Local notes recount visits and events in Sunnyside area
Charles Maize visits his brother William Boyte while Sisto and Roscoe Granger visit Flor ence and Katherine Philabaum at Sunnyside. A street light is added on Second avenue near Bon Ton livery. Community members travel to nearby towns, attend fairs, and participate in church and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Maize
California
William Boyte
Miss Sisto
Roscoe Granger
Florence
Katherine Philabaum
Sunnyside
William Silvers
E. W. Silvers
Idaho
Second Avenue
Bon Ton
I. C. Milton
Milton
Yakima Valley
Shockley
Hear
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Dr. B. Furman
Hillyer
North Yakima
Mr. McDonald
Washinton Nursery Co
Toppenish
Band Boys
F. N. Wu
Frank Allen
J. W. Frakes
White Swan
Mr. Allen
Skeen
M. C. Brewster
Ahtanum
Charley Macey
Mr. Rogers
Richey & Gilbert Company
J. G. Frakes
Woodman Hall
Ware
Presbytery
Central Washington
Grandview
Research Club
Carl Anderson
R Bartley
J. J. Brand
Follawsbee Bros
Bank
Zillah Light & Water Co
Paul Tyson
Johnson Bros. Co
Tyson
A. C. Walker
Johnson Bros
T. M. Warren
Seattle
C. P. Spurgeon
Fred Tegmeyer
Josie Warren
Thomas Winney
Joplin
Hill
Crayne
Dr. Johnson
Tuesias C. W. Grant
Richey & Gilbert Co
Frank Arehart
James Chenaur
Mr Johnson
Local Artesian Work and Social Notes
C A Clark suspends artesian well work for Mr Lindsay to aid Joe iebe drilling for Mr Tucker. Mrs J C Thornton and Mrs J T Carney visit Mrs Wilson and Ruth Mon. The Vickers family spending the week with Mr and Mrs F T Carney. Mrs P J Thornton ill last week. Callers say Frank Clark is very ill. Mrs Harry Hicks and wife went to Seattle Monday and expect to return Saturday. Mr Perry Watkins has been
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinne
Pomona
Wilson
Spokane
Will
J. C. Thornton
Sherwood
Perry Watkins
Raymond West
J. C. Berry
Berry
Carrol Berry
George Flynn
Felix Carney
George Vickers
Golden Valley
Dulcie Husted
Flynn
Ruth
Jno. Gibson and Son
Mr. Boyd
Pleasant Valley
C. A. Clark
Lindsay
Joe Iebe
Mr. Tucker
J. T. Carney
F. T. Carney
P. J. Thornton
Frank Clark
Clark
Harry Hicks
Seattle
Granger Community News Notes Arrivals and Local Events
Mrs. Rogers Hewson and a baby arrived in Granger with Mr. Hewson joining them on the Sound. Mrs. J. M. Hutton visits Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kinnear plan to settle here. Mrs. Clarence W. Chamberlin visits from Tacoma. Ta coma guests C. A. Menzer and daughter Marie Mentzer. Mrs. Geo. Warder returns from the Sound. W. H. Harrington occupies a rebuilt brick block after the fire. Invitations issued for an informal Granger opera house dance with Ide's orchestra three hundred invites. Hermes lodge No. 185 F and A M constituted with Grand Master Prescott present. banquet at High Line hotel. installation ceremonies followed with speeches by Mason dignitaries and Mrs. Mentzer. J. M. Hutton visits Toppenish. T. N. Meloy visits North Yakima. Loretta Cort of Seattle visits the Eagles home. Mrs. Harry Woodworth and daughter Adaline hosted by Mrs. Connor. Mrs. Orville Kelly of Twin Falls hosts. Mrs. Dale Tresner and Miss Nellie Ferris leave for Sedro-Woolley. Mrs. Tresner takes a teaching post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Hewson
Granger
Hewson
Sound
J. M. Hutton
Seattle
Bert Kinnear
Clarence W. Chamberlin
Tacoma
C. W. Chamberlin
C. A. Menzer
Marie Mentzer
C. W. Mentzer
Geo. Warder
W. H. Harrington
South First Street
Granger Opera House
Band Boys
Ide
Hermes Lodge No
David S. Prescott
Spokane
High Line
Fter
Prescott
Lee A. Johnson
B. G. Fenner
A. Connor
Pr. J. J. Tilton
G. D. Dahlman
W. L. Shearer
Toppenish Lodge
T. N. Meloy
Casscade Lumber Co
North Yakima
Loretta Cort
F. W. Eagles
Harry Woodworth
Adaline
A Connor
Orville Kelly
Twin Falls
Idaho
Thos. Sattsman
Dale Tresner
Nellie Ferris
Sedro-Wooley
Tresner
Sunnyside News Roundup Highlights Community Life
August visit by Mrs. Louella Littlepige of the reclamation service publicity bureau cites cooperative development in the Yakima Valley. Social events include parties for children, library gifts, church activities, civics meetings, and local visits, with residents marking school dedications and civic gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella Littlepige
