The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-23
A REPORHER'S Note BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
An Sorts Of Paragraphs Gathered
In she metropolis OF Central wash.
tnGsen ana from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding u.

Monday 10 look after MS property inter
ests here.
Mr. w. L. Steinweg left for Sprague
and Spokane Monday evening returning
this morning.
Mr.. George S. Vance has been appoint
Cd administrator of the estate OF the late
DR.. W. G. Coe.
Engle Steinweg left for Pullman on Sat-
urday last to again take up his studies at
the agricultural college.
Rev. Alfred Brown, of st. Michsel's
church, returned from q visit to his old
home in Brooklyn, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Francis, of La
Conner, are guests Of the Anterior this
week. Mrs. Francis is a daughter of
Rev. Combs, OF this county.
The Christian Endeavorers returned
from Seattle Monday, feeling highly elated
at having secured the next state conven.
ton Of that organization for Yakima.
Owing to no quorum being present
Monday evening the council adjourned
until the next regular meeting, on June
s, when q report Of the condition Of the
city finances will be submitted.
e E. II. Clarke, q we'll known San Fran.
cisco wool buyer, spent Saturday last in
the city talking to sheep owners. He
says wool is looking up trifie and that
good grades are worth about cents.
Wheat seems to be steadily advancing
in price and at Chicago on Saturday last
July wheat reached TN cents-an ad.
vance Of nearly 10 cents per bushel in q
month. Crop conditions are largely re-
sponsible for the rise.
Mr.. G. s. Rankin, who had intended
accompanying his wife as far az Spokane
on her way to her old home in Saltwater,
Mimi, for q visit, evidently reconsdered
bis intentions--as he went all of the way
to Minnesota. He will return about
June 6.
Messrs. Frank Horsley, ]. d. Cornett,
S. G. Henton and G. M. Hauser left on
Monday evening for Walla Walla to at
tend the state conclave Of the K. OF p,
which opened in that city on Tuesday.
They will probably return tomorrow or
Saturday.
8 j.. A. Bilger, OF Portland, who was
formerly member OF the hardware firm
Of Vining & Bilger, doing business where
John Sawbridge is now located. was q
Yakima visitor on Saturday last. Mr..
Bilger says Yakima is . wonder Of prog
ress and development.
F. X. Hiscock, Robert McCook, /. H.
Dills, G. ]. Mcintosh and T. w. Moore
contemplate leaving on Sunday next by
the bicycle route for Portland, returning
shortly after June l. They will make
the webfoot city about the Goth inst, and
take in the Decoration day races.
At the request OF the Commercial club
Mayor Redman will bring before the
council at Its next session the subject Of
establishing drinking fountains and wat
ering troughs in localities that would &C.
commodate the greatest number. The
estimate OF the cost is small in COMPARE
son with the convenience.
The Ahtanum and Yakima City base
ball mines had a friendly contest on the
grounds Of the former, Sunday, which
developed that the Old Town boys were
out-classed. The game was chiefly re-
marksble for the large number of runs
made, the score standing 20 to 81 in favor
Of the Ahtanums. Ed Merwin officiated
AS umpire.
The Klickitat Valley Railway company
has been Incorporated under the laws of
this state, with capitalization OF 500, 900.
IL is proposed to build and operate rail-
road from Goldendsle to lyle, on the
Columbia river. The distance 10 301a
miles, and the heaviest grade 2 per cent.
The incorporators, other than John Cork
ish, of Portland, are citizens of Klickitat
county, but it is claimed the road will be
built with English capital, and that work
will soon be commenced at the Lyle en-
where the construction is the heaviest.
Kittitas papers are roaring because the
Seattle papers will persist in noting in
the market reports that yakima aad
Tenino creamery stock has the preference
over all other grades" Kittitas is iesl-
Gus. and her papers for the past six weeks
have been full of wild rawlings about this
mstter. If Kittitas will save her howl
inRs and get down to work to equal the
Yakima product the Seattle and Tacoma
markets will soon find merit in the butter
consumed-snd they will not until this
docs happen.
Sunday evening shortly after nine
O'Clock Henry Mabry and Jim Smith dis
covered smoke issuing from the residence
OF NJ. g. Wills, on the west side Of the
track. They kicked in door and were
greeted with burst of fame. The alarm
was sounded and tie fire department was
quickly on hand and rendered efficient
service in combining the fire to the one
building. Mr.. Willis was on Yakima
avenue at the time and his family were in