The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-28

will spend his vacation as bookkeeper
for Boutell Bros. & Co.-Sunnyside
Sun.
In the matter of fruit it is con-
coded that Yakima county leads all
counties of the state at the Lewis
and Clark fair-and for that mat
ter she is ahead of all other states,
so far as county exhibits are con-
cerned.-Ranch.
Frank Nagler, the popular cigar
manufacturer of North Yakima, was
in the city Wednesday, and helped
the band boys to toot little at re-
hearsal. Some 100 invitations
have been sent to prominent citi-
zens of the state asking them to &C
cept the courtesies of the county seat
Of Benton county on July 4. 1t is
probable that about IS will accept
the invitations, and the committee in
charge request that all ladies who
can prepare accommodations for one
or more of the guests kindly notify
e. B. Williamson or Arthur Grosscup.
The hotels will be crowded to suf-
location that day, and private homes
will probably prove more agreeable.
-Prosser Record.
The Gle Elum Echo mentions that
last week two miners employed In
Burcham-Ke claim picked up
of bedrock 1920 worth of coarse
gold. All the nuggets found show
more or less quartz in them. The
coarse gold mentioned consists of
about twenty nuggets valued at from
IS to $3.50. 1t is reliably reported
that good pay dirt is being taken out
of several other claims owned by
local men and citizens of Gle Elum
and North Yakima. :. Walter N.
Granger, superintendent of the
Washington Irrigation company at
Zillah, in the Sunnyside district,
states that representatives of the
Amalgamated Sugar company, which
owns a number of beet sugar fac
tories in the west, have recently WIS.,
tied the Yakima valley, and have de-
termined on the construction of a
gar-making plant which will cost
approximately 100000. The
plant will be located In the Sunny
side district in eastern Washington.
1t will have a capacity of 1000 tons
of sugar beets per day.-Seattle
Commonwealth.
Nathan Lamb, postmaster at
Lucas, was arrested few days ago.
charged with opening letters ad-
dressed to F. w. Drehmel. He gave
$500 cash bail to appear for trial.
Centerville Journal.
w. C. Smith of the Farmers Hotel
was a business visitor in North Yak
ina Friday. &C. w. Liggett, fore
man Of the Yakima Republic office.
w. o. Sanders, in charge Of the ad.
alley, and Fred Mccoy were among
the visitors who came down Sunday
to see the ball game. Theodore
Steiner, an old-timer at Yakima, Ell
lensburg and Gle Elum, arrived in
Prosser Saturday for a few days Wis
it. He was here long before the
town started, and says there is now
no doubt that it is going to make
city. Tom Martin was in town
from Yakima Monday to arrange for
opening the Benton Abstract COM
pany for business, which will have
quarters in the First National bank.
The abstract company was incorpo-
rated about a month ago with $4,000
capital, the trustees being T. Fl. Mar
tin and Fred Chandler of North Yak
ina ana P. e. Harris of Prosser.-
Prosser Bulletin.
James Richardson. the blacksmith,
was Yakima county visitor the FIRST
of the week. :. Mrs. Will Burweif
and children of North Yakima, We're
visiting relatives here last week. Mrs.
Burwell was formerly Miss Edith
Graham .--Bickleton News.
Bert Larson of Yakima is in town.
-. Fred Lauderdale of Yakima,
with his family, visited his mother
and brother here last Sunday-El-
lensburg Capital.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Bark
well, Sunday, June 1S, a daughter
-. Miss Ethel Gale of North Yaki-
ma was the guest of Mrs. L. H. Boly-I
ard Sunday. Miss Gale was en-
ployed in a Photographic studio in
this city about two years ago, and she
is pleasantly remembered by many
here.-Roslyn Miner.
John SchlotfeIdt came up from
North Yakima Wednesday evening
-. Jeanette Mills of Yakima is a
guest at the home of G. R. Simpson.
She arrived Sunday and will remain
during the school vacation. ~. S.
Cotton was in Yakima Wednesday
afternoon on a matter Of business
connected with the experimental
work which he is carrying on at the
summit of the Kittitas- Wenatchee
Observation-Disclosures Localizer.
Mr.. Richardson and family left
Wednesday evening for their home in
Wapato. :. Hon. Walter J. Reed at
tended the G. A. r. encampment held
at Vancouver the first of the week.
He reported a large attendance and
a joyful time for all The patrons
of the First National bank of North
Yakima will take pleasure in know
ing that the surplus has reached the
sum of 100000. A capital Of $780,
900 with such surplus tells a sufi-
cient story in itself. North Yakima
has cause to be proud of this finan-
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