The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-03-21
AREPOR7BR'S Note BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
We're Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
In the Metropolis OF Central wash
ington ana from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding It.

his "Trip 10 olympia.
Born, on Thursday, March II, to Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Sweetz, OF the selah valley
q son.
S. =. Flower, Of the mercantile firm OF
Fower & Sullivan, Mabton, was in the
city on Monday last.
John Kangley, of the Northern Pacific
Coal company, Roslyn, arrived in the
city Oh Monday night.
Harvey l.. Young returned last week
from Ellensburg where he has been at
tending the normal school.
Mrs. L. Frank Gordon returned to her
home in Spokane on Monday night, after
a visit of week with her friend, Mrs.
Ira NJ. Krutz.
While Mr.. George Hull, of the Wenas,
was horseback riding on Friday last the
animal fell and now Mr.. Hull is nursing
broken collar bone.
Mrs. James NJ. Gilbert and daughter,
who have been visiting relatives in SYRIA.
cuse, N. Y, for several months, returned
this morning to North Yakima.
Mrs. Lucas, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. George S. Courier, for the
past six months, left on Thursday last for
her home in Mt. Vernon, Wash.
G. c. Wallace, of the Wallace Coburn
Hardware company, returned on Mon
lay morning from his business trip to
Michigan and other eastern points
Elder q. M. Booth, of the Methodist
conference, returned on Monday night to
his home in Spokane, after a brief visit
among the members OF that church in this
city.
w. II. James and wife returned from a
visit to Portland on Monday; Mrs. James
remaining in this city and Mr.. James CO.
ng on to Prosser to rustic for the 1meri-
can-of which he is the editor.
Mr.. Edward Donald and wife, OF Belle
vile, Canada, arrived in the city on Tues
day morning for a visit of two or three
weeks with the family of Mr.. George
Donald. The gentlemen are brothers.
1t is reported that +. S. Robertson, for
merly of this city, but later resident of
Spokane, has skipped to parts unknown
owing to discreditable shortage in money
accounts. He left similar record here
Walter L. Cadman, formerly chief
r!erk of the Walla WaIla land office. but
now a resident of the lower end of the
county, has been appointed U. S. com
missioner with headquarters at Kenne
wick.
A petition to vacate the townsite of
Kennewick has been filed with Auditor
Hall by the Northern Pacific receivers
1t is alleged that not single lot in the
Northern Pscifi, portion of the plat has
ever been sold.
Kinnie Mcleod, we'll known at one
time as waiter in the Hotel Yakima,
who was reported as having been drown
ed, is alive and running barber shop in
Spokane. Bud Taggard, his very noted
partner in several affairs, is in Lewiston,
laho.
Representative r. B. Milroy and wife
returned from Olympia on Saturday last
and are spending few days with Col.
and Mrs. Hewlett while their home is
being renovated. Mr.. Mlroy is being
deservedly congratulated for his able
efforts in behalf of Yakima and the state
w. S. Chips, waiter at the Hotel
Yakima, left on Tuesday morning for
Portland to enter the Salvation Army
training barracks. Chips had made
many friends in Yakima by his courteous
'emeanor at all times, his efforts in char
liable matters and his quiet devotion to
army work--all of whom wish him well
in his new home.
Tom Ricketts, troubsdours, one of the
hest troupes which has visited the north
west this season. went to pieces at Port
land recently. "Our Flat" combination
is billed for the California theatre, San
Francisco, and the Lord Rooney abomi.
nation is at The Dalles trying to make its
way back east.
The Northern Pacific last week began
the erection of $500 depot at Mabton-
which village has become the distributing
point for much of the lower county.
Speaking OF railroads, it would seem that
the big transcontinental line has forgotten
al about those $4,000 plans for a station
in this city, which are perhaps yet stored
away in some pigeon hole OF the division
superintendent desk.
d. +. Mackinnon was on Tuesday dis
playing a one foot branch loaded down
with blossoms, which he had broken
from q peach tree on his premises that
morning. While fruit growers do not de-
sire such early evidences OF the warm
climate and soil of the great Yakima val
ley, the branch yet shows that this is the
country-favored by the gods, blessed by
natures smiles, the Utopia OF the hus-
bandman.
Marion d. Egbert, journalist, ex-pros-
ecuting Attorney of Pacific county and
mayor of South Bend, spent Wednesday