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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1889 | 102 |
| 1890 | 120 |
| 1891 | 132 |
| 1892 | 136 |
490 stories
- The Most Hard-Fought City Election in Yakima History
A three-way contest between the Citizens’, Taxpayers’, and Knights of Labor tickets reshapes the city council.
- The Novel Experiment of Using Sheep to Tend Hops
Yakima hop growers are turning to livestock to solve labor costs and crop management in the fields.
- The Mayor Walks Out in Protest
A standoff over municipal authority and debt forces the resignation of Yakima's top official.
- A Victory for Property Rights Against a Flawed City Tax
A Superior Court judge voids a municipal tax sale, finding that the city failed to follow mandatory legal procedures.
- The Art of Roping a Bear
After a close call with a grizzly, a local man returns to the wilderness to capture a cub with a lariat for the town's amusement.
- The Desert Transformed: A Correspondent's View of North Yakima
A visiting writer discovers that irrigation is rapidly turning the 'arid' sagebrush plains into a lush, productive garden of fruit and hops.
- The Great Yakima Salary Standoff
A budget dispute between county officials and the courts threatens to leave the treasurer empty-handed and the county’s finances in limbo.
- Old Town Residents Organize for Electric Rail Connection
A determined group of citizens in the original Yakima site is grading a new side-track, hoping to lure a company into connecting their district to North Yakima via electric rail.
- The Council Grapples with 'Peculiar' Houses
City leaders debate whether to regulate or police the city’s red-light district in a heated session.
- The Reverend's Vendetta
A former school superintendent threatens the local newspaper with a libel suit over accusations of mental instability and corruption.
- Armed Children Defend Their Home Against Burglars
When two thieves raided the Morrisey home, they were met by a young boy and his armed neighbor, who sent them fleeing into the night with a fusillade of gunfire.
- The River Fight
Citizens and a private irrigation firm clash with an Indian Agent over the damming of the Yakima River.
- Railroad Giant Blocks Local Irrigation Taxes
The Northern Pacific Railroad has filed suit to dodge taxes meant to fund vital irrigation canals for Yakima valley farmers.
- The Desert Blooms: Yakima’s Canal Vision
A delegation of Tacoma investors returns from Yakima enchanted by the transformation of arid scrubland into flourishing, frost-resistant orchards.
- The Yakima Valley's Great Hop Boom
Farmers across the Yakima region are racing to plant hops, betting that local soil and climate will dominate the industry as neighboring districts struggle with pests.
- The Tragedy at the Indian Training School
A fatal picnic leaves two students dead after accidental poisoning.
- The Struggle to Green the Desert
Before the giant irrigation companies arrived, Yakima pioneers hand-dug their own ditches through harsh winters to save their thirsty land.
- A Jockey's Tragic End
A former horse trainer and jockey, weakened by illness, dies by suicide in a Yakima stable.
- The Price of Public Space
North Yakima officials consider abandoning a gift of 20 acres to the city, sparking a clash between land donors and the council.
- A Valley of Perennial Wealth: The Excursion That Sold the Yakima Boom
A Puyallup delegation rides the Northern Pacific to North Yakima, tours the new Sunnyside Canal, and comes home convinced that irrigated sagebrush is the richest farmland in Washington.
- The Hop Louse War in the Yakima Valley
As the Yakima hop industry matures, growers face a new, permanent agricultural battle against the hop vine aphis.
- The City's Sudden Morality Raid Targeted the Wrong Women
A Yakima letter-writer asks why licensed saloons kept their protection while women were fined $5 a month in police court.
- Democratic Leader Weighs in on the Populist Surge
Legislator H.J. Snively reports on the Democratic convention and the growing threat of the People's Party in Eastern Washington.
- The Health Crisis at Our Door
With cholera reported in New York City, local officials must act immediately to secure North Yakima’s sanitation before the plague spreads.
- The Fight for Yakima's First Park
The city council rejected a land purchase for a public park, ignoring the future needs of a growing population.