The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-28
THURSDAY.


THURSDAY. AUGUST Is. 1850
The BIG IRRIGATION DTTcHEs.-Mr. VIM.
ker returned from Tacoma Tuesday,
where he attended a meeting of the direc'
tors Of the irrigation company. The
name Of the corporation has been changed
to the Northern Pacific. Yakima & Kittitas
Irrigation company, and the first assess
ment on the 5000 capitalization has
been called for immediate payment. The
purposes Of the company are to build
seven reservoirs in the mountains (tht
same having already been located fol
the storage of water against droutb; Il
construct ar irrigation ditch in Kittitai
county and two in Yakima county. The
first ditch to be built, and the only one
on which work will be actively pushed
this year, will be the one on the east side
Of the Yakima, the water to be taken Al
a point higher than the head of the
Homework. The second ditch in thi,
county will have its head in the Natcheez
and cover much Of the bench land to thu
west, including the Wide Hollow section
1t will have a fall Of but a foot to thu
mile, the engineers having decided tina
with a greater fall the banks could no
Withstand the force Of the large volume
Of water which the ditch will carry. Thii
will be the king ditch, and with it will bt
redeemed the greater portion Of the com
pany's lands in eastern Yakima.
ENCOURAGING YAKIMA TO Grow CoTToN
Mr.. Vim. Ker, president Of the Mckee
company, is in receipt Of a letter from J
Van Andres, the leading cotton broker o
New York, who stated that he had beer
careful student Of the reports Of climate
and soil analysis Of the Yakima country
and he felt convinced that a very gooC
grade Of cotton could be grown here. Mr.
Van Andres offered to furnish the fines
OF Egyptian seed and give every assist
ance in his power to further the experi
ment, and in return would ask for thu
handling Of the crop for the first ten years
Mr.. Ker answered that ne had no doub
but what cotton could be grown here, ii
thOt fact had already been demonstrate
in n small way, but that for the presen
at least the Mckee company had its hand
full with tobacco, hops, alfalfa and cattle
and could not give it the attention it re
quired. Perhaps some other enterprisin,
farmer would like to accept Mr.. Val
Andres offer; in which event. his adj
dress can be had upon application Il
MI. Ker.
Court CONvENEs NEXT WEEK.-Th,
Superior court, Judge Graves presiding
will convene in this city on Monday next
but the jury will not be ~empaneled unit
the following Monday. There will be nj
grand jury hereafter, as under the new
law all cases are made on complaint ant
not indictment. The docket shOwstwenty
two criminal cases, over which there vii
probably he little contest, excepting owe
the case of Samuel Fear, which give
promise Of consuming some time. Tn,
civil cases number ffty-six. The follow
ing is the complement of jurors drawn
Harry Spinning, J. S. Rogers, Thoma
Sinclair, W. p. Crosno, J. L. Swartze, B
F. Vaughn, c. r. YounkiR, Hugo Sig
mund, John Morrisey, VIM. Bennett, L
r. Leaning, Jasper Nelson, W. II. Red
man, Henry Otter, Paul Boefrer, B. VIII
kinson, W. L. Steinweg, J. r. Coe, Milton
Burge, H.. II. Allen, John W. Chisholm
S. j. Lowe. W. F. Jones and John Reed
DEPARTURE OF Representatives OF TIL
UHTERRIFIED.-The democrats of thi
county sent their full quota Of delegatei
to the association Of democratic clubs a
Tacoma and the state convention at Seat
tie. They are a representative body o
men and will do credit to Yakima. Judg,
J. b. Reavis headed the delegation
which was composed Of Joseph NJ. Bax
ter, Mathew Bartholet, J. r. Coe, Harley
Taylor, George W. Cary, J. D. Mechanic
and Thos. Harvey. They were accom-
panied by the Yakima drum corps ant
left Monday afternoon on the special trair
which carried the Spokane delegation
under the leadership Of Hon. Thomas G,
Grifits. Many citizens were at the depoi
to see them Off and the number Of demo
cratic badges-blue and gold-to be seer
in all directions indicated that the party
would be out in strength this e
His SKULL Vas CRUsHED.-Report was
received in this city Tuesday that ar
Indian had been murdered by his drunken
companions the night before at a point or
the reservation just below Union gap
Deputy Sheriff Simmons and Policeman
Cramer visited the scene and found ar
Indian lying in dust a foot deep. HI
was unconscious, but still alive. He was
carried to the river and the dust washed
from his mouth and a wound in the fore
head, the result Of a blow which had
crushed the skull. At last accounts the
Indian was still in the land of the living,
but it wa not thought he could live
much longer.
Tuesdays CoSTEsT.-The city election
on Tuesday resulted as follows: Cham
bers, 90; Stanton, 81; Reynolds, 80
Shardlow, 81; legalizing and funding city
Indebtedness, $50 for and II against. THE