The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-12-20
PEN SKETCHES OF THE WEEK
Brief Items of Local News Gathered
by Ubiquitous Herald Reporters.
PITHY PARAGRAPHS SIZED UP.
Lights and Sidelghts Of Daily Doings In the
Metropolis Of Central Washington Prepared
for the Entertainment of Nu-
merous Readers.

MONDAY to investigate the market for
horses.
Our entire stock of new winter capes
and jackets at 90 per cent discount.
Coffin Bros. 4S
Jacob Ely and the Misses Catherine
Miller and Ethel Yakey came up from
Sunnyside last Saturday and returned
Sunday.
Ed Nokes, one OF Frank Cook s
heutenants, expects to leave on Monday
for Tacoma, to spend Christmas with his
daughter.
Fred BROKER, Arthur Englehart, John
Cleman and f. NJ. Reed were among
those who returned from trip to the
Sound during the past week.
The new county road for the benefit of
the Selah valley farmers and those on
the hill was completed on Friday last.
The improvement is one that has long
been needed.
The Boys Choral Union, society
organized last winter by Mrs. w. T.
Stuart and Mrs. G. II. Hoyt, has dis
banded in favor of Prof. Allan b. Dows
Monday and Friday evening classes.
Samuel Cameron returned on Monday
from eastern Oregon, where he bought
1900 head of sheep for himself and John
?. Clerf of Ellensburg. The band has
been taken to the Cameron Bros ranch
in the Mckee for the winter.
On Monday the hop factors figured
that there were about $500 bales of Yak
ina hops left in the hands of the pro-
ducers. The total crop of this county is
not exactly known, but it was less than
$4,000 bales.
The Wide Hollow Sunday school
elected officers last Sunday to serve the
first six months of 1901 as follows:
superintendent, Elder Stiverson; as
sistant superintendent, W. f. Benson ;
secretary, Mrs. Will Wade; treasurer,
Miss Belle Kaufman
Smallpox has made its appearance in
Pasco. The lax methods of the author
tiles at Roslyn, where the disease APP
peared in strength, and the efforts OF the
citizens and newspapers OF that town to
keep the information from the public
and to endeayor to make out that the
contagion was not one Of smallpox,
should be severely condemned There
can be no good, and may be much harm,
in such Il course.
There was a meeting of the city council
Monday evening which was devoid Of
much interest. Mayor Redman was in the
chair and the councilmen present were
IIough, Reed, Shaw, Sinclair and Taylor
The petition for a sewer on Sixth street
was granted and a resolution was passed
to grade that thoroughfare, the clerk
being instructed to advertise both inn
provements and for bids for the latter.
The committee on health recommended
the building OF Il pest house, which is to
be located either on the property pur-
chased from Capt. Thomas for park
purposes or ON the disputed land to the
south OF the city. On motion OF Coun-
Gilman llough, ]. G. liggett was author
lied to act as city marshal during the
sickness Of Mr.. Grant
Christmas night is always a gala
occa sion but it is to be especially OBJ
served in this city by the fremen and
their friends and admirers with grand
masquerade ball, for which $75 in cash
prizes are offered for costumes, sustained
charachters, dancing and cake-walking.
The committees have been selected with
care and no detail will be overlooked
to make this the greatest public ball
ever held in Yakima. Nagler's orches-
ira will furnish the music and from the
initiation Of the grand march, which
will be led by George Vance at 8 o'clock,
the fun will be EAST and furious" until
the early morning hours. Quite a num-
Der of the young people of Ellensburg
have notified the executive committee
that they will be present and some un-
usually novel and attractive costumes
have been devised. 1t will undoubtedly
be the most successful carnival ever
held in Yakima.
Don,t delay purchasing at kesne's
n You wish n big stock 40 select