The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-08-20
SNAP SHOTS At YAKIMA
The Herald" Reporter Takes Photo
graphs Of Local EYents.
PEN PICTURES OF YAKIMA LIRg
All sorts Of Paragraph Gathered
in she Metropolis OF Central wash
ingsen and from she GREAT and
Fertile Country Surrounding II.

Mrs. 8. X. McCaw returned on We'd
nesday from Whatcom.
Cashier J. ID. Cornett is expected back
tomorrow from his outing on the sound.
Rev. Salyer and family have returned
from their outing In the Simcoe noun
tains.
Mrs. M. p. Kay and Mrs. Mary Badere.
OF Martin, are guests OF the Hotel
Yakima.
Justice r. o. Dunbar OF the supreme
bench arrived in the city yesterday for a
brief stay.
"Tony" Krober and Herman Frank re-
turned on Wednesday from q trip to the
st. Helen's mining district.
Prof. Lawrence leaves next week for
Seattle where the last meeting Of the state
board Of education will be held.
Mrs. Smith, of Ellensburg, wife of Con-
the guest Of Mrs. J. H. Carpenter.
John Curry, Pat Jordan, the Misses
LaBissioner and Miss Amelia Schreiner
returned from Soda Springs this morning.
vestal Snyder leaves on Friday for the
Swauk mines. He will return the latter
part Of the month accompanied by Mrs.
Snyder.
Mrs. Dawson, the defendant in the
famous Dawson divorce suit OF Seattle, is
in the city visiting her mother, Mrs. +.
A. Carpenter.
G. A. Anderson, who would like to be
county auditor, and 2. L. Sullivan, the
merchant, are up from Mabton, taking
snap shots at the political situation.
Joseph E. Otter and his sister, Miss
Anna Otter, are spending a couple OF
weeks ON the other side Of the mountains
visiting Seattle, Tacoma, Port Townsend
and Victoria.
Regular service at the Christian church
next Sunday; Morning theme, "The
Authority of the Church Over Its Mem
bers." Evening theme, "The Financial
Advantage of Licensed Saloons"
Guy Allen, "Bud" Mcdaniel and Miss
Buels Sigmund are members Of Mrs. Fl.
A. Griffin's camp at the foot of the grade
on the Natchez. 1t is most hospitable
camp and wayfarers from the city are be-
ing constantly entertained there.
Phil Fitterer, of the Hotel Horton,
Ellensburg, was in the city Tuesday. As
Ellensburg has no bank, the .Fitterer
Bros. do their banking here and in con-
sequence one or the other OF them is
occasionally seen by their many friends
on our streets.
The lawn social at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Walton ON Wednesday
evening, was a very pleasant affair.
About 100 young people were present and
made the evening ring with their merri-
ment. Refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served.
A son of II. s. Rowe, OF Portland, is
suffering from blood poisoning caused by
scratch from the teeth of salmon.
Mr.. Rowe was formerly member of the
firm OF Weed & Rowe of this city and
largely interested in the Yakima Nation
al bank. His son is still under the care
Of physicians but it is thought that all
danger is past.
Mrs. J. G. Robb and her daughter,
Mrs. M. P. Wander Horck, OF Minneapo-
lis, are the guests of their relative Mr..
and Mrs. G. s. Hough, having stopped
off from the east bound train Thursday,
after an extended trip through the north
west. Mrs. Robb's husband is the pres
ident of the Peoples bank Of Minneapolis
and Mrs. Wander Horck is the wife of
prominent physician of that city.
The commissioners of the state fair re-
quest the farmers who propose to COM
pete for the special prizes offered for
agricultural displays to call at the Office
of the commissioners, in the Yakima
National bank building, and select their
space in the pavilion. There should be
no delay in this matter as foreign exhibit
tors are daily making application and
some fear is felt that there will be a
scarcity of room.
The Studebaker Bros. have made ap-
plication for an entire wing of the pavil-
lion, at the state fair, but the commits
sioners, with the other applications 10
hand, cannot see their way clear to grant
the concession. 1t is now proposed to
throw on an addition to the main build.
ing for this firm. the state to furnish the
lumber If Studebaker Bros, through their
local agent. Mr.. NJ. schorn, will look af-
ter the construction. Applications for
space are coming in at such q rate that
the farmers who are to compete for the
special prizes should at once secure loca-
tions for their exhibits.
II. :. Simon, OF the Wenatchee, has
PRODUCED new fruit which has not as
yet been named. In color it is a deep
red but in shape il is not unlike tomato
and is two or three inches in diameter.
When opened it is as juicy as a plum,
though hrmer, and 70 said to haye fav-
ps that il combination Of plum. peach,