The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-29

Rineers and surveyors. has been formed
at sunnyside. They make specially Of
general irrigation work.
With but little care and no trouble, the
beard and mustsche can be kept q uni
form brown or black color by using Buck
ingham's Dye for the Whiskers.
No further extension Of the Selah val
ley canal will be made this year but re.
pairs will be pushed forward so as 10
distribute water along the entire length OF
the completed work.
The snipes' band Of stock, estimated at
1000 head Of cattle and 20 head Of horses,
was sold by Receiver Power. on Saturday
last, to Bounds & Myers for 1890. The
sale included the Snipes' brand-an S on
the left hip.
j. II. Purdin, having sold his two farms
on the Wenas, will leave with his wife in
q few days to spend q year in Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma territory. This
will create vacancy in the democratic
county central committee.
Children's Easter service will be held
at the Episcopal church Sunday after
noon at o'clock. On - 18th prox.
Bishop Wells will be here and hold ser
vices. and on the 22nd Rev. Rufus Chase
will stop off on his way east and deliver
q farewell sermon.
Last week Superintendent Lawrence
formed school district No. 80 in the Selah
valley with % children Of school age, and
on Tuesday Of this week he created school
district No. 40, at the artesian wells on
the Mckee, with Is children. On Satur-
day another school district. No. Al. will
be formed at the foot Of Mt. Adams where
there are at present % children.
Mrs. Geo. s. Courier gave very enjoy
able progressive Black Jack party at her
residence Tuesday evening. The prizes
were awarded as follows: for the most
points, a Yakima souvenir spoon to Miss
Jean Cameron and hand painted ash
receiver to Marshall Scudder :booby prizes,
q leather medal to Miss Stackhouse, and
q novel pincushon In the form of beet
to j. L. Smith.
VIM. Ballinger Of Dayton, Wash, Was
a guest OF the Guilland house on Tuesday
He has always had q desire to visit the
Yakima county, Of which he has heard
20 much, and, on taking two car loads Of
potatoes to the Sound market and finding
that the price offered for Yakima "spuds"
was 81 per ton greater than that offered IN
producers from other sections Of the state,
he could not resist the temptation Of stop
ping over, on his return home, and Of
course was duly impressed with our advan-
tages.
County School Superintendent Law.
renee suggests that preparations be started
for celebrating Arbor day to even greater
extent than last year when SO many trees
we're planted by school children through
out the county, and when the subject OF
forestry was generally discussed in the
schools. Although it is getting late, the
governor has not as yet named day and
Mr.. Lawrence has written to the state
superintendent Of schools to impress upon
the governor the urgency for early action.
Tuesday morning when Charley Lake,
Of the Alfalfa, entered upon his watch he
noticed that there had been an unusual
run on flask goods and the finer grades of
meerschaum pipes, and not finding the
usual amount Of change In the cash reg
lister concluded that Mr.. Ryan had been
doing large business and alarmed by
the Harris fire had put the full amount Of
the receipts 10 the safe. An investigation,
however, proved that one Of the nimble
fingered gentry had obtained entrance
from the rear Of the building and made
away with twenty dollars in silver and
goods OF the estimated value Of $50. Sus-
picion points strongly towards q "slick"
individual of this town but no arrest has
been made as yet.
Geo. B. Hall arrived here on Tuesday
and is looking over Yakima with view
to locating. Mr.. Hall is the owner Of two
registered young stations, of trotting
stock, which he brought to this state from
Massachusetts,. One Of them is Wilbert,
years old, 10 hands high, sired by
Wedgewood, record 2:l9, from dam by
Geo. Wilkes. The other is Platos, by
Shanango, record 2 ;2s. and he by Viking.
record 2:l64. dam Annie Lyon by Gen.
Lyon. the celebrated Morgan stallion. Mr..
Hall is very favorably impressed with all
he has seen Of Yakima but will make a
careful investigation Of the state fair
track and the advantages offered bv this
section to horse raisers before finally
forming his conclusions.
Walter N. Granger, of Zillah, was in
the city Tuesday, and stated to The HER.
AID representative that damage from high
water was felt in the lower end of the
county. "Never since the railroad was
built" said Mr.. Granger, "has there been
so much snow in the Cascades. 1t is not
a matter Of sufficiency OF water for irriga-
ton 30 much as protection from spring
ireshets and the N. =. Y. & X. Irrigation
company has large force of men and
teams at work preparing for anything
that may come. At the Zillah bend Of the
Yakima considerable inroad has been
made in the bluff and to prevent further
damage, bulkheads are being built and the
course of the channel will be changed. Z"
Mr.. Granger said that the Sunnyside
country WAS making a unndarful proxth