The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-19
ALITTLB OF Everything
Paragraphs Regarding Matters Of SOM
Moment In Yakima.
A HOBO GETS HIS JUST DESERTS
The CITY sued Tor SAC, 0Oo- Col. Pros.
ser Leescs q Valuable Timber
Culture Ciaim-Yskim. Expert.
ences an Earthquake.


ser Leescs q Valuable Timber
Culture Ciaim-Yskima Expert.
ences an Earthquake.
The Pacific Land 4 Artesian Well com.
pany, which has been operating so sue.
cessfully on the Mckee, has secured the
right for Yakima and Franklin counties
Of the Miller Gravity aud Torpedo Exca-
vator, and will this month begin opera
items In the Wenss district. The exca-
vator, is OF simple machinery, being .
steel shoe In which the explosive mo. 2
giant POWDER is placed and which is de-
tonated by dropping down upon 1t ram
or hammer, weighing half ton, from q
distance Of from fifteen to thirty feet. On
detoning the torpedo the walls Of the
shaft spring down and out aud wooden
casing is sunk in the cavity thus created,
and the same operations are repeated
until the required depth is obtained. 1t
10 claimed for this excavator that but lit
tie artificial power is required; one man
to build casing and lift the ram every few
minutes can drill l2-inch shaft 100
feet per day through any formation, max
ing it the most rapid and cheapest way
to secure srtesian water known. Mr..
Burt, Of the Pacific Land & Artisan Co.,
says that his company proposes to open
up shaft for casing 80 inches in diane
ter, and II flowing artesian water is OBJ
tanned there will be enough to irrigate q
large section Of country. The experiment
will be watched with much interest by
all who live in the arid and subhumed
districts. for II successful this method
will have tendency to revolutionize
means Of irrigation in certain districts
and reclaim lands which otherwise would
be without use or value.
On Friday afternoon of last week as
Deputy Marshal Wills was taking Harry
Koehler to Jail, on the charge OF selling
liquor to Indians, the prisoner tried to
escape by making use Of his legs. Mr..
Wills hollered to the fugitive to stop, but
no attention being paid to the command
he drew his revolver and fired, not in
tending to hit Koehler, he claims, but to
bring him to time through fear. The ball
however, struck Koehler in the fieshy
part Of the leg and laid an embargo on
his further fight. A lot OF toughs and
irresponsible men, who either failed to
know the circumstances or did not care
what they were, Immediately raised a
disturbance over the shooting, and a
Front street merchant cried chang him. /"
Incited by hobo talk Prosecuting Attor-
ney Rockford swore out warrant for
the arrest of Wills, and Justice Clark
bound him over to the superior court
where Judge Graves promptly released
him on writ of habeas corpus. Koch
Ter is a hobo, an all.round tough, and ia
now wanted in Seattle for theft. He got
what he well deserved, and il few more
examples are made of those who are SELL
ing liquor to Indians and thus endanger-
ing the lives and property OF citizens it
will be good thing, The lower end OF
the city is frequently made perfect bed
lam by drunken Indians, and il men,
Der Of the city police would put in more
Of his time looking after the disturbance
in that quarter and less at circulating a
petition for the removal Of Mr.. Wills
from office there would be greater feel
ing of safety by the women aud children
who are left alone and unprotected at
night.
Yakima felt decided shake about 0
O'Clock Sunday evening. Az it wasn't
the ague the people were forced to the
conclusion that it was an earthquake. 1t
was felt most decidedly in the brick build
ings and ratified windows, doors and croc-
kerry in an alarming manner. In one oil
the hotels young lady was lingering the
piano but that instrument performed
such unaccountable gyrations that she
ran screaming from the room. The mo-
ton was from east to west and was evil
IDENTIFY centered in the Yakima valley as
there is no account published In the sound
papers Of its being felt on that side of the
Cascades.
The suit Of X. Schmidt against the city
for $4,000 damages, growing out Of the
sewer contract, is grinding its weary way
along and will probably consume the bal
ance OF the week. Mr.. Snively, attorney
for the plaintiff. says his client is snre to
get judgment in some amount, but the
attorneys for the city are well satisfied
with the way the case is coming out and
there is even talk Of there being good
grounds for damages against Schmidt. II
10 understood that Mr.. Schmidt has trans
ferred his claim to Angus Macintosh, oil
Seattle, who is here watching the case
very closely and footing the bills for ex-
pert testimony.
Tom McKeever, the contractor at the
fair grounds, traded horses with w. S.
Davidson, Thursday morning. In the
afternoon the team ran away, and to com.
plicate matters the front axle Of bis buggy
broke in two, but Mr.. McKeever stayed
with the horses until he stopped them.
In bartering with Davidson he said he
wanted horse with life and action. Mr..
Davidson is an accommodating trader and
responded to the requirements. Mr.. Nc
Keever, in speaking now OF the horse,
reflects seriously on the animals parent
age.
At the grand lodge, Degree Of Honor,
held in Seattle last week. Mrs. Kate E..
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