A Saloon Brawl Turns Deadly in Zillah
A bartender kills a man behind his bar after a confrontation over who was in charge of the establishment.
“Ott reached and got it and shot Edner in the chin, the ball ranging upward, killing him instantly.”
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A 42-Acre Land Fight Near Zillah Ends—For Now
Federal commissioners uphold local land officers in a long-running contest over 42 acres near Zillah, where the Bartholet family filed three times and paid $1.25 an acre trying to prove up desert land.
“The Bartholds have made strenuous efforts to comply with the law and get the land under water, and have filed on it three times, paying $1.25 per acre all told for desert filings.”
Five Cents to a $10,000 Farm: A Yakima Booster's Story
J. S. Williams arrived in the Yakima Valley nearly broke. Seven years later, he told a reporter he wouldn't sell his Sunnyside-ditch farm for $10,000.
“I landed here seven years ago and had just 5 cents in my pocket when I started out to look for a job.”
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