The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-09-24
SNAP SHOTS AT YAKIMA
The Herald" Reporter Takes Photo
graphs Of Local Events.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
tn the Metropolis OF Central WASH
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding Is.

Judge J. B. Reavis is sound visitor
this week.
Miss Wyckoff is expected back from
Seattle on Saturday.
:. Attorney John p. Hartman OF Seattle,
is in the city today on legal business.
w. L. Steinweg returned an Tuesday
from the mining districts north and west
OF Cle-Elum.
]. L. Smith left on Sunday for Portland
to spend couple Of weeks at the fair
and among friends
Captain ). H. Thomas is expected
home from the Cripple Creek country In
time to attend the state fair.
Miss Mary Otter. of Sublimity. Or,
arrived in the ci3y yesterday for visit
with her uncle, Henry Otter. and family.
John w. Pearse, of Sunnyside, has
been spending several days in the city
waiting to 60 back east with train load
OF sheep.
Theme at the Christian church next
Sunday morning, "a Tenderfoot's Ac-
acknowledgements; evening "Demetrins
and His Craft"
Ex-Governor A. p. Swineford, OF
Alaska, spent several days in the city
this week in the capacity OF government
inspector of land offices.
Ellensburg LocaLzer: The Olmsteads
were in Yakima last week looking for a
creamery location. They sold out the
one they had In this valley.
The big boulders are still to be found
on West Walnut street, the principal
thoroughfare into the city. 1t would re.
quire little work to remove them.
Mrs. B. L. Baker and children have
arrived from Walla WalIa and the family
is now comfortably located in the resi-
dence recently vacated by e. F. White.
Fl. ]. Snively returned from Rossland,
B, O., on Wednesday in time to preside
over the big meeting of Bobby" Bridges
and the "silver Knight with the golden
locks"
j. A. Macarthur returned on Saturday
last from visit with his parents in North
Dakota, and is once more looking after
the interests of customers in Otter Bros.
popular store.
Geo. P. Eaton, secretary OF the Wash
ington State immigration Association,
arrived in the city Wednesday. He says
there will be larger attendance on the
fair from the west side OF the mountains
this year than there was last.
Mrs. M. A. Chapman and her brothers,
Emil and Alfred Schanno, returned on
Sunday from the Swauk mines. DIR.
Graves and Frank Craig are also back.
VIM. Ker is building house and will
remain for some time longer and possibly
through the winter.
A premature explosion OF the canon
fred Wednesday evening previous to the
speaking of Lewis and Bridges resulted
in James Mckenzie being somewhat
burned about the face. For time il
was thought be would lose his eyesight
but that danger is over. Some fear ID
felt that his ear drum was injured by the
conclusion.
The county prohibition convention wal
held at the court house Monday. There
were FIVE cold water boys present, who
nominated the following ticket: Legis
lature, Robert Perry; prosecuting attor
ney, @. A. Salyer; treasurer, w. H
Cory; auditor, d. bruce; clerk, G. Ben
son: assessor, A. P. Oliver; surveyor. J
L. Stackhouse; coroner, N. Blood; sheer
commissioner, M. N. Kuuppenberg.
Hanna b Larson, a young woman in
the employ of Mrs. Frank Horsley, suf
fered the fracture OF her left leg Sunday
evening while returning by team from a
visit to the country. The horses com.
menced to buck and acting badly and
Miss Larson. thoroughly frightened
jumped from the buggy. She landed ia
such q manner that the bones OF the Les
Just above the ankle were broken. She
was taken to the hospital and is now
under the care OF DIR. Frank.
The shipments Of sheep from this sta
ton have been much greater this yea
than ever before, and stiil for this season
OF the year, Yakima never contained as
many sheep. Ii is largely due to q poll
cy pursued by the Northern Pacific which
has brought from Oregon large bands o
sheep and made Yakima the feeding ant
shipping ground. On Saturday Mr.. Oar
lington left for his home in Chicago with
16 cars of sheep. Sunday Barfoot 4
Thorn, OF Arlington, Or, started with {
heavy train load and the same day Kerr
& Buckley, of Gross Valley, Or, loade'
and shipped another train of sheep. Th'
price paid for lambs in Yakima wal
$40 q s1.6O and for yearlings sl.75
The market is fairly satisfactory to th
ahoor man