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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1907
Page
5
A fragmented notice promotes shopping incentives around a Thanksgiving meal experience. It hints at customer benefits and store promotions but lacks clear specifics or dates. The readable text emphasizes entitlement to the best and urges consideration of a meal-themed offer.
Here From Boise the father John Skillern is visiting the city and plans to stay awhile accompanying his son Will T. Skillern.
A guard from Chehalis reform school is due in North Yakima this morning to escort two confessed horse thieves, Van Dorn and Cutting, to the school. They were nabbed at Wenatchee for stealing a team owned by a Moxee farmer and will be jailed there today.
Hughes and DeKay prepare for a large summer venture with car coolers after successful tests by the Northern Pacific. Hughes predicts broad adoption next year and designates North Yakima as the Northwest headquarters for the new car cooling business.
Elder Jesse Thornton completed a new home and a barn on his Fruitvale ranch. He reports income from crops totaling 500 dollars this year, plus several hundred dollars more from his apiary. He praises the Yakima Valley as ideal for honey bees.
B. C. Eglein arrived Friday evening from Nome where he has lived for several years. He plans a time with relatives here and at Tampico. He is a former member of the North Yakima police force.
A. S. Congdon suffered a broken collar bone and multiple bruises after a runaway at his hop ranch five miles from town yesterday morning. He was found unconscious and taken to the Sanitarium for treatment. condition pending further word.
A car driven by Mr. Congdon crashed after his fiery horses bolted along the road and struck a culvert end. Mr. Congdon sustained internal injuries reported as improving. Mrs. Barringer and a young daughter were scratched and bruised in the fall.
The Chandler property adjoining Summit View school house was bought by Geo. F. Blackburn who moved in with his family from Grand Forks North Dakota yesterday ending a long move.
County commissioners spent Saturday addressing several items including a petition to incorporate Wapato. The petition was adjourned until the next commissioners meeting in December.
The petition to establish a drainage district in the Moxee district was withdrawn. The plan to subdivide the MacGregor and Tieton lands in the Wide Hollow valley into five and ten acre tracts was laid over until the next meeting of the commissioners.
The Y M C A building contract for electric and gas fixtures goes to Cascade Gas & Electric Co of Seattle. Delivery around December 20 with mixed fixtures usable for both lights. Bedrooms lockers and many rooms to be equipped. rest to have electric fixtures only. Secretary Turner reviews locker arrangements with committees and changes are planned. New supplies arrive in about four weeks. correspondence continues for a physical director.
William Jackson a Fruitvale rancher and his niece Irene Cubbley are reported missing. Jackson is described as a married man and another uncle to the girl is mentioned, suggesting a family search underway.
A Sunday sheriff report notes a disappearance of two individuals with an uncle suggesting a possible elopement by Jackson with the girl. If Jackson does not return he faces probable arrest on desertion charges.
Kirk Dooley and his Nob Hill family travel Monday to California for the winter. They will spend part of the time visiting relatives in Corning.
Will Everett joins Henry C. Hill of this city and a Mr Lewis late of Sunnyside to form Everett Hill and Lewis. The firm will maintain offices in the Dit ter Block.
The death of thirteen year old Frank Kreamer occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs R J Logan 124 South Seventh Street on Saturday night After a period of illness his frail health could not withstand the fever He lived with his foster parents since infancy and was beloved by them The funeral was held at the family home Monday afternoon with Rev H A Luckenbach officiating.
A Medical Lake guard transporting two insane men from Ellensburg on Sunday failed to hold one tightly enough. The escaped man was recaptured after a long search while undressing in a depot ante room and was placed back on the train.
Mrs Flora Pollard age 17 wife of Otis Pollard of the Wenas died Saturday after two months of marriage. Daughter of Robert Kendall of the Wenas she left many friends to mourn her. Funeral services were conducted Monday by A J Shaw & Sons with burial in the Wenas cemetery.
A 300 horsepower Westinghouse generator arrived for the Yakima Valley transportation company on Monday. The unit is expected to boost power for depot operations and maintenance activities.
