The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-11-20


holders Of the Homework Ditch company
will meet on Saturday for the purpose Of
rejecting or ratifying the contract pro-
posed by and between the trustees Of said
company and the Northern Pacific, Yak
lima 4 Kittitas Irrigation company. The
contract, in brief, provides that the
homework ditch shall become the prop
erty Of the N. p, Y. & X. Irrigation COM
pany, the consideration being that the
latter shall give four inches Of water, for
each share Of stock, for period Of fifty
years. There is considerable doubt as to |
this transfer being made, as it requires
q vote Of two-thirds Of the stock to ratify |
1t, and q number Of the larger stock
holders, including Robert Dunn, P. J.
Flint and Edgar Stone, are understood to |
be opposed to the plan. The irrigation
company intimates that they will not 60
ahead with the construction work, at
least for the present, II the transfer is not
made. This would be especially hard on
those who have taken claims along the
line Of the proposed ditch, with the un-
derstanding that 1t would be built as soon
as the engineers had finished their work.
Fortunes FAvoRs.-The wheel Of for
tune in its revolutions sometimes showers
its blessings in q manner truly surpris-
ing, and one Of its most astonishing
capers was evidenced the other day when
W. F. Zwickey was elected chief Of police
Of Tacoma. In 1888 Zwickey, Hornbogen
L Co. purchased the bankrupt stock Of T.
Nv. Clark. The business was run by
this firm for awhile without making Q
financial success Of It and then sold to j.
J. Armstrong. Zwickey drifted aimIessly
about for time, and two or three months
ago located in Tacoma. Having one
friend in the council Of that city he
offered his name as candidate for chief
Of police at the recent election. He had
no following save that one councilman,
and in the natural order Of events no
show Of being elected, but the two promi-
nent candidates, with backing Of three
Councilmen each, could not come to terms,
and the deadlock was broken by one side
throwing its strength to the unknown
and untried Zwickey.
A HUNDRED ToNs or HAY FRED.-At
about quarter past O'Clock Saturday
evening hundred ton stack Of hay be-
longing to s. LAUDER, Of Yakima City,
was discovered to be on fire. The hay
was valued ct Q thousand dollars, was
uninsured, and is total loss. There is
no question but the fire was Of incendiary
origin, as tracks Of q No. II boot can be
traced from the fire to the railroad track
and some distance toward this city. Peter
Drumeater is said to have made threats
against Mr.. LAUDER, and he was sus-
pected Of being the fire-brand. Marshal
McMurtry interviewed the man with the
musical-gastronomical name, who said
he was asleep in the rear Of q saloon at
the time; but although he was seen
previous to the fire, and some time after
wards, no one Of repute has been able to
locate him between and O'Clock.
Drumeater's shoes correspond with the
tracks about the FIRE, but the evidence is
not thought sufficient to warrant his
arrest.
YAKIMA BOYS ENTERTAINED AT ELLENs-
BURoH.-0n Saturday last Messrs. Har-
bour, Morgan, Jones, Lowell, Reed, Mer-
win, Butler and Carpenter, Of Lincoln
camp, Sons Of Veterans, went to Ellens-
burgh to muster in Milroy Camp No. 10,
Sons Of Veterans. The Yakima boys
were treated right royalty and returned,
greatly pleased with their entertainment.
They were met at the depot by the mem
bers Of the new company, which has an
enrolment Of eleven, taken to The hotel,
where their expenses were all paid, given
the freedom Of the city, and banqueted
in the evening at the Albany. Repre-
sentative-elect Ready was elected captain
Of the Ellensburgh company. ~
A Bio FIRE AvERTED.-DuTing the en-
tertainment given at the school house,
Yakima City, on Friday night Of last
week, q lamp was knocked from the
stand, and for few minutes It looked as
though there would be good sized con-
hagTation. The house was crowded, and
q rush was made by the people to get
away from the threatened danger. Many
who could not make their exit by the
doors piled out Of the windows, but q
number Of men, with coats and other
garments, soon smothered the flames and
the entertainment was proceeded with.
No FEARS OF WNTER.-The stock men |
Of Yakima enter the winter without fear. |
The cattle are in good condition and there |
Is plenty Of feed for all Of the stock in the |
country. The main trouble is that there
is no sale for cattle and the prices are
way down. The hard winter Of 5000
disguised 50 many that they rushed to
the markets and soon glutted them with
beeves. Mr.. Joseph Baxter is Of the
opinion that prices will be well up next
year and that steers nominally quoted ct
so at the present time will be worth
forty, and possibly fifty, dollars. |
THINKS YAKIMA rs GnE-E George
W. Bird, travelling auditor Of the North
ern Pacific, spent several days in the city
last week looking over his large property
interests here and noting the march Of