The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-12-13

f. +. Benson was in Tacoma on Satur.
day.
Peter Bellies left on Sunday for bust.
ness trip to Puyallup.
Mrs. II. d. Cock is guest Of her sister
Mrs. $. +. Haines, in Prosser.
J. C. Hubbell, prominent Ellens-
burger, was visitor in Yakima over
Sunday.
Joseph Wood is in Salem, Ogu., where
he will remain until all OF the hops in
that section are sold.
II. +. Dean, of the Dean Lumber COM
psny, Hot Springs, returned to his home
on Saturday morning.
". +. Cahll and James Hortz, of Dot,
klickitat county. are wintering band of
sheep in this county.
James Palmerton, OF Pleasant valley,
will shortly remove to Toppenish and re.
main there for the future.
Vestal Snyder won the $45 suit ratified
on Saturday night by Ed. White, holding
No. Sat a cost of "a cents.
Judge Carroll b. Graves arrived from
Ellensburgh on Sunday night, having
spent that day with his family.
J.J. schlodtfeldt of Ellensburg, is in
the city, called here by the illness of his
brother, the Yakima avenue butcher.
The Masons hold their annual election
of officers at their hall in the Syndicate
block on Saturday evening next. A pub
lie installation will be given on the 9th.
Sinclair & Harvey have removed their
blacksmith shop from its former location
on First street, to new stand few doors
north of fuckers livery stable, on Front
street
DIR. w. w. c. Ely, wife and daughter
returned to their home in Niagara Falls,
N. Y, on Thursday last They have
been for some time at Kennewick, DR..
Ely being treasurer of the Y. I. & /. Co.
Jay Lynch, ex.agent of the Yakima
reserve, last week said to Dayton news
paper reporter that John B. Allen was
not in the senatorial fight, and that he
felt John L. Wilson could not be elected
J. w. Casey, the Portland representa-
tive of the freight department of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, was
in the city on Saturday endeavoring to
secure hop shipments over his line, at its
Chicago connection.
Mr.. James Lennon, OF this city,
who WAS robbed of wagon and harness
some time ago, says that he is anxiously
awaiting bill for the painting done by
Rogers upon the wheels of the vehicle
and the names of the harness. Rogers
was acquitted of the charge OF larceny
hence Mr.. Lemmon's feeling upon the
subject.
Tacoma has y whistling artesian we'll,
and she doesn't know how to explain TIE
phenomenon. Yakima has struggled
with this problem, and solved it in as
Stunning that it is the result OF q vacuum
in the tubing, caused by the outer cur
rents OF air rushing over the mouth of the
pipe and occasioning suction; the mir
from the bottom of the shaft must and
does arise to fill the vacuum thus re-
sultant.
Lille, daughter of Mrs. Adkins, OF Old
Town, and wife of w. S. Davidson, of
this city, was on Monday night adjudged
insane by a committee OF physicians
composed of Drs. Gum, Rosser and Heg,
and was on Tuesday morning taken to
Medical Lake by Sheriff Simmons. The
mother of the young woman accompanied
the sheriff and his charge. 1t ia reported
that she became crazed as result OF tor
lure or pain attendant upon the birth of
her child, some two months ago.
"Yakima county is, in my opinion. des-
tined to become the leading agricultural.
hop and fruit growing district in the Pa
cific Northwest" says w. l.. Thompson
in the Sumner. Wash, Herald. 1.-THE
hop production has increased from 5000
to 1900 bales in 1872 to 1900 in '94. In
my judgment the yield will run anywhere
between 1900 to 2250 pounds to the acre !;
many yards turning off a ton easily. II
hops are allowed to get thoroughly ripe,
and proper care exercised in the picking
and curing of them the quality must be
choice. Between 10000 and 5000 bales,
or about two-thirds OF the crop were con-
tracted or tied up in consignments to Sc
cure picking money. The Sunnyside
fruit orchards were a SIGHT worth seeing.
In the sixty acre orchard of F. E. Thomp-
son could be seen peach, plum and prune
trees, none of which were more than five
years old, actually breaking down with
the weight Of the fruit.
Prosser american: One of the most
astonishing feats known of Yakima soil
and irrigation was brought to our notice
on Wednesday by J. f. Kinney. An old