The
Reclamation Service
Womens Civic Club
Washington
Sunnyside
United States
Busy crowd and local society notes at Yakima fair
A letter notes a mixed hop pickers turnout described as busy and democratic. Genealogy items mention Mr and Mrs Peter Gemache's daughter born Sept 27. Mrs Fortier's French school hosts Miss Johnson and Miss Ryan. Local society events include a Commercial Club program, basket social, and a Yakima special train for speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Peter Gemache
Peter Verwolf
Armour
Robert Lance
McCoy
Coates
Seattle
Commercial Club
Yakima
John Los
James O’lauglin
Moxee City News Briefs Highlight Valley Exhibits and Visits
Mr Conrad returns from New York trips as Scott Barham travels to Wei ser Idaho for several weeks at the Prall ranch. Miss Very Aumille visits from North Yakima, and Dr Dickson returns from Sound travel. The Moxee valley presents a strong state fair exhibit, frost nears potato vines, Kreitzer arrives from Idaho, and local youth attend North Yakima high school by train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Conrad
New York
Scott Barham
Weiser
Idaho
Prall Ranch
Moxee Valley
North Yakima
Mr. Kreitzer
Local notes record travels and community events across Yakima area
Dr H L Boardman leaves for Spokane en route to Pullman to attend Baptist and revival meetings and conventions. A Fechter donates a seventeen volume encyclopedia to Fairview school, others claim similar. Local officials and merchants travel to Spokane and Ta cona for fairs, vacations and business. The death of John W Schafer is reported, and Hazel Thompson departs for Tacoma to resume high school studies. Robert Stanton funeral held aboard ship returning from Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Boardman
Spokane
Pullman
Chelan
Venatchea
Bellingham
West Washington
A. Fechter
Fairview School
McAulay
W. O. Sanders
Typographical Union
Jessie van Buskirk
Toppenish
Central Bank of
North Yakima
J. P. Payne
North Yakima Tigers
Ufternow
Alan
Idaho
Sol Bimon
Charles B. Bolin
Charles Cutter
Herald
Lower Valley
I. O
J. Kennedy
F. H. Newell
Reclamation Service
South Third Avenue
John W. Schafer
Evelyn Young
Schafer
Hazel Thompson
Fred Thompson
North Yakima Notes on Visitors and Travel Trends
A crowd of residents and visitors are noted leaving North Yakima for Oakland Denver St. Paul and Park City while others return from San Francisco Spokane and Seattle. Delegates to state convention of Retail Grocers and General Merchants plan to push North Yakima as 1912 convention host. Local figures including Rev H L Boardman and Rev S J Kennedy lead services. various officials and businessmen are spotted around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
H. L. Boardman
S. J. Kennedy
Stanton
North Yakima
O. D. Fisher
Oakland
Cal
E. F. Sellick
Denver
Tonny Sever
City
Park City
Utah
Harriman Road
A. H. Irish
Zillah
St. Paul
Spokane
Lester Coffin
Coffin Bros
Seattle
Walter Leloh
San Francisco
Mr. Lelah
H. E. Manthey
Minneapolis
A. F. Linse
Manthey
James M. Thompson
Kenneth
China
Yokohama
J. W. Payne
J. W. Rider
Rider and
Payne
Couer d’Atene
E. B. Johnson
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Spirit of Missions
G. T. Slade
Northern Pacific Railway
J. L. DeForce
Slade
Yakima
W. W. Estabrook
Northern Pacific Freight Office
Cheyenne
Wyo
Grandview
Kittitas
David Bryant
Ellensburg
State Fair Commission
Victor Murdock
Wichita
Kansas
Murdock
West
A. H. Gullickson
Reclamation Service
Peter Bach
Tacoma
C. R. Paddock
The
Horticultural Union
Lyttle Seen in Hoquiam Leader Joseph Lyttle Visits Yakima
Joseph Lyttle a well known lum berman of Hoquiam is in the city stopping at the Yakima hotel and calling at the Y M C A where General Secretary McMorren who knew him in Grays Harbor town receives him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Little
Hoquiam
McMorren
Grays Harbor
Yakima Hotel
Governor Honors Requisition for Desertion Suspects
Gov Hay issued requisitions to California for the return of Frank W. Davis and John F Breeze to Tacoma where they are wanted on wife desertion charges. The move follows a request from local authorities seeking capture and extradition of the two men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Hay
