The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-04-18
A REPORTER'S NOTE BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
in the Metropolis of Central " N sh-
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country surrounding n.

4UU apple trees on MS NOD Illil farm.
y. Flynn and wife OF Yakima are in
Walla Walla on a visit to their daughter
Mrs. ]. G.. Anderson.
"Doc." B. N. Coe will leave for Baker
City, Ore, about the first of May, to take
the position Of pharmacist in the largest
and finest appointed drug store of that
city.
Manager Wohlfort informs THE HERALD
that the Yakima telephone system is to
be rebuilt next month, and that poles Is
feet in height are to replace the present
ones.
George Vance states that he accom-
panied party Of bicyclers from the All.
tanum academy to North Yakima, on
Friday evening lTt. and they covered
the distance OF eight miles in So minutes.
This knocks cayuse riding galley west"
The Ladies' Aid society of the Presby-
terian church held meeting recently and
decided upon giving an old folks concert
in the near future. No detlite arrange
ments have as yet been made as to the
date or the personnel of those who will
participate.
Among Yakima's citizens who attended
the funeral OF the late Paul Schulze at
Tacoma on Sunday were George Donald,
J. L. Smith and w. N. Granger-all of
whom are directly or indirectly interested
in the big ditch of the Yakima Invest
ment company, near Sunnyside.
Allen c. Mason and VIM. j. Meade
arrived from Tacoma Monday. Mr.. Mason
left for Spokane and other points in east
ern Washington the next day, but Mr..
Meade remained until to-day looking
after his interests in the Selah valley.
Mr.. Mason, who has been actively NOV
ing about the state recently, assures THE
HERALD that decided business improve
ment is observable in all quarters.
A Richmond, Va, paper states that
"Herr Theodor Hoch took the audience
by storm with cornet solo, and was en-
cored three times He is a cornetist OF
marvellous skill, and he was such favor
lite with the audience that they would
have taken up the balance OF the night in
calling him back had he responded as
often as the audience stormed. With
the Mozart Symphony club. at Mason's,
Wednesday, May LIST.
Chief Lille pulled young man the
other day who is supposed to be John
Van Els, alias William Wilson, alias John
Luderous, who is wanted in Chicago for
larceny and embezzlement. He had a
couple of skeleton keys in his pocket, but
nothing could be brought against him ex-
cept that he had escaped from the county
authorities while working as trusty so
#. he was turned loose, after having his
photograph taken, and admonished to
make himself scarce in these parts.
Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent
OF the Northern Pacific, was interviewed
the other day by the st. Paul Pioneer
Press reporter, and in the course of his
remarks said: "While there is no boom
travel there is a steady flow of settlers
into Washington and Oregon, particu-
l,rly into the Yakima valley, where the
transition from what appeared to be a
barren, unproductive region to valley
of fruitful farms and substantial homes is
manifest day by day"
The beautiful story of the resurrection
Of Christ was told on Easter day in flow
crs and song in all OF the churches of the
city, as we'll as throughout the world.
This is the most joyous festival of the
Christian church, and, as if in happy
mood, all nature smiled most benignly.
The various sanctuaries were filled to
their utmost with worshipers, and in
sone of them, notably the CATHOLIC
church, many were unable to obtain en-
france. All the churches were decorated
with flowers and foliage and the music
was unusually attractive.
A Yakima merchant was boasting the
other day of how the hard times had
taught him many economics, and as al
illustration he quoted the price paid fo
thousand bill heads ordered of one o
the smaller and irresponsible offices re
Gently established here. He admitted
that the work was not up to the STANDARD
he had been acquainted with, but figured
that the saving in price was more thar
AN offset. He was asked, and compiled
with the request, to count the bills, ant
found six pads of SO sheets each, or
total of sos. Hereafter, he asserts, h
will patronize the responsible office
which, through their papers, are constant
ly working for the growth and welfare o
city and county.
A large number of citizens of Zilal
and vicinity were in the city this weel
giving evidence at the U. S. land office il
the contest case of w. E. Thornton
guardian of John S. Thornton, VS.. c..
Hale, over a valuable claim in the Sun
nyside district. j. S. Thornton sold
REIMBURSEMENT to the land to Mr.. Hale
Shortly afterwards w. f. Thornton mad
application to the superior court and wa
appointed guardian of his uncle, who wa
declared insane and sent to the asylum a
Medical Lake. Guardian Thornton nov