Irrigation Congress Highlights Homestead Injustices Speech
At Salt Lake City the opening day of the international irrigation congress featured Senator Smoot condemning homestead laws as unfair to settlers and predicting broader liberal land laws to curb Canadian emigration. Senator Newlands argued against tolls on foreign ships and urged federal water and navigation policy to support irrigation, power, and transport goals.
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Salt Lake City
International Irrigation Congress
Tabernacle
Congress
Smoot
Canada
Salt Lakh City
Panama Canal
Francis G. Newlands
National Irrigation Congress
Newlands
Great Basin
Roosevelt speaks to uproar in Knoxville crowd
A lively Knoxville audience sparred with Colonel Roosevelt who silenced dissenters by retorting to shouted slogans. He challenged calls for Hooper and Wilson, urged against limiting sweatshop power, and singled out a noisy man while maintaining his speech.
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Knoxville
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Hooper
Wilson
Three convicts escape from Selak quarry
Seventeen state convicts at the Selak quarry drop to fourteen as three men flee soon after 1 PM. Deputy sheriffs join bloodhounds in pursuit, tracking to Pomona before losing the trail. Suspects are Charles Sherman, William Campbell, and Tom Nolan, all Spokane county inmates with multi year sentences for robbery and burglary.
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Selak
J. W. Day
Rightmire
Hahn
Dew
Redhead
Queen
Pomona
Northern Pacific
Kittitas County
Charles Sherman
Spokane County
William Campbell
Tom Nolan
Vandalism at Valley Hardware Window Displays Gun
Sometime after midnight Sunday a thief threw a heavy nut and bolt through a plate glass window of Valley Hardware. The intruder pried open the opening and removed a gun on display in the window. No trace of the thief was found and the broken window was first noticed yesterday morning.
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Valley Hardware
Insane Person Peter Paradis Committed to Medical Lake Asylum
Peter Paradis was declared insane and committed to the Medical Lake asylum. Examining physicians were Drs. J Nywening and C H Weir, with Judge Thomas B Grady issuing the commitment.
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Peter Paradis
Medical Lake
Bailey Divorces Elmar Bailey for Habitual Drunkenness
Ella Bailey filed in Superior Court for divorce from Elmar Bailey alleging habitual drunkenness and threats. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Dawson, a divorce decree, and alimony of 26 dollars per month. attorney is W H Shea Jr of Yppenish.
Jackrabbit death by own action and football scrimmage news
Story describes a jackrabbit killed by colliding with a car driven by W H Buchanan on a road west of the city. The article also notes North Yakima high school football team opening practice under Coach Beck with about 26 players, possible lineup for Sunnyside game, and signals for the week.
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Beck
Ball Park
Burnett
Grandview
North Yakima High School
Endeavoor
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Ghormley
Storgaard
Starrett
Brown
Parker
Rhodes
Greenhalgh
Foresman
Federal Court session in North Yakima today
Judge Frank H. Rudkin arrives from Seattle for a brief morning session. Federal attorney Oscar Cain is present. Seven naturalization applications, two opium smuggling cases, and one white slavery case are to be acted upon.
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Frank H. Rudkin
Federal Court
North Yakima
Seattle
Oscar Cain
Administrators Discharged in Barbour and Bowers Estates
Final accounts filed and administrators discharged for Mollie A. Barber of the George W. Barber estate and John Bowers of Anna Bowers deceased.
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Mollie A. Barber
George W. Barber
John Bowers
Anna Bowers
Plan Yakima Day for Toppenish Fair
Yakima Day planned at the Toppenish Indian fair with a commercial club delegation of 100 guests. The North Yakima group will tour the fair, attend campfire dances, and depart North Yakima at 9 30 Thursday morning with return from Toppenish at 10 p m.
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Yakima
Toppenish
Ware
Commercial Club
North Yakima
North Yaklina
Northern Pacific
Governor Wilson Western Campaign Itinerary 1900s
Governor Wilson departs New York on October 2 for a western tour ending in New York on October 12. He plans speeches in Pittsburg Indianapolis Omaha Lincoln Denver Kansas City Norton Springfield Cleveland and Chicago with brief stopovers and days spent with William J. Bryan in Lincoln.