California
Frank W. Davis
John F. Breeze
Tacoma
City Boy Learns Farming From Uncle Jackson
A humorous exchange shows Uncle Jackson teaching a city boy farming basics. The boy claims he knows cows, while the uncle playfully corrects him about milking from the wrong side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Jackson
Sonny
Puck
Dense duck hunting on Yakima reservation turns deadly loud
A Sunday duck hunt on the Yakima reservation devolved into frenzied shooting as hundreds of ducks filled the sky. Hunters fired wildly with little aim, two men were shot at by an apparently drunk Indian but not struck, and most birds were spared. Local game protection failed with no warden in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Vallambrosa
Frank Horshey
Dr. West
Country Pupils Are Sent Home From McKinley School
Six non resident pupils at McKinley school Bonnie Brae will be asked to retire today after a district complaint. The North Yakima district will not accept pupils whose attendance records are demanded for state funds. Budget figures for the next year show state receipts of 77000 and net district tax about 57933.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Bonnie Brae
North Yakima
Kumler
Fechter
Sterling
McAulay
St. John
Charles Cunningham The Irishman of Pasco Hotel Owner
Charles Cunningham, Irish immigrant, became Pasco hotel proprietor and longtime sheepman. He once owned large Oregon flocks, bred Merino and Rambouillet sheep, led Centennial buck to Chicago grand championship in 1893, and later invested in Pasco and Yakima Valley ventures. He serves as Union Gap Irrigation director and attends its annual meeting, praising the canal as the state’s most complete system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cunningham
Hotel Cunningham
Pasco
Hotel Washington
Cunningham
America
Old Country
Ireland
Pendleton
Umatilla
Oregon
Montana
Northwest
Gunningham
Pilot Rock
Baldwin Sheep Company
Cunningham Sheep and Land Company
Yakima
Yakima Valley
Kittitas
Columbia
Union Gap Irrigation Company
John Schlotfeldt
Debate Over Presidential Tenure Draws From Baseball Talk
Willis asks if a man should hold the highest honor in the United States beyond four years, while Gillis defends long tenure, comparing it to a baseball veteran leading the league for ten or fifteen years to benefit the sport per Pucek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
United States
Gillis
Pucek
Rivalry Draws Mock Baseball Penant Contention
In a lighthearted aside from a Washington Star piece, Mrs. Torkins jokes that political party rivalry resembles a heated pennant race, reflecting a playful comparison between politics and baseball competition.
Worriment Over King in Silent Card Game
A man notes the king of England looks worried while observers discuss a bridge scene. Mrs Fliment’s husband questions what could worry him since his wife does not play bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
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Lena Woodwell
Outlook
Washington, D. C
Maud Freeman
Clarice
Flora
Jessie McCracken
Margaret
Pauline Eckles
Gladys
Mildred Perry
Edna Rouse
Mr. Barnes
Hitchcock
Charles Vetter
Henry Miller
Lora
Aberdeen
Vetter
Brown
Daniel Moore
Grace
Moore
Ira Routell
E. A. Mortz
Wm. Miller
Nob Hill
L. Harmon
Chicago
F. B. van Winkle
Byron van Winkle
Portland
D. van Winkle
Eighth Street
Fred Brown
Tiffany
Lewis
H. ©. Pease
Baptist Associaion
Congregational
Presbyterian
E. Vincent
T G. Young
John Whitney
L. Smith
C. M .Bagley
J. AA. Davis
A. A. Hall
Moxee
C. B. Morris
Crookston
Minn
J. W. Waexwell
Morrison
W. J. Pickens
Cress
Green Valley School House
Civic Improvement Club
A. Lebe
Milton Harper
City of
Abbott
Odd Fellows Hall
Royal Neighbors
Beneft
Ruth Higgins
Myrna Wood
Verna Black
Naomi Gibbs
Katherine Webber
Joe Myers
Harry Hinke
Homer Wisner
Frances W
Tom
Mrs. Black
Norma Gibbs
Pie
Coffe
Charles Revelle
Spangle
Geo. Emerson
Joe Gardner
Grandma Emerson
Olive Emerson
Mona Wright
Methodist Ladies Aid Society
Tien
Reese
Ira D. Boutell
Moxee City
Joseph Lyttle
His
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