The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-08-23


AID Is enabled to announce this week
that arrangements have been perfected
tor two new brick buildings on Yakima
avenue with combined frontage Of 100
feet and depth OF 81 feet each. The en-.
terprising builders are Messrs. Schlot.
ieldt Bros, aud Dr. G. J. Taft and W. IL.
kershaw. Mr.. Kershaw has bought the
schnebly property adjoining DIR. Taft's
lot, ard they have arranged TO put up II
two-story brick building with common
stairway. Plans are now being prepared
and negotiations entered into with con-
tractors. The Schlotfedt building, which
called Mr.. J. J. Schlotfelit here from
EiIsnsburg this week, will also he two
stories in height, With a front OF sand
stone similar to that used in the construc
ton OF the Terry block. The only inter
vening space between these two projected
buildings Is the McEwen lot. Mr.. Nc.
Even says he is not in position to build
just at present, bnt Is willing to contract
for party walls.
l.. G. Frey. president OF the Pasco Land
company and Captain w. L. Gray, Of
Pasco, ARR ;ed here Wednesday accom-
panied by b. +. Cronkri,e, leading real
estate operator and promoter, of Chicago,
to view the irrigation bitches and arte-
sian wells OF the Mckee. Mr.. Cronkrite
was captured by all he saw, and Messrs
Frey and Gray were greatly astonished
at the development work and signs of
thrift observed on all sides. This is a
great county," remarked Mr.. Frey, land
We are going to try and bring franklin
county and Pasco in line with it,"
Messrs. Frey and Cronkrite left for the
Sound Thursday morning and Captain
Gray returned to Pasco.
The teachers institute which will be
held in North Yakima beginning on the
third of September and continuing a
| week, promises to be one OF more than
usual attractiveness President L. A.
Bryan of the agricultural college OF Pull
man is expected here, as is also Prof.
Claypool of the Puget Sound university,
Principal Getz of the state normal school
of Ellensburg and b. F. Barge, the former
principal. Other well known educators
have the invitation to visit Yakima, on
this occasion, Under consideration, and
County Superintendent Lawrence is work.
ing diligently to make the institute a
grand success.
Rev. Morton l.. Rose writes THE HER
AID from Soda Springs that there was q
great "camp fire" at d. f. Leshs Tues
day night. His party will be home Fri
day aud Rev. Rose will conduct services
at the Christian church Sunday. The
subject for the morning services at IL: 30
o'clock will be "Glorifying Cod" even
ing service at s o'clock, What Shall We
Do With Jesus"
Theo Their day man working on hop
house, hear Iillah, concluded it was
rather warm and he went and got Their
mometer to see what the temperature
really was at the exposed part OF the
building where he was working. The
mercury quickly run up to l3o and he
Immediately threw up his job and started
| for Alaska.
The appointment OF city engineer has
been postponed pending the ordinance
becoming law The candidates are
George II. Wilson and Sidney W. Arnold.
J. NJ. Hall also made application, but it
| is understood he has Withdrawn in favor
of Wilson.
Robert Fife was down from the Gold
| Hill district during the past week and re-
ports that he las a raster with six tables
completed having an estimated capacity
| OF six tons of rock per day. Assays made
from the Fife Bros claim indicated $50
per ton.
J. NJ. Gilbert, J. B. Reavis and Walter
Granger returned this morning from Ia
coma. Mr.. Gilbert's trip was for the
purpose of securing rlght-of-way through
Northern Pacific lands, for the Congdon
ditch, and in this he was successful.
Allen G. Mason, OF Tacoma, was Yak
ina visitor on Thursday. He thinks the
county commissioners were very short
sighted in not making an appropriation
for an exhibit at the Interstate fair at
Tacoma.
The child abandoned at the residence
of A. Forbis has been legally adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Hall. The little in-
nocent's father is Omar Harvey, who is
under arrest for the murder of Tex Bag.
we'll
jim Ward, an old time Yakima boy,
returned from Idaho Tuesday where he
has been working on the big hop ranch
Of which Colon Carmichaels brother is
manager.
| Mrs. Hardness, arrived here on Satur-
day for visit with her cousin, w. L.
Lnce and his family. Mr.. Lince is the
first relative Mrs. Hardness has seen in
10 years.
Jordan's the last oil the barber shops
holding out against the inevitable. sue
cumbed this week and reduced the price
Of shaving to 10 cents.
A. p. Fulkerson and Frank Rodman
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