Eighteenth Washington State Fair Opens in North Yakima
The 18th annual Washington State Fair starts in North Yakima with ideal weather and record attendance. Francesco Ferullo’s Italian band, Indian heritage events, and a highlight relay race with a $1000 purse feature on opening day. The relay requires riders to swap saddles four times over two miles each day.
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Yakima Valley
Washington
North Yakima
Horticultural Hall
Francesco Ferullo
Schoenes
le Strange
Olympia
Prof
Webster
Results Of Mondays Races At Local Fairground Track
The card opened with a special two year old trot won by Ed Armitage's Farmer Schott after a tight duel, time 2:53. The second race for runners drew eight entries, four added, with purse $140 to first and $40 to second. Five furlongs saw Blanck Fluid win, Wiltede 8 second, Martinmas third after a false start. A seven furlongs selling race paid $140 to first, $40 to second, $29 to third with seven runners. Purse Rose led, Foot loose second, Dene third. A special two mile trot division paid out with Padishaw winning. times ranged around 2:18 to 2:19. An event for Indian women and horses proved entertaining though details were fragmentary.
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G. A. Shults
B. Evans
R. Burnstadt
Earl
Ned Bartley
Bartley
Sveral
Ed Armitage
Farmer Schott
Blanck Fluid
Wiltede
Martinmas
Footloose
Padishaw
Balloon Accident During Ascension Near Grand Stand
Professors Le Strange and Webster rose in two large balloons inflated before the grand stand as hundreds watched. Webster’s craft showed trouble and descended quickly. he jumped clear and escaped unharmed. The balloon later ascended again without a passenger and landed about a quarter mile away. Le Strange rose high and returned to earth safely.
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Profs
le Strange
Webster
Earth
Attracting Midway The fair’s daily feature lineup announced
The Midway will be an appealing fair feature this week with Harry E. Drake supervising concessions and amusements. Today’s inspections include an ostrich farm the 1 million dollar coin Washington Animal Show Quinns Days of 49 Thelma and the merry go round. An Indian village by Nevada Lillie of Toppénish will showcase nearly fifty aborigines.
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Harry E. Drake
Washington
McNamara Trial Set to Hear Piano Box Evidence
Los Angeles on September 26 reports the McNamara dynamite case with the piano box found in Indiana and dynamite in Ohio cited as key evidence. Detective Burns officials tie McNamara to storing the explosives for alleged illegal use.
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John J. McNamara
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
W. D. Jones
Indianapolis
Tiffin
William J. Burns
Oldest Washington resident to attend Astor centennial event
The party accompanying L. V. McWhorter to Astoria’s centennial celebration includes a woman over 100 likely the state’s oldest resident. She recalls Doctor McLaughlin known to locals as White Hair. Friday night features a masked carnival on the Midway as the week’s highlight and invites all to join the festivities.
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Ines
L. V. McWhorter
Astoria
Washington
Doctor McLaughlin
Balloon Race Heads to Mile High Feats at Yakima Fair
The headline feature tracks W B Webster of San Francisco and Professor Le Strange of Olympia as they race balloons daily. They ascend to 8500 to 4000 feet then parachute down, seeking the highest ascent and fastest return. Le Strange plans a mile high flight with a new balloon brought to North Yakima for the event.
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W. B. Webster
San Francisco
le Strange
Olympia
Washington
Earth
Let Orange
Yakima
Big Show of Livestock at State Fair Exhibits Record Crowd
The state fair showcases 300 cattle 49 sheep pens 110 hog pens and 205 horses with 49 draft stalls. A complete exhibitor list includes Holsteins Jerseys Ayrshires Guernseys Red Polled Herefords Devons Shorthorns and Galloways from Washington Oregon and California.
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F. H. Porter
Halsey
A. H. Barnum
Moro
George Chandler
Baker
Geo
F. Simeral
Salem
Ore
W. L. Simeral
Maclay
T. B. Gibson
Woodland
Calif
Delos Wesley
Toledo
L. G. Wesley
J. B. Schwagler
Selah
Wash
David Harvey
North Yakima
Livestock Breeders and Poultry Listings Across Pacific Northwest
A merged catalog lists breeders and origins for sheep cattle goats and swine from Washington Oregon Idaho and Utah. Notable names include John B. Stump Monmouth Ore Wm Riddell & Sons Monmouth Ore C. Cleveland Gris ham Ore Francis Kizer Harrisburg Ore and W L Carlyle Moscow Idaho among others.
