The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-03
YAKIMA and VICINITY.
Flash Lights on Men, Women and Events
Of This Heishborhood.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN NEWS ITEMS.
Paragraphs which Are Interesting
TO Everybody whether They
Live In the Modern Garden OF
Eden or the outer world.

Rev. NJ. l.. Rose left for Ellensbureh,
to be gone couple OF weeks.
There will be preaching in the school
house at Yakima City on Sunday next
at 3 80 p. m.
Mrs. w. Z. Nadeau, after weeks visit
with Mrs. II. X. Owens, returned to her
home in Seattle. Monday.
N. II. Lille has leased the Snipes &
Allen ranch, Of 700 acres, in Parker Bot
tom, and will SOW it to grain.
w. L. Steinweg has contracted with
Spratt & Haines to drill for artesian water
on his desert claim in the Mckee valley.
Mrs. 4. L. Farnsworth, after . pleas
ant visit with Mrs. L. +. Benson, re-
turned to her home in Wilbur, Wash, on
Friday last.
When the scalp ia atrophied, or shiny.
bald, no preparation will restore the hair I;
in all other cases, Halls Hair Remover
will start growth.
Charles Dillon, formerly Of this city,
but now Of Ellensburgh, was here on q
visit last week and renewed his subscrip-
ton to The HERALD.
Mrs. J. d. Clemmer, who had been the
guest Of the Hotel Yakima for some time
previous. returned to Roslyn on Friday
last considerably improved in health.
An inch and quarter OF rain, stand
ard measurement, fell on Wednesday
night of last week. This is the greatest
rainfall Yakima county has any record
Of.
The April apportionment of school
funds OF Yakima county for the quarter
ending June 30, is $l2,745.30. OF this
amount the North Yakima district re-
ceives 1900.
A. L. Francis, the musician and piano.
tuner, returned here from Ellensburgh on
last. His family followed him
on Tuesday and have taken rooms in the
block.
Tacoma creditors made application for
the appointment of receiver for the
Burke & Fleming estate on Saturday last
and the application was granted. S. q.
Crsndsll was appointed.
Agent II. c. Humphrey and Mr.. Geo.
W. Jones left on Saturday last for Port
land. Mr.. Humphrey returned on Mon
day, but Mr.. Jones took the Canadian
Pacific for his home in Wisconsin.
Last week DR.. P. Frank received by
mail from a friend in Vienna, Austria,
100 cuttings Of thebeautiful red willow OF
that country. They came in excellent
condition and the doctor believes they
will grow and flourish here.
Mrs. Mary Fletcher. Of Tacoma, Is ar
ranging to build and stock a green house
in Yakima. In the past our citizens
have been obliged to depend largely on
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland for cut
flowers and hot h.use plants.
On Wednesday of last week Rich's
ferry boat, used in crossing the Yakima
at kiona, broke from its mooring and
foated down the river and out on to the
broad Columbia. carrying with it Edward
Mulally and team Of horses belonging
to Mr.. Neal. MuIally and the horses
were drowned.
The exercises at the Mob Hill school
house, on Friday evening of last week,
were of an especially interesting charac-
ter and attracted large audience that
showed its appreciation by frequent ap.
pIause. In addition to the program car
ried out by the scholars Miss Thompson
favored those present with song, and
Miss Henderson with recitation.
8. o. Morford and F. II. Rudkin re-
turned from Seattle on Friday last where
the suit OF Morford vs.. Fry & Bruhm. The
Press- Times in chronicling the advent Of
Messrs. Morford and Rudkin in the
Queen city designated them as prominent
grangers of Yakima. Shades OF Black
stone, but that was hard blow.
While the medicine is somewhat unpal-
atable the financial depression has not
been without its good points. Merchants
claim that IL has tolled the doom of pro-
miscuous crediting and that "poor pay
people" will either have to put up the
cash or 90 without. This will prove an
not only to the merchant but
10 the consumer also. People are learn
ing that it is poor policy to run in debt
for goods. When there lie open credit
goods are often bought which can as well
be done without, and for protection the
mer liant must charge higher price than
he otherwise would or suffer loss. The
cash mercantile system is the only satis-
factory and safe manner of conducting
business, and buyer and seller are alike
beginning to realize its advantages.
For several years past repeated reports
have been circulated regarding the build
ing Of the middle" ditch, through Kit
titas county, but although statements
were published that the bonds had been
sold and that the work would be pushed
through to completion, nothing was &C.
There is good strong
now, however, Of this much to
be desired work being started In earnest
and carried forward to completion. En-.
gineer II. X. Owens has submitted re-
port for a canal covering %, 1870 acres at