The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-04-13
YAKIr1A PEOPLE AND THINGS.

DR.. Frank, health officer for the
county, has appointed DR.. c. &. McCown
of Prosser AS deputy Tor this portion OF
the county. .... G. VI. IIauser, sec
retarv OF the republican county commit
tee, was in the city on private business
Tuesday. He attended the meeting of
the new Knights If Pythias lodge, OF
Prosser, Of which he was recently the
officer who installed. .. The repub-
licans OF North Yakima have organized
a strong republican club with J. Gull
president, w. II. Pat erson, c. II. Hin
man and +. J. Barnes vice presidents
and Edward +. Cleaver secretary. Fol
lowing Prosser's example, the club will
work in harmony for republican prime
iples, leaving the question of candidates
TO be decided by the conventions. ......
Mr.. Harry Garret has been busy this
week getting the site for the new brick
ward OF Garrett Bros. prepared for bus
mess. 1t is expected to use ten acres of
land for the yard and the site selected is
on the Hiscock place east OF the city
limits. The work Of making brick will
begin actively next week and Mr.. Garrett
expects they will be able to make about
5000 per day from the start. There
may not be call for that amount at first,
but it will be necessary TO get a stock
ahead to supply the trade.-Prosser Bull
letin.
John Cleman OF Yakima was here
last Saturday. ~ ii. NJ. Grover of
the Cascad Lumber company. Yakima,
was here on business last Tuesday. ......
Miss Mia Foster of Yakima was the
guest of Miss Edna Craig several days
this week. . Yakima has a right to
he proud of the remarkable number of
fruit trees purchased and planted. The
Capital wishes it could record similar
squirt OF enterprise in kittias valley,
where the natural conditions are just as
favorable as they are below, but there
the land has been subdivded so that
diversified crops We're a natural sequence
and the people have, as the Capital be-
lieves, wisely turned to the gro Al ing OF
fruit. 1t means wealth Tor that region,
and it will be the greatest year in our
history when 100000 fruit trees are
planted in kittias valley.-Ellensburg
Capital.
C. d. Williams, formerly composit-
or in this office, but who has spent the
past year in Yakima, came up Friday to
take position in this office. lie is
good printer and pressman and thor
oughly understands his business FL
lensburg Dawn.
w. J. Boyd has been in Yakima this
week visiting his daughter. ..... A. &.
Laughin OF North Yakima registered at
the Vanderbilt on Thursday. .....
Judge Rudkin cameup from North Yak
ina on Thursday. ..... VIM. Mcklvor
OF the firm of McKivor and Daniels,
the contractors of North Yakima, who
have the contract OF constructing
the town ditch, arrived in the city last
Tuesday. They are busily engaged in
building camp on the John Burch ranch,
on the west side of the river, and will re-
sumo construction work on the ditch in
the near future, having started the work
last fall.--Ellensburg Localizer.
Walter j. Reed came up from North
Yakima on "Wednesday on business per-
tanning to the welfare OF the town. He
expects to be here again Saturday and
remain Sunday. ....... Congressman
Jones is anxious to do all he can to have
the name of Gle Elum restored to the
Echo. II each Of our influential citizens
would take few minutes and write him
their ideas in the premises it would
materially assist in helping to restore to
us the name we claim. ...... l.. i. Van
denmark, who was awarded the contract
to grade Penn. Ave, and who had to alb
andon the work in the fall on account Of
snow, commenced this week to complete
the work. In spite OF the fact that sew
eral feet of snow fell and melted on the
earth put on last fall, there is little mud
in the street, and there is reason to be-
lieve that when the work is finished and
the grade rounded off we will have
street free from mud and the usual sum-
mer dust.-Cle Elum Echo.
Miss Weisbe'ger OF North Yakima has
accepted a position as saleswoman with
Boutell Bros of this place. ....... Orien
Miller Of North Yakima will be in
Sunnyside next week prepared to do
work in his line, that OF tuning and re-
pairing pianos. ...... 1t will be now in
order for the Yakima Republic to jump
onto LON bard 4 Horsley's Union Gap
Irrigation company. We can't under
stand how they can have the temerity
to organize new irrigation enterprise
in the face of the Whitson-Robertson
scheme.-Sunnyside sun.
Alexander Miller, president OF the
Yakima Milling Co., was in town We'd
nesdav. ..... |. II. Dills and w.
Walker, both of North Yakima, made
Mabtona visit Wednesday. $50. Road
master Scow OF North Yakima was here
Monday overseeing the grading work