The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-06-22
YAKIMA and THE STATE.
Interesting Items Of News from Yakima
and It's Suburbs.
Bits Of Gossip, Facts, Fancics, Per-
senais, and n Hodge.Podge of
Paragraphs Of Every
Description.

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S. E. Dean, Of walla walla, brothe rim
law Of j. B. Pugsley, was Yakima
visitor this week.
Lieutenant W. H. Chapnan's COM
mission, as aid-de-csmp on the staff OF
General Curry, arrived Sunday.
Miss Cora Allen left for Seattle Satur-
day to be with her mother whose health
has not been improved by her trip.
Mrs. George Ker and child left Sunday
evening for Chicago. Washington and
North Carolina, to spend the summer
season.
DR.. G. J. Hill and family and Mrs.
Edward whitson and children have been
among those registered at the Worlds
Fair during the past week.
Walter ]. Reed came down from Gle
Elun on Thursday last, to accompany
Mrs. Reed, who had so far recovered FROM
her severe illness as to be able to make
the trip to her home.
Messrs. Whitson & Parker received a
telegram Sunday from Lee Richmond to
the effect that his band of horses was
drowned while being ferried across the
Columbia at Hunts Junction.
The statement comes from Pullman
that the title to the agricultural college
lands have been arranged to the satisfac-
ton Of the regents, and that contem
plated improvement will now be carried
forward.
S. r. Finn, formerly OF the Spokane
Chronicle, has been appointed to the posi-
ton of bank examiner, to succeed Eugene
Wilson, of Ellensburgh, who bartered of
the gubernatorial chair for few short
months service in this capacity.
Mrs. II. j. Snively leaves to-day for
Chicago, and her old home in West
Virginia, which she left seven years ago
to join her husband In North Yakima
She will be accompanied by her children
and expects to be gone for three months
1t is telegraphed from Washington, D.
c., that two Washington state democrats
have been found who refused office. They
are J. L. Sharpstein, of Walla Walla, and
Frank P. Hogan, of Spokane. They were
offered the consul-generalship at Homo.
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Reports still contine to come from the
big fair at Chicago, that Yakima has
been shut out of all display honors
through the efforts Of Blalock, of Walla
Walla. Maxey, Of Kittitas, and La
Toilette, of Whitman, to take all Of the
glory for their home counties.
All amateur bicycle riders of North
Yakima who desire to enter the races at
Ellensburgh on July 4, should send in al
once to s. M. Graft, their names, together
with the size OF gearing in the wheels they
will ride, stating at the same time
whether they will compete in both races
and If pot hich one. No entries will be
received after June 80.
B. E. Snipes, while returning to the
city from his ranch. one day last week,
was thrown from his wagon, owing to the
breaking of q coupling pin, and severely
bruised. Several days afterwards he felt
a painful sensation in his side, and visit
ing physician was surprised to learn
that one OF his ribs had been broken in
the accident.
The Ahtanum cooperative creamery
started in making cheese on Monday last,
and splendid article OF full cream cheese
is the result. About 1000 pounds of milk
per day is being handled and it is the
desire of the management to double this
amount. A. II. Hill, Of Superior, Nebra
aka, is the expert in charge OF the cream
cry. although president and manager j.
NJ. Frazer. secretary A. ]. Chambers
and treasurer. p. Marks are giving much
of their time to it.
Walla Walla Union Journal: Benjamin
Rosencrance, the we'll known pioneer Of
Yakima county, is in town on business.
He reports that the experiments in the
reclamation OF the sage brush land on the
peninsula between the Yakima and Col
nmbia rivers, have been entirely success
full. "Seven hundred acres are now un-
der cultivation, watered by Rich and as
sociates. One crop OF alfalfa has been
cut, and the second crop is now waist
high. Several hundred acres OF barley
stands as high as mans shoulder.
There are forty acres of hops that have
been poled and are doing fine. AS to
vegetables. cabbages, onions, potatoes,
etc., have never seen a finer crop than
is now growing on this farm. This land
was not considered to be worth ten cents
an acre two years ago."
The entertainment OF the G. A. R.,
Sons OF Veterans and Woman's Relief
Corps, by the citizens OF Yakima, ap-
peared in everyway satisfactory to our
visitors, and. judging from their eulogis-
tic talk, they were more than pleased
with their treatment, and a number took