The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-02-04
THE YAKIMA HERALD.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY A, 1902.
NORTH YAKIMA AND VICINITY

The Foresters of America will give a
ball in the armory on February 6.
A debating club has been organized
by Principal McGinnis of the Columbia
school.
Bert Cook returned last Thursday
from visit to his former home at What
com.
JIM. Perry attended the meeting of
the Northwest Fruitgrowers' association
at Spokane last week.
Joseph Gilbert of Spokane spent part
of last week in the city on business
matters, returning home on Thursday.
The one month old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Meyster Of the Natchez died on
Monday, January 81, after short sick
ness.
Attorney f. B. Prebble went to Ia
coma last Friday, to be present at the
Hays divorce proceedings, before the
courts OF Pierce county.
George Vance and Will Hoyt went
to Zillah last Thursday evening to take
part in an entertainment given in the
church at that place.
City Marshal Il. A. Grant will have
his office with Justice J. A. Taggard on
North First street. Mr.. Taggard will
put in telephone and A. d. I. call bell
for the accommodation of the public.
During the heavy wind of week before
last, part of the roof of the kindergarten
building was blown off, thus closing
down the school, The damaged part
has been repaired and school resumed.
All members OF the Prohibition ALI
ance are requested to be present at the
reading rooms at No 10 South First
steeet on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Meet
ing will convene at at I 80 p m. sharp.
The Yakima National bank has re-
placed their old safe with new one that
will give a much larger deposit space.
The old safe has been sold to the parties
| who intend to establish bank at Sun
| nyside.
W. 7. Clark returned from Seattle
last week after fitting up an Office there
for his own use. He says the weather
has been so severe on the Sound that he
concluded to come to Yakima till there
was a change.
The Brotherhood of American Yeo.
man will have an open meeting Satur-
day evening, Feb. 8, at Odd Fellows
hall, and will give play entitled Royal
Archers. Light refreshments will be
served.
Thomas Lund commenced last Thurs
day to ship ice from Selah to his ware
house on the west side. The ice is ten
inches thick and is considered the finest
that has been harvested here for years.
Mr.. Lund will store about 400 tons.
Elgin Baxter has leased 600 acres of
land on the reservation and expects to
put it all under cultivation the coming
season. The land lies on the south side
of the Ahtanum and is considered some
of the best on the reservation.
d. S. O'Callaghan, general agent of
the Pacific Mutual Insurance Company,
with headquarters at San Francisco,
was in the city last week looking after
the interests of the company. He ap-
pointed George Bosdet local agent for
| this section.
One of F. F. Wylie's little girls, who
has been at the hospital for six weeks,
was removed to her home last Thursday
afternoon. The other one will be there
for some time yet Mrs. Wylie will re-
main for an operation to be performed
next week.
A fund is being raised for tombstone
to be placed over the grave of Claud
Brooks in Tahoma cemetery and anyone
wishing to contribute to this fund is re.
quested to communicate with the prin-
cipal of the High school. Young Brooks
was a High school student and died
about a year ago.
Niagara-The Scene of Perilous
Feats " is an article in the February
Cosmopolitan which tells the story of
the many who have year after year gone
to Niagara seeking notoriety or-death.
From the earliest days Niagara has been