The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-02-18

Gently visited all OF the beet sugar manu-
factories in California and Utah and in
vestigated the subject thoroughly with a
a view to its application in this state.
Mr.. Benson informs HERALD reporter
that the conditions which exist in Yaki-
ma are similar to those of the Lehigh
valley, Utah, where owing TO to the grow
ing and manufacturing of the sugar beet
| none OF the irrigsble lands of that section
| can be found 10 the market. Mr.. Benson
urges that the Yakima farmers expert
| ment with the sugar beet and seems dis
posed to think that If the results are
satisfactory that capital can be induced
to come here and build factory, which
requires an outlay of four or five hundred
thousand dollars. Mr.. Benson could, no
doubt, be persuaded to address the farmers
and members Of the Commercial club on
this subject and give them the benefit
Of his investigations.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. +. Benson have de-
cided upon making their home in Taco
ma and expect to move to that city the
latter part Of this month. The change
| is due to the business demands upon Mr..
Benson, who, as a representative of the
land department Of the Northern Pacific,
| finds it necessary to have bis home con-
venent to the company's main offices.
The removal OF Mr.. and Mrs. Benson
from Yakima will be received by a large
| number of our citizens with extreme
regret and they will be missed from social
| and business circles of which they have
been prominent factors for the past five
or SIX years. They will still retain their
| interests in Yakima and may at some
future time return to again take up their
residence here.
Richard Strobach returned from Olym-
pia on Sunday where he has been pulling
ropes to secure the appointment of arid
land commissioner. Mr.. Strobach has
an arid land bill which he proposes hav-
ing introduced at this session of the
legislature. 1t provides for the
reclamation of the lands granted
| by the state, paying for the con-
struction of the irrigation bitches with
an issue of land certificates which
are lien against the granted lands. Mr.
Strobach. however, apparently forgets
that the state will have no title to the
lands until they are reclaimed and that
few contractors, if any, would care to
venture into such an undertaking upon
security 80 unsatisfactory.
The Northern Pacific passenger depart
ment has issued magnificent folder in
the interest of the Colville-Trail Creek
mining country in anticipation of big
spring boom. Northport, Rossland,
Boundary Creek, Nelson, Kaslo, SLOGAN,
Naksup, Reservation and Okanogan are
described and illustrated The inside
contains what is claimed to be the most
complete and accurate Kootnai map ever
issued.
Mr.. Keith Dunlop has received letter
from an expert mining engineer of Salt
Lake, who visited the Gle Eum district
last fall, from which THE HERALD is per-
mitted to reproduce the following ex-
tract: 81 am more convinced since my
trip and examination of your property,
| the King Solomon, Silver Find and Hum
bug, that some day it will be one OF the
great bonanzas Of the northwest"
Miss Jennie and Master George Cor,
nett, assisted by their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. D. Cornett, entertained thirty or
more of their juvenile friends at their
home on Friday evening last The even
ing passed most pleasantly with music,
games and dancing, after which dainty
| refreshments were served to the little
folks.
Fred T. Thompson of Parker Bottom,
| returned from Tacoma on Monday wher e
| he has been since the Christmas holiday
He has made venture in mining and is
now one of the three incorporators of the
kootenay Mining company, having offices
at Tacoma and Nelson, B. c., which is
capitalized at 100000.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give Martha Washington supper
ut the church on the 22d inst. The en-
| tire cost is only 25c., unless those who
attend desire to invest at the apron sale
which will be held the same evening.
According to the Prosser american,
Fred K Reed claims that Notwithstanding
all the big irrigation corporations of the
county are in the hands of receivers
'Irrigation will yet reign as king, when
it gets it's crown out of hook"
Frank A. Sears of Tacoma, who was
we'll known in Yakima, having made in
vestments and spent considerable time
here IN early days, died at his home on
Friday last, of apoplexy. The deceased
was in his Gath year.
| The W. G. T. U. are making prepare
tons tor pie social at the home OF Mrs.
Jungst on Natcheez avenue, on Friday
evening of this week, to which the young
people OF the city are especially invited.
Last week Judge Davidson granted a
divorce to America Glldden from w. w.
Glidden on the grounds of cruelty, aban-
donment and non-support.