The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-27
REPORPORIAL FANCIES
Brief Bits Of News Gathered From The
Highways and ByWays Of Life.
PERSONAL and IMPERSOEAL JOTTINGS
"News" IL Something That L. Not
GeneraiIy known and Here Read
ers OF s'The HeraId'' VIII find a
Couple OF Columns OF IL.

glorious Fourth.
George Donald and wife are respective
ly the possessors of new Victor and
Columbia wheels.
Jim Current and Mr.. Rice left on
Tuesday with saddle and pack horses for
the Gold Hill mines
Mrs. o. NJ Graves, who has been Wis.,
ting her mother at The Dalles, will re-
turn home today in company of Judge
and Mrs. Henton.
The pay car on the Northern Pacific is
a thing of the past. Hereafter checks
for the employees of the road will be sent
to the local offices of the company.
Oregonan: II Washington must have
an arid land commissioner, why are not
the irrigsting achievements of deep
Creek" Jones entitled to consideration q?
J. l.. Banks came in from Fort Simcoe
on Saturday, accompanying Mrs. G. X.
Hovev and child, who returned to Ellens-
burg after pleasant visit of several
weeks duration with Mr., and Mrs. Banks.
A farmers institute will be held at
Ellensburg for three days beginning on
June 10. Prof. Spillman of the agricul-
tural college will be in attendance and
the various phases of farming will be
discussed.
The democratic state central committee
will meet at Spokane on June IA, for
consultation. Matters pertaining to party
organization will be considered. The ad
visibility of securing a visit from Mr.
Bryan as soon as possible will be dis
cussed.
DR.. j. r. Newland aud VIM. Dixon, of
Ellensburg returned from trip to Gold
endale on Sunday. They drove team
Of horses belonging to J. 7. Nation and
while crossing the reservation on their
way to this city had the misfortune TO
loose one Of the animals through sick
ness.
The new freight rate bill passed by the
legislature will go into effect on the 9th
of June. The emergency clause was left
off because the farmers would have little
to ship before that date and, further, be-
cause it would necessitate considerable
labor and some time for the railroads to
rearrange their tariff sheets
The Pasco News has been consolidated
with the Recorder and will hereafter ap.
pear under the hyphenated caption of
News Recorder. Editor Charles l.. Har-
ris in his valedictory says that he is
conducting the business OF four of that
''city's enterprises, besides discharging a
large legal practice and in consequence
has concluded to divorce himself from
journalism. Good!
When W. o. Knox left Yakima he sold
his half interest in Gold Hill claim to
Messrs. Lombard, Dam, Hartung, Olney
and f. G.. Hall. The Knox, as the claim
is called, adjoins the Comet which is the
most promising mine in the district and
on which the most development work
has been done. Parties from the sound
are negotiating for the purchase of the
interests Of these gentlemen.
The burning of the Clifton house at
Rossand, which was reported in The
HERALD last week, left Mrs. Laura j.
May, who conducted the dining room,
without resources of any kind and even
without clothes. She carried no insur.
ance and she made her escape from the
burning building in her night-dress
| When her misfortunes became known q
subscription paper WAS circulated and in
less than an hour she was in possession
of 1925 to relieve her immediate needs
One Of the local papers stated that the
completion Of the Union gap bridge
shortened the distance between this city
and the lower districts by five hours
| This is misleading as settlers OF Parker
and Sunnyside are still compelled 10
travel over the Mckee unless they want
to get into trouble, for the channel of the
Yakima near the bridge has changed
with the result Of washing out the river
road. This should be rebuilt as early as
possible as the farmers of the lower
country are greatly Inconvenience in
consequence.
On Saturday Jay Sedgwick, the tax
agent Of the Northern Pacific, came over
from Tacoma and dropped a neat little
sum into the county treasury. There
had been some controversy as TO wha,
was legal and what illegal OF the road
tax Of 1895 but this was finally decided
in favor Of the county, so Mr.. Sedgwick
squared the delinquency, also half Of the
tax for 1896 on the road-bed, rolling stock
and lands of the company, amounting to
over 81 500. Deputy Treasurer Dono-
vans face has been wreathed in smiles
ever since and certainly there is cause, for
it was a large sized amount of money to
come in during these hard times.