The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-30

North Yakima that can he appealed to
hereafter in all such cases.
Bread, confectionery and pastry, al.
ways fresh and always good, at Otter &
Mechtel's bak cry, on Yakima sv. 3I-ii
Indian Commissioner Hoyt has re.
turned and is now giving his attention to
the proposed treaty which provides for
the opening Of the Yakima reservation.
Alexander Brandenburg, Store Keeper
Georges right-hand man at Toppensn,
spent Sunday and Monday in the city.
He reports considerable grain shipment
from that point of late.
II you have ever seen little child in
psroxysm of whooping cough, or if you
have been ANNOYED by constant tickling
in the throat, you can appreciate the
value of One Minute Cough Cure, which
gives quick relief. Janeck Bros. Drug
Store.
A. Smythe & Son have been buying
sheep on large scale over in klckitat
The latest purchases were from Colonel
Thompson and Curtis 4 Smith. The
former sold him 2OO) head and from the
latter he bought 1900. Mr.. Smythe ships
these purchases from North Yakima,
which is rapidly developing into sheep
center.
! Rossland and the kootenai country
are now only nineteen hours distant from
| Yakima according to the time table of
the Northern Pacific. This popular road
is making special efforts to secure the
travel to and from that district and
there are no longer tedious waits at Spo-
kane. Passengers taking the east bound
train at l:2O in the evening will he
landed in Rossland early the next even
ing. lItf.
Goldendale Agricuturst Rev Evans.
the new pastor of the Goldendale NJ. E..
church, preached his Introductory ser
mons last Sunday to large audiences
In the evening the Presbyterian church
held no services and went over to hear
the new preacher. Rev. Evans is very
able pulpit orator one of the best in the
Columbia river conference.
| Marshal Backer, together with Officers
Grant, Mckinzie and Mr.. Keever, made
tour of the saloons and alleys Saturday
afternoon and continued it out along the
Schanno ditch. They rounded up four
teen suspicious characters, who were es.
and threatened with the chain gang #
they ever returned--and they never came
| back.
On Friday morning some very bold
marauder entered the room of Miss Mary
| Fredericks in the larger Caldwell building
and stole 81 in cash and gold watch i.
She was in the steam laundry at Il e
time, but the building was full of people
and the wonder IL that the intruder was
not seen. He let himself into the apart
ment with a skeleton key, which he left
in the lock when he went away.
Messrs. +. S. Smith and j. g. Cam
e-on were registered at the Hotel Yak
ina during the early part of the week.
They are after 800 head of horses, to be
used in an Alaska expedition, and are
disappointed at what they consider the
high price that is being asked for pack
horses here. They claim it is cheaper to
buy them in Spokane and pay the extra
freight.
Ellensburg Capital: l.. II. Jansen
came down from the Swauk Wednesday
evening with magnificent lot Of gold
nuggets, the largest of which weighs six.
teen ounces and is worth $40. The next
in size is worth 1928, and the other eight
range down to $40, the lot of little over
fifty ounces, being worth about $500.
They are from John Blacks claim and
are certainly magnificent lot.
| Chief of Police Backer tells a pretty
good story on himself. Not long ago he
pointed out big, lnsty, hard visaged say
aye to HERALD reporter and said he met
him once up among the hills in the
Cowychee canyon in a very lonesome and
uninviting place on a trail long way
from civilization. The only weapon the
chief had was fishing pole. While
meandering along he spied big Indian
sitting on rock, who, as Mr.. Backer APP
preached, said, "Do you know me ?"
| "No," said the peace officer. "Well, |
know you. You put me in the skookum
house once" John had enough breath
left to ask for the cause, and was very
much relieved when his companion said
he had been drunk and intimsted that he
bore the chief no i'll will. John express
his thanks at being let off so easy and
resumed his march forward to the
stream. where he hoped to quiet his
nerves with the fly and hook.
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