The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-06-22
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
A Transient Record Of Private Opinions
Publicly Expressed.

question the best town in the state out
Travelled all over the Pacific coast and
know of no town that Is looking so sub
stantral and apparently doing the bnsi
ness that is being done here. You not
only have wonderfully productive
country about you, but as nice a climate
az can be found under the sun.
Fred Parker-My brother, Ed, did not
come to visit me as expected. He was
retained to defend man for murder in
Kentucky, but as they were bringing
him TO the court some one in the crowd
fred at and shot him. NV brother had
crowd ~ friends. fully armed, to pro
tect HIM while defending the man, so |
presume he is in no danger from the
mob.
Jason Carpenter-I am in receipt of
letter from 4. J. Luce, of Oneida, n. Y,
which says hat the hop crop there looks
fine. Stocks of '9S are light. He
bought 2Oa bales at Malone last Satur-
day for lie, the highest price paid. He
wants me to wire him what can be done
here in buying futures Oregons are
quoted there, he SAYS, at II to l2c.
Henry Kampe,er- dy corn was in tas'
sci last week, on my ranch north of
town.
:. J. Lowc--I am inform BY Judge
Graves that he has sufficient defense
for the sureties in the Pr ssev bond suit.
1t will be an easy matter to prove they
were non comuos mentis.
w II. Church. am jnst back from a
surveying tour on the north side of the
Columbia river. We established per
manent survey for railroad to run from
Columbus TO the narrows and cascades
below The Dalles I don't know what
railway it is. The permanent lines we
run are thirty seven miles long.
VIM. Lee, SRI shall pay no further
attention to state fair matters for the
present. hayc replied to my deiractors
and they think it wise to let it go at
that, so I'll keep still and let the fair
proceed.
George W. Taylor--l am sorry can
not meet with the populists Satur LAY
afternoon. have to 20 the mountains.
| think we should all get together and
devise some means to fight the trusts.
Everything they handle goes up 30 to
100 per cent and everything the farmer
produces goes down 80 to 100 per cent
Purdy Flint left Republic Thurs
day morning last at , o clock; went to
Kettle Falls horseback. Thence | took
the train to Spokane and arrived home
the next day, Friday forenoon. | went
overland with my brother Tom Cooper,
three weeks ago. We have "a group OF
claims-slver mines--twelve miles north
OF Republic. at Sheridan camp. There
is some gold in the ore. The silver as
says from 800 to $500 ton. Consol.
idation is in the air at Republic | be-
ieve 1t will be permanent camp.
II. II. Turner have paying propo-
sition in the Prosser Record. The ads.
alone net me so month. Prosser will
be the county seat of "a new county one
of these days and the Record will be in
the swim.
J. G. Lonergan-I have been a Cleve-
land democrat. but the time is come for
all democrats and people who love good
government to combine against the COM
blnes. I'll vote for Bryan against the
trusts and take the stump against the
monopolies that are driving middle men
to the wall We will poll a million more
votes than were polled for Bryan last
year. Why just think Of IL There were
i've travcIin" men here for baking pow
der recently, spending their money
freely and now there is but one drum
mer and he is "A spy to see that nothing
hut trust powders are used
Dick Ball-When the public of Iaki-
ma understands that the Gold Hill prop
osition is a world-beater, the people will
appreciate the efforts of IA few pioneers
to develop that region. There is Il
mountain of low grade ore there that is
rich as the Treadwell mine in Alaska,
which is conceded to be one OF the rich
est mines of the world. have been in
the Gold Hill region oil aud ON five OF
elk years. 1t is great country and for
tunes will be taken out some time. There
IS ledge mile and a half long there of
gold ore.