The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-08-12

Harry Worries has retired from tn
firm OF Worries & Foster.
Henry Otter and Nicholas Mccoy ar
rusticating at Hot Springs this week.
Frank b. Shardlow and wife left OF
Monday for their usual camping trip t.
the upper Natcheez.
Capt. Kingsbury and J. r. Bell lef
this week for the American river to spent
a couple of weeks.
ID. r. Mcdonald, the Zillah lumber.
man. has gone to Marcus, in the Colvill'
country to engage in business.
Two young brothers Of Robert Jackson
have recently arrived from Scotland ant
will make their home in Yakima.
C. Cushman, representing the new
management of the Tacoma Ledger, is il
the city pushing the claims of that publ
cation.
The infant daughter Of Rev. +. p
Greene, formerly of this, city, died las
week at the home OF it's mothers par
ents, in Ellensburk.
Geo. W. Wentworth and wife, of Taco
ma, were Yakima visitors this week hav
ing been called here to make proof or
their desert claim in the Sunnyside coun
try.
The Rancho and Range is to be moveC
to Seattle where it will be published afte
this week. The publisher, Miller Free
man, says the reason for the change is t.
obtain broader field.
Chester Shearer, q young man abou
25 years of age, who came to Yakim'
from California on account of consump
ton, died on Sunday last at the residenc,
of his grandfather, Mr.. G. Parshall.
Charles Donohue, brother of VIM. Don
ohue who met his death 1T the hands o
Tom johnson in the Peshastin mines
committed suicide, one day last week, by
shooting himself through the head.
j. f. Runyon, clerk of the Hotel Yaki
ma, G. G. Babb, of the U. S. geodeti'
survey, H. L. Tucker, Curtis Greene snt
Timothy Lynch, jr., left on Tuesday tt
spend couple of weeks at Dumping lakt
and in the vicinity.
F. S. Davis, the barber who was form
erly a resident in this city is now located
with his wife, in Ferguson, b. G. Tit
town is a small one but surrounded with
promising mining properties which have
not as vet reached shipping stage.
Hub Pratt returned on Tuesday from
the Kootnai country. He says Sandon is
now the best town in that section anC
that Rossland has fallen off very materi
ally in population and business life. A
large number OF miners from that district
have left for the Klondyke.
The editor of the Washington Farmer
has written to Debs suggesting that hi
locate his colony on the Yakima Indisr
reservation. If Freeman could be located
on small sized reservation somewhere
the people never would want it opened
up. He is pestiferous nuisance.
Nels Short and Charles Mabry, with
their wives, returned on Monday from &
two weeks encampment on the upper
Natcheez. They were very successful il
fishing and two handsome trout of sbou
q pound weight each found their way t.
The HERALD EDITORS table with the com
plements of Mr.. Short.
The county missioners again con-
vened this week to look after the bridges
They could not have attended to thil
last week, after adiourning as a boarc
of equalization, for in which event thu
populist member from Prosser would no
have received extra mileage and the PEI
diems of all Of the members would hav,
been curtaiIed somewhat.
Monday was the day, according to th,
ancient custom Of the Chinese, to max,
offerings to Joss for the preservation o
the souls of their dead. On such occa
sions they provide roast pig, ducks anc
other things dear to the Monaghan stom
ach, which are spread on the graves O
the departed. AS usual thing it mean
feast for tranps but the hobos OF Nortl
Yakima suffered as there are no Chimes
inferred here.
The Massillion thresher with Traction
engine. purchased in Portland by Agen
Erwin, was delivered at Toppenish Oh
Tuesday. Mr.. Erwin claims that the In
dams will now be enabled to get thei
grain threshed without paying an ex
horbitant price. The owner of the othe
thresher on the reservation, Mr.. Vad
Lille, says that the agent wanted to ge
one last whack at the government an
preparation before being superseded. Mr.
Erwin and Mr.. Lille are not close till
Gums.
The pavilion in Uncle Joe Baxter
pasture has received new coat of paint
1t was paid for out OF the appropriation
made by the legislature for holding
state fair but which the commissioners
against the wishes of almost every citi
zen and in opposition to the law crestin
this institution, has concluded not t
hold. There is but one excuse to b