The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-11-01
The YAKIMA HERALD.
THURSDAY, NOV. I, 1900.
BRIEF Personal NEWS NOTES

Mrs. John Mechtel is visiting friends
IN Seattle.
Earl Hunt left the first Of the week for
West Concord, MINI, where he will
spend the winter.
John A. Kingsbury left on Saturday
for Seattle to attend the session Of the
Puget Sound School Teachers Associa.
ton.
Adolph .Munter, of the firm of Strobach
& Munter. of Spokane, spent Sunday in
the city with his brother-in-law, r.
Strobach.
w. L. Lemon and w. M. Thompson
were the republican speakers at Prosser
last night. No violent deaths have been
reported at this writing.
Jas. Wright has bought 1900 head OF
sheep from Willis M,rcer, OF Prosser, for
the Victoria market. The price paid was
$3.50 for lambs and So IS for yearlings.
The new railroad time schedule went
into effect Sunday. The west bound
trains are now due in Yakima at 6 as q.
m. and 4:35 p. M. east bound 2:10 q.
m. and 1922 p. m.
Dr.. D. M. Angus, Of Prosser, is on the
social democratic ticket for the Office Of
Judge of the supreme bench. He has
made no arrangements, however, for
transferring his residence to Olympia
after the election.
A fire occurred in the residence of
Zscharlsh Hawkins, in the Northwest
part Of town on Wednesday night Of last
week. The furniture and clothing in
two rooms were destroyed but the build.
ing, which was insured, suffered little
damage.
R. s. Morgan has letter from rail-
road superintendent in New York state,
who :says he was through Yakima a
year ago, with a party of tourists, and
found here the choicest potatoes he had
ever eaten. He still re mem bered them
with pleasure and asked for rates on q
car load lot.
Meyer Abraham, who represents the
cigar department of Mason, Ehrman &
Co, of Portland, spent several days in
the city during the past week and says
that among his hundreds Of customers in
this state he only found three republicans
who were going to support Frink for gov.
ernor. Mr.. Abraham is republican.
Lind Herald: There is at least one
thing that nature wont own, God don't
want, or the devil wouldn't have and
when it comes to saying what will be.
come of it, we'll pass. It's the two-leg.
ged contraption that takes newspaper q
year or so without paying for it and then
chucks it back in the postoffice marked
refused"
In the show window OF the Greene
Mercantile Co were displayed this week
seven Burbank potatoes of an average
weight of 80 ounces. while one OF them
weighed lbs 12H ounces. They were as
smooth and choice an appearing potato
az can be found anywhere. James Court
wright, of Yakima City. is the grower
and he has 40 tons. several tons of which
are az large and choice az the samples
displayed.
Ira NJ. Krutz has taken the stump un-
der contract with the republican county
central com mittee. It is good radiance
to very poor rubbish and there is not a
democrat but what is heartily glad to
slough off such an encumbrance. Aside
from bis present expenses Krutz claims he
is to be made deputy prosecuting attor-
ney in the event of the republicans being
successful, and have something even bet
ter should Miles Cannon conclude to re.
sign the position of receiver Of the U. s.
land Office.
Word was passed along the stretse last
Thursday to the effect that Harry Rob-
erts, OF Tampico, had sold bis hops and
was willing.to bet 500 to SIS that Rogers
would not be elected. The republicans,
who had been very quiet for some time
with respect to betting on the outcome Of
the gubnatrial race, Immediately began
to swell-up and strut around but when
Volney Taft went to Roberts jingling the
twenty dollar gold pieces and offered to
cover the 500 or even much larger sum,
Roberts and all the balance Of the repub-
licans subsidized and for the balance Of
the day looked as though they had eaten