The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-06
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
What Is Going on in the Neighboring
Towns and Villages.
BRIEF Personal NEWS NOTES
Paragraphs of Social ana Cosby Nature
Written Especially for The HERALD
Readers by W Date
Core spondents.
BRIEF Personal NEWS NOTES
Ahtanum kewslets.

| X. ). Morgan was rustling trade in the
apple line recently.
Jonas Hllyer was over from the lower
Natchez last Sunday.
Miss Mamie Ward returned home last
Saturday from North Yakima.
Mrs. Samuel Fear was visiting her
daughter Mrs. Will Mckinney last week
Judge Dunbar has been over from
Olympia looking after his property inter
ests here.
Mrs. Geo. Carpenter and family were
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. f.. Fear last
Sunday.
j. Edwards, father of John and Amos
Edwards, is over from the Cowyche Wis.,
Ing the boys.
Miss Mary Young and sister have been
visiting Misses Anna and Martha Wiley
the past week.
Mrs. will Wiley, who has been con-
fined to her bed for the past month, is
slowly improving.
James Chamberlain was visiting his
friends last week, returning to the Nat
chez on Sunday.
Mrs. Shaw lett for the Mckee last Mon
day to take charge OF the culinary de-
partment of the Mckee company.
Charles Bun and family moved over
from the Natchez valley last Tuesday.
Mr.. Bun has leased the old Tuft place.
Will Harrison, formerly of North Yak
ina but now of Aktanum, is engaged
with J. Morrison building ID. Mitchell's
cottage.
Mr.. Davis, one Of our merchants, has
established branch house at Parker, his
son having taken charge OF the store at
that point.
Mrs. Will Wiley has been confined to
her bed lately, much to the regret OF her
many friends. DR.. Frank reports her as
improving slowly.
Judge Dunbar of the supreme court
has rented his ranch and fine herd Of
dairy cows to C. Shelton, the rustling
daryman of this place.
James and Charles Wiley left for the
Colvile country the first of the week to
hunt range for their herd of stock cat
tie. They expect to be back by the mid
die OF May to take up their stock.
The calico carnival held at the church
on Good Friday was grand success.
Too much praise cannot be given to the
Ladies' Aid. who carried out their pro-
gram in such way that they will long
be remembered by those present.
Mr.. Dempsey of Tampico has assumed
the contract to carry the mail between
Tampico and Ahtanum and North Yak
ina. Dave Weddle, former mail con-
tractor, goes to North Yakima.
Work in the hop yards Is now on in
full blast. All the growers in this valley
are busy with crews of men. Where one
used to see one man working he will now
see two and three. Every hop grower
here intends to run his yard in the best
of shape and also expect to get good re-
turns, as of yore.
Our fruit inspector, Mr.. Beck, made a
tour of this valley last week. We under
stand several of the farmers are going to
cut down some OF their fruit trees as the
scale and the codling moth are so bad.
They decided this was the quickest and
cheapest way to destroy the pests. We
hope Mr. Beck will keep on with his in
yestigation in this line.
A. J. Chambers, our old merchant, is
once more an Ahtanum citizen. Mr..
Chambers has been running his fathers
place near Yakima City the past year his
store and post office being leased to Jim
Morrison. Mr.. Chambers says he is
going to carry a full stock of groceries and
dry goods, much to the satisfaction of the
community.
Misses Anna and Martha. Wiley have
| accepted positions as teachers at Bickel-
ton, Klckitat county. These young la
dies are known throughout this county
| for their ability in teaching school. Miss
Anna arrived home from Kittitss county
recently where she taught nine months