The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-03-07

Mrs. w. +. Ayres was visiting among
friends at Ellensburg this week.
Judge Rudkin went to Ellensburg
Sunday evening and held court in that
city.
Spring must be near because the rob-
bins have come and the peach bud is
swelling
A. B. Richmond, prominent bust
ness man Of Walla Walla, was here
this week.
Daniel Mcdonald of Parker shipped
five car loads of steers to Seattle last
week. The animals were three-year-
olds and brought fancy prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stephens and their
daughter Clara came up from Willapa,
WASH, last Saturday evening and are
now the guests of friends in the city.
Mrs. Towne announces that her new
trimmer has arrived and would be
pleased to have the ladies call and in
spect her new line of spring goods and
street hats. 9
The lambing season began this week
in John Cleman's camp on the Wenas.
He has several thousand to look after
this spring and is employing big force
of men to look after them.
1a Ind, Ic
Growing is the subject of an informa-
tional article by Ray Stannard Baker in
the March Review OF Reviews. The
latest facts and figures OF this important
interest are presented by Mr.. Baker.
Ripe olives in bulk Cross & Black
wells picked walnuts and chow-chow !;
Bishops preserved strawberries and
Henz's complete line OF preserves and
pickles-these are samples of the appe-
Tiers carried by the Greene Mercantile
Company. Off
A hobo raised little excitement a
few days ago by fourishing revolver
and intimating that he intended to COM
nit suicide. But his actions were only a
bluff to sell his "gun" for small sum
to some one who took him seriously. His
scheme worked admirably.
Roy McLeavy and son of AL Gra-
ham, of Yakima, came over the first of
the week to work in this county M A
liveryman from North Yakima and o.
H. Rich were Klickitat visitors the past
week, the former buying one of the
finest teams in the county from j. p.
Graham while here.-Goldendale Senti-
mel.
Miss Mamie Shaw has rendered her
resignation as day operator in the long
distance telephone office, to take place
March LIST, and Miss Jessie O'Neil will
fill the vacancy. Mrs. Shaw and family
intend to move to Yakima in the near
future, where rumor says there will soon
be vacancy in the telephone Office
Goldendale Journal.
John Cleman has returned from Olym-
pia to which place he was sent by the
Yakima Wool Growers association to
confer with Senator Baker and to pre-
sent him bill, approved by the associa-
ton, providing for the extinction of scab
and other diseases among sheep.
While Mr.. Cleman was there the bill
was presented to the committee as a
substitute for previous measure Great
ing state inspector and has been acted
favorably upon by the committee. 1t
is likely the bill will pass at this session.
Owing to the big washouts on the
main line of the \. p. in Montana no
through trains arrived here from Fri
day evening till Sunday afternoon. The
trains were loaded with immigrants on
their way west and were held up at
Hellgate, Mont, by the obstruction of
bridge. The passengers were held there
for 80 hours and were cared for by the
company. Two sections came in at p.
m. Sunday and two more at 9 p. m. All
OF them were crowded with immigrants
and but few got off at this place. The
train that came in on Friday evening
unloaded 30 Hollanders here to be To-
Gated on farms in the Mckee. These
people came from points in Iowa and
Wisconsin and are we'll prepared to enter
into farming on the modern plans
adopted in this valley.