The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-06-09

INTEREST INCREASING DAILY
STATE FAIR NOTES.

county, who has one Of the largest and
best bands Of trottipg horses in the state,
has decided to bring them to Yakima to
train this summer and enter them at the
coming fair, and probably in the circuit.
The commission has secured the SER
vices of H. Rasher of Spokane rs expert
Judge of all stock There is no Gonbt
that he will give good satisfaction, as he
is one of the best posted stock men in the
northwest.
DR.. Hare, who now owns the Stinson
horses. has decided 10 send Yonds to
Yakima to be kept at the far grounds
and trained for the fall races. He is
very fast animal.
Seattle day has been changed from
Thursday to Friday III order TO give s.
attic the Derby.
The RothschiId Bros, Of Portland, WAC
are the owners TT a Hnpbtr Of racers,
will send their entire stable to Yakima
Oh or about the lst OF August, where
they will he trained on the race track
preparatory to the fair. They VIII -
from here to Nalla WaUA, and thence Oh
into Idaho and Montana.
Great interest in the fair il manifest in
Ellensburg and Roslyn. kittitas county
will have kittitas dav at the fair, when
au excursion train will be run in the
morning from Ce-Elum to North Yak
ina, to return AT night. 1t is expected
there will be an immense turnout.
The Young couples who have their eyes
on the wedding presents to be given Sep
TENDER 20, 20, and October to the cou-
pies getting married in the pavilion on
those dates had better begin to give no
tice pretty early, otherwise they might be
barred out. Quite q handsome young
lady has already inquired pretty closely
OF one of the commissioners as to details,
and the chances are that ut least one OF
the places is filled already. II only one
couple get married they will receive
premiums amounting to 500.
The Portland Cordage company have
notified the fair commission that they
will place in machinery hall, at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Leckenhy, the Northern Pa
Cific grass ex pert, decorticating ma
chine, to be operated during the lair by
Felix Freamery, of Portland, the object
being to develop the hemp industry,
which has quite promising prospect in
this state, particularly in Whitman
county.
DIR. ID. NJ. Angus, now ere of the ply
sicians at the SteilacoOm asylum, writes
friend in town that all the Yakima
people who are EMPLOYEES at that institn-
ton are planning to take their vacation
during the state fair and to spend the
same visiting it. And he also says that
there will be quite a number of the other
employees who will take their vacation at
the same time with the view of visiting
the fair.
A letter was received by a prominent
real estate man of North Yakima few
days ago from gentleman living in
WsscO county, Oregon, who has been
contemplating visit to Yakima for some
time, saying that he would postpone his
visit until the state fair, and that at that
time himself and abont twenty other peo
pie from that county would come to
Yakima and attend the state fair and
study the resources and productions of
different sections of the state with view
of selecting places to locate within the
state OF Washington.
DR.. Gum, secretary Of the commits
sion, is in receipt OF letter from Edgar
?. Piper, editor OF the Seattle Post Intel
ligencer, in which lie expresses good
wishes for the success OF the fair, and
states TO the commission that it is his
desire and the desire OF his paper to be
OF service TO the state fair.
The commission is very much en-
couraged by the evidence it ia constantly
receiving from all parts OF the state man
ifesting the greatest interest in the com
ing fair. and the commission feels as
sured that the fair will be great success
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N. p Rates, North Yakima TO ST. Paul.