The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-08-24


upon surrounding gardens and chicken
coops. Last night they broke into Coun-
ty Treasurer Larue's band Of chickens
and left only five out OF fifty blooded
wyandottes. The lunch counter at the
Union Pacific depot was raided. II was
relieved by them OF SIS worth OF tobacco.
A Chinese's garden lot ten bushels Of
potatoes about the same time. The pc
lice cannot interfere, as the lepredations
are committed outside the corporate
limits. and the camp OF the marauders is
also beyond the line. Deputy sherifIs
this afternoon went down to the hobo
headquarters to search for stolen goods,
though without success. The officers
think the contraband stuff is hidden.
Sheriff Lathrum says the gang must 20
tomorrow, but the enforcement of his
orders may cause trouble"
The Roslyn Ne,rs last week regsled its
readers with prist OF interesting fish
stories. Among them we find this one
Gan fish stories Of the past are now con-
signed to oblivion. Judge Graves caught
the mate TO the one that swallowed
Jonah. 1t was 26 inches long and ii
weighed over five pounds. Prf. Jenkins
made special trip to e-Elum to ship
the fish to the Worlds fair" These fig
ures doubtless accord with those given
by the Judge and are, therefore, credible
hut this one from his rival somewhat
overtaxes ordinary credulity--in fact, we
have taken under Amusement the ques-
ton as to why we should believe it at all :
Mr.. Bonsel says that he caught the
largest trout this season. 1t was twenty
five feet long and weighed 500 pounds.
He says, furthermore, that he caught
three OF them on one hook"
Prof. N. p. Hull, Of Valparaiso. Indiana
has been secured as principal OF the Ahtan-
um academy for the ensuing year. Mrs.
Stair has been retained as preceptress and
teacher and will have charge of the girls
10 the institution. Aid toward the run
ming expenses of the academy for the
year to the amount of $500 has been
granted by the Congregational Education
al society. upon condition that 500 I've
subscribed in the vicinity OF the academy.
This will place the school upon a self
supporting basis for the year. In ad.
iilion to the regular academic course OPP
portunity will be given for normal and
business courses. School will open on
September 10Th.
There is no portion OF the State OF
Washington SO well advertised to-day
rs the Yakima valley, and noplace is en-
joying greater prosperity or has more
prosperous future in sight than our
neighbor to the SOUTH This is attrhut-
able directly to one cause, and that is
diversified farming. The people of Yaki.
ma long ago turned their attention to
fruit raising and more recently they have
demonstrated their ability to raise hops
of superior quality and they have fol-
lowed up their advantage without pause
and to- day they are enjoying the results
of their efforts in these special directions.
-Ellensbur, h Capital
A late San Francisco steamer carried
to the SounG ci les cargo OF apples and
other fruits which, on examination, was
found to be very badly infected with the
San Jose scale, one OF the most harmful
of fruit and fruit tree pests Steps were
taken at once to notify the commission
men not to dispose of it, before t had
been properly disinfected, but the fruit
had been disposed OF. The state boari
Of horticulture has issued a circular ia
dealers, in which the law relative TO
handling infected fruits is cited.
In discussion Of the hop and fruit sit.
nation last week the Ellensburgh Capt.
tai observed: The fact is firmly estab-
lished that we can raise Just as good fruit
in this valley as our neighbors can pro-
duce; there is no difference in the quality,
bnt those people have the start of us
because they grasped the situation and
were first to take advantage of their OPP
portunities. We are planting orchards
in Kittitas valley and in few wears our
product will be source of profit and II
will certainly have reputation equal to
that of Yakima"
In Justice Clark's court on Friday last.
the case of Charles Harris, colored, for
assault and battery against Clara Viii
liams, highly colored the defendant was
fined 500 and costs. He will be required
TO serve two weeks in "the hole" in de
fault of same. John Smith" was ron
victed of drunkenness and fined 50 80
and costs, yesterday. He'll 20 to Jail.
Frank Robinson was arrested on We'd.
nesday for vagrancy, and pleaded mot
guilty"
The chief Of police closed ali the gam
bling houses at Colfax last Saturday
night. Recently there has been a num-
her of petty robheries going on in that
city which is attributed TO the class of
people that derive revenue from that
source. Coli being the market place
for big farming community. the gam
blers congregated there to fleece the har-
vest hands.
The people of Buckley. on The other
side of the Cascades, have been COM
PEELED to resort TO arms to protect their
property from the depreciation Of tramps
little gun practice has induced the he.
hos to seek new fields. OF course such a
course will never solve the tramp ques-
tion at large. but when immediate re-
lief is imperative that's about the only
way to obtain it effectually.