The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-03-18
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS
Brief Bits Of News Gathered From ALI
Parts Of the Local Arena.
YAKIMA ITEMS AND CURRENT EVENTS
a Column OF Interesting Matter
which should be Read BY all whs
Desire TO Keep Posted on what
Is Going on In this world.


Yakima visitor during the early part OF
the week.
Rev. c. NJ. Booth, who is a candidate
for the office of agent of the Yakima In
dams, was in the city Saturday.
w, p. Thomas has been taken to the
penitentiary from klickitat county under
a twelve years sentence for sodomy.
Another batch OF quail has been turned
loose on the reservation by Judge Erwin.
They were sent to him by C. A, Harrison
OF Tacoma.
o. S. Brown of Sunnyside, was in the
city Monday. He and James Lowry
have leased Nelson Rich's hop yard in
the lower Yakima.
The Pillsburys, the Minneapolis mill
men, have been offering to the farmers of
the Palouse country so cents bushel for
their wheat crop of 1897 and 1898. The
offer WAS not accepted.
John B. Catron returned on Sunday
from Olympia. He has strong faith in
securing the appointment of warden OF
the penitentiary, his main compet-
itor being ID. p. Jones of Spokane.
Paul Law, who was formerly associated
with o. A. Fechter in the real estate BUSH
ness in this city, and who moved from
here to Anacortes, Is said to have some
very valuable mining property on Ruby
and Slate creeks in Skagit county.
Editor Snowden, of the Ledger, would
like to be postmaster of Tacoma; Editor
Washburn of the Post Mteliigeacer wants
to be postmaster of Seattle, and Editor
Sperry is an svowed candidate for like
position at North Yakima. The editors
seem to be strictly in it this year at least
as far as want" goes.
Miles Cannon, of Sunnyside spent sew
eral days in the city this week. He SAYS
A. l.. Diley is down about Umatllla with
about q 900 head OF sheep, blockaded in
the snow. The sheep were purchased in
Pendeton by Messrs. Dilley and Cannon
and it is hoped to get them them through
to Yakima some time next week
Attorney Ira Z. Englehart, manager Of
the Selah Valley Irrigation company's
| property, has commissioned r.. G. Bur
| lngame to make the necessary repairs
and Improvements on the canal for the
season. In the employment of labor
preference will be given those who have
purchased land from the company.
Elensburg has been considerably
stirred up over five fire alarms in one
week. The fires are said to have been the
work OF incendiares as they were ac-
companed by burgaries in other parts OF
the town. Loss resulted from but two
OF the fires, one of them being Barden's
second hand store and the other Il. b.
Wilson's warehouse. Threats are made
that the lynching episode OF a couple of
years ago will be repeated if the inceUii-
aries are caught.
| Senator John l.. Wilson does not pro-
pose to be tied up IN Washington durlRg
| the spf Cial session Of congress. He has
calls which he evidently considers Of
more importance, and will shortly return
| to this state to arrange for the disposition
Of federal patronage. The telegram an
nouncing Senator Wilson's plans says he
hopes to succeed himself in the senate
two years from now, and he will take
upon himself 1.-THE reorganization OF the
party on such new lines as will render
republican success certain"
The days of the paper collar have long
since been over, but the use OF paper az
wearing material is apparently in its in
fancy for the japanese threaten to furnish
US with paper Undertaking that will
delight the sanitarians and carry conster-
nation to the laundrymen on account Of
their small cost. The garments are made
OF finely Crisped paper, the pieces cut to
pattern and sewed together, and the
buttonholes strengthened with bits OF
cloth. They are said to be soft and sutii-
GENTLY strong, even when wet. OF course
they are thrown away after the reguIa-
ton time for using.
Receiver Power, of Elleusburg was in
the city Monday for the purpose Of selling
the big ranch, the mill at the old town
and other property of the Snipes estate,
but Jailed to get any bids. The sale at
Ellensburg, a week previous, resulted in
extremely low prices for the city property
but the ranches brought fair figures.
There was only one bid fer the stone bank
building, $500. which of course resulted
in no sale The Henton store building
and two lots, on the corner of Fifth and
Pine streets, was knocked down for 300;
the Henton residence, with a frontage Of
l40 feet, went for $3.50; the Abrams resi-
dence was bid in by II. s. Elwood for
$1,000; three lots in block 3, Depot addi-
ton, brought sl65; the Jack ranch Of
leo acres, ss25, and the Olmstead ranch
of 200 acres, s. $50, the latter property
haing nnrchasad nv 4 K Williams