The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1902-03-04
PITHY PARAGRAPHS SIZED UP

Tuesday, Feb. rs, 1902, a daughter.
Pearl A. Morford was granted divorce
last week from her husband s. O. Nor.
ford.
Rev. Robert Thomson Of the Baptist
church resigned and expects to leave
here in May.
Mrs. P. A. Bounds has returned from
Seattle after long stay among friends
in that city.
Robert Wise is preparing plans to build
this spring five room cottage on his
Ahtanum avenue lot.
The death Of o. B. Laird, of Yakima
City, was the first to occur in the local
lodge of A. o. U. w. in three years.
The heavy rain last week again de-
layed the real commencement of the
building boom expected here this spring.
Jay Sedgwick, tax adjuster of the
Northern Pacific, was here last Thursday
looking after taxes of the company he
represents.
s. r. Peck is the guest of his father,
]. w. Peck, of the Mckee. Mr.. Peck is
president of the state board Of oculists
of North Carolina.
Marshal Jillet of Prosser was a North
Yakima visitor part of last week. While
here he was the guest of his brother-in-
law, Prof. F. H. Plumb.
Miss Belle Davidson of North Yakima
is visiting with the family of d. F. Ed
wards. She is cousin of Mrs. Ed
wards.-Madera (Cal.) Tribune.
Contractor McKivor resumed work
last Thursday on the delayed grading of
Mckee avenue. The work will now be
pushed till it is entirely completed.
Assessor Scott set his corps of deputies
to work on Monday to make the regular
assessment of Yakima property. 1t will
require over two months to complete the
work.
Huntington al McNeff, of North
Yakima, have rented the hop yard in
Lower Yakima. Herman Santfenberg
will have charge of the work.-Pasco
News Recorder.
The party that found my hand grip on
the graded road above North Yakima
on 3lst of October, please leave the same
with contents at the Bartholet hotel,
Thos. B. Goodwin. OCT
A corrugated iron roof has been put
over the space in the rear of city hall for
housing the stone crusher, hook and
ladder wagon, hose carts, etc. A. s.
Paul has had the work in charge.
J. r. Hewitt, who came here early in
the winter from Norfolk, Va, to look
over the country, went to Roslyn last
Wednesday to take in the principal coast
and gold mining districts of this state.
Before returning he will visit the Swank
gold district and Cle-Elum.
w. L. McGinnis, who came here last
spring and purchased an orchard tract
in the Leaning place, is making arrange
ments to experiment with several kinds
of pest sprays. He is an agent for
nursery stock and is familiar with the
work of the orchardist.
Mrs. F. F. Wiley returned from Ellens-
burg last Wednesday after spending two
weeks there under the care of DR.. Bean.
She was ACCOMPANIED here by her hus-
band and remained in the city a few
days before going to her home up the
Natchez.
Work on the railway company's dyke
along the south bank of the Natchez is
being pushed by big force of men. 1t
is the object of the company to have this
work all done before the spring rise in
the river sets in. When completed the
dyke will be about mile in length.
Last Tuesday night there was a great
display of tightening beyond the hills in
the direction of Mt. Adams. The dis
play showed prominently about 8 o'clock
and gave one the impression that Adams
was splitting out little fire of its own.
The electrical display as seen from here
was part of the storm that swept San
Francisco and other coast points to the
northward on Tuesday.
Ladies' calling cards at this Office.