The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-30
snap SHOTS At YAKIMA
The Herald" Reporter Takes Photo
graphs Of LEGAL Events.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts of Paragraphs Gathered
In the Metropolis Of Central Wash.
ington and from the Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding 10.

J. NJ. Gilbert returned from a trip to
the Grays Harbor country on Tuesday.
Mrs. Harley Taylor returned on Satur.
day last from a long visit with friends on
the Sound
The w. c. T. U. will hold the next
meeting at the home OF Mrs. Oliver, on
ID. street, Tuesday afternoon.
The blacksmithing firm of Harvey s;
Sinclair has been dissolved, Mr.. Sinclair
retiring to devote his entire attention to
the Ice business.
Walter Wharton, Joe McCloed, Harris
Elliott and Jack Charles left Tuesday
with saddle and pack horses for Myers
Creek, on the Colville reservation, in
search of fortune.
The clay pigeon shooting contest be.
tween II. A. Griffin and T. Il. Fisher on
Sunday last resulted in Mr.. Griffin retain
ing the leather medal, the score being
10 to 10 in his favor.
j. NJ. Newman and wife left last week
for their former home in southern Him
OILS. During their visit in the east Mrs.
Newman will spend some time in ST..
Louis receiving medical treatment.
Thomas Johnson is erecting 10-stamp
mill near Blewitt, Kittitas county, to
handle the ore taken from the Pole Pick
mine. The ore is free milling and aver
ages $47 in gold per ton. The property
is well developed and it is estimated there
is $4,000 in sight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S. Vance entertain
ed a few iiiends at duplicate whist Tues
day evening" The guests present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Horsley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Whitson, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cornett, Mr.. and Mrs. George Donald,
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Whitson.
The Wide Hollow republican club was
organized Tuesday evening, in the Mob
Hill school house. II. b. Milroy was
elected president, Jesse Scbwartze secre
tary and Fred BROKER treasurer. Wide
Hollow is the banner republican precinct
in the county and the membership of the
club will Of course by large.
A pleasing program is being prepared
for an entertainment to be held shortly
in the wooden mills at Yakima City. The
program viii consist OF dialogues, farces,
Rotations, readings, glees and solos, and
all who attend are assured that they will
spend an enjoyable evening. The full
program will be published next week.
On Friday last new trial was granted
upon the motion of the Messrs. Reed in
the suit OF Watson vs.. Reed. The plain
tiff caused statement to be published in
local papers to the effect that he would
ask for rehearing of the case but when
the defendants motion came up his at
torney strongly opposed the granting of
the same.
Hettinger and Wolfe were on Friday last
sentenced to four years each on the charge
OF robbing the Chinese section hands at
Kennewick. Judge Graves considered
the confession of Wolfe carefully and
went over the entire grounds but could
find no basis for everything the verdict of
the jury. Attorney Snively gave notice
of appeal in the case of Hettinger
Mr.. A. B. Wyckof has returned from
the sound, whittier he journeyed to wit
ness the opening of the United States dry
dock at Port Orchard, of which he was in
charge before retirement from the navy.
The occasion was the docking OF the coast
defense vessel Monterey. and the under
taking was complete success. When
the water was pumped out of the dock
thousands OF fish were left flounderine
about. There were immense salmon.
rock cod, smelt and many other varieties
of the finny tribe.
Lum Wellwell is one of those men who
would take anything that it was possible
to get away with. A red-hot stove
wouldn't phase him If he had ice prongs
He takes everything that comes within
his way il it is movable, but the eve o
the law is ON his trail, and the probabil
ity is that before long Deputy Sheriff
Wayne Field will land him behind thu
bars. Wellwell has been stealing every
thing lying around loose in the Ahtanun
valley. In the vicinity Of the Ahtanun
academy Fem b. Woodcock and numer
GUS other farmers have been heavy loosers
but Mr.. Field will either land his bird o.
get the plumber which has been accumu
lated. Sheriff Dilley, by the way, showed
excellent judgment in the selection of hi
deputies, for it would be difficult to i'm
prove on Fred Rowe as an office man o.
Wayne Field for outside work.
Mr.. John Mechtel returned on Sunda,
las: from Minnesota with his bride, ant
on Tuesday evening host of friend
made thei, appearance at the Tyler resi-
dence, which is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
Mechtel, and proceeded to pass the even
ing most pleasantly with dancing, cardI
and games, followed by delicious lunch
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs. w. II
Gets. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schott, Mr.
and Mrs. Phil Otter, Mr.. and Mrs. JohI
Otter, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nagler
Misses Celeetine La Bissonier. Emma Ii