The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-12-12
THE LOCAL SKETCH-BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
We're Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFT
All Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
In the Metropolis of Central wash
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding It.

Tell me not in sneering manner
Advertising does not pay
Rich are they who fling their banner
Boldest to the world today.
ID. w. Simmons returned on Monday
from short business trip to Spokane.
Attorney Ralph Kaufman of Ellens-
burg was in the city Monday looking af-
ter business in the Superior court.
Noah N. Brown, of the Hotel Yakima,
and James Mabry have been spending
the past week hunting waterfowl in the
Grab Creek country.
Thomas G. Mcdowell, prominent cit.
izen Of Kittitas county and for five years
postmaster at Ellensburg, died on Friday
last and was buried on Sunday.
To make the hair grow a natural color,
prevent badness, and keep the scalp
healthy, Halls Hair Remover was invent
ed, and has proved itself successful.
Patents for homesteads have been re.
ceived at the U. s. land Office for Walter
G. Haywood, Chas. A. Borgason, Barthol
Zwicker, James NJ. Jones, Joseph Parrot
and John Connel.
U. F. Ditemsn left on Saturday last for
Cheney, Spokane, Davenport, and the
Trail Creek country. If the opportuni-
ties are as favorable as Mr.. Diteman has
been led to believe he will probably make
that the base of his operations.
Married, Saturday evening, Dec. 7th,
by the Rev. N. Evans at the NJ. Z. par
sonage, Walter d. Favlle and Miss
Blanche Kelso. The bride is sister OF
Deputy Auditor Kelso and Ex- County
Commissioner Kelso, and the groom is
one of the leading farmers OF the Kiona
district.
Judge Murphy of San Francisco, has
refused to grant Theodore Durrant n new
trial and has ordered him confined at the
San Quentin prison, there to remain until
he is hanged. The date of the hanging
has not been named. Durrant's attorn-
eys gave notice of an appeal to the SUI
preme court.
The Times jumped at a conclusion in
saying that Mrs. Edward Whitson was
called to Seattle to he at "the bedside of
her sister, Mrs. Ex-senator Allen, who is
believed to be dying" Mrs. Aliens
health is excellent but another sister
Mrs. H.sA. b. Corts is dangerously i'll at
her home in Tacoma.
Captain Dunn claims that his creamery
building, which is now under construc-
ton, will be ahead of any building Of
this character in the state. 1t will be
three stories in height, including base.
ment, with ground dimensions 24x4S feet.
Captain Dunn expects to equip the build
ing with the most approved machinery
and hopes to be able to begin operations
in the spring with the milk from 200
cows.
The Maccabees held an election on
Thursday night of last week and chose
the following officers for the year begin
ming Jan. l: Commander, J. G. Liggett /;
Lieut.. Commander, F. T. Briggs; Record
Keeper, E. E. Kelso; Chaplain, F. c..
Hall; Sargent, w. S. Barnes; M. A., w.
]. Aumiller; LIST M. g., H. J. Hill; End
M. g., G. r. Donovan; Sentinel, d. B..
Greenwalt; Picket, Matt Bartholet.
The question OF new depot building
adequate to the needs OF this section and
In keeping with the commercial import
ance of North Yakima is again being
agitated. 1t is hoped that Receiver Bur-
leigh will take cognizsnce of our wishes
in this matter and the Commercial club
has named Messrs. James Gilbert, d. E.
Lesh and l.. S. Hewlett as a committee
to confer with and properly place the
subject before him.
Capt. W. G. Blanker died at his home
in the Ahtanum valley, on Saturday last,
of internal hemorrhage, which produced
suffocation. The deceased was for many
years a steamboat captain on the Mssis-
sippi and Ohio rivers. He suffered an
attack of paralysis while following this av-
ovcation, from which he never recovered.
In September last he moved to Yakima
where his family had preceded him by a
number of months. The funeral was
held on Sunday afternoon under the au-
spices of the Masonic fraternity, and was
largely attended.
E. ii. Libby returned on Monday from
Idaho. He has completed his negotia.
tions for the purchase of $500 acres oil
land on Lewiston Flat, which is situated
on the Washington side OF the Snake
River, opposite to the town of Lewiston
and left on Tuesday for Boston to make
his report to the capitalists with whom
he is associated, and arrange for begin.
ming work in the spring on an irrigation
canal to water this land and thousands oil
adjoining acres. Mr.. Libby saws this
work will consume two years when he
hopes to take up his Priest Rapids irriga.