The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-04-13

turned from trip to the Yakima coun
try. He has been looking up the great
irrigating scheme with which he is con
nected over there. II am thoroughly
convinced" he said yesterday, that the
Yakima country will soon be developed
and that it's wonderful resources will en-
nance the prosperity Of this state. Today
there is not house TO be let in North
Yakima, and all that is wanted now is
more labor. Neither the ranchers MOI
the builders of the bitches can get work
men enough. | myself am looking for
men now to send over there. They are
planting fruit and hops very rapidly on
the lands already irrigated. One man
alone has planted $40 acres in prunes and
hops this spring"
Ellensburgh Register: The settlers
about Wenatchee lake have discovered
that the land upon which they are settled
was in 1855 ceded to the Yakima Indians
by treaty as an Indian fishing ground
aud reserve. The Yakima Indians have
claimed at different times the right to fish
on the Wenatchee river below the reserve
now sought to be established, but at no
time have they sought to establish any
claim to the reserve, or exercise any
right to it under the treaty. Petitions on
the subject have been forwarded to Sens-
tor Squire and to the secretary of the in
terror. The treaty will no doubt be
abrogated.
Wednesday afternoon while r. p. Arch
ibaid, of the Ahtanum, was engaged in
blowing his team became frightened and
ran away. The lines were around Mr..
Archibaid's neck while he was holding
ing the pillow handles and being unable TO
get free from them he was dragged about
200 yards and seriously injured. When
picked up he was unconscious. DIR. Me-
Cormick was summoned and despite all
efforts the patient was still unconscious
when the doctor left this morning. He
sustained conclusion of the brain, sew
eral severe cuts on the body and a
bruised spine. Mr.. Archibald is the step
son OF w. II. Minner.
The county commissioners, after ma
ture deliberation, appointed ID. w. Stair
treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of George o. NevIn. Mr.. Stair
is an old and respected citizen of Yakima
who is we'll calculated to perform the
duties of the Office capably and well. He
will have for his deputy Mr.. Kelso, a
brother of the county com missioner. The
board has been engaged in approving the
$50 900 bond. which Mr.. Stair must fur
nish, which is something of a task, as
the bondsmen must be worth double the
sum in which they qualify.
DR.. w. F. Morrison is having his yard
OF Is acres OF hops fitted with trellises
anu is arranging to increase his acreage
to 2S. The doctor is accredited with be-
ing the first grower in Yakima to adopt
the trel,is system. He has given the
matter much thought and finally con.
cluded that 10 feet poles were of sufficient
length and has hit upon novelty in the
way OF wire rings to which the Irvine is
attached. He will use $500 pounds Of
wire.
In the U. S. land Office at Walla Walla
on Friday last, Governor McGraw, Sec
rotary OF State Price, Senators Rutter and
Van de Vanter, Editor Brainerd, of Seat
tie, and thirteen others, filed on 5000
acres of desert land situated in the east.
ern part OF Yakima county. 1t is re
ported that stock company has beer
formed for the purpose Of building 6
ditch and irrigating these lands.
]. II. Greer reports the long distance
telephone line from Spokane to Walla
Walla and the Sound is being pushed
ahead rapidly, the poles now being laid
to Wallula and the wire is at Walls
Walla. Yakima will be the headquarter;
for this section and on the main lint
while Okanagan, Wenatchee, Elensburg
and Gle Elum will be connected with this
point by loop lines.
The state fair commission is one which
pleases every citizen of Yakima. Il
could not have been improved and this
section has cause for feeling much salts
faction over the appointments George
Donald and Fred Parker, North Yakima
J. r. Reavis, Spokane, and j. R. Patton
Tacoma were the ones named, although
Mr.. Donald resigned and is succeeded by
John Reed.
On Saturday night of last week Rev
George A. Fair, OF the Baptist church,
accompanied by Rev. Robert Warner, OF
the Methodist church, made a round Of
the city saloons and other resorts and on
the following Sunday devoted the burden
of their sermons to existing iniquities
Rev. Fair, particularly, bore down on the
houses OF ill fame and the need OF restric
ton.
The register and receiver of the LAND
office received the decision Of the com
missioner of the general land office, Mon
day, affirming the decision of the loca
officers in the Ahtanum mission case
wherein the land was awarded to Bishop
Junger and the church. The contest ha,
been in progress for seven years.
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