The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-06-09
Col. and Mrs. Hewlett leave next Sun.

EplsCODal seminary AT SPOKANE. lhtlr
daughter, Miss Myra, has been in at
| tendance at this institution the past year.
Hon. IL. ID. Jory and G. W. Taylor Of
| Sunnyside we're in attendance at the
meeting Of the peoples party county cen.
trail committee in this city last week.
The gentlemen report the farmers in the
vicinity of Sunnyside as well satisfied
with their prospects for good crops this
season.
The North Yakima band has received
two very flatteriug offers to furnish music
at celebrations to take place in other
cities on the Fourth, but which they have
refused feeling il their duty to remain Mt
home and help make the national holt
day the success it deserves.
Frank NJ. Spain leaves tonight via
Seattle and the Canadian Pacific for As
bury Park, \. j., where he will sit for the
| fifth consecutive time Il delegate from the
grpnd lodge OF Washington to the SUI
preme lodge A. O. U. w. Mr. SPAN will
visit Montreal New York and other east
ern points before returning home
Hon Charles +. Cline, speaker Of the
house at the last legislative session. aud
editor Of the Washington State Journal
at Olympia, was in the city last saturday
and made this office a very pleasant ira.
ternal visit. Mr. Cline LETT the neat day
fer Mabton. whence he will continue h-
/ trip through eastern Washington in the
! interest Of Ills journal.
4 number OF the residents Of the Wide
| Hollow district have joined hands in the
matter Of sinking artesian wells The first
or experimental well il now being sunk
on Mr.. Wilson's place, under the direc
ton Of Mr.. Spratt Of the Mckee. The
borers have now attained depth Of 400
feet, and having struck very hard strata
of rock, find it slow drilling. However,
after piercing this they hope to have an
easier time of it.
Never before in the history of the
Yakima valley has the prospect for large
crops been more promising than this sea
son. Every variety of fruit shows good
indications Of an abundant harvest.
while other farm products promise equally
~ we'll Alfalfa seems to he receiving
especial attention this season, the acre
ase being much larger than in former
years--the good prices for hay and the
largely increasing sheep industry OF the
county accounting largely for this fact.
Tacoma News: George Leshi returned
from Yakima reservation this morning
where he has been to select half section
Of land for himself in the distribution
now going on there. He met Henry
Grass, Andrew Richards and Sam Me
Cav there, all Pnyalup boys. Henry is
farmer, Andrew assistant allotment
agent, and Sam clerk Of the Fort Simcoe
agency. He WAS warmly welcomed by
old Chief Eneas and others of the tribe
He will return to Yakima at hop time.
Since the edct of the city marshal has
gone forth that all cyclists must provide
their machines with bells in accordance
with the ordinance now on the city's
books, various makes, kinds, sizes and
tones have been used, many of which
principally the COW bells--are not apt to
promote peace and quietude to the nerves
OF citizens. On Saturday evening quite a
large division of cyclists made the vel
kin ring with their bells, and caused
passers-by to fear that the city herd was
bearing down upon them.
West bound passenger trains were de
| layed the first OF the week, owing to a
big wreck on the line twelve miles east
of Rathdrum, Idaho. The accident was
caused by the breaking of an axle of a
car loaded with railroad rails. Seven
cars loaded with merchandise were badly
demolished. One man who was stealing
ride in one OF the cars had both Of his
feet badly crushed, one of them 80 bad
that it required amputation, The seven
cars that were wrecked contained eight
men, and it seems miraculous that they
escaped instant death, as the cars were
smashed into kindling wood.