The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-03-27
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Yakima Is preparing TO care for her quota
Of new corners from Colorado, California
and the east. Many Of those who come
here with their families In search Of new
homes find the expenses Of hotel life Q
very material item while looking over the
country for Q location, and are often de-
TERED on this account from devoting the
needed time TO the search. For the benz
eft Of this class IN immigration house Is
TO be built, compartments In which will
be furnished home seekers, for Q limited
time, free Of charge. Our enterprising
citizens readily subscribed the necessary
money Tor this purpose, and the building
contract was let to Robert Scott. The
Northern Pacific, for a nominal figure,
has leased q site for the building on the
railroad right-oEway, and it is expected
to have the structure completed in about
two weeks. The building will be ninety
six feet long by twenty-iour feet In width
and will contain sixteen rooms or eight
family sections.
INCREASE OF ORCHARD AcREAGE.-There
Is o greater amount Of tree planting going
on in the Homework district this spring
than v before. W. W. Mccarthy Is
setting out q large peach orchard; @. p.
Wilcox will improve bis recent purchase
by adding q large orchard; H. ]. Bicknell
Is materially extending the area Of his
already extensive orchard; F. E. Thorn
son has arranged to plant 90 additional
acres this spring to fruit trees; W. 4.
Thornton has purchased q thousand
peach trees and the same number Of Ital-
ian Prunes for planting; J. ". Goodwin
is improving his place by setting out sew
eral hundred trees, and N. B. Curtis is
busily engaged in setting a thousand APP
pie trees, three hundred prunes, q thous-
and grape vines. an acre Of raspberries,
ana lo'OOo suA"Oerry p,In'S. many
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WRRcK ON III NoRrHERN.-The east
bound passenger train which left here
Monday was wrecked on the following
morning near Heron. The cause Of the
accident was the giving way Of q culvert.
Seven cars were thrown into the ditch
and several Of them caught fire and were
destroyed. Express Messenger Miles was
caught in n Of the burning cars and his
body burned beyond recognition. Five
passengers were injured, none seriously,
including Mrs. W. A. Cox, Of this city,
who wal enroute for Memphis, No., sum-
moned by q telegram announcing the
dangerous illness Of her father. Mrs.
Cox wal bruised at the hips, but the in
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ANLNDtANm MEDICINE WOMAN MOADhhkD.
Last year Two unsuccessful medicine
men Of the Takima uiDe Were murdered
by relatives oil deceased patients and
their siayers were sentenced 70 D peni-
tertiary, where one died In confinement
II was thought mat MS Would resuit IN
the breaking up Oh a custom Wnich was
case has recently been reported from
Klickitat county, where an aged klootch-
man who practiced the "art Of healing"
was cut down with an AZ as she was
singing the death o n of sorrow for one
Of her patients. who had died Of La grippe.
This disease was fatal to q large number
Of Indians, the sweathouse and cold
water cure carrying them off very sud-
denly.
OoL' OLOUoh WILL BE nkhE'-Lheg rea'
NOrtnern' WHICH = 70 nave ~ western
North Yakima and the Matches pass. The
line Of location has not been settled and
twelve engineering parties are now in the
field. Col. CIough, the vice president Of
the company, accompanied by the chief
engineer, will be In Yakima some time
during April, and look over this field.
All Of the mountain passes are to be sur
surveyed and no money will be spared in
finding and locating the best route.
YAKIMA FRUITS UNNJuRED.-D. y. Lesh
better. He has made a careful examine