The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-06-07
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

county was In the city last FRIDAY on
business. He returned Saturday
morning.
w. T. Stewart has the contract for
reconstructing the Wilson block.
Work has already commenced up
on It,
The Woman lodge will give a
strawberry social next Saturday
evening, June 10, at I. o. o. F. hall.
All are invited. csc.
Register H. v. Human of the North
Yakima land Office is slowly improv-
ing in health. He expects to be at
his post in about ten days.
Father Brusten of the Catholic
church confirmed a class of forty
three communicates at st. Joseph's
last Sunday morning at $3.50 o'clock.
The communicates were all members
of the local parish.
Mrs. Frank Horsley and Mrs.
James Fraser and Miss Sue Lombard
have returned from the annual con-
vention of Federated Women's
clubs which met in Walla Walla last
week. Miss Sue Lombard was
elected president Of the federation
for the ensuing year.
The Knights of Columbus will
have special initiation services in
this city on June 18, at which time
class of 80 members will be taken
in to the mysteries of the order. A
large number of state officers will be
here and the local lodge will fitting
ly entertain all the visitors.
H. B. Spencer has been succeeded
here as the local manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph office. His
successor is Mr.. T. J. Bates of
Boise. Idaho. Mr.. Spencer is one of
the oldest employees of the Western
Union company in the west. He has
not yet decided what he will do.
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany has notified the state fair board
that stop-over privileges will be al
lowed North Yakima to all holders
of Lewis and Clark exposition excur-
sion tickets from the east during the
summer. These stop-over privileges
will be granted each way.
A. l.. Flynn and C. E. Lum left
here last week for Vancouver, Wash,
to attend the meeting of the grand
lodge of Odd Fellows for the state
of Washington. Mrs. Lum accom-
panied her husband to Vancouver
and will go from there to Salem.
Ore. to visit among friends and
relatives.
Fred Thompson was over from Sc
attic the latter part of last week.
He was looking well and was appar-
emily in the best of spirits. Mr..
Thompson is in the candy business.
He says that he is now making a
brand o, Crackerjack that will even
tually make Seattle as popular as
Schlitz beer has made Milwaukee.
]. A. Slayton, charged with intent
to kill, had a hearing before Justice
Taggard last week and was held to
appear in the superior court for trial
under $1,000 bail. Slayton fired
four shots at party of four men
who were driving across his place
near Priest Rapids on the Columbia
river. Frank Bryant is the prose-
cutting witness.
o. A. Fechter was elected presi-
dent of the Yakima Valley bank at
recent meeting of the board of d.
rectors. Charles S. Mead was
elected vice president. To the
board of directors were added E. E.
Streitz. w. w. Armstrong. c. s. Mead
and j. j. Rudkin. The other Off
ces will be filled by the present in
cumbents.
Exercises appropriate to Chill
drens' Day will be held by the Sun
day school of the First Presbyterian
church next Sunday morning. In
the evening the pastor, Rev. F. l..
hayden, will deliver the sermon that
was announced for last Sunday even
ing, Joseph, the Young Man OF
Ideals" The public are invited to
these and all services at this church
w. N. Irish of Mob Hill reports the
peach crop prospects bumper In
his neighborhood, in fact thinning
will have to be INDUCED in extern
sively AS evidence of what Is 60
ing on in his own orchard. he left
with this Office peach limb about
foot long which contained forty
specimens of fruit as large as
marbles. 1t was certainly a curl
osity, for it is difficult to conceive
how many more could be grown OF
the limb and made to stick.
DR.. N. H. Goodnow and family ar
rived here last week from Chicago
and after looking the situation ovel
have decided to make this city thei1
home. DR.. Goodnow will make
specially Of eye, ear. nose and throa
treatment He is a graduate Of Rust
Medical college, the Chicago F., E..
n. and T. college. and the Chicago
Polytechnic His Offices will be 10
cateu in the front rooms over the
Pioneer Drug store.
The Woodmen of the World helt
an election of officers last Thursday
night. The officers elected were al
follows: Commander, A. A. Smith
lieutenant, A. C. Pease; escort, A
Henri, w. B. Benham; sentry, Ro,
Harris; managers, "A. Holstein, B
Bush. The Woodmen will hold theil
memorial exercises on Sunday, June
IL. All the Woodmen are requested
to come and bring flowers.
Hon. C. G. Heifner, state agency
director for the New York Life In
surance company, and Col. Thomas
E. Eastland, a representative of the
company, arrived in the city Tues
dox, Mr. uoifpor Wac fOrmorlx