Yakima Improvement Company Begins Work
North Yakima reports the Yakima Improvement Company has started construction on an acetylene gas plant after securing the J. J. Chambers franchise. A 10,000 foot plant will supply 20,000 25 candle power lights, with 1 to 4 inch mains. John Morris of the Acetylene Contracting Company is overseeing rapid progress and a large freight bill signals serious effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Yakima
John Morris
Acetylene Contracting Company
Morris
Dayton
Bonham
Texas
Anderson
Washington
National Bank
State of Washington
C. Brooker
Deaths and visits cross county lines in Yakima area
Notices report A J Splawn attending his mother’s funeral in Ellensburg and Nancy Bond’s funeral. Rebecca Carr family, Miss Belle Cameron in Yakima recovering from typhoid, Mrs Hill visiting from Yakima, Dooly family returning home to North Yakima, Starr family visiting, Smiths moving to North Yakima, and multiple brief county hops. Local officials, teachers, and business figures mentioned with regional movement and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Splawn
British Columbia
Belle Cameron
Yakima
Joseph Hill
E. B Johnson
Prosser
Yakima Valley News
Arthur Hobson
North Yakima
Elmer Stewart
Twisp
Nancy C. Bond
Ellensburg
Miner slays three bears with a club in Oregon woods
In southern Oregon, miner John Blalock on Grave creek near Leland meets three bears one after another. Unarmed, he defeats each with a heavy club, then returns home with three pelts drying on his cabin wall as proof. He now travels armed for future trips.
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Oregon Mountain Wilds
John Blalock
Josephine County
Three Bears
Blalock
Splawn Herd Dominates Westminster Show Wins Big
Mr and Mrs A J Splawn returned from Westminster with superb Hereford stock after shipping from Sumas. Their cattle won fourteen first prizes three seconds four grand championships and four championships, with the British Columbia entries largely outclassed. They also captured the Hudson Bay Company silver cup amid protest over foreign eligibility.
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A. J. Splawn
Westminster
D. C
Sumas
Spokane
Splawn
Hudson Bay Company
British Columbia
Fair Commissioners
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Yakima Improvement Company
Ladies’ Musical Club
Frank Sharkey
North Sixth Street
Laura James
B. Cline
Blanche
Sloan
Jocewnge
Es Godard
Suzanne Erwin
Lucy Scudder
Jasmine Flower
Wells
Alfred Leckenby
Foley
la Fl
al Co
Aaeah
Miss Cora
S. Hartman
M. S. Burnett
Reed
T. J. Lynch
Kinney
C. McCarty
Forest
Chehalis
S. D. Smith
Centerville
Yakima County
Mr. Smith
Wapato
Goldendale Sentinel
McAulay
W. Everett
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Mabton Chronicle
J. H. Wood
Bickleton
Mays
Kennewick
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Tacoma
Sunnyside
Ius
Min
Y'E Carnahan
Walter J. Reed
H. J. Jenks
H. P. Hamaker
North
Bulletin
A. E. Verity
Granger
W. L. Barker & Co
Buckley
the Union , Bank
N. H. Lillie
C. W. Chamberlain
Thomas Groefselma
C. E. Cornwall
A. W. Dooley
George T. Baker
J. N. Dooley
Carl Hibarger
T. W. Parks
W. A. Pickard
J. C. Trait
Tim Kelley
Yakima Ave
Lombard & Horsley Furniture Co
Couch
Howard
Jayne
Bright
Case
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
Philadelphia
H. Denley
Tim Kelly
Summit View School House
Westminster Fair
Bucklen
Jas. Walters
Duffield
C. C. Case
de Laval
Yakima Hardware Co
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