The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-04-23

his want, probably to keep mp his cour-
age, when his eyes rested on recumbent
figure among the sage brush a short dis
lance from the road Il looked like q
woman With black dress and q white
apron. He approached it and when a
short distance off said: 'What are you
doing there?" The figure raised itself
AMI he beheld the CHASTITY pale face Of a
woman encircled with dark shawl. She
made no reply and the young man, with
his courage oozing out in great chunks
aud his knees knocking together in. Q
most peculiar manner, slowly backed
away, the mournfol eyes still following
him. When he had reached distance
sufficient to enable him to gather himself
together be picked up his feet and ran,
making what he considers was the best
time on record. The next morning he
searched the spot but could find nothing
and he vows he had not been toying with
the ardent.
Over in the Puyallup and White river
valleys there will be great decrease 10
the hop acreage. II. E. McGowen gives
it as his opinion that not over so per
cent. OF the amount of hops raised last
year will be harvested this season. L.
Meeker says that not much oyer half the
usual acreage will be cultivated in Ore
gon and Washington, while George Rose
estimates that the 10000 acres of hops
formerly cultivated in this state will be
decreased to between $500 and $500 acres.
He believes $500 acres of hops will be
plowed under and that from 1900 to 1000
acres will not be cultivated at all. On
the west side. he claims that not over rs
PER cent. of the hop acreage will be
sprayed, which, practically speaking.
means that those hops not sprayed will
not be worth the picking, even II prices
do revive somewhat. In Yakima the
estimates place the yards which will be
plowed under or not cultivated at 1000
acres.
The billiard tournament at the Alfalfa
was brought TO a close on Monday even
ing 10y DR.. @. j. Hill winning the cue.
This was in the nature Of surprise to
the spectators for the doctor had not fig
ured to any extent in the calculations of
those who were making predictions as to
the winner. Even when the number of
player had narrowed down to a few there
was little thought OF his winning but the
doctor has played quite game in former
days and recently he has been practicing
considerably and something of his old
skill returned. First, George Vance went
down before him, then Pat Jordan knock.
ed out Mr.. Pumphrey, and on the last
night Harry Worries and Jordan dropped
out in turn 10 the final games with Or.
Hill who was presented with the cham
pionsbip cue. j. L. Smith captured the
second cue having made the largest aver
age, 2.32, in any Of the games played.
As loreshadowed in last weeks HER
AID, George II. Wolf, one of the men
found guilty of robbing the Chinese sec
ton men at Kennewick, has made a con-
fession, in which he admits the offense
to the extent OF assaulting the Cinnamon
and trying to drive them from the coun-
try, but disclaiming the robbery part of
the charge. He denies that Hettinger
had anything to do with the assault, and
says he was assisted by Dave Simpson,
who has since left the country. Prose-
cutting Attorney Englehart does not take
much stock in the confession, believing
that they have arranged it between them
selves on the score that there is no ne
cessity for both going to the "pen" when
one can gain his freedom and be of serv-
ice to the other.
Saddle horses belonging to Wesley
Jones and Z. w. Bracket were taken
from hitching posts in the center of the
city, last Saturday night, and ridden off.
The horses stripped of saddles and
brides were found in the sage brush
near the old town a couple OF days later.
II owners who stay in town late at night
would take their horses to the stables,
even at the cost of 25 cents, they would
save money for themselves and the coun-
ty. This is the second saddle Mr.. Jones
has had stolen within the past few
months.
Rev. T. HI. Massey, presiding elder of
the Puget sound district, with his wife,
spent few days In the city the first of
the week before going east to attend the
general conference of the M. E. church.
Mr.. Massey has been engaged to give
number of lectures while east, one of
them being on Washington" and his
purpose in visiting Yakima was to gather
information concerning this section OF
the state.
| DR.. p. Frank has made arrangements
to take in DR.. X. Cornell. Of Denver,
Col, as partner. DR.. Franks large
practice and continuous attention to his
profession has made him feel the need of
a vacation, which he proposes to spend
in California as soon an DR.. Cornell
arrives and becomes located.
Mr.. A. J. Splawn desires to thank the
numerous friends for their many and
kindly offices during the last sickness of
his wife, and he says he will ever hold
them in loving remembrance for their
good deeds to one who so patiently await