The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-05-16
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
We're Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
in tise Metropolis of Central w ASH
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding It.

Mr.. Jamas M. Gilbert returned on Sun
day from his trip to Tacoma and Olympia.
John Kangley, president of the N. p.
Coal company, left Tuesday for the east to
be gone until July.
Walter II. Cline, OF Seattle, was an
over Sunday guest Of his brother, Fred
B. Cline, of this city.
Mrs. Frank Horsley and son leave to-
morrow night for Des Moines, Iowa, Mrs.
Horsley' old home, to spend the summer.
The new officers of the FIRE department
for the ensuing year are, chief, John
Reed assistant chief, j. G. Liggett; sec
rotary, John Backer; treasurer, Alex Sim
clair.
Boomers and divided skirts are no
longer curiosities on Yakima's streets.
Several lady bicyclers now attire them
selves in this way while mounted on
their wheels
DR.. Darrin, whose second visit has
been announced in THE HERALD for some
weeks past, arrived in the city Tuesday
night and has taken up his quarters at
the Hotel Anterior.
Allen G. Mason, of Tacoma, was a
hurried business visitor in Yakima on
Tuesday OF this week. He spent most of
his time in the Selah valley, in which he
is largely interested.
Mr.. w. Z. Dickinson arrived last week
from Tacoma and is now giving his undi-
vided attention to the business manage
ment of the Republic in which he has a
proprietary interest.
Invitations which had been issued for
the yesterday afternoon tea at the home
Of Mrs. r. B. Milroy, were recalled by
that lady out of respect and sympathy in
the death of Mrs. w. L. Steinweg.
Revs. Samuel Greene and A. Judson
Bailey, of Seattle, are guests at The Yak
ina this week. They are here to attend
the Yakima association of Congregational
churches, which convened in the church
of that denomination in this city yester-
day.
+. A. Pressed and wife, OF Tacoma,
were over Sunday visitors in Yakima.
Mr.. Pressed is the Western Union repre-
sentative in the Ledger telegraphic de-
partment. He owns fine ranch in the
Sunnyside country, and came oyer to see
how the seasons work was progressing.
The Soda Spring company are about to
file plat OF that property and place the
lots on the market. 1t is thought by
this plan the people will become inter
ested in Identifying, protecting and i'm
proving the grounds and thus make it
the delightful summer resort which ma
ture intended.
Prof. Hartley, of the Ahtanum acad-
envy. and dozen others, left this morn
ins for Seattle to attend the session of the
Christian Endeavor association of the
state. The numerical strength Of the
delegation is due somewhat to an effort
which will be made to secure the conven-
ton for 1896.
The new Columbia cable ferry, which
has been located between Pasco and Wal.
lula, lie now ready for business, and pub
fishes its announcement in this issue of
The HERALD. 1t is on the direct line
from the Sound and Central Washington
ior those who intend travelling by team to
= Walls Walla or the soon-to. be-opened
Nez Perez reservation.
There no longer is any danger to fruit
from frost and Yakima is to be congratu-
lated in escaping from this blight which
has seriously effected other sections.
Growers are a unit in the claim that the
crop will be large one and the fruit Of
the best character, as the trees, after their
i'eavy bearing of last year, are as rule
loaded just sufficiently to permit OF per-
iect development.
Wilbur Register: The state fair COM
mission has wisely postponed the 1895
fair until the fall OF 1896. The fair last
fall was hardly worthy the name of a
county fair and as it takes years OF hard
work and lots of money to make fair a
success the commission did just the
proper caper in postponing the
date. BY that time trade. will have re-
vived and people will feel more like pat
ronizing such an institution.
Contract No. 2 with Catlin & Fearl has
heen filed with the county auditor. 1t
provides that Rollins & Card, near Tam
pico, will deliver 5000 pounds of this
years hops to the contractors at cents,
receiving an advance of $50. Tampico
this year seems to wish to convey the
impression that her hops are not worth
the usual figure, in that her growers so
eagerly look for this Scent bait.
Another attempt was this week made
to burglarize the cellar of the Hotel Yak
ina. The outside coverings OF the big
basement window were removed (as in
both previous instances when a robbery
has occurred) and the boards and boxes
piled promiscuously upon the rear area
sidewalk. The opening to the cellar has,
however, recently been made impossible