Parker to Become Town at Railroad Crossing
Yakima county gains Parker a new townsite at the North Pacific and North Coast crossings. G S Rankin and Alex McCredy secure eighty acres for Parker Townsite Co with $25000 capital. incorporation filed in Olympia. bankers from North Yakima and Wapato back the project. Bridge planned across Yakima River linking Parker districts to boost fruit shipments.
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Yakima County
G. S. Rankin
Alex McCredy
Parker
Olympia
Parker Townsite Company
North
Northern Pacific Railroad
North Coast Railroad
Parker Siding
Yakima River
Parker Fruit District
TALK ON IRELAND HISTORICAL LECTURE BY MRS MCCULLY
Mrs Ella Guptill McCully speaks at the Y M C A auditorium on Friday October 30 for the public library. The talk traces Celtic history from paganism to today using tereopticon slides and museum objects.
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Ella Guptill McCully
Ireland
McCully
National Museum
Views on Yakima county school leadership endorse Selleck
In North Yakima on October 19 1908 a veteran teacher urges nonpartisan judging of the Yakima county superintendent race. He praises Selleck for education and moral qualities and asks voters to choose the most qualified candidate. A separate notice posts a lost saddle on the West Side with contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Morning Herald
Yakima County
W. F. F. Selleck
Selleck
Tax Levy Set At 37.05 Mills In North Yakima
The city’s total tax levy for property within North Yakima and subject to corporate taxes is 37.05 mills. City 3.05 mills, state 4.29 mills, county 7.71 mills, and North Yakima school fund 12 mills comprise the levy. Taxpayers will pay 3.70 dollars per hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
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North Yakima
Turnell Loses Pacific Hotel to Court Foreclosure
Five separate suits in the superior court led to judgments topping 11000 against I B Turnell and Mrs Nellie E Turnell. Yakima Trust Co takes charge. Turnell remains manager during adjustment. Foreclosures and rent judgments by Lombard & Horsley and others total over 11000. Hotel will stay open and likely be sold to operate on the European plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
I. B. Turnell
Nellie E. Turnell
Pacific Hotel
South First Street
Yakima Trust Co
Turnell
Lombard & Horsley
L. J. McKinney
E. M. Ford
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised By Georgia Farmer
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Em pire Ga says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured two severe sores on his hand and leg. He would mortgage the farm to buy it, calling it worth more than its weight in gold. Available for 25c at C C Case's drug store.
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Empire
W. A. Floyd
C. C. Case
Long Auto Line Proposed Between Oroville and Brewster
Spokane reports a planned continental long distance auto line linking Oroville to Brewster in Okanogan county Washington with two 60 horsepower cars carrying 27 passengers and 10 tons of freight. The 50 mile trip will take eight hours, replacing a two day wagon ride. Branch lines will extend to other Okanogan district points and a Marcus to Kettle Falls link will connect to a steamer service at Spokane Rapids using three cars of 25 and 30 horsepower.
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Spokane
Oroville
Brewster
Okanogan County
Wash
Wenatchee
Okanogan
Marcus
Kettle Falls
Stevens County
Spokane Rapids
Paving on West Yakima Avenue Near Completion
Assurance covers concrete paving with immediate sand coating to protect work during cool nights. Only about two and a half blocks remain. brick laying advances with three blocks done and completion expected in two weeks barring brick delays.
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Wst Yakima Avenue
Janeck
Council Street Committee
Anderson
West Yakima Avenue
Huxtable Seeks Control of Weisberger Pumping Plant
Nob Hill rancher and prohibition candidate W S Huxtable filed papers in the county clerk's office in a suit over control of the Weisberger pumping plant watering lands above the Congdon canal. The case seeks to restrain Weisberger from selling pumping equipment as part of a broader dispute over canal management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Huxtable
Nob Hill
Water rights plan eyed for new irrigation siphon
The article outlines several options to extend irrigation from the canal to farms. Proposals include a siphon linking to the current pipeline, another across the river via Rat tlesnake bridge, or a new ditch system driving water to more land. Existing water users would pay additional for a government right and new lands about $50 per right.
Irrigation Plan Near Pasco Promises Big Water Project
Reports say Pasco may finally gain irrigation water from a Snake river dam and canal system to lift water 200 feet for a 14 foot ditch that would irrigate 25 000 acres between the Snake and Columbia. Names linked to the plan include Robert Jahnke Frank Robertson William Ladd Allen Reynolds and A B Frame.
