North Coast railroad rush to Spokane and Yakima valley work begins
Construction starts at Waverly to build part of the Tekoa branch while Case & Eschbach crews push main line work in the Yakima valley. Case & Eschbach say they will keep expanding work until the Spokane to Seattle line is completed. A Spokane commercial club notes rising tourist visits and growing eastern interest in northwest investment amid fruit growers’ good dividends.
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North Coast Railroad
Spokane
Waverly
Tekoa
Case & Eschbach
Yakima Valley
Strahorn
Milwaukee
Peter Eschbach
North Yakima
Yakima
Mercial Club
Couple Disappears After Rumored Elopement Effort
Miss Bessie Richards and Abe Walsh, residents west of the city, reportedly left on train No 15 after plans to send Richards to a school were opposed by her parents. They were seen driving to North Yakima and left behind the horse and buggy at Washington stable. Authorities in Seattle and Tacoma have been asked to watch for them. Efforts to locate the pair are ongoing.
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Bessie Richards
Abe Walsh
North Yakima
Miss Richards
Walsh
Washington
Seattle
Tacoma
Nob Hill
Clark
San Francisco Treasurer Short $60,000. Fire Era Loss Investigated
City experts report an excess of 60 000 in the treasury instead of a shortage of 35 000. Of this amount 15 000 belonged to the estate. They say funds from 1903 to 1906 were safe before the fire and disappeared during Bantel's term after McDonald passed the funds to Bantel.
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San Francisco
McDonald
C. A. Bantel
Bantel
Felton-Wimner Concrete Company tiles offer curbside value
Sewer and irrigation tile sizes from 4 to 12 inches priced affordably. Cement products resist 17 pounds per square inch internal side pressure. Also makes building blocks lawn vases coping and related items. Felton-Wimner Concrete Company 611 North Front Street 41-41.
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Felton-Wimner Concrete Company
North Front Street
Visitors arrive in Yakima from eastern states
Numerous visitors from eastern states have been arriving in North Yakima during the past week as Secretary James of the Yakima Com begins hosting events and tours for the group.
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North Yakima
James
Yakima
START ROAD WORK Thoroughfare in Summit View District to Close
The Summit View road will close from October 27 for several weeks due to county state joint construction. The stretch from the Summit View school house to 100 feet west of the Hubbard ditch siphon will be improved to macadam specifications. The county operates a rock crusher at the Parker Brothers property near the power house for materials.
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Summit View
Summit View School House
Hubbard Ditch
Yakima
Parker Brothers
Power House
Seattle Woman Receives Carnegie Hero Medal for Rescue
Mrs Minnie Myers matron of the Washington Children's Home in Ravenna was awarded the Carnegie hero medal and a $1000 cash gift for entering the burning Riverton building on December 28 to rescue two children. She leaped from the second to the first floor when stairs burned away and survived.
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Seattle
Doring
Washington
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Minnie L. Myers
Ravenna
Myers
Labor Vote Evenly Divided Among Candidates in Report
T. J. Dolan president of the International Brotherhood of Steamshovelmen and Drillers returned from Indiana Ohio and New York and said the labor vote appears evenly divided. He noted workers were reluctant to speak and that most men in his union favored Taft for his perceived fair treatment.
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Washington
T. J. Dolan
International Brotherhood of Steamshovelmen
Dolan
Indiana
Ohio
New York
Taft
Orchard plantings guaranteed at standard price by Brown
Ernest A. Brown offers to plant orchards this season guaranteeing a full stand. Trees will be inspected and pruned before setting. Contact telephone 4791 or O Box 875. But Yakima is better.
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Walden
Stayman
Yakima Valley Fruit Growth and Irrigation Projects Highlighted
An October issue of The Fruit Grower (St. Joseph) lauds North Yakima and surrounding districts. It covers land values, large tracts selling for high prices, diverse apples and peaches, a strong shipping network, and new government irrigation schemes like the Tieton and Sunnyside projects readying water for thousands of acres.
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St. Joseph, Mo
United States
Yakima Valley
Northwest
Irvine
North Yakima
The
Shipping Association
Jonathan
Winesap
Ben Davis
Rome Beauty
Wagner
Puget Sound
Spokane
Helena
Butte
Mont
Wells suit targets Yakima Canal Pumping Plant control
Evidence in the Wells versus Yakima Canal and Reservoir Co case was presented in superior court before Judge Preble. Theodore Weisberger, a principal plant owner, appears as a defendant with W. S. Huxtable and W. Ross as intervenors. The case asks for a restraining order a receiver and control of the pumping plant.
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Horace R. Wells
Yakima
Death of Mrs Davis in Leamingburg
Mrs Martha J Davis died early Monday morning at her Leamingburg home from heart disease. Acting Coroner Doust ruled the death natural. Funeral services for Mrs Davis will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from A J Shaw and Sons funeral parlors.
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Martha J. Davis
Leamingburg
Exclusive Agency Security Stock Remedies at Camp's Drug Store
Camp's Westside Drug Store operates all night offering Exclusive Agency Security Stock Remedies. The ad promises around the clock service and immediate availability of stock remedies to customers seeking round the clock access.
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Camp
Westside
Contest drives city for 50 vote coupon rewards
A lively campaign unfolds in North Yakima as young people scour the city for a 50 vote coupon. Candidates and supporters spread word while incidents amuse onlookers, with district lists naming local participants and streets involved.
Unspecific postal vote note hints at payment request
A fragment notes voters paying by mail and being asked to submit payments, with unclear context and no clear names or dates. The terse line suggests a procedural payment request tied to mail ballots but lacks concrete details.
Boy Rhythms of Sleep Threaten School Attendance
In Bellingham 14-year-old Charles Rhodes resists early rising for Columbia School attendance. Parents, authorities, and court may become involved as the boy insists he has never done that thing since he was born and refuses to get up. The piece notes the legal duty of parents to ensure schooling and the clash over morning wake times.
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Bellingham
Charles Rhodes
Charles
Charler
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Ernest A. Brown
Eastern Paper
North
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Sunnyside
Zillah District
Mabton
Prosser
Toppenish
F. Walden
Zillah
C. W. Camp
West Side
Weisberger
Davis
Pon
Sal
George Leautrow
Mammia
Juliany
Yakima Avenue
Morea Ballinger
North Seventh Street
Doris Arrowsmiti
North Third Street
Nero Lyce
George Beautrow
Lemon Street
Cece O
Iiss
Irene Hogan
North Fourth Street
Pene Tess
Lulu Thompson
South
Eighth Street
Ethel Henri
Seventh Street
Alana Eee
Ruby Alderson
Tenth Street
Mildred Engdahl
Tenth Avenue
Nazel Gerber
Sixth Avenue South
Myrtle Bullock
Eleventh Avenue South
Grace Groves
Fourth Avenue Youth Co
Roscoe Peck
South Sixth Street
Yakima County
Leah Townsend
Callie McKinney
Naches City
Inez Gibson
Toppemish
Wash
May Malaby
Herald Office
Herald
Nes
I A
Ween
Enterprise
Thos
Mason
North Yakima, Wash
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