The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-08-21
LOCAL RREVITIEs.

-Tne firm of Allen 4 Chapman has
been dissolved, Mr.. Chapman retiring.
S. o. MorfOrd expects to take off
SO, 900 worth Of produce from his ranch
this year.
MIR. Ker places the yield Of hay from
the Mckee plantation this year at two
thousand tons.
j. A. Anderson shipped sixteen car
loads, or $40, 900 worth, Of sheep from this
point last week.
in the Milroy-M Morrison timber culture
contest the local land Office has decided
in favor Of Milroy.
From two to five hundred boxes Of
peaches, plums, apples and tomatoes are
shipped from Yakima daily.
Company E, N. G. W., arc making
preparations tor grand ball to be given
at the opera house September 9Th.
-Messrs. Frank Horsley and ]. G..
Lawrence are now associated for the pur-
pose Of handling the products Of Yakima.
The Mckee company will have 90, 900
pounds Of hops this year and will get the
top price, as Mr.. Ker hasn't contracted
for a pound.
Eleven carloads Of stock were shipped
to the Sound tie first four days Of this
week and three carloads more were ready
for shipment.
Yakima ships two and three carloads
Of melons daily. Next year it will be
train loads. Yakima can supply the en-
tire northwest with this fruit.
The turbine wheels and the big driv-
ing wheels on the pump were received by
the Water company Wednesday. They
weighed twenty-eight thousand pounds.
The day sessions of the teachers in
stitute, beginning with Monday next,
will be held at the Yakima school house
and the evening sessions at the Christian
church.
The freight receipts at the local office
Of the Northern Pacific amount to about
five hundred dollars per day. Yakima is
doing some shipping, if You will allow
THE HERALD to remark.
j. c. MacCrimmon estimates that
Yakima will ship products to the value
Of million dollars, aside from her hops,
this year. There is no reason why we
shouldn't have a golden fall.
The marriage of W. II. Chapman and
Miss Antoinette Schanno occurred at the
residence Of the BRIDES mother in Yak
ina City Tuesday, August 10Th. The
Rev. J. T. Eshelman otficiated.
At the teachers examination, held
last week, Z. p. Green received q second
grade certificate. Third grade certificates
were granted to Harriet Z. Sawyer, Lucy
Z. Sawyer and Theodore Miner.
Sixty thousand dollars, at a low esti-
mate, will be the income Of the Mckee
company this year. Roughly estimated
it is as follows: Hops, $2O,O 900; manu-
featured tobacco, 10000; hay, 10000
cattle, $4,000.
j. p. Stokes, a resident Of Walla
Walla, died on the cars, near this city,
on Sunday last. Mr.. Stokes was en- route
home, when he was suddenly taken sick,
and expired before medical assistance
could be secured.
The Yakima County Teachers Insti-
tute will commence Monday next and
continue FIVE days. State Superintendent
Bryan and ex-Superintendent Morgan
will be in attendance. The public is cor
daily invited to attend the meetings.
Docs anyone fully appreciate that
Yakima is getting rich from the products
Of her soil. The daily shipments from
this point run from five to nine carloads,
and as the shipments are Of fruit, hay,
cattle, melons and -four, the returns will
be enormous.
As was to be supposed, there are q
whole lot Of citizens who are now bewail-
ing their hard luck in being disfranchised
from voting in the elections which will
occur this year. There are but PSI per-
sons registered and only those can vote.
Many citizens who take great interest in
politics, including Judge J. B. Reavis,
have lost their votes by their neglect.
At the mass meeting Of citizens
Wednesday evening Col. A. H. Reynolds
made an excellent address showing the
interest he took in the city's advancement
and the desire for needed public improve
ments, and afterwards vote was taken
on the question Of sewerage and II was
carried almost unanimously. Council
man John Reed dissented from the voice
Of the people.
HOPs ARE JUMPNo.-Mr. Kelley, Of
Seattle, is in the city endeavoring to buy
hops. He was offering 26A and "a cents
Thursday morning, but as The HERALD
is about to go to press John A. Stone is
making contracts at I'm cents. The
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