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25 stories
- The Filthiest Place in Washington
A state health committee blames criminal negligence and unsanitary conditions for a deadly typhoid outbreak in North Yakima.
- Yakima's Water Was Not for Sale
A farm paper accuses the Washington Irrigation Co. of trying to monopolize Yakima Valley reservoirs — and of bullying the legislature to get them.
- Battle for Yakima Valley Water Rights
A state land dispute pits the Sunnyside Canal Company against the Yakima Development Company in a high-stakes fight for irrigation rights.
- A Heartbreaking Scene of Poverty
After a mother dies in North Yakima, authorities discover seven children starving in the family home.
- Anti-Corporate Landslide in North Yakima
Voters reject the power company's influence in a record-breaking municipal turnout.
- The Fever Mystery in North Yakima
Local doctors clash with state officials over whether an outbreak is malaria or typhoid fever.
- The War on Diseased Orchards
A fierce battle erupts between the State Horticultural Commissioner and outside nurserymen over the destruction of thousands of fruit trees.
- The Fight for the Valley's Water
North Yakima and Ellensburg join forces to block a deal giving a private irrigation company exclusive control over mountain lake water.
- The Battle for the Range
Federal scientists head to Eastern Washington to investigate the environmental toll of overgrazing by sheep.
- The Fight for the Sunnyside Belt Line
Residents are firing back at rumors of railroad abandonment, insisting their fertile soil promises a profitable future for the Northern Pacific.
- The Battle for the Yakima Indian Reservation
Local political pressure mounts to retain Superintendent Jay Lynch amidst federal investigation allegations.
- The Price of Poor Irrigation
Federal experts warn that Yakima Valley farmers are drowning their own crops through systemic waste and lack of drainage planning.
- The Land Office Libel Suit
A North Yakima man faces criminal charges after accusing a former land register of orchestrating a fraudulent land claim.
- The Cantaloupe Gold Rush
A Walla Walla produce dealer discovers that leasing Indian lands near the Yakima River has created a lucrative new fruit-growing empire.
- The Perils of Planting: A Warning to Yakima Valley Orchardists
A local agricultural expert debunks state-sanctioned advice on walnut cultivation, warning farmers against the financial ruin of planting untried varieties.
- Grasshopper Plague Threatens Yakima Valley Crops
A rapid infestation of insects on the reservation has farmers fearing for their summer harvest.
- The Best Horseman in the State, Accused of Leading a Horse-Thieving Ring
A well-known Walla Walla boy working as a hospital cook in Seattle is arrested and hauled to North Yakima, charged as the ringleader of a fifteen-to-twenty-man gang of horse thieves.
- The Bureaucratic Standoff Over Yakima Water
State Land Commissioner S. A. Calvert returns from D.C. after hitting a wall with the Interior Department over irrigation rights.
- The Water Monopoly Standing Between Yakima and Its Best Orchards
A fruit grower warns that the Washington Irrigation Company’s control of reservoir sites could block the high-line ditch needed to open Yakima County’s frost-safe uplands to orchards.
- 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.
- The Sugar Beet Gamble in Yakima
Despite a gubernatorial veto of the state bounty bill, a persistent promoter is pushing forward with plans to establish a sugar beet industry in Yakima.
- Wormy Apples and Four Dollars a Day
A Yakima fruit inspector is accused of idling away his time in the hop yards while infected fruit rolls out of the county — and The Ranch says King County's own pair of inspectors are no better, with wormy apples the rule rather than the exception on every stand in Seattle.
- Farmers Take On the Commission Men—and Demand Weekly Checks
Yakima growers propose a $5,000 bond for produce brokers, while Sumner farmer W. H. Paulhamus recalls how organized producers stopped getting 'did' by middlemen.
- The Funeral Grifter of North Yakima
An undertaker is conned out of five dollars by a man feigning the grief of a widower.
- The Bee Boom in the Yakima Valley
As small-scale farming replaces large estates, beekeeping emerges as a surprisingly lucrative industry for Central Washington growers.