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Wash
Cascade Lumber Co
North Yakima
W. H. France
Fllensburg
I. J. Oder
Parker
Lewis Razey
J. C. Leggett
Ogden
Utah
Lincoln
Woodcpeck
Corvalis
Ore
John B. Stump
Monmouth
Stanley Coffin
North Waki
Wm .Riddell
Cotswolds
Wm. Riddell & Sons
Southdowns
J. G. S. Hubbard
C. E. Cleveland
Grisham
Shropshires
C E. Cleveland
Charles Cleveland
C. O. Adams
Francis Kizer
Harrisburg
Dorset Horns
Oxford Downs
C. P. Kizer
W. L. Carlyle
Moscow
Idaho
Wm. Riddell& Sons
Model Farm Exhibit Demonstrates Orchard Formation at Wapato Nursery
At the Wapato Nursery grounds Mr. Kelly showcases a model farm with two year old apple trees and peach fillers arranged in rows six feet apart. Irrigation ditches carry water pumped by electric motor, illustrating how an orchard is brought into existence for visitors including travelers from abroad.
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Wapato Nursery
Kelly
Northwest Power and Light Company
Col Prosser Dies Suddenl y After Distinguished Career
Civil War veteran Col W F Prosser former mayor of North Yakima and founder of Prosser in Washington died in Seattle after a brief illness from heart-related complications. He served in the Civil War and played key roles in Washington state politics and development.
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Col
W. F. Prosser
North Yakima
Col. Prosser
Seattle
Prosser
Yakima County
Benton
Eity
Post-Intelligencer
Washington
United States Military Academy
West Point
Roosevelt
Casualty Company of
California
Pennsylvania
Humboldt County
Moxee Commercial Club Sets October Basket Social
At its September 21 meeting the Moxee Commercial Club formed a committee to organize an October 2 basket social with prominent North Yakima speakers. An excursion train will run from North Yakima that evening as part of the event. The club is pushing hard to ensure a successful entertainment.
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Moxee City
Moxee
Snow contrasts in visiting engineer from Montana
Three inches of snow in Tyutte Montana greet Co F MacGibbon a hoisting engineer visiting North Yakima. He owns a twenty acre tract in Tieton district under water nine miles from North Yakima. He notes warmer weather and sunshine here compared with Butte.
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Co. F. MacGibbon
Tyutte
Montana
Murray Miles
Tieton District
North Yakima
Butte
Ellensburg Elks Prepare Two Night Minstrel Show
Ellensburg Elks lodge plans a two night minstrel program mirroring a prior event and moves to organize attendance at the national convention in Portland in July 1912. Over 200 Elk members are expected to travel as a group.
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Ellensburg
Elks Lodge
Portland
Taft Urges Soil Conservation and Tariff Board Action
President Taft spoke at the National Conservation congress in Kansas City urging soil preservation and agricultural education while noting the wool tariff remains high. He said a tariff board would report on wool by December 1 and favored tariffs based on such findings. He also urged uniform marriage laws and commented on Kansas prosperity before continuing on a Kansas tour.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Congress
Missouri
Taft
National Conservation Congress
Convention Hall
United States
Teddy
Tariff Board
City Commission Faces Saloon Renewals and New City Attorney
City commissioners spent hours renewing licenses with three renewals granted and Cooper and Rogers denied and told to cease by Oct. 6. A saloon near Front Street facing opposition due to corner location and foot traffic near schools. The body also adopted an ordinance creating the office of city attorney with an $1,800 salary and a $1,500 bond, plus a $75 monthly stenographer. The attorney will advise the commission, represent the city in court, prosecute ordinances, and handle other duties as directed.
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A. J. Splawn
Corbin and Findley
West Side
Second
Yakima Avenue
Frank B. Shardlow
South Front Street
Parodies and Co
Cooper and Rogers
Splawn
Crocker
Cooper and lLtogers
Ernest Lund
East
Front Street
City Commission
Millican Seeks Police Chief Post in North Yakima
Sergeant Frank H. Millican, one of the department’s veteran officers, announces candidacy for police chief. Millican joined as patrolman in April 1907, served 1908, promoted to captain in 1909, spent thirteen months in the secretary of state office, and returned March 1, 1911, as sergeant.
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Frank H. Millican
Derailment Disrupts North Yakima Yard Traffic
Several cars derailed on the passing track at North Yakima yards of the Northern Pacific railway Sunday causing minor delays to rearway patrons from the east.
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Yakima
Papeific
Albert Trottier Sentenced at State Penitentiary Hearing
Albert Trottier of Upper Naches was found guilty by a jury in superior court of calf stealing. Judge Grady imposed an indeterminate term from not less than six months to 15 years in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. A new trial motion was overruled and an appeal to the supreme court was noted with bail set at 1500.
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Albert Trottier
Upper
Naches
Grady
Walla Walla
Gruff
Supreme Court
O‘ling
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