worm damage cuts Oregon hop yields in Sumner district with 40 to 50 percent shortfall. George Ruef, a Polk County grower, notes missing hills clustered in yards, some vines cut below the surface. Roosevelt praises Olympia reception but Speaker Hare dampens enthusiasm.
George Stacy defeated W. A. Bell to take the Yakima Gun Club medal with a score of 22 out of 25 in last Sunday's weekly contest. The ideal weather drew a good crowd of shooters to the pools.
The Grammar School nine from the city schools traveled to Wenus last Sunday for a match game. The visitors routed Wenus 17 to 2 as Richards and Shaw formed the battery and Richards struck out 21 batters during the game.
Frank Klinkhammer left here May 18 for Seattle to join the Seattle outlaw baseball team. He pitched in a Thursday exhibition against Los Angeles, winning 17 to 3, though the game was marred by 15 errors by the opposition.
Prosser business leaders organize a stock company to cultivate sugar beets and support a beet sugar factory. The plan offers a 20 acre site, a $7,000 bonus, and 3500 acres for cultivation over five years. Incorporators include E. W. R. Taylor P. F. Parker D. M. Angus B. S. Cook P. C. Harris and F. H. Gloyd.
A North Yakima dispatch reports Yakima 1902 hop holders joining a regional pool with Oregon and other Washington growers. About 95 percent of owners align to push prices up or guard against drops, with 3,300 bales in Yakima county under grower control. Contracts cover 10,000 pounds for 1903 hops, with advances before delivery and past offers at 20 cents per pound.
The new theatrical novelty Zig Zag Alley by James Gorman arrives at Larson's theatre on May 28. Zeb and Zarrow lead a large company of expert farceurs with lavish staging supervised by the author. The show promises broad comedy and a beautiful chorus as its main appeal.
N P Ry to sell tickets from North Yakima to Denver and return for 42.70 for a Young People Society of Christian Endeavor event in Denver July 6 to 13. Sales July 5 and 6 with going limit July 13 and return limit August 31. Stopovers allowed both directions. 2011 M S Mxxxs, Agent.
Two Irishmen in a downtown New York hotel stay up as a fire alarm sounds. A monster fire engine passes, smoke, cinders, and steam rise, and one man jokes that two loads have gone by already.
Patterson Louisiana resident Mrs Frank Chiasson writes of malaria's return after stopping medicine. She used a sample bottle of Herbine and two full bottles to achieve a complete cure. She thanks the company and endorses the remedy. Only 50e at Fred L Janeck's.
A Whitman County, Washington naturalization hearing ended with the applicant cited as too devout a Christian to be counted as a Republican. The judge noted the man placed God above Roosevelt, and admitted him after the exchange about power in Prussia and the United States.
Real estate pitch claims strong sales and value, promoting The Buyer's Home with ready conveyances and contracts on all listings. Local contact R. D. Santoro advertises in North Yakima Washington, asserting high value and self interest as drivers to compel deals. A brief comedy exchange about a wife's singing at a North Yakima flat ends with a neighbor remark about the cook.
Between June 4 and August 26 the Minors Central offers round trip tickets from Oregon and Washington to Chicago Cairo Memphis and New Orleans at reduced prices with three month validity. Going limit ten days returning limit ten days after starting west. Stopover privileges west of the Missouri river. Sale aligned with conventions of NA Education Association Elks Shrine Woodmen Eagles Knights of Pythias Commercial Travelers in various cities. Write B H Trumbull Portland for details.
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