The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-03-21
REPORTOR|AL SHORTSTOPS
What is Going on Daily Of Interest to
All Our People.
APPROPRIATE TO THE TINES.
TENS Of Personal and Local Mention Put
Into Condensed Form for 1.-THE
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missioners will be Monday, April 2, ten
days hence.
j. f. Coombs and W. w. Wilson are
here from Oaksdale, WASH, looking up
farm location.
st. Patrick's day came last Sunday,
but the event passed off in this city
without celebration.
Some minor improvements are being
made on Fourth street at its junction
with Chestnut street.
John Nelson, general foreman of the
Inland Telephone Co., was here Mon
day looking after the interests of the
company.
The "Yellow Drug Store" has the
first business block number that has
been put up on Yakima avenue. The
number is So.
j. f. Newton, of Minneapolis, claim
agent of the n. p, was in the CITY Mon
day and Tuesday adjusting claims
against that road for stock killed.
City Marshal Boyle sold five horses
Monday that had been in the pound
over the time allowed by law. The
animals are cultus and brought the
insignificant sum of So each.
Marriage licenses were issued last
week to Clinton r. Weber and Miss
Esther Mcdonald, of Sunnyside, and
A. c. Bollenbach, of this place, and
Miss Kate A. Sterling, OF St. Cloud,
Mimi.
K. j. Bullan, who came here with his
father from Crookston, Mimi, has pur-
chased the Weed place on Mob Hill, his
father having returned to Minnesota to
bring his family out. They will arrive
today and will 90 at once to their new
home.
A hobo suffering from humps called
on the city officers Monday evening and
asked to be cared for. The fellow was
very sick and his face was swollen so
as to prevent him eating. DIR. Frank
was called and gave the man attendance
and now he is getting along all right.
The Uncle Toms Cabin company
which played here last week met with
a serious accident by fire at Missoula
1 a OF Xvii la IA a1,
bers lost their lives. Their special car
caught fire while enroute and in a very
short time it was consumed together
with the three members.
Friends here have received word
from q. W. Quiet to the effect that he
has gone to Phoenix, Arizona, where he
expects to make his future home.
Arthur Quiet, brother of G.. W., who
accompanied the latter on his departure
from this place, has gone to Osaka, Kan
sas, where he will take up work on his
farm.
The Yakima flour mill has been closed
down for several days on account of
repairs. An entire new penstock for
the motive power is being built. The
old stock was SO decayed that repairs
were necessary to prevent sudden
break down. The mill has been run
ing night and day and the shut down
will delay business to such an extent
that it will take long time to catch up
with orders.
County Surveyor Marble is hobbling
about on clutches on account of intlam-
nation of the right ankle. About three
weeks ago he did considerable foot work
while out surveying and in day or two
thereafter his ankle was so swollen that
he was unable to use it at all. At first
the ailment was supposed to be rheuma-
tism, but an examination later clearly
showed it was aggravated inflammation.
Edward Moorhead, an extensive
wheat raiser of Pendleton, Ore, has
purchased 80 acre ranch at Zillah and
will take possession at once and begin
the raising of the varied products of this
valley. Other farmers of Oregon are
looking this way for farm lands, and
before another year many of them will
take up their homes in the county. One
thing that brings these people here is
the better market for the products of
the farm and the great variety of crops
that can be grown on the land in this
valley.