The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-07-06
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
A Transient Record Of Private Opinion
Publicly Expressed. '+

John j. kudkin-Wbile en- nv trip to
Ohio visited my old schoolmate, CLAIR
ence 8. Darrow in Chicago, who recently
won law suit paying him Tee of
500. 900. He is great populist orator
and intends to leave the prof ssion of
law and betake himself to literature and
the lecture field.
Joseph Schreiner-I look for hops TO
bring Is cents this fall. When was
back in Minnesota and Wisconsin last
winter brewers were paying Is and 20
cents for hops. A cent and half ought
to pay the freight and cent and half
com mission, so that our hops ought to
bring 10 cents pound in that market.
OF course everything largely depends on
the foreign market
John McPhee-I look for a prosperous
season for Yakima farmers. Hay will
bring good price owing to its scarcity
in the state. Kitttas valley will be $500
tons short of alfalfa. have heard of
hay already bringing 50 ton ON board
cars in North Yakima.
Fred Parker-I know VIM. Goebel.
the democratic nominee for governor of
Kentucky. He will doubtless be elected
Occasionally the republicans carry the
state. but Governor Bradley has been
running things with high hand and
Goebel's chances are very materially in
creased.
l.. E. Sperry-I heard a prediction by
Editor Smythe, of the Irrigation Age, a
few years ago that in some measure, at
least, is coming to pass. He prophesied
that IN ten years the Yakima valley
could be SO saturated with water from
the various canals that the farmers
would be compelled to put in drain pipes
to carry off the surplus.
Governor Lowe-In my recent outing
with A. II. Wilgus landed the biggest
trout ever caught on The Ahtanum. The
fish measured Is inches in length. |
caught another measuring IA inches.
Lincoln Dillev-Jack Shaw played
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forty acres of the old Tom Shaw place.
adjoining the new artesian well Of George
Wilson. Jack paid, 1 think. about
thousand dollars to cancel the mortgage
a day or two before the flow was dis
covered and in time to prevent fore
closure.
Inspector Beck find in my trips
about the county that where farmers are
spraying with either pine tar solution or
Paris green the orchards are entire
ly free from the pests. A great many
farmers do not appreciate what it means,
not only to themselves but to the entire
county at large. to carefully and syste-
matcally fight these pests. If they did
they would be more willing to take the
advice so freely given regarding these
matters by those who have made a care.
full study of fruit pests and the condi-
tons existing in the orchards through.
out the county. The man who sprays
will receive dollars for his fruit where
his egige mt neighbor receives cents.
VIM. Lee, Sr.-To paraphrase what
my friend Joe Baxter says, this whole
state fair and Medical Lake asylum mess
"comes of having anything to do with
democrat The thing for the demo.
Gratis In this state to do, now that fusion
is knocked in the head, lie to nominate
an expansionist like Gov. Rogers on an
anti-expansion democratic ticket, and
then let the people of the state size them
up.
NJ. N. Mansfeld-If Mckinley can't
whip Aguualdo with his present force,
would suggest That be call out 20, 600 q.
A. r. veterans and 10000 ex-Confeder-
ates and they will go over and drive the
rebels into the sea and come back on the
next boat.
Arthur F.etcher-The Wilson well was
bored twelve feet further down on Mon
day, doubling the flow. the water spout
ing so feet high They intend to make
it 1850 feet deep. 1t is the deepest ar
tesian well in the county Mr.. Wilson
will irrigate his eighty acres at a cost of
$4,000. II. ID. Winchester. understand,
will employ M. Spratt to bore well on
his place. adjoining, soon.
I. II. Dills-While up in the Republic
mining country, recently, saw some re-
markedly funny things. We had occa.
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