The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-03-02
Ahtanum Newslets.

Miss celia Fletcher is over visiting
friends prior to leaving for Spokane.
Mrs. Eschbach has returned and is
keeping house for her sons, Joe and Ben.
Miss Marie Hackett left tor Mckee the
first of last week to work for Lincoln
Greenwalt.
Jim Morrison and family are going to
leave in the early spring for the Okano-
gan country.
Dude Mnner is going to run four
horse coach from North Yakima on the
18th, to the club ball.
Miss Annie Wiley is home on visit
from Kittitas county, where she has been
teaching school for the pact SIX months
Bud Siverley and Chas. Wiley left on
Saturday last to work for Max Jackson
on the eighty acre hop ranch of Mr.. His.
cock in the Mckee.
w. Burgess now stops at the cream cry
here with his load Of milk. The cream
cry on the Joe Stephenson place has been
moved to Yakima City.
Cupid still seems to be lowering in this
vicinity and in the near future we will
hear OF grand social wedding, but the
writer has to keep the names secret for q
few days.
Dave Mitchell has rented his place to
Mr.. Roundtree, of Mckee, for a year.
Mr.. Mitchell is going to leave in the near
future for the mines in the north ern part
Of the state.
Mr.. Johnson WAS here last week look
ing over the ranch of Wiley Bros. Mr..
johnson halls from the sound country
and if successful in renting will milk
one hundred cows.
Mrs. Mime Burgess, in the Marks dis
trict has been confined to her bed the
past week with the grip. DR.. Baker has
been in attendance and reports Mrs. Bur-
CESS slowly improving.
Ben Hughes narrowly escaped having
broken arm and a DOCTORS bill to pay
last week; but his presence of mind and
the timely arrival of his father saved the
young man from injury.
Will Wiley is the owner of fine regis
tered Hostein bull calf which he pur-
chased from the Fairview herd. We I'M
derstand Will paved fabulous price, but
nevertheless Will has taken a step which
all lovers OF fine stock should follow.
Chas. Burr, the efficient dairyman of
the Upper Natchez, was a visitor here
the past week. He is looking over the
valley for dairy ranch. Mr.. Burr has
fine herd of graded Holstein cows.
These are the kind of men the Ahtanum
needs.
Rev. Brentnall, pastor of the Congre-
gational church here, has resigned. Mr.
and Mrs. Brentnall, who have been here
for the past four years, have made host
of friends who are sorry to see this VEN
cradle old couple leave. We understand
Mr.. Brentnal is leaving on account
of poor health.
F. M. Towne says he has been offered
$l5 per ton for his 1898 crop of potatoes.
He has about 1900 bushels and expects
to get $40 per ton. Mr.. Towne will put
in about thirty acres of potatoes this COM
ing spring He mas raised potatoes on
the Sound but claims that this is the ban
ner county of Washington for potatoes
The citizens of this community were
sorry to learn the sad news of the wound
ing of Chris Horn, one of the Manila
heroes. Chris was well known here on
the Ahtanum where he had resided for
the past five years. He has claim on
the south fork of the Ahtsnum, which he
left in the care of Mr.. Timm, the saw
mill man of Tampico. One and all will
be glad to learn of his speedy recovery.
The Ahtanum club met on February
22nd and decided to give ball on the
3rd of March. and also on the 18th in
honor of Saint Patrick. By the way the
boys are sending after their numbers
goes to show how the club dances are sp-
preciated. E. Fear and Ben Hughes
have charge of all the club dances and
the way these gentlemen conducted the
one on tn 18th of February will long be
remembered to all the lovers of dancing.
Norman Woodhouse is going to put in
larger butter plant at his place as he