The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-04-15

f. Rodenbeck, the Fl. Simcoe miller
was in the city Tuesday.
A ten stamp mill has been ordered
built in Seattle for the Current mines al
Gold Hill.
DR.. 6. J. Hill has been appointed
county physician by the commissioners
at salary of sl2O. per year.
r. A. Hume was in the city large
part of the week attending to railroad
matters before the land office.
Mrs. d. w. Stair, who has been spend
ing the winter with her sister, Mrs. Car
ter, in Honolulu, is expected home about
May LIST.
+. ]. Hamacher is in the city VISITING
relatives. He has sold his photo
graph gallery in Ellensburg and will try
to regain his health.
President Penrose, of Whitman college
Walla Walla, was in attendance at the
meeting of the trustees Of the Ahtanum
academy on Tuesday.
The canning factory deal is off for this
year. The promises of State Representa-
tive Clarke were not carried out by Mr.
Monteith, the owner of the patent.
Attorney Boyle and family are nov
occupying the Shannon residence or
Sixth street. having moved therein or
Wednesday.
Died, on Tuesday, April 18th, Georgia
infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dorset
aged 8 weeks. The funeral took plac,
from the home of the parents and wal
conducted by Rev. N. Evans.
County Commissioner Stephenson hal
received letter from the chairman o
the commissioners of Pierce county
suggesting that Mr.. Stephenson NEE
the other two members OF the Gold Hill
road committee at Tacoma April 25th.
Rumor has it that Landlord Constan
tine of the Guilland house is soon t
marry Miss Petra Lund, of this city
The ceremony will take place in Gle
Elum and after short trip the couple
will take up their residence in. Yakima.
Matt B4rtholet, president of the Okla
hogan Carbonate Co., reports growing
demand for stock in the company. Or
Tuesday 2300 shares were sold which
something back of the claims of thu
company.
Rev. Bartlett on Tuesday afternoon de
livered a paper on Books" before the
pupils Of the high school and few in
vited guests. The paper was read at thu
request of the scholars, and was the same
one delivered at an entertainment by the
library association, which caused &c
much interest and favorable comment
The st. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Com
pany has decided to reduce the price oil
lumber and building materials to encour-
age those who have contemplated build
ing but who have felt unable to do 30 at
the present prices. They have an ad-
yertisement in another column setting
forth these facts, which orr readers
should carefully peruse and pr oft by.
F. NJ. Spain, wife and daughter leave
on Saturday morning for Seattle, where
Mr.. Spain goes to attend the session oil
the grand lodge A. o. U. W., which con.
venes in that city next week. Mrs.
Spain also goes as a delegate to the grand
lodge of the Degree of Honor, the Ia
dies auxiliary to the A. o. U. W., which
convenes at the same time and place.
All friends of the public library should
attend the entertainment at the Hote
Yakima parlors on Wednesday evening
next. A program has been arranged
which cannot fail but please all. Mrs
Atchkinson, a recent addition to Yaki
mas circles, will appear for the frs
time in this city in an instrumental mum
Der; the lecture by Mr.. Hassell on Humo
and Pathos will be entertaining. Th,
admission fee of % cents will be used il
the purchase OF books for the library.
Col. Hewlett has received from his ole
friend, the Hon. Birgen Herman, beau
tiful map of the United States brough
down to 1897, as a souvenir of Herman ;.
entrance upon his duties as commissions
of the general land office. 1t is a prea
work in history as well as geography, anc
shows how the national domain grew
from the original thirteen states to itl
present proportions. There are lines anc
dates showing the Florida purchase from
Spain, the Louisiana purchase from
France, the conquest OF Texas, the Cali
fornia cession from Mexico and tn,
Gadsden purchase, with special map o.
Alaska in the lower lefthand corner. All
surveys are shown up to date.
Registrar Meany of the state university
who has been giving courses OF lectures
during the past two years on the history
of the Northwest, has been accumulatin,
some valuable materials Of late in tn,
way OF books, pamphlets, newspapers
and manuscripts. Among these wer,
three letters written to John G. Holgatt
to his parents. One was dated Savannah
Platte, Purchase. Andrew Co., Mo-, May