The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-08-31


The new local freight rate schedule on
the N. p. will take effect on the 9th Of
September. The reduction in the tariff in
noteworthy and will tend largely to in
crease the volume of fruit and vegetable
shipments from this point. The rate per
hundred weight on straight carloads OF
green fruit or fruit and vegetables mixed
to Ritzville, for instance, is 30 ce 1ts; to
Sprague and Cheney, s. cents; to Spo-
kane, 40 cents; to Occur d'Alene city, As
cents; to Mullan, Idaho, 70 cents; to
Missoula and Helena, Mont, S3ia cents
to Bozeman, IS cents; to Billings, 90
cents; to Miles City, % cents; to Bis
marck and jamestown, North Dakota, 81 /;
to Fargo, Minneapolis, st. Paul and De-
luth, $l.12h; TO Chicago and st. LOUIS.
$l25. 1t is believed the liberality OF this
special tariff will assist greatly in build
ing up a lucrative trade between this Sec
ton and the points named, the latter
places sfforcing a generous market for
our fruits and vegetables.
The flct that $40 school children have
been enumerated in North Yakima and
that our public school buildings were
constructed to accommodate only 500
pupils makes it quite clear that the room
provided will be quite inadequate to sup
ply the present demand. However, there
are always many school children enumer.
ated who do not attend, but granting that
the usual proportion of delinquents
appears this year, there will yet be prob
ably 100 pupils for whom the district has
provided no room. The board of directors
is doing all it may under the circum-
stances to provide room, but whether or
not it will succeed is yet a question. The
increase has been far in advance of that
anticipated when the two commodious
brick structures were erected, a note
worthy item in proof of the substantially
Of our city's growth. Our present capac-
ity for accommodating school children
will have to be doubled next year.
Since the item concerning the introduce
ton OF the Golden and Monaghan pleas
ants into this and tributary valleys
appeared on the first page Of this issue, it
is learned that an effort in that direction
has already been made by Messrs. j..
Metzger, A. N. Short, Ed. Armitage and
others. Two hens and one cock of Chi
nese pheasants are here now and those
interested in them are awaiting favora-
BILE season for turning them loose in some
favored locality in the valley.
THE YAKIMA HERALD visits us this
week under new man cement. Mr.. +. M.
Reed, former editor and manager, is sue
ceeded by w. w. Watson as editor and
James r. Coe as business manager. THE
HERALD is an excellent paper and we
wish it all kinds of success. Waterrille
Inder.
An attempt was made on Monday
night to rob the store of Nagler & Falter-
meyer on First street, next door to
Walker & Redmond's grocery. The
back door was broken down, but Sam Ker-
shaw, who sleeps next door, heard the
noise and quickly frightened the thief
away.
The new time schedule for the passen-
ger service OF the Northern Pacific Rail-
way company will take effect on Sunday
next, September 3. One transcontinental
train will be taken off. East-bound, No.
2, will arrive at North Yakima at z :38 a.
M; west bound, No. l, will arrive at s:l5
a. IN.
John Mechtel, of st. Paul, cousin OF
the Differs and Bartholets of this city,
arrived in Yakima on Sunday. Mr.. NJ.
is seeking location for bakery. He is
much pleased with the appearance Of
things in our little city and may conclude
to remain.