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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
County Commissioners.

The board of county commissioners
met in adjourned session last Monday
and held over throughout yesterday.
The most important business, aside
from road propositions and adjustment
of erroneous assessments. was the APP
p'intment of three road supervisors
under the new law, who will have entire
charge of road work throughout the
county. For district No. | 4, George Nell
SON was appointed for No. 2, w. C.
Weimer; and for district No. 3, S. NJ.
Webber The road districts are coterm-
inous with the commissioner districts.
l.. +. Lawrence was appointed con-
stable for Zillah precinct, vice &. p.
Elliott. resigned.
Contracts were awarded as follows
Hugh Stuart. for bridge to be con-
structed across dry canyon in the
Glade settlement, $50; A. A. Nicol, for
4 bridge over the Sunnyside canal, near
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
In Honor Miss Scott.

An enjoyable entertainment called
the China Shower" was given last
Thursday by Mrs. +. &. Tenant in
honor of Miss Jennie Scott, over the an
nouncement of the proposed marriage
of that young lady to A. B. Cline NOV.
18th. The guests were entertained with
cards and the rooms were decorated in
pink and white. The following were
present: Mesdames W. H. Scott, f. B.
Moore, Bartholet, Ella Stair, F. c. Hall,
Dan Arnold, &. S. Vance o. A. Fech-
ter, Mark Pennington. Frank Horsley,
D. E. Lesh, A. s. Congdon, G. A. Ora
ham, H. M. Bartlett, Miles Cannon,
Harry Moran, W. A, Bell, 2. Y. Cole.
man G. Candy and Misses Scott, Ten
hant, Cox, Moore, Read. James, Cam
eron, Larson, Lombard, Graham and
Waugh.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
Killed in Railroad Accident.

A rear-end collision occurred between
two freight trains about ten miles north
OF this city last night, and a l8-year-old
boy named Claud Dent, who wa ridin :
on the coDoose, was instantly killed.
Coroner Frank was notified, and the
remains were brought to the city this
morning The boys father, J. W. Dent,
who resides at Summit, Chehalis coun-
ty, was notified of the accident. The
lad had been stealing ride on his re-
turn home, and being taken sick, the
conductor took him into the caboose,
with the above disastrous result. Sew
eral cars We're derailed in the accident.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
D. R. BARTON, +.,s~ ~ss Man.
is South First Street.

returned from the same place, having
in charge John Carroll, another trap-
eler, convicted Of the same offense ana
given the same medicine. The parties
will serve out their sentence in the jaA
here. The proposition of carrying
weapons is to be deprecated, and the
Prosser justice announces his intention
OF hereafter giving the full limit, $99
and costs.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
". H. MINMER KILLED
CHAS. MEYERS FIRED SHOT
Well Known Ahtanum Rancher Slain
as the Result of
Quarrel.

The city was startled last Friday after
noon as rumor of the killing OF " II.
Mnner at his farm six or eight miles up
the Ahtanum, and the report was
quickly authenticated by the appear
ance of Charles Movers, who has been
a tenant of Minner, ut surgeon $ office
to have bullet extracted from his left
arm, where it had been left from the
discharge Of a revolver. Meyers had
come in to give himself up to the
authorities, stating THAT he had been
shot at by Minner several times and
had finally killed his assailant. The
sheriff and coroner at once repaired to
the scene OF the shooting, and the body
of the dead man was removed to the
city and prepared for burial, after the
bullet which proved fatal had been ex-
tracted. The fatal bullet entered at the
right side, ranged upward through the
heart and lnd ed behind the left shout
der blade, making dath practically in
Simultaneous, though it is said Minner
snapped his revolver at least once after
Being hit.
Bad blood had been brewing between
the two men for several days, and cul-
minated in the ira edy at noon Friday
when Minner, it is stated, went TO the
house occupied by Meyers and a quarrel
ensued over dispute as to the tenants
duties.
The trouble, as near as can be ascer-
tanned, resulted over an order from Mr..
Minner to Meyers to construct a fence
on the place, Meyers claiming that the
work was not in the contract. A couple
OF eye witnesses to the tragedy sustain
Meyers in his statement that Minner
fired the first hot, after which fusil.
ade occurred, the defendant firing four
times and Minner three. Only two hui
let's took effect, one in the arm, of Meyers
and the one which killed Minner.
Meyers il still in custody awaiting the
result of the Examination. He has re-
Gently recovered from an attack Of sick.
ness, and has his wife in constant at.
tendance upon him at the county Jail.
Mr.. Minner was in his 10th year and
had recently married his sixth wife,
with whom he lived at 1O2 South Kitti-
tas avenue in this city.
The funeral occurred on Monday and
WIS largely attended from this city.
son and four daughters, all but two
of whom reside in this county, survive
him.
The examination of witnesses before
Judge Taggard, to determine the respon-
sihili'y COR the killing, was postponed
unlil tomorrow afternoon (Thursday)
fpr various causes.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04

