The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-01-30
THE LOCAL SKBTCH-BOOK
Entertaining Bits Of Information Which
Were Found Within.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts of Paragraphs Gathered
in the Metropolis OF Central WASH
ington ana from She Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding IL.

]. L. Smith left for Spokane Tuesday
on a brief business trip.
George Guilland has rendered bis res
ignation as U. S. deputy marshal.
Born, at North Yakima, Sunday, Jan
20, to Mr.. and Mrs. James +. Berry, a
son.
Rev. 4. p. Greene arrived in the city
from Arlington, Oregon, on Monday for 8
brief visit.
The Pacific Meat company, of Tacoma,
has made SIS, 900 by the recent rise in the
price of pork.
Louis Luckhardt, wife and sister left
on Wednesday for Spokane, where they
will make their home.
On Monday, at Seattle, Yakima pota'
toes were quoted at $l0.5G@$ll per ton
and Puget sound potatoes at $6.50@7 so.
Joseph Teal, brother of Henry Teal Of
the First National bank, is being favor
ably mentioned as the coming mayor OF
portland.
Harry Mckee, formerly a partner Of
Charles Uhman in the butchering bust
ness at Tacoma, arrived in the city on
Monday for visit with friends.
Mrs. George Guilland started from Salt
Lake for Yakima on Sunday. She will
remain with friends at Spokane for a
couple OF days before coming home.
Thomas Maloney, of Port Angeles, has
been elected secretary of the democratic
state central committee, vice Chas. De.
France, who is now a resident of Port
land.
Jack Taggard, nephew of Col. J. A.
Taggard, and F. III. Lytle, of Roslyn
spent Sunday in the city. Both of these
gentlemen hold places of trust in the
Roslyn Coal company.
Capt. ]. p. Steinbach has sold the Mon
ogram cigar store to VIM. Lacy. and will
remove to Tacoma to engage in the life
insurance business. in which occupation
he has had considerable experience and
success.
Judge Cation, of Sprague, who is well
known in Yakima, has gone to Oregon in
search of new field of practice. The
great fire at Sprague and the loss of the
car shops has made that town a most
unsatisfactory business point
Wolfe and Hettinger. the men charged
with robbing the Chinese section hands
at Kennewick, have been released on
$1,000 bonds each, executed by w. R
and A. E. Richards, leading far ners o
the lower end of the county.
Mrs. Alice Taylor, worthy grand mat
ron Of. the Eastern Star order for this
state, arrived on Monday from Seattle
and spent the following day inspecting
the affairs of the local lodge and becom
ing acquainted with the members. She
was the guest of the family of J. G. Law
renee while here.
JEFF Mcdaniel, Nels Short and Jacl
Stinsel propose going to the Yukon coun
try, Alaska, in the spring. If those wht
are making calculations to go to the mines
upon the opening of the season do no
slip up on their plans there will be. ar
exodus of not less than 800 young mer
from in and about North Yakima, which
will make quite an inroad into our popu
lation.
A lower Yakima correspondent of th,
Pasco Negs says: Quite a number o
our lads and ladies attended an 1ndiai
love dance recently. They have larg
encampment on the Columbia river ant
there are Indians from all over the coun
try attending the ceremonies. When
dusky damsel accepts her lover every
thing was quiet, but when she rejects hin
the Indians all laugh loudly.
D. E. Lesh returned from the sound oil
Monday, having accompanied two ca
loads of mutton sheep shipped by tn
Mckee company to the Pacific Meat com
pany, of Tacoma. The Mckee compan
cut I4OO tons OF alfalfa last year, but thi
amount has been considerably reduced
as about ten tons have been fed to tn
stock daily. Less will be fed in tn
future, as the weekly shipments of tw
cars of sheep for some time past hav
greatly reduced the number OF mouths
be supplied.
w. T. Clark was over from Artesia
Heights on Saturday last and reporte
that the we'll he was now working o
had been giving much trouble. owing
the sand filling up the casing, but thu
now good rock had been struck and be
ter progress would be made. He
down 600 feet and expects to strike flow
ing water at a depth of $50 feet. TIL
company has two other incomplete we'll
one down 900 feet and the other 4O'
These will be finished in the spring. III
two flowing wells furnish about 4.0O0, 0C
gallons of water daily.