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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1909
Page
6
Office over Janeck Drug Store at Cor Sixth and Chestnut lists office hours from 9 a m to 12 m and 2 to 5 p m. The person is identified as a member of the Pension Board.
John Anderson's statement implicates Herbert Fletcher and another Toppenish citizen in a jail break on September 4. Oeding says he unlocked the jail and released Anderson while under liquor, and names Fletcher as a co-conspirator who supplied keys. Police plan room check for the missing jail key and pursue further arrests if evidence holds.
In reverent prose a witness recalls John Johnson as a towering, benevolent figure. The piece paints him as a paragon of virtue, loved by wives, mothers, children, and generals alike, and notes his empathetic speech and Lincolnian leadership.
Sunnyside will host a five years lease for a new 40 room brick hotel at Sixth and D streets just north of the post office. Wilmot and Drath of Seattle are the lessees. Construction to start immediately with completion aimed for January.
United States Census Director Durand asks farmers nationwide to maintain written records of farm operations in 1909. He cites cooperation with state boards, colleges, experiment stations, farmers unions, Patrons of Husbandry, and publications to ensure an accurate, economical census of agriculture and farm wealth.
Over 200 men gathered Sunday at the First Methodist church to form a no license campaign aimed at bringing North Yakima into Washington’s dry column. A Civic Federation committee will plan steps, meet October 4 at the Y M C A, and invite an anti saloon league member to join deliberations.
Robert Morgan displayed four Bartlett pears from a two year old Yakima tree in a city storefront window. The four fruits weigh about 4 1 2 pounds total averaging over a pound each. They originate from Henry Bros. on the former E J Haasze place. Morgan notes many more pears of similar size exist on the ranch.
President Taft issued a statement from Salt Lake City asserting no intent to attack Gifford Pinchot during the Ballinger Pinchot controversy and pledging to seek congressionally backed land reclamation measures aligned with Roosevelt policies. Pinchot affirmed he will not resign and will continue serving in the same direction.
Carlisle Center New York resident G B Burhans reports that two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cured his kidney trouble four years ago. He states brick dust sediment pain and all symptoms disappeared and have not returned. North Yakima Drug Store sells Foley's Kidney Remedy.
Mabel Porter Pitts Carey, a San Francisco love poet, stands accused by husband James A. Carey of infidelity with C Lercy Childs of the San Francisco News Letter. He counters cruelty, citing Ferdinand P. Earle and an affinity ethos, while detailing supposed times and soul mates.
A collection of customer letters extols the superior root systems of trees from Washington Nursery Co in Toppenish Washington. They praise sturdy roots, demand rootful stock, and recall earlier experiences with poor root quality in Oregon and elsewhere. The notes stress the importance of strong roots for vigorous growth.
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