Zlllah, $445; G. +. Lpm, riprapping
work to protect the Nelson bridge over
the Matches, $6iS.
A petition to shorten and improve the
road to Yakima City was referred to the
county engineer for examination and
survey, and a similar action was had in
the proposed changes in the Nile road.
The board adjourned Tuesday to meet
again Dec. Z.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
After the Woody Aphis

Fruit Inspector Beck and Paul Kruger
have been very busy today treating to
the appropriate dip large number q
fruit trees consigned to various Yakima
parties from the STARK Nurseries " los
isiana, Mo. The trees are all badly in
fected with woody aphis, and great paine
are being taken to eradicate the pests
before the trees are delivered to the
owners.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-11-04
Stoves
ALL KINDS
AT BARTON'S

Now is the time to buy. Remember
m on side street, and can save you
money.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28

The smallest watch YEA turned cut
in this conntry has just been put On
THE market. Although few arr on sale
YET. The new watch Is the size 81 .
hre-cent piece. says Chicago report-
4Se Smanest waash which AEnerscan
~stch factories had hitherto succeed
Cd IN making had bcen as big as Quar-
ter. 80 the new watch is looked nf,on as
marking = distinct advance in the IN
1gStry in this counsry. where watches
have only been made for little more
than half century. Waschnakers
also regard II as indicating that the
time Is not Tar distant when Ameri-
cans VII soon ortrtase the old worlds
ratehmnkers> the swiss. in turning
ont watches Of minute sire.
The Swiss Sill make watch small
er than the Americans. but tho watch
Jest PIT o. the market here BY both
The Walthan and che Elgin ccmps-
ccrcerns IN tins country. viii have the
a6FantaEc over the Swiss watches hat
al the other watches made here have
possessed namely. that Of being
turned ont in qSsntitv- Under Amer
ican methods The daily output in one
factory = = 500 dav.
The new watch Is the result OF
uonths Of patient eo6esvor by the
watchmakerS and machinists- For
every new sired watch designed new
machines have g be mace. and as the
size OF the watch IS reduced. BY 50
much more must these machines DC
made more delicate
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
COAL DEALER AND GROUNDING
Why New Yorker Came TO Adopt
Picture of the Animal M nm
Emblem.

At least one man in this city be-
lieves that II the ground hog sees his
shadow and goes back 70 his hole on
Candlemas day, February >. there are
six weeks more OF winter 10 come.
SAYS the New York Tribune.
4 few years ago. al this time Of
year, n coal dealer was struggling
with the problem presented by a big
stock Of coal and an exceptionally
mild. open winter. He had about de-
cided that he had best wind up his
business and get out as whole as hc
could. when a friend advised him 10
hold on.
wait until Candlemas day said
the friend. "and then YOU can tell by
the ground hog whether OF not there
win be cold weather enough 10 pull
you through"
So the dealer waited for the ground
hogs decision. and as Candlemas day
WA bright and clear. prepared for
plentiful sales OF coal for six weeks
OF winter weather. The sign held
true. and the dealer sold his stock al
good prices.
In gratitude he adopted the ground
hog as his emblem. and It's picture
appears on all his letterheads. and r.
even painted on his carts. And &.
one drops into his Office ne viii find
man who has warm spot in L,s
heart for the ground hog.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
oNE-CLIEET LAWYERS.
BnsiHess Men OF To-Day want q
Lawyer 10 work for Them
Alone.

