The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-12
Yakima as II Is Seen by THE Hsrald's"
Ubiquitous Photographers.
ANOTHER STONE BUSINESS BLOCK,
fresser Declines Further MA yor.
atty Heners; Engineer RED ma NJ.
Name Mentioned Noted Editors
Coming From the East.

Mrs. Fred Eldridge Of the lively Prosser
American, was Yakima visitor on sstur.
day last.
Bishop Junger, OF Vancouver, will ad.
minister confirmation at st. Joseph's
church Sunday.
All kinds Of job work executed in the
highest style Of art at the lowest living
prices, at THE HERALD Office.
ii. ]. k'lgour and Mrs. ]. NJ. Clenden.
ing, Of Fort Simcoe, were guests Of the
Hotel Yakima on Wednesday. They
came over to attend the Adams wedding
G. b. Eaton, OF Tacoma, was guest Of
the Hotel Yakima on Monday. Mr..
Eaton has splendid piece OF land in the
Sunnyside country which he is getting
under cultivation.
Chief Justice Dunbar spent Friday and
Saturday last in the city. Judge Dunbar
has fine ranch in the Wide Hollow dis
trict and contemplates making his home
here when his term Of Office is over.
Assessor 0. V. Carpenter has appointed
the following deputies: Hugh Sinclair
for the Natcheez; B. Z. EIgin, for the
Ahtanum; Henry A. McPherson, for the
lower end of the county; A. C. Walker,
for Sunnysde, and r. A. Hume for the
office.
John Sswbridge, the, hardware mer.
chant, is spoken Of as excellent timber
from which to create q member of the
next city council. The election will be
held on the l4th of May and as yet no
effort seems to have been made TO outline
ticket.
Chas. Adams and Miss Eva NJ. Wikle
we're married at the parsonage of the M.
E. church, by Rev. Robert Warner, on
Wednesday, April 18th. The groom is
the postmaster and the bride the seam.
stress at Fort Simcoe.
"Doc" e. M. Bemis. of Puyallup, form
erly superintendent Of the Mckee Co. q
tobacco plantation and factory, has struck
it rich in his new home. He is not only
happily married, but his wife presented
him with 10 pound daughter on the 2sth
OF March.
Col. w. F. Prosser positively refuses to
allow his name to be used in connection
with the mayoralty. The latest-mentioned
citizen for this honorary office is w. II.
Redman, the present city engineer, under
whose supervision North Yakima's sewer
system was constructed.
Messrs. Wilson and Congdon have pos
itively pledged 2450 acres for the Wide
Hollow irrigation scheme, with enough
more to make 5000 acres when incum
brances are arranged. They want .
thousand acres additional and will Their
Commence work of construction immedi
ately.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Yakima County Horticultural society will
be held in the Commercial club rooms
next Saturday at . p. m The committees
appointed will then make their reports on
progress of the work to secure starch
factory, cannery and creamery. Every
one interested is invited to be present.
Horsemen are invited to call at The
HERALD Office and get figures on posters
for the season of '94. THE Herald has
the most complete stock Of horse cuts fol
poster work to be found in Central Wash
ington, and the prices for job printing
conform to the depressed condition of the
money market.
Out Of a possible $l04, 900. the treasure,
Of Yakima county collected upwards o.
10000 for taxes previous to April LIST
Walla Walla county collected $50, 900 or
an assessment of slS5,000 and Kittita,
county $45, 900 on an assessment OF $l07,
600. or the amount collected in Kittitaf
county, $50, 900 was paid in by the North
ern Pacific, Great Northern, Wenatchee
Development Co., and Northern Pacific
Coal Co.
State Senator Clarence w. Ide, of Spo.
kane, spent Saturday last in the city, and
while here visited the state fair grounds
in company with DR.. w. ii. Hare, Com
missioner Reed. and the editor Of TIT
HERALD. He says he knows OF no spo,
in Washington equal to Yakima, and
that while we may complain OF the pre-
vailing dizziness we are better off thar
any other place he knows OF. Mr.. Ide ia
one of the hold-over senators and Yakima
may count upon him as her friend in the
legislature.
The annual meeting of the Royal En-
deavor society was held in this city last
week and the following officers wers
elected: T. T. Newman, head consul; O
NJ. Graves, head clerk; C. r. Harri'
head banker; DR.. T. B. Gum. medica
director; R. T. Veitch, vice consul; E. r
Taylor, escort; j. j. Armstrong, watch
man; Geo. Knowles, sentry; Z. E
/, James, G. A. Bushnell and Frank Fry
managers. The constitution and bylaws
we're amended and other important bust
ness transacted. The head camp ad
journed to meet in July, 1895. at such
place as the executive committee may
select.
Sunday there will leave st. Paul dis
tinguished party OF eastern agriculturalisti
and editors of farm journals who are
bound for the northwest coast. They will
visit the Sunnyside country, under tn.
pilotage OF d. X. McGinnis, who has gone
east for this purpose, and will doubtless