Bid Adieu to the Council In Recount Prohibition
Superior Court issues order prohibiting the old North Yakima council from recounting ballots in the last election. Wilbur Crocker seeks to stop the contest. Judge Preble grants permanent prohibition and quo warranto actions are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Old Body
J. M. Dunn
Sunnyside
J. C. Brooker
Henry H. Schott
City of
North Yakima
Fred E. Shaw
John H. Lynch
A. C. Pease
H. W. Mull
C. S. Wenner
J. M. Brown
W. H. Carver
Yakima County
Washington
Wilbur Crocker
City
Crocker
H. W.W. Mull
Wash
A. D
Granger Workers Strike Over Wages and Hours
Granger O W R N workers walked out over hours and wages in a labor dispute that delayed depot work. Assistant Lancaster and Superintendent Kamm inspected the situation as a fill project for the new station pile foundation progressed, reflecting Granger’s growth and town pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granger
O. W. R. & N. Railway
Lancaster
Kamm
Lower Valley
No Action Taken On Strike Until Machinists Conclude
From an authoritative source it is learned that the International Union will take no action on the strike until after the International Machinists convention at Davenport adjourns. The convention will consider the Harriman lines and Illinois Central issues before week’s end, and no walkout will be ordered unless machinists decide to provide moral and financial support.
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Chicago
International Union
International Machinists
Davenport
Iowa
Harriman Lines
Illinois Central
Advertising Yakima Country To Attract Midwest Settlers
The North Yakima Commercial club plans extensive ads and exhibits at major fairs from the Twin City show in St Paul to the Madison Square Garden exposition to attract farmers from Iowa Kansas and Colorado. Railroads boost outreach with literature and demonstration trains. Towns from Sunnyside to Granger showcase hotels schools and new homes as they court westward settlers.
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Northern Pacific
O. W. R. & N. Company
Co. H. van Amburg
Coffin Brothers
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Des Moines
Yakima
Yakima Valley
Middle West
Madison Square Garden
New York
Phiadelphia
Granger
Sunnyside
North Yakima
Planters
Toppenish
Wapato
W. P. Sawyer
Sawyer
Lower Valley Is Beautiful Scenic Hudson of Granger Area
The article describes a driving route from Sunnyside through the Lower Valley highlighting hay fields orchards and irrigation effects. It notes distant snow capped peaks Adams and Rainier Tacoma and the interplay of green alfalfa red apples and ice fed streams. H C Davis of a 100 acre ranch near Granger is mentioned as a resident observer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Cascades
Adams
Rainier-Tacoma
H. C. Davis
Granger
Roast for Gifford Pinchot Planned by Alaska Interests
Gifford Pinchot and his secretary with a Washington reporter arrived from Seward to Katalla Alaska. He will travel to the Behring River coal fields for several weeks. Local opposition to Pinchot's visit faced by some but the majority in Katalla disapproves of hostile demonstrations. Handbills read Hail to the chief of Alaska's desolation.
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Cordova
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Seward
Katalla
Behring River
Forester
Alaska
Taft Defends Supreme Court and Critics in Detroit Speech
President Taft pressed political themes on a west tour stop in Detroit arguing against amending the antitrust rule of reason. He challenged critics including W. J. Bryan and urged civil service expansion while defending the Supreme Court amid loud applause.
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Supreme Court
Detroit
Taft
West
Federal Supreme Court
W. J. Bryan
Justice White
Trust
Michigan
Saginaw
Bay City
Armory
Stolypin Dies After Assassination in Kiev Theatre
Russia reports Premier Peter A. Stolypin died at 10:13 p m after wounds from an assassin at the Municipal Theatre. He remained conscious until late and his last words requested a red pencil and light. Reported peritonitis and fear of anti Jewish riots led to troop deployment in Kiev.
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Kiev
Russia
Peter A. Stolypin
Municipal Theatre
Stolypin
Metroplitan Flavian
Cc. M. Kokovsoff
Kokoyseff
Armbruster Demurrer Overruled in Defamation Suit
Judge Grady on Monday overruled demurrers filed by Philip Armbruster and his wife in a $19,900 defamation suit involving Nat Sanderson and other defendants. They were given three days to answer. The judge found the community property potentially liable and rejected arguments that Mrs Armbruster bore no responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady
Philip Armbruster
Nat
Sanderson
McNeff Brothers Sell 20000 Pounds Hop Crop at 7 Cents
McNeff Brothers of North Yakima sell 20000 pounds of hops from Bell Mead Estes and Yakima Hop ranches to Carl Ullman Co of New York for seven cents a pound. Largest sale and top price in weeks, contract for delivery Sept 15 to Oct 31 at Granger or North Yakima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeff Brothers
North Yakima
Bell, Mead & Estes
Yakima
Carl Ullman & Co
New York
Granger
First City Commission Officials Appointed after Battle
The new city commission in session designated William H Redman as superintendent of streets and public improvements and Wilbur Crocker as superintendent of finance and accounting. They sealed ballot boxes at 9:45 p.m. and later resumed work on a lengthy ordinance outlining council duties.
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Meigs
Brown
Schott
Brooker
Lockhart
City
Doolittle
Day
Crocker
J. M. Dunn
Stooker
Shaw
H. J. Snively
Preble
Mr. Snively
Mr. Schott
Ing
Splawn
Police Kinnaman
Henry H. Wende
Superior Court
Thomas E. Grady
Stman
Department of Public Safety
City Commission
Police and Fire Departments
Health Department
City Library
Department of Finance and Accounting
Commission
William H Redman
Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Wilbur Crocker
Revolutionists Plan Renewal of Campaign
Police report that the Russian Socialist Revolutionary movement is rebuilding after exposure of Eugene Azef as a police spy. Leaders met in Paris this summer to map a new campaign while abroad agents warned of terrorism. The revival is marked by small, well organized groups at work despite a shortage of workers and funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Revolutionary Party of Russia
Paris
Canadian Manhunt Presses Bank Robbery Probe
Detectives chase clues in the New Westminster Bank robbery with little success. A lead pointed to the Nilian river entrance area where Donald and Scott with Sergeant Decon and two private detectives searched Wigwan Inn vicinity. Two men who seemed hunters visited the inn and carried old skin covered packages, prompting suspicion before their return to the city.
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Vancouver
New Westminster
Donald
Scott
Decon
Wigwan Inn
Huntera
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the Council
Old City
Judge Preble
Leo Meigs
Granger Folk
East
North
Kewaunee
Outlook
E. H. Rollins & Son
Washington Trust and Savings Bank of
Seattle
B. A. Kean and Company
Union Trust and Savings Bank of
Spokane
Lehannon
Armbruster Demurrer
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