The poverty OF briefess barristers
+ as proverbial as that OF the church
mouse. IL would not be an unnat-
Hral mistake 10 consider n barriSter
with only one client hardly better of
than one with none. But the modern
"one-client lawyer" is usually q pros
porous individual says Worlds Work
Said a man well known in tho bust
ness world some years ago to .
friend: i want young lawyer 70
put down n a desk beside mine. III
familiarize him with my affairs and
then I want him 10 keep me out 81
trouble" The counterpart of this
lawyer. whose duty IL Is 10 act as his
own clients ounce Of prevention.
may be found in the Office OF many
large concerns. He Is often connect
ed with trust companies. banks
banking houses. railroad and other
transportation companies and large
wholesale mercantile houses When
a merchant found himself in a tangIe
IL was once the custom for him to
go 10 his lawyer for advice. The re.
suits were written opinion" and
fee. 4 business man to-day OBJ
tains a lawyer who shall work for
him alone. Again the field OF the
general practitioner is narrowed.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
NEW SPECIES OF HORSE.
a Hrees Di-co~erea I'm Central Asia
That Diner~ from the Com
mon kfnd.

Prof. Ewart has recently described
q new species of horse from the west
ern islands. Until recently IL has been
the accepted theory that all living
horses belong 70 one and the same
species, aud that all the breeds OF
European horses were descendants OF
domestic varieties from the orient.
The etchings found on the walls OF
caves Indicate that the horse may have
been domesticated in Europe before
the arrival OF neolithic man. SAYS a
London paper.
Horses, conkeys and zebras differ
markedly in that the two latter have
no callosities such as the horse pos
seSses.
The discovery of n new variety of
small horse in central Asia by Col.
Pr1evals&y viii be remembered. and
now Prof. Ewart describes still an
other variety Ii was a pony. not
dwarf horse. with no callosities on
the hind legs and resembling the Wild
horse Of central Asia in having only
short hairs on the upper part Of the
tail
As the most typical specimen Of the
new variety was found IN an out-of-
'he-way part of Iceland there is no
chance that II is the result OF cross
With the Prxevalsky horse. though IL
was exactly of the color of the CEN
trai Asian horse. Not having caliosi-
ties. il agreed with the asses and re
bras, and. like them. IL was highly spe-
ciaiized in the size, form of the head,
ears and under lip and in the position
Of the eyes.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
GOING THE ENTIRE LIMIT.


The proVerbiai Yankee thrift shows
up big IL = story now going the
rounGs reminiscent Of western
Massachusetts banker who died dur
ing the past year. he believed in the
maxins a penny saved Is penny
earDcQ~ With q vengeance. says the
New York Commercial His clerks
were ceried the luxury Of pads Of pa
per. and were required 10 figure on the
backs 81 esd envelopcs that had been
carefully pt~parec oy the ofii0e boy
In his leisure moments The banker
had q son-ir-lsw who buil5ed wisely by
inviting his father-in-law TO spend a
few weeks with him al the seashore.
The cloSe-fstcd banker decided TO us-
loosen 10 the extent Of having the
daily newspapers that the bank had
subscribed for sent 10 him after the
quotations had been Inspected. lie
left explicit Instructions that the ad-
vertisiug pages were TO De cut out.
and the edges trimmed. 50 aS 10 save
postage.
TIE papers which were sent every
other CAV, were too heavy for the one
cent limit. though considerably IN
side the weight allowed for two cents.
II was y matter Of facetious comment
n the hank that the ~old man. was
not getting fun value for his two
cent expenditure FOR postage. The
margin in favor Of Uncle sam. how
ever. diminished sppreciably after the
third installnent OF literature had been
Forwarded The cashier received a
postal card that bore the following re
quest.
NAL papers IN single wrapper
every four days. and they VIII require
but three cents postage.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
AN ACCOMPLISHED PARROT.
Cuban Bird in an Indiana Town Has
Vocabulary Of Three
Hundred Words.

ID. C. Pence a conductor on the Gas
City inteTurban line for nearly eight
years. has = pet parrot which came
into his posse ssion few months ago.
She came from Cuba. and is a bird OF
unusual beauty. Mr. and Mrs. Pence
~ once undertook 10 teach the bird
70 talk and Polly now has a voea bulary
Of over 800 words. SAYS Gas City dis
patch in the IndisnapOlis News
When Polly sneezes she at once in
forms the household that "Polly's
caught cold" When the shades OF
night come on. the parrot makes ia
known that she il tired and wants TO
20 70 bed.
The birds chief Accomplishment Sc
her ability 20 hear and talk over the
telephone. Mr.. Pence saws that when
ever the bell rings Polly shouts
Hello with as much clearness a. an
al experienced operator.
When Mrs. Pence holds the bird 70
the telephone when her husband l.
talking at the other end OF the line.
the bird recognizes Fences voice, and
cries:
Hello. kid: come home 20 dinner,~
The parrot has the freedom OF the
Pence house. and goes from room TO
room al will When Polly IS scolded,
she retires 10 her perch and there
assumes an air OF injured innocence.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28

