The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-07-25
AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS
News and Comment From Adjoining
Ceus!!ss and The State at Larss.
ELLEASBURG A CRAHK-RIDDEH TOWN
Items OF interest From Dozens OF
Cities In Washingten-NewsN Notes
From Towns Near By-whas Yesr
NeiGhbors Are Doing.

The proposition to bond Roslyn for
$4,000 to put in water works, was lost at
the polls.
The Ellensburg base ball club 10 en-
deavoring to get the Multnomabs, of
Portland, to visit that town at the close
OF their tour on the Sound.
The Prosser school this year will be in
charge OF F. II. Plum, OF Euclid, az prin-
cipal, and Mrs. Fife McCracken, of
North Yakima, as assistant.
Ellensburg Register: Yakima people
are bent upon having fair, even If IL is
not state affair. That is Just the thing;
such pluck rs that will win.
The reservoir at the Horse Heaven
well is completed and the pumping ma
chinery will at once be placed in working
order for the accommodation of the set
tiers of that arid section.
The first of Yakima corn was on the
Sound markets July 10 and was retailed
at rs cents per dozen. On that day Yak
ina peaches were quoted 50@6O cents /;
California peaches 80 cents.
There is report current that Andrew
F. Burleigh will be appointed general
counsel of the Northern Pacific and that
s. H. Piles, Of Seattle. will succeed him
as counsel of the Oregon improvement
company.
The state association of Congregational
churches will hold q convention at Ell.
lensburg in September. There are 1O4
churches of this denomination in the
state and it is expected there will be 200
delegates present. q
J. W. Ballsine. one OF John L. VIII
sons active supporters in his senatorial
and other political contests, has been re-
warded by being given Q department
clerkship at Washington. Ballaine has
been connected with the Tacoma Ledqer
for some years past.
The Ellensburg Base Ball association
has reorganized with the following off.
GERS: president, DR.. j. d. McCsuley;
secretary and treasurer, G. V. Warner;
manager, G. E. Dickson. Manager Dick
son expects to sign all the players of the
former nine and hopes to get games with
all the leading clubs that are in reach or
can be prevailed upon to visit ElIens-
burg.
Ellensbusg Register: James Thorp, of
Wenss, Yakima county passed through
the city Sunday en- route to his home.
Mr.. Thorp has been travelling through
the Methow and Okanogan country for
the past two months. He reports times
as being very quiet at the mines. At
Slate creek the report 10 current that Col.
Hart will again be installed as manager.
and the work resumed.
The Tacoma Ledger has made arrange
ments for properly greeting thu antici-
pated new area of commercial prosperity.
New quarters have been provided, an
improved perfecting press purchased, an
artist added to the staff with proper
equipment for illustrating current event
and other improvements made which
will contribute to place the Ledger in the
front rank OF Pacific coast journals.
Ellensburg has q reverend enthusiast
who has 80 far overlooked the dividing
line between right and wrong as to make
. Sunday round Of the various saloons
and drug stores and purchase . bottle
Of whisky at each place on the statement
that 1t was for friend who was afflicted
with the delirium tremens. This sanity
name is Moore and on the
strength of the information furnished the
sheriff that officer has given notification
that the Sunday closing law will be
strictly enforced.
Charles Whitney. who lives at Kiona,
met with serious accident at the Glade,
klickitat county, recently. He was
there in charge Of blooded stallion and
had gone out as usual in the morning to
bride the animal, but as the horse did
not take the bit when told to Whitney
spoke little harsher than usual, when,
without warning, the vicious brute forced
him into a corner of the stall, at the
same time chewing his shoulder. Before
Mr.. Whitney could get away the horse
had broken one Of his ribs, sprsined his
arm and stepped on his foot. The stall
lion is said to have killed one or two
men.
The hay crop Of Kittitas county is said
to be heavier than it has been for num-
Der Of years. s. r. Geddis, who has one
of the best hay ranches in the valley, in
tends to bale 600 tons this season. Yak
ina will also have big crop but through
out eastern Washington the yield will be
light and in Stevens county new hay is
selling for $40 per ton. This is due to an
unusually short crop and lack of trans
portstion. In Spokane timothy is quot
cd at s7.50@$s; grain hay $7@7.50. In
Seattle the hay quotations for car load
lots are as follows; Puget Sound s6@$s;
eastern Washington $9.5O@$10; alfalfa
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