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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
7
Ezra Meeker, a northwest pioneer famed for his prairie schooner and ox team, outlines a project to build a Pioneer Way along the old Oregon trail. He says it honors pioneers as soldiers and told President Roosevelt the trail victory preserved Oregon as an American territory. About five thousand people attended.
The speaker urges Congress to fund and build a permanent monument by creating a Pioneer Way from the Missouri River to Puget Sound. He suggests Washington and Oregon provide right of way and half the cost, with a national survey and future state ratification, as a lasting tribute beyond a granite shaft. He plans to proceed to Spokane for the fair.
Four stars from the Conned Metropolitan Grand Opera company will perform in North Yakima on October 15 at the Y M C A opera house. Madam Rappold, Madam Jacoby, Signor Ricardo Martin, and Signor Campanari will present a program of concerted numbers including operatic arias.
A vintage drug advertisement promotes Ring's Little Liver Pills as a remedy for biliousness and sick headache. The copy claims the pills keep you well and urges readers to try them, naming C. W. Camp as the West Side druggist seller.
The Yakima city council ordered an investigation into police affairs after a petition to remove Patrolman Mathis and his ten day suspension by Chief Short. Council members questioned authority and due process while defense cited discipline and off beat occurrences.
The city council approved bids for fire hose with A. G. Long Co. winning 500 feet at 90 cents per foot while Gorham Rubber Co. offered 75 cents per foot. Resolutions were adopted for improvements on Front Walnut and Fifth Avenue. Representatives of the bidders were present at Monday’s meeting.
Miss Dorris Arrowsmith and Miss Florence Scow lead about 60 city singers in the sacred opera Queen Esther to be staged at Yakima theatre Friday evening October 9. The work, molded by Martin F E Robinson after earlier contributions, forms a continuous biblical story with strong performances by Arrowsmith Bayne and Scow.
Mrs. Frank N. Weeks of 248 Maple street Brooklyn New York urges public to help locate her husband who left four months ago for the west to seek work and may be near North Yakima. The 30 year old engineered and mechanic is described as well built with blonde hair blue eyes and a light mustache.
Mr and Mrs A H Stewart of Fairbanks Alaska formerly of this city visit and will stay with Mrs Stewart's parents Mr and Mrs J T Fulkerson before returning by ice. Stewart remarks on dramatic changes in four years. M W Russell heads to Spokane for Yakima county fruit exhibit then goes to Palisades Washington to join a large company's 400 acre Moses Coole country operation.
W H Stump of Sunnyside seeks his missing daughter last seen at Butler hopyard Zillah. He alleges Henry Petersen and son Arthur enticed her away. A police officer spotted a group near Easton heading toward Seattle over the Cascade trail. Authorities and Stump pursue the clue to apprehend the trio. Security Stock Remedies ad notes Camp's Westside Drug Store open all night.
Dr. Lynch lists office hours 2 to 5 p.m. and residence at 210 S. Naches with phone 8232. Dr. Weyer lists office hours 11 a.m. to noon 1 to ? and 7 to 8 p.m. with residence at 203 N. Fourth St. and phone 4831.
Wells and Nagler provide medical treatment and examinations with X ray laboratory in office on Sloan Street Elk. Residence addresses listed 3 N Naches Ave and phones 1901 1903 1994 1994.
Dr. David Rosser, physician and surgeon, based at an office over Janeck's Drug Store with residence at Sixth and Chestnut. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 12 m and 2 to 6 p.m. He serves as a member of the Pension Board.
Clark and Gensbaux Lawyers located at 11113 E Yakima Ave Suite 1 2 3 4 provide professional legal services in the area. The listing notes multiple suite numbers indicating office space.
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