The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 524 MRS. SARAH BAKER. Mrs. Sarah Baker, a capable business woman, conducting a variety store at Wapato, was born May 23, 1872, a daughter of August and Wilhelmina Kanne, who at an early day settled in Minnesota, but later removed to Oregon, where the father died July 1, 1918, and where the mother still lives. They had a family of ten children, of whom Mrs. Baker is the third in order or birth. She acquired a public school education in Minnesota and was never engaged in business up to the time that she established the variety store in 1909. She erected a building for this purpose which she has since enlarged and it is now twenty-five by one hundred feet. She carries a stock of groceries, dry goods and notions and is assisted in the conduct and management of the store by her daughter, Clella, who is also a high school student and is very proficient in music. The store is conducted on a strictly cash basis and Mrs. Baker displays marked ability and efficiency in its management. She closely studies the needs and wishes of the people and makes judicious purchases and therefore profitable sales. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.