Yakima Sailor Returns After Four Years in Navy
Chet Barrett, once of Yakima, has just completed four years in Uncle Sam’s navy. He served on the Oregon and later the gunboat El Cano in the Pacific waters. Now discharged, he plans to settle as a “land robber” and possibly return to Yakima to reside, marveling at the city’s changes.
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Chet” Barret
Yakima
Spokane
Chet
Uncle Sam
Oregon
Pacific
el Cano
Spain
Barrett
Great Doings On Sunnyside Canal Project
The United States reclamation service plans extensive Sunnyside canal work to improve irrigation. Twenty two cement drops will be built between the thirtieth mile and the intake at about $3 000 each, to regulate flow and extend service area. Granger materials prepared, cement stored. about sixty men to work from November 1, with sand and gravel from the nearby river bed. engineers anticipate extending the main canal four to six miles below Prosser, potentially reclaiming 4 000 to 5 000 more acres this winter.
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United States Reclamation Service
Sunnyside Canal
Granger
Mentzer Bros
Dc. A. Merritt
Prosser
Mr. Merritz
Reclamation Service
Sunnyside
Damage suit over refrigerator cars for Toppenish apples
H M Gilbert head of Richey Gilbert company warns a $25 000 damage suit will result if refrigerator cars are not immediately received at Toppenish for transporting the immense apple crop awaiting shipment from this port. Efforts have been made to secure necessary cars by those who foresaw the need.
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H. M. Gilbert
Richey-Gilbert Company
Refridge car shortage sparks legal threat and orchard losses
A telegraph warning from a major firm declares legal action if car supply fails, risking extensive fruit shipments as 100 Apple cars await in warehouses. Five cars arrived Monday, but growers warn of heavy losses without broader relief. A North Yakima resident cites housing shortages and crowded living conditions, urging affordable, modest homes for workers amid high rents.
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St. Paul
Parker Bottom
Zillah
Home Remedy Claims Fast Rheumatism Relief
An over the counter home remedy combines Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla marketed to relieve rheumatism and kidney issues by purporting to purify the blood. The ad touts safety and low cost with doses after meals and at night and urges pharmacist sourcing. It also notes new steel safety deposit boxes at First National Bank with low customer charges and Pineules for backache.
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First National Bank
Disqualification of Whitson in Capitol Hill Lands Case
Whitson is disqualified for previously serving as counsel for the plaintiff. The case concerns valuable Capitol Hill lots. A 1905 ruling favored the plaintiff. An appeal sent a remittal from Olympia on January 22, 1907 reversing the lower court. The US Supreme Court intake followed with a new circuit court filing by the defendants.
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Whitson
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Olympia
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Dairymen to Meet at Fourteenth Annual Convention
The Washington State Dairymen's Association will hold its fourteenth annual convention in Stanwood Snohomish county from December 19 to 21. Notable speakers include Prof. W. J. Spillman from the U S department of agriculture and J. E. Wing institute lecturer, with local papers and addresses on the program. Railroads will offer a convention rate of one and one third fare for the round trip.
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Washington State Dairymen's Association
Stanwood
Snohomish County
W. J. Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
Spillman
Washington State College
Pullman
J. E. Wing
United States
Wing
Europe
Growing a Tree is Particular Work in Yakima Valley
A Yakima nursery touts decades of toil and strict methods for grafting and maturing trees. It claims isolation on the Yakima Indian reservation keeps stock pest free and emphasizes rapid early growth for buyers. The ad contrasts value with cheap, inferior stock and invites readers to write if a salesman misses them.
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Yakima Valley
Yakima Indian Reservation
Mistaken identity leads to Tacoma arrest confusion
Mrs I B Smith and her husband visiting from Pomeroy were detained by Tacoma officers who sought a robber matching her description. On arrival in their hotel here they learned she was not the wanted woman. The Smiths deny any wrongdoing and continue to their home.
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Tacoma
I. B. Smith Frida
Ryan Newton Company
State Board adopts detailed new real and personal property forms
The state board of tax commissioners adopts standardized forms for real and personal property tax rolls to be used by all counties. Real property forms show separate columns for acres and values of various land types including oyster coal timber and unimproved lands plus improvements and aggregate values. Personal property forms list fifty distinct items.
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State Board of Tax Commissioners
Irrigating White Bluffs Area Soon Begins
White Bluffs Washington plans to flood its new irrigation system within days as the White Bluffs Land and Irrigation Co plants water into pipes. The plant, started last May, serves about 1000 acres and uses wood pipe from a producer gas plant, with Hanford ditch not ready until spring.
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White Bluffs, Wash
White Bluffs Land and Irrigation Company
White Bluffs
Hanford
White Bluffs Company
Case Postponed in Ontario Land Co. v. Yordy
Judge Hanford will not hear the case against Jay Yordy and wife for land possession until December due to a long calendar in Tacoma. Judge Hanford will preside instead of the previously assigned judge.
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Tacoma
Hanford
Ontario Land Company
Jay Yordy
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Trust
Washington Nursery Co
N. J. Bation
Aumiller
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West Yakima Ave
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