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Wilson
Denver
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Topeka
Kansas City
Canton
Cleveland
Chicago
Omaha
Norton
Springfield
Saloon Licenses Renewed by City Commission
The city commission renewed two saloon licenses yesterday. Frank B. 8 diew at 3% South Front Street, Corffin & Finley, corner of Second Avenue and West Yakima Avenue.
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Frank B
South Front Street
Corffin & Finley
Second Avenue
West
Yakima Avenue
Birds Sure 10 Prove Costly Season Opens Today
Yakima county hunters face open season on pheasants and ducks with four thousand licensees. Warden Frank Bryant confronted three poachers at Midvale. arrests followed as warrants issued for Reuben Guest Arthur Chase and John Guest on related charges.
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Yakima County
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Yakima
Warden Bryant
Frank Bryant
Midvale
Mr. Bryant
Sunnyside
Reuben Guest
Arthur Chase
John Guest
R M Hardys Bid Best in Summitview Avenue Improvement
R M Hardys bid winning the Summitview avenue improvement project was the lowest of four bids opened yesterday afternoon. The project costs about 50 000 with Yakima Valley Transportation company to pay nearly 15 000. Work will start at the house extending Summitview from Westward to the city limits.
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R. M. Hardy
Summitview Avenue
City Commission
Yakima Valley Transportation Company Street Railway
Colse
Gummitview Abovt Westwerd
Benton county votes to add 5000 acres to Sunnyside irrigation
Benton county residents approve an irrigation district extension that would deliver water to about 5000 acres via a 16 mile canal extension from Sunnyside. Trustees A F Whan L L Todd and H H Andrews elected with an election to bond the district for canal work planned mid October.
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Sunnyside
Messrs. A. FE. Whan
L. L. Todd
H. H. Andrews
Missing papers in Bunnell estate suit prompt inquiry
S. H. Dickinson as administrator of James A. Bunnell seeks court aid to recover a suitcase believed to hold vital deeds and writings. He accuses Rh O Walker and A M Bunnell and William Beeks of concealing the papers, which may prove Bunnell's property interests. A citation was set for October 19, 1912, in Superior Court.
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S. H. Dickinson
James A. Bunnell
Wendell Taylor
Yakima City
Pacific Power & Light Company
Ss. H. Dickinson
Rh. O. Walker
A. M. Bunnell
William . Beeks
Beeks
Walker
Bunnell
Thomas B. Grady
Superior Court
Department No. 2
New Trial Granted in Hodges Versus Wright Case
In Superior court Judge E B Preble grants a new trial on the applications of both plaintiff William C Hodges et al and defendant Mrs Ella Wright. Holden and Shumate represent the plaintiff while H J Snively defends the defendant.
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Wiliam C. Hodges
Ella Wright
E. B. Preble
Holden & Shumate
H. J
Damages Reduced in Fogarty versus Northern Pacific
Judge Grady cut the judgment of $29,000 to $12,500 in the case of John P. Fogarty as administrator for John Edward Myers against Northern Pacific Railroad. Myers, a railroad worker killed near Selah two years ago, left a widow and child. administrator sought $50,000 in damages.
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John P. Fogarty
John Edward Myers
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Thomas E. Grady
Selah
Retzer Knocked Out Near Yakima Home
Joseph B. Retzer was struck on the right jaw by a man from a wagon in the road near his home. He lay unconscious about thirty minutes before a neighbor found him and notified relatives. Authorities investigated four men seen in the wagon. no robbery occurred and motive remains unclear. Retzer is brother-in-law of T. G. Thompson, former Bodaga saloon proprietor.
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Joseph B. Retzer
Yakima
Retzer
Mr. Retzer
Dr. Lane
T. G. Thompson
Bodaga Saloon
Danger of rifles alarms rancher reader warns of hunting risk
A reader reports urgent danger from .22 caliber rifles used near farms and towns. He urges mothers to arm children with shotguns to limit harm to people and livestock and warns of consequences on South Sixth Street and surrounding areas.
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South Sixth Street
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