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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
4
Mayor Lombard reports North Yakima's assessed valuation jumped by about 1.9 million dollars in the past year. The increase reflects 60 percent of real and personal property value, indicating strong city growth and development.
Yakima County and the city will share funding to build a new pest house as recommended by health officers. The contagious disease hospital is deemed uninhabitable, and plans call for a sturdy, modestly priced facility to relieve an embarrassing situation for the health department.
North Yakima faces severe lodging shortages during the state fair week as hotels and rooming houses near capacity. Officials urge the state fair commission and Commercial club to expand an information bureau and promote spare rooms to house hundreds of visitors daily.
The Yakima county canvass shows 3467 votes for Republican candidates and 466 for Democrats in the primary. With 3933 total voters, Democrats were expected to cast about 1311 votes, yet only 466 were recorded, prompting questions about voter participation and whether Democrats supported their ticket.
William Howard Taft on August 29 spoke in Athens Ohio stressing that a judge's duty is to administer the law not to shape it. He warned that public remarks show a cling to old fashioned notions likely to engage voters across parties nationwide.
The passage praises William Howard Taft for sticking to law and facts, refusing court made law, and serving with impartiality in roles from prosecutor to secretary of war. It cites his belief that judges must interpret and enforce the law as written by the people, not fashion new doctrine.
North Yakima residents are urged to support a plan by local business leaders to donate 1000 to fund a special fruit prize at the state fair. Commissioner Remy endorses the move, predicting a landmark horticultural display that will attract fruit merchants and visitors to Yakima exhibits.
Merchants plan fruit exhibits in store windows for Yakima Day marking the fair’s opening. The Yakima Commercial Club’s yearlong push spurs the campaign, urging every business to display fruit during fair week at minimal cost and high value.
The Yakima valley hosts historic sites like Fort Simcoe and the Ahtanum mission. The State Historical Society plans markers to preserve these pioneer relics before they fade away. Local residents should support more than memory, helping preserve the tangible history now still available.
Congregational leaders in Washington adopt resolutions foreshadowing political involvement by ministers. They argue clergy can reach better classes yet emphasize church state separation. A Reidsville man touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a reliable remedy for ulcers and other injuries.
North Yakima reports firm hay quotations with bright prospects for a rise. Heavy orders for export and government use lift outlook for hay raisers. Transport cars are scarce for shipments. Oats remain brisk. Fruit market active with several apple buyers on site.
A Brighton healer advertises instantaneous relief and permanent cures for catarrh and related conditions across the nose sinuses eyes ears throat lungs and reproductive tract. Procedures claim no pain and emphasize home treatment with free consultation at the corner Chestnut and South Second streets office daily from 10 am to 8 pm.
Tires of fourteen bicycles were cut on Yakima avenue between First and Third streets Monday evening. Owners took all wheels to Taylor repair shop on South Third street Tuesday morning, marking the city's busiest bicycle repair rush. No single target or motive is evident in the vandalism.
Judge Preble forbids 5S. V. Hughes from speaking to Louise F. Hughes or visiting her at a city boarding house and bars disposition of Hughes property worth 23000 or large sums of money. Hearing on permanency set for Monday while divorce granted to Rose Scott from Thomas J. Scott on abuse and drunkenness grounds.
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