Potatoes expected to drop as imports rise and crops surge
A. D. White of McKinney Bros. & Co. predicts potato prices will fall from current highs, possibly to 12 per ton, due to European shipments, large crops in Colorado and Michigan, and demand shifts. He has bought and shipped large volumes from North Yakima and Palouse, with plans to move on to California for more purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. White
McKinney Bros. & Co
Kansas City
Herato
Scotland
New York
Colorado
Michigan
Europe
White
North Yakima
Palouse
Yakima
California
Water Turnoff Date Brought Forward Along Sunnyside Canal
Walter N Granger superintendent of the Washington Irrigation Co announces Sunnyside canal water will shut off November 1 instead of December 1 to allow canal cleaning and repairs before winter. He says the change standardizes shorter irrigation and prevents freezing hindering spring work while aiming to minimize inconvenience to canal users. Granger urges cistern users to prepare for the earlier cutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside Canal
Walter N. Granger
Washington Irrigation Co
Grainger
Immediate water repair orders issued to employes
The order directs immediate work on water repairs with men assigned at once to carry out the project, ensuring swift action and utilization of all available labor to complete the task without delay.
County approves 1902 tax levy and county running expenses
County commissioners set the 1902 tax levy and established running expenses for county offices. State purposes require 9.05 mills and state plus county purposes 20.00 mills. District levies align with bonded debt and costs, with District No. 7 in North Yakima at 7 mills. Also an ad offers cheap colonies of bees for sale by Virgil Sires of North Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Yakima
Virgil Sires
Ee Treasur
Coun
Esene
SUSTAINED BROKEN ARM
Charles Shaw brother of Fred Shaw sustained a broken arm last Monday forenoon while riding his wheel along First street. The wheel flew from under him at Read's laundry corner, snapping both bones of the left wrist. Doctors Burns and Dulin reduced the fracture and dressed the wounds. He remains in a sling for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shaw
Fred Shaw
First Street
Read’s
Stop Hobo Riding Ordered by Railways
The Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways issued orders to trainmen to stop hobo riding on all trains. The rule has long existed but was rarely enforced. now strict enforcement is planned with special officers if needed to keep tramps off. The aim is to reduce the hobo nuisance in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
Hobo
Northern Pacific Opens 3000 Feet Siding Project
The Northern Pacific started this week to lay 3000 feet of new siding at the location south of the station. Burlingame & Co. hold the contract and grading for the tracks has begun. The siding will run from Walnut street to the cattle pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Burlingame & Co
Walnut Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Clair
Yakima Hardware Company
Kodak
Eastman Kodak
Robt. E. Smith
Tmacdonald
Dr. Warner
Eastern Commission
Will
Doctor Bonney
Second St
Schott’s Grocery Dept
School Fund Division
Dickey
Fistal
Suvsicg Lands
Sunnyside Valley
Northern Pacific Railroad
H. B. Scudder
Wash
harWare
D. R. Barton the Hardware Man
South Ist Street
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