The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

depot.
Perry Cleman, of Ellensburg, brother
OF John and Cliff Cleman, spent few
days in the city this week.
Nicholas Mccoy returned on Friday
last from Oregon. He was looking for
cattle but found no satisfactory invest.
ment
The fronts of the Yakima National
bank and Briggs & Dams music store
have been frightened with fresh paint
this week.
Miss Elizabeth Pryor, for two years a
compostor in THE HERALD office, left on
Tuesday for Ellensburg to attend the
State Normal school.
Miss Nellie Rogers, daughter of L. j.
Rogers, left for Prosssr on Sunday where
she is teacher in the schools, this being
the beginning of her second term.
6. s. Moulton left Tuesday morning
for Spokane where he will spend few
weeks at his old trade OF marble lettering.
Mr.. Moulton is one Of the most proficient
marble letterers in the Northwest.
Fred Mailloux & Co. had on sale this
week some yams which Yakima might
challenge the world to equal. They we're
grown in the Wide Hollow district and
three of them tipped the scales at 81 lbs.
o. V. Carpenter and son spent couple
Of days in Seattle and Tacoma during
the past week investigating the fruit
situation. Mr.. Carpenter has decided to
dry his prunes of which he has about
two tons.
Father Taelmsn left of Sunday for St.
Louis. A large number of his friends
and pensioners were at the depot to
wish him q pleasant journey but the
father told them not to say "good bye''
IS he hoped to be able to return to Yak
ina.
John Lynch is down from the Fish
Lake district mines this week. He re-
ports more work is being done there this
season than ever before and he is conf
dent that the true worth of the mines
will be fully and satisfactorily demon.
strated this season.
| DR.. Sloan and wife passed through the
city on Thursday last on their return to
Roslyn from trip through Europe. A.
D. Sloan spent Sunday in Roslyn, listen
ing to the story of his brothers itinerary
and looking over the two hundred views
which were taken on the trip.
| U. 8. Deputy Marshal Dflley, accom-
panied by City Marshal Grant, left for
Spokane on Monday in charge Of Darroll
Dymond, Chas. Northover, VIM. H.
Allen and George Hartley, who will have
trial in the federal court under charge of
selling liquor to Indians.
Towards the latter end OF last week
eight or ten hobos were run into the city
Jail for disorderly conduct and begging on
the streets. Sunday all but two of them
had disappeared, pals on the outside
having forced the lock. The two who re-
manned claimed they were not guilty OF
the charge preferred against them. One
of those who escaped was caught by
Officer Liggett in the evening but the
others managed to get away.
| Work on the new school house has been
DELAYED somewhat through the inability
of the contractor to obtain brick. 1t is
claimed that three other business block
would have been put up this fall had
there been plenty of brick. The result
will be, said prominent contractor,
that North Yakima will experience the
greatest building era in its history next
Fspring. and several parties are now look
ing around for suitable clay land for
making brick.
| Sunnyside was visited by u home
seekers in one party last week and they
remained several days in looking over
the country. They were from Indiana,
Illinois and Iowa and were the guests of
the Christian cooperative colony, known
as the Dunkards. They were greatly
pleased with what they saw and num-
Der Of them have concluded to remain
while some will investigate the country
on the west side Of the mountains before
reaching any conclusion.