The line will be stored at Aumiller's warehouse until the new power house on North First Street and B Street is finished. Completion is expected by mid December with Northwest Light & Water supplying electricity for motive power.
Attending court in Mabton on Monday were Marshal Al Young Editor B J Pacius and Mr Bernstein to appear before the superior court regarding justice court fees and a Mabton case.
The auditor's office issued hunters licenses on Monday to Chas Yergen C F Shan no C A Oleson and Geo N Angle all residents of North Yakima.
The jury returned a guilty verdict after a 30 minute deliberation in the Frank Rollans forging case. Rollans was charged with forging a check for eighteen dollars and fifty cents.
The main 380 foot steel span for the new bridge at the north end of Fourth Street was set in position Sunday forenoon. It ranks among the state’s largest spans and the bridge should be open to the public in two to three weeks. It will shorten travel to Selah and Wenus Valleys and lessen flood danger.
Cascade Lumber Co fits large plate glass windows in the Rio Grande building on West Yakima avenue. Ruastern Furniture Co will open its new stock there today.
The second carload of Eastern fur niture is sought today by the Eastern Furniture company. Small consignments arrive daily and the new company will be ready to show their goods in a day or two. The undertaking department will be under the personal supervision of manager E. B. Jones.
Registration Monday was more brisk than any other day since the books were opened. It is believed the rush reflected strong interest in the upcoming election and local appointments.
The registration is expected to hit the 2000 total. The books close Wednesday at 5 o'clock with office hours tonight from 6 30 to 9 30.
S A Gagnon of Pasco is in the city called here by the illness of Mrs Gagnon who is at St Elizabeth hospital. Mr Gagnon was formerly operator here for the Northern Pacific.
The four high school classes will contest interclass basketball at Holstein pavilion next Friday afternoon. Last similar games saw seniors defeat juniors and freshmen beat sophomores. Winners advance to the high school championship. Admission is 10 cents. The school team faces a picked squad in two weeks and Ellensburg Normal in a week.
Charles R. Donovan, in Tacoma on business for a few days, has returned to his home in North Yakima. He serves as an officer of the First National Bank of North Yakima.
Lew Buchholtz the Yakima native and city marshal of Toppenish is in the city for a day or two to handle court business. He is described as a husky young man and a notable local figure.
Yakima Valley Transportation Co receives two carloads of 60 pound steel Tuesday and will lay tracks toward the N P crossing. Only track spikes remain, expected to arrive in a day or two.
Buyers report a ready supply of hay cars on hand and state they cannot load them as fast as they are furnished. The surplus suggests steady production and demand factors affecting loading capacity.
Mr. J. A. Hawks, president of the Phoenix Bank in Phoenix New York, returned Monday from a lengthy trip to the northwest. He says banks there are conducting business, but none as effectively as in Phoenix.
The banks here have done remarkably well in handling the amount of business in a satisfactory manner.
On motion by County Attorney H. H. Wende declaring insufficient evidence Judge Preble dismissed the arson case against Morris Pienick and released the defendant's bondsmen Tuesday.
The Yakima National Bank by Enghlandt and Rigg sues Frank C. and Florence Charboneau Yakima Valley Bank of North Yakima and The Fidelity Trust Co Tacoma for 2000 dollars alleged due to plaintiff.
Tuesday brief lists W H Norton Howard J Wright C L Hamilton North Yakima C E Hillier Sunnyside J W Humphrey and John Schnell Mabton among community names in a short social roll call with no further context or events.
Yakima Iron Works on South First street installs a new immense drill the largest between Spokane and Seattle to handle work previously sent out of town. The firm holds the contract to build fire escapes for the Y M C A building.
Miss Jane Dudley of Whitensville Massachusetts visits at the home of Mr and Mrs W B Dudley before departing for Honolulu to visit her cousin Mr Dudley.
Officials rejected bids and estimates on standing timber at the upper Yakima and on Kaches Kichelas and Chelan lakes. Cascade Lumber bid for 63,000,000 feet but no reasons were released. Officials say the estimates may have been too low.
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