The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-02-20
Dissolution Of Partnership Sale !
MARCH 1
Our Partnership Ceases.

Probably the pleasantest aDte-lenten
affair Of the week was the drive whist
party given by Mr.. and Mrs. Ross on
Tuesday evening, at their spacious apart
ments in THE HERALD building. The
guests were royalty entertained, and part
ed with many expressions of regret that
so enjoyable an evening must end. The
players were Mr.. and Mrs. Ross, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Donald. Col. and Mrs. Prosser,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Snively. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. ID. Cornett, DR.. and Mrs. Heg,
Mrs. DIR. Morrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bsrtholet, Mrs. Goodwin, Mr..
Paul Holbrook, Mr.. Walter Morrison.
Eleven games were played, after which
a sumptuous collation. was served, and
prizes awarded. The first prize for the
ladies was won by Mrs. Prosser with
a total Of eight games, the consolation
prize by Mrs. Sniveley. Messrs. Prosser,
Snively and Holbrook tied for the first
place among the gentlemen, with q total
of seven games, the consolation prize be-
ing captured by Mr. Cornett. The tie
was decided by cutting the cards and re-
suited in victory for Mr.. Sniveley.
The Valentine and Tag social given by
the Epworth League on the evening OF
st. Valentines day, in the spacious par
lors of the Hotel Yakima, was perhaps
the most enjoyable of any given by that
society. The young ladies, with the able
assistance of Mesdames Greene and
Brown, had prepared dainty and unique
valentines which were dispensed to the
sterner sex tor small price and after
ward read aloud by the purchaser for the
benefit Of all present. Some Of them pro-
voked much merriment, especially the
poem read by Mr.. Brown, which was pre-
sumably written by himself, for it was so
worded as to make him out "the hand.
soonest man in town." but which was
taken exception to by other young men
present. Fred Miller was also the re-
cIpient of mirth- provoking valentine
which he read in his original style. After
a time spent in social games dainty
luncheon was served. which was follow
ed by an enthusiastic "cake-w walk" 1t
was late hour when the pleasant gath.
ering dispersed.
After long sickness, in which there
was no hope of recovery, Eugene V. Flint
passed over to the silent majority, at 5
O'Clock a. m. Friday February l4th, aged
55 years. The deceased was born in
Wisconsin and crossed the plains with
his fathers family in 1858, locating in
Southern Oregon. At the outbreaking of
the war he volunteered his services to his
country and served for four years under
General Conners. The succeeding fifteen
years were passed in prospecting and in
the mining towns along the coast. In
1881 MIR. Flint came to Yakima, where
his father and brothers had located, and
settled on tract of land in Parker Bot
tom. There he remained up to the time
of his death. The funeral was held from
the Christian church on Saturday, Feb
ruary 10th, and after an impressive fun
eral service, conducted by Rev. M. l..
Rose, the body was accompanied to its
last resting place by large number of
sorrowing friends.
The celebration of China New Years
ended on Tuesday night with the firing
of bombs and 100000 firecrackers. The
celestials of the "tenderloin district"
claim to have exploded 240 900 firecrackers
in an effort to drive the devil away during
the six days observance of the coming
OF the year 7249. One son of Confucius
was not very we'll pleased with the enter
tanment judging from the following re-
mark made to HERALD reporter: "New
Y'lear on bum! Sabe? Og chi mucki
chi tokai. Sabe? Mucki hi! The re-
porter concluded from this that the hard
times had brought the customary festivi-
ties down to bed rock basis.
In commenting upon the blowing up Of
hop yards in Clackamas county, Oregon,
the Tacoma Ledger says that other fields
"will no doubt be plowed up in other
counties Just as they will be in the famed
Puyallup and Stuck valleys in this state
The hop industry west of the Cascade
range is undoubtedly beginning to de-
cline. and before long unless pricesgreat-
ly improve the business will be surren-
dered to the irrigated areas, where the
crop is more certain and the cost of de-
Tending it against pests is as yet not
great"
The San Francisco Call is authority
for the statement that there is to be es-
tablished near that city poultry farm
which, when operated to its full capacity,
will be calculated to put upon the market
10000 broilers and 1000, 600 eggs annu-
ally, the industry to be conducted by a
company with capital stock of $25, 900.
E. o. Keck is having the room former
ly occupied by the Bargain store fitted up
and expects to open in about three
weeks with full line of hardware. Mr..
Keck will be associated with A. Biller-
beck who is expected to arrive here in a
few days from Illinois.
On Friday last there were fled with
the county auditor the following record
of births: Jan. 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs.