Abstract:
"New Movie Theater Planned For Yakima. Tacoma, Aug. 30.--What is said to be the largest motion picture deal consummated on the Pacific coast and declared to create the strongest amusement co-partnership west of the Mississippi river, was announced here today through J. G. von Herberg and C. S. Jensen, of Seattle and H. T. Moore and John S. Baker, of Tacoma. The announcement gives out the purchase of four theaters in Tacoma, four in Seattle, seven in Portland, Ore., one in Medford, Ore., and two in Butte, Mont. In addition to those eighteen houses, all in active operation, the four men announced that plans are being drawn for theaters in Everett, Bremerton and Yakima, Wash."