The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-11-15

finds 1t evident that her main producing
places are already almost bare OF stocks
worthy TO he classified as prime and
choice quality. Transactions during the
past week have been important on this
! market, and would have been much more
50 II os ners Of good hops had not asked
| higher prices than the trade has been
able and willing to pay. From 1900 to
1900 bales changed hands every day, and
the market supply has been short. In
consequence. prices for any hops of good
I quality and color have risen 95c@$l.l9
per cwt., good niddling sorts are slowly
advancing to prime, and common yellows
and even lower grades are finding buyers
at more steady prices. The weather con-
tinues unfavorable and rainy, which has
very bad effect on the color Of our best
hops. There is hardly any doubt that
our crop has been over-estmated in
quantity, and that the consumptiye de-
mand for home and abroad is much
larger than at one time expected. Market
hops-middling, $s.l4@10.47; prime, to
choice, Sl0.70@l4.28 per cwt."
| j. j. Tyler is exhibiting a little bottle
which contains gold to the amount Of 81
or more. a result of eight pans of gravel
from the Yakima river on the Snipes-
Allen ranch. Mr.. Tyler has lease upon
the bar, hich is perhaps ten acres in ex.
tent, and may work il next fail. He
thinks 81 day with pan should easily
mean $40 per day with a sluce. As to
the deposit, he thinks it from an old river
channel, and not the present one. The
trouble with placer mining on a small
scale arises from the fact that the black
sand will not separate, but clings together
in compact mass in the bottom OF each
pan. For this reason hardly money
enough can be made by banning" to
justify the loss in time.
Director Steinweg Of school district No.
Z informs THE HERALD that even though
the money for the bonds may be immed-
lately forthcoming, it is not probable that
any steps toward the erection of the new
school building will be taken before early
spring. The board regrets the present
crowded condition of the city school
structures, and is doing all that is posi-
BILE to remedy the evil; but the new
building cannot be Immediately begun,
and even though it were, it conld not be
occupied until the winter is over
During the month OF October ! no. 0C
pounds OF potatoes were shipped east and
900 pounds west from the North Yak
ina depot. The railroad company re.
ceived as transportation charges for these
shipments the sum OF S5,456. During
the month the company has received
$2o,677 for carriage of hops-a total OF
$26, 1873 from this city in thirty days; and
yet they will not give us that new depot,
but continue to iritter away money in
constant repairs on the old one.
The meeting of the local board OF hor.
ticulture, called for the Commercial club
rooms on Saturday afternoon last, was
not attended as it should have been, con.
sidering the nearness of the meeting Dec.
l2) in this citv of the state board. Only
five or six fruit raisers were at the Satur.
day meeting, and it was consequently ad-
journed until Saturday, Nov. "a, at the
same place. 1t is to be hoped that mem.
bers will turn out, as this is to be an i'm.
portant meeting.
Members of the Salvation Army are
endeavoring to arrange for an excursion
to Seattle from this city about December
"a At that time Gen. Booth will be in
the big Sound city, and the local army
corps wishes to see him. A S. round trip
rate, good for four days, has been PROM
ised by the railroad company if 300 peo-
pie will engage tickets in advance.
The highest bid for building the pro-
posed county poor house, opened on Mon.
day by the board of county commission.
ers, was $4,000, submitted by Wright &
Gazier; the lowest was $500, submitted
by A. F. Switzer. There were two plans
from which to select, one drawn by Robt
Scott and one by Mr.. Switzer, and there
were nine bidders in all.
Harris Bros. Co. are closing out theii
branch house in Seattle, and will hereaf
ter centralize their sound business at Ia
coma. The company is one of the strongest
in the state, having an extensive genera
merchandise store in this city and large
landed interests in the county, besides
its big Tacoma commission house.
Il. 4. Hume, who, by the way, has
gained the title of Judge" over in the
Palouse country, was in the city on bust
ness for few hours ON Tuesday, return.
ing to Spokane on an evening freight the
same day
There will be young mems meeting,
for men only, at the Presbyterian church
on Sunday afternoon next at O'Clock
presided over by Prof. Mcintosh. Specia
singing will be feature OF the services
Sheriff Simmons states that after he re-
tires from Office is is very probable that
he will enter the local field as hop buy.
er, his knowledge of the product fitting
him for that business.
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