The claim Of Mount Mckinley, the
eliminating peak Of the Alaskan range,
70 be regarded as the Hottest point in
North America, is sustained by the re-
port OF 90 exploring party, made by
one of Its members, Nir. 4. X. Brooks.
The party made a journey of 500 miles
on foot in Alaska during the season
just passed Mr.. d. L. Reaburn, the
topographer Of the expedition, be-
lieyes that the measurements Of noun
tain heights which were made have
probable error not exceeding 100
feet. According to these measure
ments Mount McKinley's elevation def
pitely exceeds 10000 feet; that Of
Mount Foraker Is 1900 feet.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
NEITHER DEAD NOR ALIVE.
Sew onestI0n OF transportation In
which n HyPnOtised Man
Figures.

A railroad statioR agent IN New
England has raised a new question IN
transportation. and. what j. still bet
ter, has settled IL. reports the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
There was brought 10 him a man IN
a box. as he dead p asked the agent
Of the man who desired TO Ship box
and contents 10 a dime museum in Bos-
ton
-Re is rot," was the answer.
well. lie can't be alive responded
the agent, las be don't move when I
speak 10 him, and no man who j. alive
ever looked Ike that"
He il hypnotized- I want . ticket
for him. and please hurry up"
"IlI look al the rules and schedule, :"
said the agent. 1T says here. somuch
for = live man; 80 much for q corpse.
There Is nothing about hypnotizee.~
'Wen." said the other IN disgust, sax
cant waken him. perhaps had bet
ter kill him.
You can get an ak Of the porter.
Esus one thing is sure The rules don't
provide for any balf-dead men. he
cant 90 over this road"
The box was carried 20 Boston over
the turnpike IN a lumber wagon. The
higher railroad ofsscials say the agent
did right
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
THE PROFESSIONAL ELEPHANT.
Hfs Bale and Gait Are PeouIKargy
Adapted for Spectacular
Psrades.

There can be no real procession
without an elephant; he was built
for professions. His gait Is process
sional. The old Sanskrit poets note
the grace Of the rhythmic sway. for
when they particularly compliment a
woman, they sayA ~She walks like
an eIephant''-''As the swan swims, -
Rays Eyerybody's Magazine.
In India FIRST catch your elephant"
- only a preliminary, for he il but
the foundation of an architectural
structure. all except glittering eye
and rakish tail being covered. The
aowdshs solid gold. silver gilt. or san.
Gal carved. rises in temple turrets;
ne sssays beneath gold-crssted. jew
eled robes: his harness studs are
iisks Of precious gems. his cars
fringed with pearls, bis tus)<s gold
tipped. His aniSIct would liberals a
slave. bis forehead moon light a
larem.
He r. massive AZ the rock temples
u KARL. His rhythm the circliDg of
The planet&< Ills eye fwinkiss With
he vi.aoa Of Iost Lemur1s.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
CROW WITH VOCABULARY.
fa@~ Dtra IN New York Town That
Talks So PIa1RIy a. some
Parrota

Samuel Sesger, OF Bolivar, n Y
has tame crow named Jim. that
can talk as plainly as some parrots.
jim Is only 16 months old. bat fey
chlldreu Of that age can excel him
In making remarks. saws the New York
Tribune Jim VAS caught ia a hollow
tree on top o. a hill near Bolivar.
With him WAS his sister. and both
Of them were SOLD into bondage. Mr..
Seager 0uying Jim- Now he l. 30 tame
that hs sits on the piano and criticises
uLen ar Sezger's daughter plays
coon songs Everyone who knows him
wishes he could meet Ernest Thomp-
s5B Seton-
The crow frat began 10 talk last
winter lie started 10 By calling dad"
and -t,1o-booh-~ Later PAPA and
-.fnzmua~ we're distinctly made ous.
Vow he has adraEced 50 lar tha. when
M. sS1ger asks him IL be wants hls
breakf1st Jim replies: well should
smile" lie also says quite distinctly
Good morning" and Good night"
Re ws.l Is Etrsigbz 10 3 person who
aSixs tin IL lie wants bss head
scratched. Il the person has been for
mally introcneed 20 him OILERS ise
Jim wisl cut him dead He Is an i'm
persoDator. and can make any school
boy answer his whistle-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28

xhat Essaa oss IA Was Useless
and niSbsnd<S.

