The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-11-12
SNAP SHOTS At YAKIMA
The. Herald" Reporter Takes Photo
graphs Of Local Events.
PEN PICTURES or YAKIMA LIFE
All Sorts OF Paragraphs Gathered
in che Metropolis Of Central WASH
ington and from thc Great and
Fertile Country Surrounding IL.

Fred E. Thompson has been visitor
to various sound points during the past
week.
Chief Justice R. o. Dunbar arrived on
Sunday for Olympia and left the same
day by team, for Goldendale.
Harvey Young, Of Yakima, was en-
rolled as student OF the state normal
school, Ellensburg, last week.
W. H. Vessey has bought band Of
$500 sheep which includes those formerly
owned by Mr.. Cameron, of Sunnysije.
The case Of the State vs. Thomas John.
son has been continued until Nov. 30th,
on account Of the sickness of the de-
PENDANT.
President Cleveland and Governor Nc
Graw have issued their proclamations
designating Thursday, Nov. 26th, as
Thanksgiving day.
James Linder, a youth Of II years, sus-
tanned a fracture of one Of his legs on
Friday last, by being thrown from a
horse while racing with companion.
George Harvey, formerly merchant OF
Zillah and later OF Toppenish, has pur-
chased the store OF Chas. Adams at Fort
Since, and will take possession at once.
w. G. Rowland, one of the leading
grocers OF Tacoma, was in the city on
Monday buying apples. He pronounces
the Yakima apple the finest he has ever
seen.
Jay Lynch, of Dayton, formerly agent
of the Yakima Indian reservation, is said
to be again an applicant for that position
subject to the will of President-elect
Mckinley.
L. +. Grimes, the hayward son of the
late auditor, who was arrested in this
city for selling liquor to Indians, pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined $50
and costs by Judge Hanford.
j. Z. Ryan left on Monday for Spokane
and the country to the north to look over
the situation with a view to engaging in
business if the conditions are favorable.
He expects to be gone about month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Uhlman returned
to Tacoma last week and expect to again
make that city their home. Mr.. Uhlman
is said to be an applicant for the position
of agent of the Yakima Indian reserva.
ton.
Richard Strobach says that the fight
for silver will be continued with greater
vigor than before and that within a
month there will be a membership of
over 1000 for the bimetallic club of Yaki-
ma county.
Pugilists Fitzsimmons and Sharkey
have arranged for glove contest to take
place on Dec. I'd, in the National athletic
club rooms, San Francisco, for purse of
$4,000. The Sharkey-C orbet fight gives
no indications of coming to a head. the
fault appara ntly lying with Corbet.
DIR. E. 7. Curtiss has been arranging
the exhibition car of the Northern Paci &c
which is now about ready for a tour of
the eastern states. The exhibits were
largely secured at the Spokane fruit fair
but still all sections will be represented
and credits fairly given. The car will be
In charge of DR.. Curtis.
1t has been rqmored around the streets
that Col L. S. Hewlett would be an ap-
plicant for the postoffice. Col. Hewlett
is somewhat annoyed at the report and
requests THE HERALD to state that there
is absolutely no foundation for 1t what
ever. He is neither an applicant nor
does he want the position.
A contract between the Northern Pa
Gifts Railway company, and the Natchez
Pass Railway company, the latter buying
an engine and leasing eight miles of iron
rails for five years and to have the right
TO purchase the same from the Northern
Pacific company at $25 per ton. was filed
with the auditor of Pierce county on Fri
day last.
+. w. Roach has transferred his lease
of the Prosser american to ID. ID. Calkins
and w. b. Noble and will at once enter
upon the management of the Riverside
botel. The american is now printed in this
city and Prosser has practically lost its
newspaper. 1t has struggled bard for an
existence but the town was too small to
furnish the required support. North
Yakima assisted very materially in the
way of advertising and subscriptions, but
the plethora Of newspapers in the county
was too much and the paper has fallen
into the hands of the mortgages, Sey-
mour, Barto & Co., and the plant will be
moved to the Trail Creek country and be
under the control of MIR. Cameron of the
Pasco Neus, in which Seymour, Barto &
Co. are also interested. Just where the
American will be located is q matter Of
uncertainty but probably either at Trail
or Rossland.