The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-03-22
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Nile ranch for day or two the first of
the week.
Mrs. A. Stewart, nee Fulkerson, was
up from Prosser Tuesday visiting rela-
tives and doing some shopping.
James d. Laidlaw and Miss Charlotte
Wallace; John +. Raymond of North
YIs,-ima and Miss Lottie NJ. Squier Of
Zi.ah were granted licenses to wed to.
day.
Mrs. II. A. Shaw, formerly Miss Bar
tholet of this city, who visited her
sister, Mrs. Jas. Macarthur for few
days, has returned to her home in Sc
attic.
The interest in the services at the
Christian church continues with the
same revival spirit that characterized
the special meetings, there having been
six more accessions to the church last
Sunday. The pastor will preach at II
a. IN. and 1880 p. m. next Sunday.
c. o. Young of Olympia, general or
ganizer for the American Federation of
Labor, is in the city this week and is
endeavoring to organize labor unions
in a number of crafts or trades repre-
sented in the city. He met with con.
siderable encouragement and may be
here for some time
I. II. Russell, of Mcintosh, Mimi, who
has been reader of the Herald for some
time, arrived in North Yakima last
week and will make his home here. He
says there are large number of people
from his section of the state who are
looking with longing eyes toward this
locality and who will doubtless take ad-
vantage of the first opportunity to come
west
The West Side Improvement club are
planning for lively time at its next
regular meeting, when the question Of
the "McCulloh System of Sewers" will
come up for debate. The system as
proposed has many warm supporters on
the west side as well as many who are
OF posed to the stheme. Notice vii! he
gwen the public of the date in order
that all who wish may attend the meet
ing.
Services at the Baptist church on
next Lords day as follows: Sunday
school at 10 o'clock; morning service at
IL o'clock, sermon subject, "Behold the
Lamb of God" Meeting of the Young
Peoples Union at $780, Evening service
at 7:D. The evening service will con
sist of a missionary praise service, mis-
sionary hymns will be sung and a his
torical sketch of the same and of some
of the mission fields. All are invited to
attend these services.
At the last session of the board of |
county commissioners Chairman Sinclair
was authorized to purchase the four lots |
on First street opposite the lots on See
ond street on which the present court.
house stands. He has made the pur-
chase of the lots through the real es.
tate firm of Lince & Patton, the deal
having been consummated last week.
Two of the lots, 10 and 90, block 29,
were owned by l.. Laporis of Spokane,
and the others, 81 and %, block 90,
were owned by L. d. S. Patton of this
city. The total price paid was $1,000,
which is considered by real estate men
very reasonable consideration. The
county now possesses a half block of de-
sirable land upon which the new court.
house will be located, and where there
will be ample room.
A pleasant departure in church money |
making enterprises is the Carnival of
Months which is the next thing of i'm
portance in the program of the Ladies'
Aid society of the Methodist church.
This carnival is to be held the latter
part of May, probably beginning the
22nd. Refreshments, knick .knacks, SOU |,
venirs, fancy articles, etc, will be sold
in booths representing the months and
in the evening there will also be an en-
tertainment One evening spelling
match will test the memory of grown
ups, another tableaux and Rotations
will please; third everybody will be
invited to a poverty party. Early notice
is given so that everybody can plan to
come and have good time and help the
Methodsts furnish the new church.
You bet! We are going to enjoin North