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Pasco
Snake River
Columbia
Franklin County
Robert Jahnke
First Bank of
Frank Robertson
Seattle
William Ladd
Portland
Ore
Allen Reynolds
Walla Walla
A. B. Frame
Two Rivers
Wash
Section
Township 9
Range 29
Swiftwater Bill Gates Returns to Spokane Rumor
Spokane prints note on miner and explorer known as Swiftwater Bill Gates arriving from a Nevada boom camp. A Valdez Alaska report says his ex wife Bera Beebe Gates-Cook died by suicide there. Gates plans to invest wealth in Spokane real estate and business ventures.
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Spokane
Swiftwater
Bill
Gates
Northland
Alaska
Nevada
Valdez
Bera Beebe Gates-Cook
Little Gussie Lamore
Grace
San Francisco
Bera Beebe
Skagway
Harry Cook
Iola Beebe
A Healthy Family Ends Up In Good Health
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine says the family has enjoyed good health since starting Dr King s New Life Pills three years ago. The pills cleanse and tone the system gently and cost twenty five cents at C C Case s drug store.
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Dr. King
L. A. Bartlet
Route 1
Guilford
C. C. Case
ManZan Pile Remely Advertised by Local Druggist
If you suffer from piles ManZan Pile Remely promises relief with the first application. Guaranteed. Price 50 cents. C W Camp West Side Druggist offers this remedy.
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ManZan Pile
C. W. Camp
West Side Druggist
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed as Mercury Free
Warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a safe internally taken remedy. Promises genuine product and testimonials while noting 75 cents per bottle and offering Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Siphon Plan Near Prosser by U S Reclamation Service
Engineers plan a Yakima river siphon to irrigate Prosser area lands by diverting water from the Sunnyside canal extension. C B Cox, construction engineer, supervises plans and estimates for a crossing just below the falls, with cost likely to confirm a reliable gravity flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Reclamation Service
Prosser
Yakima River
Benson
C. B. Cox
Sunnyside Canal
Stevens Harvests Concord Grapes From Five Acre Vineyard
Scott E. Stevens, a Selah valley fruit rancher, completed a two year old Concord grape harvest totaling 2200 baskets weighing eight pounds each. The crop bore for the first time this year.
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Stevens
Scott E. Stevens
Selah Valley
Concord
Cider mill offers tanks at quarter barrel cost
Due to barrel scarcity the cider mill provides tanks at one-fourth the price of barrels and encourages saving all refuse apples. Call for more information and to maximize apple salvage. 41-21
Prowigs Hold Opening Rally Condemns Liquor Interests
Rev. A. L. Crim of Ballard opened the prohibition campaign in the city with a two hour address at the court house. He assailed the Republican party and warned that local option only touches the edges of the liquor evil, urging stronger action. State and local prohibition candidates, including W. I. Huxtable and R. F. Crouch, spoke as part of the gathering. The group announced a governor candidate speech for Tuesday evening at the court house.
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A. L. Crim
Ballard
Christian Church
Court House
Crim
United States
L. L. Matterson
Prohibition
W. I. Huxtable
Wesley L. Jones
U. S
Sam H. Piles
Where Bullets Flew Electric Bitters Testimony
David Parker of Fayette New York, Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, praises Electric Bitters. He says they cured his stomach trouble after costly doctors failed and now keep him strong. Sold for 60 cents at C C Case's drug store.
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David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Gettysburg
C. C. Case
College players organize team for eastern games
Former college football players and others plan to organize a team and seek games with Spokane and Walla Walla athletic clubs and other eastern cities. Reverend Washington spoke during the remarks.
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Spokane
Walla Walla
Washington
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Northern Pacific
Talk ON
Mrs. M'Cully
MR. Schwartze
Yours Respectfully
J. R. Schwartze
West Side
Cull, Luse & Davis
Roberts & Udell
Weisberger
Congdon Canal
Co. W. Camp
ORINO
Norih Y4kima Drug Company
A. D. Sloan
Prowig
Rev. Crim
Taft
Bryan
R. F. Crouch
Dr. Webb
Columbia Heights
Kennewick
the Vineyard of
Pacific Northwest
Chas. F. Lott
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