The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-11-15
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Frank Horsley was visitor to the
Sound cities the latter part Of last
week.
J. L. Blair came up from Toppen-
ish Friday with his family. and re-
manned in the city until Sunday, Wis
iting friends.
H. M. Gilbert is slowly improv-
ing from a very severe case Of ty-
phoid fever. He is now able to sit
up part Of every day.
The Circle OF Kings Daughters
will meet at the home of Mrs. G. C..
Case, 703 North Natchez avenue on
Tuesday, November 81.
Miss Georgia Cary. who has been
very i'll with typhoid fever, is now
SO much improved that her friends
feel confident OF her recovery.
Joseph La Framboise Of the Mox-
zee has gone to GENTLY, Polk county,
ty, Mimi, where he will visit with
old time friends for several weeks.
Mrs. Smith, widow Of Ex-Governor
Smith, of New Hampshire, and Chas.
P. Hale spent Friday in the city,
looking after some property inter-
ests here.
DR.. J. Nywening, recently Of Ore
gon, has decided to locate in North
Yakima, and has opened Offices in
the Kershaw block. The doctor has
for the past two years been engaged
J. C. Helm, the South Bend bank
er, has returned to North Yakima to
spend the greater part of the winter,
as he he is a sufferer from asthma,
and finds that he gets much relief in
this valley.
as government surgeon. He Is a
graduate of the Hope Medical Col
lege, and received the NJ. A. degree
at the St. Louis University (medical
Department. after which he served
two years as house surgeon In the
city hospital in St. Louis.
George Candy, the nimrod of
North Yakima, and general all
round good fellow, has just returned
from hunt in the Horse Heaven
country, where he went after geese
He killed one goose. which cost him
$50 and three days absence from
business.
The Yakima Real Estate Compa-
ny is the name of new firm recently
organized. 1t is composed of Albert
Curtis. The new firm has taken Of
fees in the Otter block, and will
handle city real estate and farm
property.
F. l.. Davis left with the Herald a
couple Of very fine specimens of the
''spud" family the latter part of last
week. One of the potatoes measured
12A inches in length, the other 13 "
Either of them would make meal
for an ordinary sized family Mr..
Davis says he has a number of tons.
of these potatoes, although not all
are of this size.
= w. E. Williams, prominent
rancher in the Outlook country, was
in the city Saturday. This is Mr..
Williams first visit to this city in
six years. and he was astonished at
the great growth Yakima had made
In that time. He says the people of
his section are anxiously looking for
the railroad, and also feel very
friendly toward the North Coast
project.
Mrs. r. Carmichael of Yakima
City, and her son Guy, and the for
mer's sister. Mrs. ]. r. Bell, of the
Mckee, left Saturday for San Fran
cisco, from whence they will soon
sail for New Zealand, the former
home OF Mrs. Carmichael and Mrs.
Bell. They will spend few months
there, returning In the early spring.
Mrs. Carmichael's large dairy inter-
ests have been left in competent
hands. and will not be allowed to suf-
fer during her temporary absence.
This is her first visit home in over
twenty years.
Word was received this week from
Miss Helen Scott, who is a student
at the Berkeley University in Cali
fornia. that her lodging house had
been burned down, and that she had
lost all her personal effects, barely
escaping with her life. In rushing
down the burning stairways, she
sprained both her ankles. and is now
laid up, as a result. Her telegram
caused great anxiety on the part of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. n.
Scott, but later reports state that she
Is getting along nicely, although
quite busy in replenishing her ward
robe.