The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-15
TERSE TALES OF A week
The Herald" Searchlisht Thrown Over
City and County.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
photographic bits OF Gossip, society
News, Personals and Happenings
Gathered About North Yakima
land Her Environing valleys.

Mrs. Ben E. Snipes arrived in the city
on Tuesday from Ellensburg.
Clarke county has notified the execu.
tive committee that it proposes to make
horticultural exhibit at the fair.
George L. Nealton and wife left on
Tuesday for the south fork of the All
tamun, thirty miles away, for weeks
outing.
A Mr.. Bush, OF Winterset, Iowa, is in
the city this week for visit over the
surrounding country with a view to pur-
chase some OF our far-famed real astate.
The work OF construction upon the
new Office building OF whitson & Parker
will be begun next week. It is to be one
story, and will be situated just south Of
their present quarters in the First Ma
tional bank building.
The premium list for the coming fair
will be out in few days. Many of the
prizes are for sweepstake entries, and
farmers should therefore begin immedi-
ately to save their best samples for the
collection exhibits. Some handsome
gifts and cash premiums are offered.
Harold E. Monser, formerly assistant
librarian Of the state university OF Mis-
souri,, will lecture Friday night in the
Christian church, on "Novels and Novel
Reading" Admission-adults % cents;
children, 10 cents. Mr.. Monser comes
highly recommended by Tacoma papers.
The receivers OF the Sunnyside canal
offer cash premium OF $40 for the best
exhibit at the October fair made from
any ranch in the neighborhood of ZilIah,
and 500 cash for similar display from
the neighborhood of Sunnyside. The
Northern Pacific offers l000-mile ticket
over their line for the best exhibit from
any ranch under the Sunnyside canal.
Sam Vincent and son Charles, who
committed two murders in Ellensburg on
Sunday, were taken from the Jail at
Ellensburg yesterday, in the early morn
ing, by what was said to be almost the
entire population of that city, and hanged
to tree three blocks from the prison.
Ellensburg thus saves big expense to
her taxpayers and rids the county OF two
utterly worthless scamps who have long
been lawless, strictly cuitus and often be-
fore the courts on multitudinous charges.
The Tacoma Ledger OF yesterday thus
speaks OF the effort to make up an excur-
sion for the Yakima fair: Secretary
Collyer, OF the Chamber of Commerce, is
taking steps to ascertain how many Ia
comans will visit the state fair at North
Yakima in September. II a large num-
Der goes it is believed low rate over the
Northern Pacific can be secured. A num-
Der have expressed their intention of
helping the fair by their presence and
thereby repay Yakima in part for her
kindly interest in the several fairs held
in Tacoma"
Yakima hotels are undergoing several
changes this week. The Yakima kitchen
and dining room has been leased to A.
Starr and sister, of Tacoma, although
they do not assume control until Septem-
Der 1. Cook Gerry does not know posi-
lively what he will do. but it is probable
he will remove to Tacoma. The Brown
will probably close on Saturda y night to
make room for the new proprietor, John
Bartholet, who will give the hotel it's
original name, The BarthoIet. Mr.. Brown
states that yakima is too good a town
to leave" therefore he will open short
order restaurant, lease fifteen or twenty
rooms, handsomely furnish them, end
endeavor to hold his share OF the patron
age.
The national guard examining board,
consisting of Brigadier General L. M.
Carr, Lieut.. Col. Eagleson, surgeon gen.
eral and Col. w. j. Fife, were in Yakima
on Saturday last for the purpose of ex-
aiming the officers of the guard located
here and at Ellensburg, upon questions
in history, geography, army rules and
regulations, arithmetic, photography,
military tactics, etc. Among the officers
examined were Major J. Frost, Capt. J.
B. Armstrong and Lieuts. Steinman and
McCandless, of Company A, Ellensburg;
and Capt. Coombs and Lieuts. Heg,
Liggett and Robinson, of this city. The
grades attained will not be announced at
present, but it is understood that all pass
ed and that Msjcr Frost secured a mark
ing OF So per cent from possible 100.
p. d. Brooke, Familiarity known for the
past fifteen years by all the ''old-timers'
in Yakima as doctor" Brooke, died at
st. Elizabeth's hospital in this
city on Wednesday last, in the
65th Gear If his age, of heart disease,
after an illness there of two and one
half months. Dr. Brooke lived in Parker
bottom, and was well known rancher
there. He was bachelor until perhaps
seven years ago, when he married lady
now living on the Sound. They were
not happy together and separated within
lew months OF the marriage. He has
a brother in Sacramento, a nephew, A. G.
Cauthorn, on the 0regonian, Portland.
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