The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-29
PARAGRAPHS In PLENTY.
Small Items Of News Collected Under
a General Head.
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES ORGANIZED
Arbor Day Ceiebratsen-Light. Fin.
Gered Gentry at work-Interess-
Ing Personals and miscellaneous
Local Information.

George Donald and NJ. V. b. Stacy re-
turned from Seattle on Saturday.
Judge S. c. Henton and wife. and NJ.
g. Wills left for Tacoma on Sunday.
Chas. Foster, of the Hotel Yakima, re-
turned from visit to the Sound on Satur-
day last.
Louis Harris returned on Tuesday from
visit Of several months with relatives
in San Francisco.
Mrs. Rawls and two children, and Miss
Williams, Of Ellensburgh, are the guests
Of the family Of T. F. Maher.
Mrs. Geo. Donald, who has been visit.
ing at Vancouver for some time past, re-
TUNED home on Wednesday.
The feast Of Purim was celebrated in a
quiet way by some Of the Yakima He
brews on Thursday Of last week.
A brick sample room for the conven-
fence Of commercial travellers is being
built in the rear OF The Anterior.
Walla Walla Union: Ed NJ. Reed is
again in charge OF THE YAKIMA HERALD.
He makes it first-class, even to his Dem
ocracy.
j. X. Perry, the hustling agent Of the
Sunnyside lands, is in the city arranging
for meeting the demands Of 4 very active
season.
Mrs. Angie Wilcox, aunt Of J. &. and
Will Lawrence, who has been visiting in
Yakima since last October, left on Friday
for her home in Missouri.
Mrs. D. J. Wynkoop and her daughters.
Miss E. NJ. and Hattie Wynkoop, arrived
from Tacoma on Saturday last and are
registered at The Anterior.
Charles Adams, the postmaster at Fort
Simcoe, was in the city the fore part OF
the week making the necessary prepare.
tions for his approaching marriage.
Morris Harris leaves in a few days for
the east. 1t is reported that his mission
is the happy one of marriage and that the
young lady is resident Of Cincinnati.
sc. Crandall and Dwight Crsndall,
formerly Of the firm of Reese, Cra1dall &
Redman, of Tacoma, are in the city this
week arranging to remove to Yakima in
April.
Workmen are engaged in seeding to
blue grass and clover the city park. Trees
will also be planted this spring and the
required $500 expended in improvements
OF this character
Ex-senator S. B. Conover, who has
desert claim on the Mckee, was in the
city several days last week negotiating
for an artesian we'll with which to irrigate
the land.
Kennewick has horticultural society
of II members and Sunnyside has a SINH
lar society of Is members. They were
organized by G. A. Tonneson, secretary OF
the state board of horticulture.
The dedication OF the Prosser Falls Irri-
cation company's plant will be on the
10th of April, Miss Exile Rich, daughter
Of Nelson Rich, will christen the works
and break the customary bottle Of wine.
THE HERALD is authorized to extend to
its readers cordial invitation to attend
the dedication of the Prosser Falls Irriga-
ton company's pumping plant, and grand
ball to be given at the Hotel X verside,
Prosser, on the 10th Of April. An enjoy
able time is promised.
John Cameron one OF the most popular
conductors on the Cascade division OF the
Northern Pacific, was Yakima visitor
on Sunday. Mr. Cameron has fine
tract Of land in the Sunnyside district Of
this county and is formulating his plans
to settle down and be one Of us when his
railroad days are Ger.
A fire occurred on the ranch OF DR.. g.
J. Hill, in the Wide Hollow district on
Friday last, by which a barn was de-
stroyed and two horses were so badly
burned that it was necessary to kill one,
and the other may not recover. The
horses belonged to c. E. Roher, DR.. Hills
brother-in-law. The barn caught from a
burning rubbish heap.
Register A. w. Strong, OF the Spokane
land office, and W. M. Thompson, mer-
chant with stores at Oakesdale and Ro-
salia, Whitman county, are guests at The
Anterior. Mr.. Strong has large property
interests in this county and is looking
around with view to investing in land
and making his home in this city at an
early date. Mr.. Thompson is also 80
isvorsbly impressed with North Yakima
and the surrounding country that his
business advent here is almost assured.
They will be most desirable additions to
our community.
The land Office has at last received
letter from the commission OF the general
land office revoking the order Of the letter
cancelling the railroad selections in list
No.o, which made so much excite nent
for week or so, and issuing list for
cancellation in its place. This new list
takes nothing north of the 40-mile over
tapping limit of the Columbia river grant,
nor anything not already included in the
old adjustment and restoration. In effect
il was correo ton OF error as pointed out
by The HERALD's explanation of the in
consistencies OF the original letter. In
the vernacular, there was nothing in il"
Triumph lodge, No. IS, Degree OF Hon
m a IL w Was organized with "a