The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-01-14
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
THURSDAY. ........ JANUARY IA 1854.

The election 10 the COWychee 4 Wide
Hollow Irrigation district on Saturday
last resulted in the carrying Of the bond
ing proposition by q strong majority.
Before the balloting those who had given
the matter most attention exhibited con-
siderable anxiety as 10 the result, as the !
shouIdering Of an Indebtedness Of half q
million dollars was too serious 4 mattel
10 jump at without thorough investiga-
ton aud careful weighing Of the ben
efits to be derived. but the meetings held
just previous to the election, in which all
points were canvassed and the maps Of
the proposed canal were exhibited and
explained by Engineer Sterling, had the
desired result and the proposition carried
by vote Of So in favor and IS against.
The first step now to be taken Is the in.
Stitution Of . friendly suit to test the
legality Of the proceedings up to date,
after which the bonds will be placed on
the market. Forty-six thousand acres Of
land are to be irrigated at a cost Of $l2.20
per acre, which includes the interest on
the entire amount Of bonds during half Of
the period OF construction, although the
bonds will be issued and bear interest
only as required in payment on contracts.
The water is TO be taken from the Tetan
river, and the dimensions Of the Hume,
tunnel ADD dltching through the canyon
are nine feet on the bottom, haring to
thirteen feet at the water line and Eve
feet 10 depth, with grade Of two and q
half feet to the mile. This canal will be |
ten and half miles long, when the water
will be diverted into three laterals, one to |
cover the Natcheez and CoWychee ridge.
where there are 1900 acres Of good
arabic land, the second to cover the
Cowychee valley, and the third to skirt
the foothills. The minor details Of this
vast enterprise have not been worked out,
but now that the proposition has carried
the engineers will at once complete the
plans.
He Was A BAD EG0.-A very suave
young man, who bad recently "done up"
the people Of South Bend, appeared at
Washington, D. c., the other day and i'm
mediately sought an introduction to Sem
ator Allen. He was q very polished
talker, seemed conversGnt with the poll
tics Of this state, and informed the senator
that he was the brother-in-laW of q well
known politician residing on the Sound.
He inferred, rather than said, that he
carried considerable political influence in
his coat-tail pocket, and seemed very
anxious to see Senator Squire, who was
in New York. Finally he told Senator
Allen that he Vas on his way to Florida
with his wife for the winter, and that his
especial solicitude about seeing his friend
Squire was to be identified at the bank SO
as to get certificate Of deposit on the
bank Of Elma cashed for $500. Senator
Allen was willing to do that for his new
found acquaintance; but when the bank
was reached the cashier, not knowing
much about the bank Of Elma, thought
the certificate should be Endorsed by the
senator. This was done, the money
was paid over, and the young map
went on his way rejoicing. 1t was not
long before the certificate was returned on
account Of being q forgery. Senator Allen
was called upon by the bank and made
good the loss, but thinking that there was
some mistake wrote to the young mans
brother-in-law and received answer, Steer
clear from him; he is bad egg" The
advice came too late, for the young man
with the 1900 was doing all Of the steering.
HOP GROWERS FLocKNG TO YAKIMA
Hop growers Of the Sound districts are
rapidly transferring their allegiance and
interests to Yakima, and 1t is the belief
Of Mr.. Maher, Of the firm Of Smelling 4
Maher, who Is well qualified TO know the
sentiments Of the growers on the west
side, that there will be q general abnu-
donment Of the hop yards in that section
Il the vermin again make theft appear
auce this year with as destructive results
as last. That this fear has taken strong
hold Of the hop men Of the Puyallup val
ley is evidenced by the number who have
already acquired lands here with the in
tention Of cultivating them TO hops, aud
others are constantly arriving. Among
those who are over this week looking up
locations are J. N. Ogle, Of Slaughter, :.
g. Crandall, Of Tacoma, E. T. Curtis sud
VIM. Carrie, Of Puyallup, F. Bories, Of
0rting,W. G. Simpson, George VanDoren
W. J.German, Of Seattle. In the opin-
ion Of those we'll posted, three-iourths Of
the hops grown in the state Of Washing
ton willintwo years be from Yakima.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.-0n the night
Of September 18th q number Of Indians
engaged in hop-picking on the Ahtanum
got into q drunken row, in which Willopo
received stab wounds from the effects Of
which he died on the 10th Of October.
The wounds were supposed to have been
inflicted by an Indian named Allen Sat
we'll, who after the fracas mounted bis
cayuse and left for the hills. SatWell was
recently caught, and on Tuesday was up
before Justice Henton for preliminary
hearing on the charge Of murder. A large
number Of Indian witnesses were present
and the hearing consumed the entire day.
Satwell, who claims that the cutting was
done by some other Indian, was bound