The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-13
parasrIphic psncilinss Of Herald" Re-
pOrters In their Search for News.
MANY MATTERS OF LOCAL MOMENT
local Items Regarding Nlisceiiane.
Gus Events " hich Have Trans.
pired tn and About North Yakima
During the past week.

tlCe Rodman.
Jack Sinsel, Tim Monohan and Joe
Fife expect to get away Friday for the
mines OF the Trail creek district.
Mrs. J. d. Cornett's condition Of health,
which has been giving her family and
friends great anxiety, is said to be much
improved this week.
W. l.. Connolly arrived on Sunday from
from Pendleton, Or, and expects to re-
remain until his health, which has been
quite poor Of late, is improved.
Don't miss the Red Letter sale OF the
star Clothing house, beginning Saturday,
May 18th, ending Saturday, May 22d.
Special bargains each day.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Brown left on Mon.
days train for Canton, New York, where
they will reside. Many friends and
pupils accompanied them to the train.
Attorney Fred Miller and U. S. Com
missioner Henton expect to start for The
Dalles Saturday where the Columbia riv-
er fisheries investigation will be con-
tinued.
Col Walter J. Milroy arrived on Mon
day from Olympia to spend few days
with relatives and friends in this city
previous to going to the Swauk district,
where he has mining interests, for the
summer.
Tom Fife was seriously injured on Mon
day by falling a distance of sixteen feet,
from the Union Gap bridge, on which he
was working, to the rocks below. His
hip bone VISA broken, he was severely
bruised and internal injuries are feared.
Fife is now at st. Elizabeths hospital.
The marriage of Mr.. Harry Worries to
Miss Dale Watson will be celebrated this,
Thursday, evening at o'clock, at the
residence of the brides sister, Mrs. A. +.
Smelling, by the Rev. N. Evans. There
will be no bridal tour, Mr.. and Mrs.
Worries Immediately entering upon
housekeeping in the cottage of Mrs. Ellis,
on north Third street.
Mr.. f. +. James has been trying to
get location along the railroad track for
his new creamery, but has so far failed
to secure satisfactory figures for the
building property desired by him, and
has concluded not to hurry the project
along as the best part of the season is
now nearly over. He is ready to build
as soon as suitable site is secured.
Mrs. II, X. Owens passed through
Yakima Monday night, bound for Free
dom, Idaho, where her husband has ex
tensive placer mining interests. She was
joined here by Mr.. Owens, who had pre-
coded her day in order to ship her kiln
TOR china burning to their summer home.
Mrs. Owens skill at painting has been
greatly increased during the past winter
by several months study at st. Paul,
with the best Of teachers.
The president and secretary of the
Commercial club were instructed, at the
last meeting of the governing board, to
write to the states representatives in
congress advocating the appointment of
tea inspector for Puget Sound, other
wise the tea will have to be placed in bond
to the annoyance OF the shipper and the
loss of trade through the sound ports.
Last year of the 5000, 900 pounds Of tea
imported into the United States, $780,
900 pounds passed through the port of
Tacoma.
County Commissioner Joseph Stephen
son left for Seattle this morning. being
called there by the chairmen OF the King
and Pierce county boards, for another
conference regarding the state wagon. road
across the mountains. Work will be
commenced at this end of the line as soon
as the location and grade stakes have
been set far enough ahead not to inter-
fere with the graders. Surveyor Marble
and Viewers Chas. Lille, Geo. Weikel
and Scott Stevens left for the front on
Tuesday to attend to this work.
large number of bicyclers and citizens
in various kinds of vehicles, visited the
district of Ko-tia-ken, the head chief and
medicine man of the blanket Indians, two
miles below Union Gap, on Sunday.
The occasion was the annual spring pom.
pom and salmon feast, which is an ex.
tremely interesting sight for those who
have never before witnessed it. Nearly
200 Indians were engaged in the dance
and subsequent feast, and the mean
tations were of weird and impressive
character. An effort was made to pho
tograph the barbaric scene and view
was obtained only by strategy and by
including the brigade of wheelmen in
the picture.
Moving the Woodcock formerly All.
tanum) academy building, intact, for a
distance of eight miles is somewhat of
an undertaking, but such may be the
case as will be seen by the notice to con-
tractors and requests for proposals pub
lished on the second page of THE HERALD.
The trustees have held a meeting during
the past week and have secured grounds
for the academy just east of the city
limits, at the foot of Yakima avenue.
They advertise for bids for the removal