The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-05-27
NO.. 10


nesday evening. The committee con.
sisting OF Geo. n. Tuesley, Fred Runyon
and j. W. Hickin produced program
which was novel, interesting and orgi.
nal throughout. The shades Of King
Solomon, Daniel Webster and Prince
Constantine held full sway, holding to
strict account Messrs. Notshot, Hotshot,
Hslfshot and Otto B. Shot, not forgetting
to pay their respects to Mr.. Newboy and
Coal Oil Billie" The refreshments and
souvenirs at the close were fully appre.
cisted and vote of thanks was rendered
the committee.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Chas. Thomp-
son returned on Monday from Portland
where the conclusion of the case of the
United States, Thomas Simpson and
White Swan vs. Winans Bros. was
heard. Il was the suit in which the
Yakima Indians claimed that the Winans
fenced up the fishing grounds on the
Columbia, opposite The Dalles, guaran-
teed them by treaty. Testimony was
first taken here, then at The Dalles and
finished at Portland. Decision has not
as vet been rendered. There were about
100 Indian witnesses.
According to Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Vance women as well as men must
register In order to secure voting privi-
leges at a school election. The registra-
ton books for North Yakima are now
open and in the hands of City Clerk
Worries. They will close ten days before
election which will occur on June 18th.
One OF the most important questions to
come before every school district this
year is that of providing free text books.
This Is in accordance with the new school
code and is optional with each district.
A man once wrote: "a woman with
blue eyes never elopes from her husband,
never chats scandal, or finds fault, or
talks too much, and is always entertain.
ing, agreeable, lovely" But this writer
lived and wrote many hundreds of years
ago; perhaps blue eyed women were very
scarce then and then, some of those old
writer's were great liars.
An exchange gives what it terms an
up-to-date method of prognosticatng the
weather. 1t is as follows; Go out and
gaze upon the smallest clond you see; if
it decreases and disappears, it shows "a
state of the air that is sure to be followed
by fair weather; but If it increases, you
may expect rain, or at least storm of
some kind.
The promenade concert saturday was
another decided success, the attendance
being measured by the capacity of the
hall. Mr.. Nagler introduced his new
waltz composition, OF Many Strains,
which proved a decided success and was
accordingly complimented by hearty APP
plause.
N. N. Brown, formerly landlord OF the
Hotel Yakima, is now in San Francisco
enjoying life to its fullest extent. He is
looking for desirable location to engage
in the hotel business and in the mean
time is meeting expenses by clerking in
a large cigar store.
zone time" said the traveller boarder,
81 got showed in on the Rocky noun.
tains, and the only thing seven Of US had
for two days to sustain life was a half
barrel of picked pigs feet" lyon were
indeed" said the cheerful idiot, reduced
to extremities."
The rural mail delivery system for
Yakima is apparently success. The
cost OF delivery, per package, is ~
cents, the second lowest average in the
various experimental districts, California
having the lowest.
Cyrus Q. Bsbb, OF the U. $ geological
survey. was in Yakima several days last
week making photographic surveys of
the streams hereabouts. He returned on
Tuesday and is again taking observations.
A committee of the trunk line associa-
ton, which includes the Northern Pacific,
has decided to accept bicycles "a personal
baggage between states, except between
the United States aud Canada
Those who intend to camp in the vi
cinity of Lake katcheez this season will
learn with pleasure that a naptha launch
has been placed upon the lake for the
pleasure OF summer visitors.
Henry Mabry and family returned last
week from Wallace, Idaho. Mr. Mabry
has come to the conclusion that there
are few better towns than North Yakima.
Graham and Waldo Ker left on Mon.
day for the Swauk mines. Mrs. VIM.
Ker and daughter expect to follow next
week and remain for the summer.
A New York electrician has devised a
scheme fer the indefinite preservation of
eggs by an electric current sufficient in
strength to destroy germ life.
Mr.. Dan Caulkins came up from Pros
ser Monday and the next day joined his
mother and sister, who were returning to
Tacoma from the east.
Arson White had an encounter with
an angry bull on Saturday last and be-
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