The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-27
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
NovEMBER n. 1850

topic Of much interest before the Yakima
public at present, is the settlement Of the
questions arising in the proposed transfer
Of the Homework ditch to the N. p,
Yakima & Kittitas Irrigation Co. The
meeting Of the Homework Ditch company
was held on Saturday last, in conformity
with the call, and lasted for seven hours.
The representatives Of the stock owned
by Messrs. Flint, Allen, Snlpes, Dunn
and others held out for five inches Of
water IN the share, while the others were
willing to accept the four inches which
Mr.. Granger had offered. Finally, Mr..
Flint and those holding to his view Of the
question either left the meeting or re-
fused 10 vote, and when the question
came up on the acceptance Of the four.
inch proposition, there was not q dissent
ing vote. Another meeting Is called for
December 9th to ratify this action, but
TIE HERALD Is given to understand that
there will again be contest. This should
not be, II It can possibly be avoided. The
irrigation company is willing 10 give to
the stockholders Of the Homework ditch
company 100 inches Of water on basis
Of 300 shares, while, in reality, there are
but 275 shares. This leaves but differ
ence Of l75 inches on the demand Of
those who are holding out for FIVE inches
per share. This should be amicably set
tied among the stockholders, for II Il is
not done the irrigation company is liable
TO indefinitely delay the work Of develop
ment or abandon II entirely, greatly to
the injury Of the county. The general
view Of the people is that the company
has made q liberal offer, and that the
stockholders will receive more water I'M
der that contract than before and at the
same time not be under the trouble and
expense Of maintaining the ditch.
BALLOON ASCENSION AND PARACHUTE
JUMP.-Professor Parker, an aeronaut Of
some note, will make balloon ascension
from the corner Of Yakima avenue and
Front street at 8 o'clock Thanksgiving
afternoon. When the balloon has reached
. height Of 1000 feet it will be abandoned
by Prof. Parker. who will make his
descent by means Of u parachute. The
balloon is Of the hot air pattern and is
thirty-six feet high. Prof. Parker made
the ascension from Sprague the other day
which was witnessed by more than
thousand people, and 80 successful was
the effort that the local paper pronounced
him "the champion baloonist Of the day."
At that place the county seat location
was an absorbing topic, and the @ronaut
sLuggled dummy into his car, which
was thrown earthward when a certain
height was reached. Spectators say the
sensation was one long to beremembered.
Children yelled and some Of the ladies
shut their eyes and gave vent to horriiy-
ing screams. When the dummy struck
the ground, with the stereotyped "sicken-
ing thud," tag was found pinned to 1t
stating that "this was .one Of the men
who voted for Davenport for the county
seat"
WHoLRsALE RELEASE OF PRIsONERs.-
The state supreme court has recently
made decision which will liberate many
prisoners from the penitentiary. After
Washington became q state number Of
courts abandoned the grand jury system
entirely and made convictions, not on in
dictments, but the filing Of information.
The supreme court held that the same
process must be pursued to bring about
conviction that was in use at the time
the ofense was committed. That Is, II
the ofFense was committed under the ter
ritOrial form Of government, an indict-
ment should be brought by grand jury
and the case prosecuted under that in
dictment. This was done in the courts
Of this district, but other courts failed to
interpret the laws Alright and as a result
there will be wholesale release Of pris-
oners from the pen. OF course, they will
be re-arrested and new trials held, result.
ing In the mourning Of great additional
expense.
OKANOGAN Smith ALI RlGHT.-J. B.
Smith, the democratic candidate for the
legislature from Okanogan county, was
elected over Col. Loveioy, republican, by
Q majority Of SO. The republicans will
try to unseat him, however. on the
grounds that he lives on the Indian res
ervation. This would be valid reason,
but from the fact that Mr.. Smith is the
pioneer Of that country and settled on
the land that is now his home long before
the reservation was established, and while
the land all around him might be reserved
by the government for its proteges, his
rights would be maintained and his hold
ings would not be subject to disposal by
the government, either in the form Of
reservation or otherwise.
The ORCHARD OF THE NORTHWEST.
The indications are that with the opening
Of spring largely increased area Of land
will be devoted to orchard. Messrs. A.
W. Engle and Howard Lewis have deter
mined upon planting forty acres to fruit
trees on the bench west Of the city, T. J.
v. Clark will set out 1000 cherry trees,
J.R. Lewis will add several thousand
trees TO his hourishing young orchard,
D. Z. Lesh will increase the area Of his
orchard from fifteen to iifty-6ve acres,