The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-08

many day, including three or four
heavy wagons and fully thirty head of
fine, good-looking horses, passed through
Yakima on Tuesday enrouie to Lewis
county. Mr.. T.. f. Benson was but in
differently assisted by a HERALD reporter
in the endeavor TO persuade them to re-
main. They had their hearts set upon
Chehais-and to Chehslis they went.
However, they faithfully promised to re-
turn to Yakima and. grow up with the
country" il everything in Lewis county
were found not as represented. To this
decision they were more easily persuaded
because OF the fact that they met. some
distance from this city, an outfi. similar
to their own, which was the property of a
man from Chehslis who was going to
Asotin county. There was, of course,
mutual condolings to follow such an en-
counter; but each pursued the tenor Of
his way.
Baron Munchausen's tabled horse and
his experience at the watering trough
have found modern parallel in the case
OF turtle dove found by ALI. w. Thomp.
son, of Mob Hill, one day last week. The
bird had been wounded by a shot through
the throat, and young Thompson at
tempted to doctor it into semblsnce of
its former self. The second day after he
had captured it he took it Out to the
watering trough to give ii a drink; when,
to bis surprise, the bird-after imbibing
freely for about three minutes-began to
lose its liquid refreshments through the
hole in its neck. The operation was
several times repeated, each ending in
the same way. No water would or could
remain on the birds stomach. 1t is re-
ported that the dove now obtains the
water it Graves by absorption-being put
into bucket and allowed to stay until it
is soaked through"
Among other reforms which local sports
men hope to have Incorporated in future
game laws is one pertaining to ducks.
The open season on these birds, under
the law, begins on April /. During
some of this time, here in Yakima
county, the birds are on nests and 1t is,
therefore, without the spirit ii not the
letter of the law to kill them. The diff
Guilty would seem one easily remeded
if various counties were allowed to mod
ify the regulations. Ii such plan be not
feasible, then the legislature should be
made 10 understand that, in various To-
calities, the young of the duck is reared
sooner than in more frgid sections. If
game Is to be protected at all it should
be fully protected.
Tacoma Neps: Notices have been re-
ceived from Major L. S. Ingraham, of
Seattle, announcing that the examination
of appointees in the National Guard of
Washington in Tacoma, Olympia and
Aberdeen will be held in Tacoma at the
armory OF company G, August 8. The
examination will take place on the pre-
ceding night at Seattle. 1t is the inten-
ton of the examiners to hold examine
tions at Yakima and Walla Walla after
the one in Tacoma.
Marshal Lille states that tramps and
buns are multiplying rapidly within the
city limits these days, and that they
keep him more than busy in running
them out of town-which is the only way
to save the city expense in the matter.
Yakima should invest in tread-mill to
be operated by hobo power. The result
might be as pleasing to the citizens as it
would be disappointing to the sons OF
rest.
August 1912 will be given over, by
this city, to the Presbytery of Puget
Sound, which will meet here during
those three days. Perhaps thirty visit
ing clergymen will be here, and Rev.
Drew is arranging for their entertain
ment aside from the routine work of the
Presbytery. A picnic among the fruit
orchards OF the Sunnyside is one OF the
proposed plans for making the guests re-
member Yakima and their visit to it.
Eddie Hensley, the boy whom Sheriff
Dilley last Saturday took to Puyallup,
was given preliminary examination on
Monday before Justice McMurray, OF
Tacoma, on charge of stealing horse
and wagon from Percy & Ca. He was
bound over in 500 for trial Wednesday
when he was sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary.
No entrance fee is to be charged exhib-
itors of stock at the big county fair.
Farmers who bring in display animals
will have them well cared for during the
entire time they are on exhibition abso-
lutely free of expense. This is courtesy
which stock breeders should not over.
look.
Reports from Soda Springs indicate
that some of the campers there, especial
I|y among the young boys, are rather
careless in the use of pistols and small
bore rifles. While nobody has yet been
injured, the fear is expressed that some
accident may happen.
n. G. Wills is in the city from Hills
boio, Ore, for several days. He does
not know how long he will remain; but
thinks he will return shortly because he
came away without that inevitable cane