The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-23
Local Notes

George and Floyd Masterland of
Prosser spent Sunday in this city.
X. G. Bowdish, trainmaster on the
Northern Pacific, spent yesterday in
the city.
Frank Reese spent Sunday with a
party of young people up at the paint
ed rocks
Born, Sunday, May 90, to Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Scott of SOC South Seattle
avenue, SON
T. r. Fishes went TO Fort Simcoe
Sunday to spend the day. He re-
turned Monday.
L. Ballnger OF the Yakima Tea Co.
Is in CleElum this week in the inter
est Of his concern.
VIM. Filler moved into his new
tailoring rooms over Mrs. Cary's
Millinery store yesterday.
w. j. Daniels, travelling auditor
for the Northern Pacific, was in the
city Yesterday on business.
The ladies of the PRESBYTERIAN
church will give socable at Mrs.
Dan Sinclair's next Wednesday after
noon
Governor Lowe has purchased al
automobile from an agency in Ia
COMA and is daily looking for his new
machine.
Charles, Sam and Miss Genevieve
Shanks came in from the Upper
Natchez yesterday and spent the day
transacting business
j. /. Newcomb has sold his pretty
home pace west of the power house
to Mr.. Davis and family, who have
recently arrived from Minnesota
superintendent Dreamer granted a
permit to hold the Sunnyside train
until after the afternoon performance
of the Norris & Rowe show next Fri
day.
Work has been commenced on the
foundation walls of the new Miller
block, and several carload of pressed
brick have arrived for the upper
walls
All the boys interested in the rails
ing Of a fund to build a Y M. G. A.
home in North Yakima are requested
to meet in the assembly room of the
Methodist church on Saturday even
ing, May 20, at o'clock sharp.
DR. Cameron and his sister, Mrs
Thompson, have moved from No. s
South Natchez to the Patton resi-
dence at sol Yakima avenue, which
property they recently purchased
Elders Crowther and Jardne of
the Church of the Latter Day Saints,
are in the city doing missionary work.
The gentlemen held an open air meet
ing on the streets Sunday evening.
Mark Pennington and Ed McWil-
iiams made a record auto run from
Tampico to this city Sunday. The
distance is twenty-five miles and the
run was made in one hour and fifteen
minutes.
Mrs. Margaret Wisdom, former
resident of Zillah, led at the home
of her daughter, Mrs ID. c. Springer,
at Olympia May 18th, aged II years.
She also left son, who lives at Scots
burg. Or
A party of young ladies and gen
tlemen went up the Natchez Sunday
picnicing, but the pleasures of the
day were broken up by the rain.
There was no shelter near and they
all received drenching.
The fire-proof safe that occupied a
prominent place in the Northern Pa
cific freight office was yesterday
loaded on car for shipment to the
factory 1t was badly injured by the
fire and not fit for further service.
Frank Nagler took a party of men
up the Nile to a point where he will
be met by Bob Fife. who will take
them the rest of the way to the Eliz-
abeth mine The men are being talk
en- up there to work in the mine.
Lulu V. Watts was granted an alb
solute divorce from her husband, Eu
gene Watts and the custody OF her
child, by the superior court yester-
day afternoon. Divorce was granted
upon the grounds Of cruelty and non
support
A large party Of business men of
the city went up to Joe Eschbach 5
ranch in the Natchez Sunday. The
party was well received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Eschbach. A very elaborate
and tasty dinner was placed before
the guests.
The Yakima Hardware Co. has be-
gun the work of clearing away the
debri from the site Of their former
warehouse, DESTROYED in the recent
fire. They will Immediately COM
mence the construction of a new fire
proof building.
Billy Thode and Herman Leeper
went up the Natchez Sunday on a
fishing trip. and their efforts were
rewarded with seventeen showers of
rain and two fish. When they arrived
town, the only thing they had to-
say was ooh, fduge,"
Action has been commenced in SUI
perior court to determine title to
farm lands n ear Zillah in behalf of
George W. McCaskey, the y. p. ticket
agent at St. Paul. The sum involved
is some $4,000, and concerns the
validity of prior guardianship sales.
Attorney Guy X. Brewster of the
firm of Roberts & Brewster, took the
early morning train Saturday for
Colorado upon a business trip. Mr..
Roberts informs the Herald that Mr..
Brewster expects to bring back new
partner in the shape of better
half
The Yakima Stars were badly de-
feated by the Wide Hollow boys at
the Sunday game of ball. The score
was s 10 16 in favor of Wide Hollow.
Up to the eighth inning it was a tie,
but from that point on the visiting
team made a clean sweep.