Is q ls-ter 40 knock OF TO boozt2 The
cft-GiSeuSsed subjecs has been called
up again by the demise Of ancrxaniza-
;ion WAose purpose VAS set forth in it's
name. The Booster club The Boost
CT club was TO boost, its motto was
Every knock j. a boost" That motto
l. now torn from the walls Of the room
the boosters occupied. and in its stead
some member of the Press club. which
has annexed the booster room. has
scrawled on the wall in pencil:
knock. and the world knocks with
You.
Boost. and You boost alone"
The Booster club was . society OF
optimism. says the Chicago Tribune.
IL was devoted 20 discovering the good
that may be in our fellow man. The
boosters spoke no III, thought no evil.
cecried no honest enSieavor. 1t boost
ed. Ii boosted all day long and oft
times far into the night 1t was the
beginning Of new cult. One booster
went farther than this. He said ii
was the commencement OF new re-
Egion.
The Booster club j. no more. Two
OF three members the other night arose
and made addresses as 20 the advis-
ability Of keeping the clubroons open
and Of continuing the active organiza-
tion Of the club. The burden Of their
plants was. What's the use?- After
these speeches had been delivered q
member with white face arose and in
hushed whispers said: Gentlemen. dc
You know what You are doing? We
are boosters, and yet. gentlemen. you
have been knocking. More than that
YOU have committed the crlU,~ q
crimes You have knocked the Booster
club This takes from us all that We
have claimed We must disband~ And
1t was so ordered.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
cORNCoB SIDEWALKS.
ann from Iowa Tells Of n Novel
scheme Adopted ny Grain
ShfpDin& Towa.

because OF the cot-pfpe industry
Missouri has the reputation OF being
the greatest corn-cob state in the
union. but Iowa has got its southern
reichbor beat when II comes 20 put
ting cobs 20 novel uses said a man
from heclzuk the other CAV. according
20 Chicago paper. Did you ever
hear Of cO-n-cob sidewalks? Never
cid2 Wen sir. made trip through
out big part OF the state OF Iowa
recently. and / found several grain
shipping towns that had corn-cob side
walks.
IN spite Of what one would think
about il coos make = pretty good
walk They are little rough at FIRST.
but when the cobs become trampled
Gown the walk - smooth. II il more
kqringy than \ cinder path and wa
TER viii not stand il little pools in
the low places
Prom some OF the litzle railroad
towns hundreds Of thousands OF bush
els Of corn are shipped each yenr. The
grain is shelled az the local elevators
and as there IL little demand for the
cohs for fuel they are carried IN a
spout 10 = place some distance from
the elevator and allowed 20 form IN
4 huge pile. In order 10 get nd Of
them they are generally burned A
year or two ago somebody discovered
that they made . pretty good walk
and TOW they are being utilized in
many Places
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28

In Germany, electricity. among 9th
er curious results, has rehs bilitated the
discarded windmill. AZ Neresheln q
windmill supplies power for 80 incan-
descent lamps that light large paint
factory. another IN Schleswio- Eol-
stein keeps up e steady current Of so
volts. Al Dusseldorf windmill " lnas
up heAry weight. Of which the de-
sesnt works povsrsal dynazcos
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-02-28
Dr.. ID. f. BLOCK,
Graduate Veterinary Sur scon.
NEWPORT MEMS, U6GSnFs

iicerssc Bnasy AIS Ct Va. sr-Eyigade Surgeon T.
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u al Goa este 1EiUcis- Cores pcraencc ~ Ecn 81
Cor costfafi0s specially. fsl supply q eeteriEGrs
oeclciqes ciaess tanc- higf-cicss tofsss bcoctf
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The Green Forest tribune., 1903-07-11
Arkansas Building.

A special from St. Louis to the Little Rock Gazette, dated last Friday says: At meeting of the Arkansas worlds fair com- mission held at the Lindell hotel today the contract for the erec- tion of the Arkansas building at the Louisiana Purchase EXposi- tion was let to the w. R. Morrison Construction Company of St. Louis.
 The contract price is ST ,OOO, which includes everything the specifications call for. Archi- tect Frank w. Gibb of Little Rock was present. Prof. Purdue outlined the plans at the meeting.
 Work on the Arkansas build ing will begin at once.