The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-12-10
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Fertile Country Surrounding II.

Mayor Redman is again around after
seige Of rheumatism.
Mrs. Phoebe Adams and family have
gone to Spokane to spend the winter.
The public schools will close on Friday
Of next week for the Christmas holidays.
Joe Keith, formerly resident Of this
city, died recently at Aberdeen, this
state.
Col. L. s. Hewlett, left on Monday
for Phoenix, Arizona, to attend the Irri-
cation congress.
Mrs. Cyrus Walker and son expect to
leave for California next month to spend
the balance Of the winter.
F. M. Her did not accompany his wife
to California but is now working 10
Rhinke's photograph gallery, Ellensburg.
Two city tickets have been nominated
in Ellensburg. On one DR.. P. P. Gray is
the candidate for mayor and on the other
J. II. Morgan.
Have you been busy lately, Mrs.
Plodgett?' "Yes I've just worn myself
out trying to think what all those things
were that Mr.. Plodgett promised to buy
me after the election"
w. H. Steele, who is known by all bis
friends as BILLY" Steele, left on Monday
for Kentucky, having been summoned
there by telegraph on account Of the dan.
gerous illness OF his father.
F. d. Scnnebley, of Ellensbury, is q
candidate for warden OF the state peni-
Tertiary and is said to be strongly endors-
cd for the position. He ia now in the
city looking after his fences.
w. L. Lemon, Stanley Coffin and T. l..
Lynch were elected members OF the Com
mercial club at the last meeting Of the
governing board. An order was also
adopted making clergymen Of the city
honorary members.
A sensible mother says that she in
tends to give her daughter, who has
finished a college course, course in
bakeology, boilology, roastology, stitch
ology and mendology, before she will
consider the girls education finished.
]. B. George has been appointed post
master at Toppenish, vice Mrs. G. B. Jor-
dan resigned, and Henry Sedge has filed
his bond as postmaster at Nile, the newly
created office 20 miles northwest of this
city. The Office at Toppenlsh has been
removed to the store of Mr.. George.
Mrs. ]. B. Reavis returned from Olym-
pia on Sundays train, having been
called to that city by the fatal illness Of
her mother, Mrs. Martha Freeman, who
died on Friday just previous to the arrival
OF Mrs. Reavis. The deceased was "a
years Of age and a woman Of great In
telligence and admirable character.
The official vote of the state of Wash,
ington is published. The total, on presi.
dent. is 93,412, thus divided: Bryan,
5l,S57; Mckinley. 9.244; Palmer, l446
lowering, 1877. On governor: Rogers,
50,949; Sullivan, 3s,l49; Dunlap, 1913.
The fusion plurality on president ia
1858; on governor, 1880.
The Inland Telephone and Telegra
Co., and the Sunset Telephone Co., have
reached an agreement and will jointly
construct $50 miles OF new line next year,
extending from Eastern Washington to
the cities OF the Sound. There will be a
continuous line from Spokane via Walla
Wslla, North Yakima, Ellensburg and
Tacoma to Seattle. The estimated cost
Of this work is $4,000.
The U. s. geological survey party, un-
der the charge OF George E. Hyde. has
finished it's work for the season in Kitti
tas county, and gives the altitude oil
Elensburg at 1877 feet above sea level
Gle Elum 1911 feet; Roslyn 1922 feet
Liberty postoffice 2,4l7 feet; Mt. Stuart
9470 feet; Mt. Rainier 1853 feet. All
past records place Mt. Rainier's height at
14,444 feet which shows II lie either grow
ing or the elevations taken In the past
have been wrong. This places Rainier
beyond question, the highest mountain In
the United States, the heighth of Mt.
Shasta being Ia, 440 feet.
The ,nickelin.the- slot machine has be.
come an important factor in the business
of saloons and cigar stores. In Portland
most Of the cigar business is done through
machines and wholesalers say they have
materially assisted in tiding over the
hard times, for the gambling instinct in
man is so stronghold where be formerly
bought cigar aud paid for it outright he
now manipulates the box until he has
pocket full of smokers, and generally
at an advance on the regular price. Com
petition among the cigar dealers of Ia.
coma has become so active that some oil
the dealers offer prizes to players and one
ventursome man gives eight nickels for O
quarter to all who put them through his
machine This is in the face of q yearly
licence Of $40 which Tacoma imposes.