The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-08-10
LOCAL. STATE and GENERAL.
Interesting Items Of News from HON.
and Abroad.
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Judge Carroll B. Graves was in the
city Tuesday.
A patent has been issued to Guy ster.
ling for q conduit.
d. F. Dau. Of ElIensburgh, was 9
Yakima visitor on Saturday last.
Alex Miller and family and Miss Edns
Hsines are encsmped at Soda Springs.
w. N. Granger made proof on a hall
section of desert land under the Sunny
side ditch Saturday.
Ellensburgh Register: Miss Cowayar
has disposed Of her interests in the photo
graph business in this city and removed
to North Yakima.
The Puyallup Citizen estimates that SO
former citizens Of that place are now To-
Gated In Yakima. The estimate is GER
tainly not too high.
Tuesday mornings train from the west
brought home Messrs. Ker and Stuart
from Tacoma, Peter Bellies from Puyallup.
and Mrs. Spinning from Ellensburgh.
Puyallup Citizen: A. c. Campbell came
over from Yakima yesterday. and says,
although it is s3 in the shade, that h.
does not feel the heat there more than
here.
Samuel Chappell and family, Mrs. A.
N. Short and Mrs. Charley Mabry left
Monday morning for Fish Lake, wher.
they expect to be encamped for some
weeks.
The engagement is announced at Taco.
ma Of DR.. Van Msrter and Miss Luc,
Calkins. DIR. Van Marter is largely in
terested in the Prosser Falls Land and
Irrigation Co.
S. J. Lowe left for Soda Springs Wed.
nesday. The Springs are looking their
best now as there is plenty OF grass and
between twenty-five and thirty families
are encamped there.
Company E didn't find last Saturday q
very favorable time for target practice as
the wind raised too much dust to secure
accurate sight on the target, and conse-
quently the scores were low.
]. L. Chamberlin demonstrated to THE
HERALD that the Natcheez was favored
valley for the growing Of cherries by
bringing generous quantity of this frui,
to the Office on Saturday last.
Miss Florence Barker will leave this
week for Seattle, where she will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. B. Z. snipes. Miss
Barker is in very poor health and it t.
hoped the change will prove beneficial.
There will be no services at st. Mich.
ael's Episcopal church until the first
Sunday in September, as the rector,
Rev. ID. g. Mackinnon, left for the east
Sunday to remain until that time.
On Friday Of last week Paul Schulze
received a cablegram that the bonds oil
the irrigation company had been ap-
proved and that the money would be
shipped at once. 1t is expected to arrive
not later than the 18th inst.
George Bounds arrived here Saturday
from Alaska where he is looking after the
mining and butcherinx interests of Willis
Thorp. Mr.. Bounds displays some rich
specimens from the Thorp mine and is
confident there is q fortune In it. His
present trip is for the purpose OF buying
cattle.
T. j. Redmon has contracted for the
boring of an artesian we'll on his Wife.
claim located four miles below Zillah.
The irrigation company demand $25 casi,
per acre for water, or $50 on time. and
Mr.. Redmon concluded that the well ex-
pertinent was preferable. The work Of
boring will be started in October.
Seattle p ess- Times: The first carload
Of Yakima hay arrived yesterday. 1t is
choice quality and is part OF select
shipment which is to be made to Alaska
on the next steamer. Hay is scarce near
the Arctic circle and when they buy il
they want the best market affords. This
consignment from Yakima is very early
crop. The majority Of the crop will not
do to bale for a month or more.
Seattle Press-Trmes: It has been re-
ported that an eastern Speculation is ar.
ranging to buy 1000 tons OF hay in the
Yakima valley to ship to France. The
rumor has 1t that hay is scarce in France
and the Spectator will make big thing.
He will pay IS ton for shipping from
Yakima to the Sound and $40 ton from
the Sound around the cape to France.
The scheme is not at all impossible and
it is probably true rumor.
Union services were held Sunday even
ing in the opera house, and seven minis
tiers in turn charged on the world. the
the flesh and the devil. The effort to
lose the saloons and other business
houses on Sunday received a liberal
amount of consideration and the people
were advised to put aside their scruples
with regard to signing the petition and
follow in the illustrious footsteps Of the
mayor, who approved the closing move
ment.
County Commissioner Kelso arrived
from his farm in the Horse Heaven coun-
try Monday and renoYta that the rrons