The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-24
Local Notes..

BENZ, is III the city.
Robert Dunn of Parker Bottom
was in the city Monday.
Mrs. Alfred Leekenby and son of
Seattle are visiting Mrs. Erwin of
2O1 North Matches.
]. F. Fitzgerald is here from Gar
net, Montana, the guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. A. B. Sweeney.
The w. r. c. Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. Hinman, North First
street, on Thursday afternoon, Oct.
90.
Mrs. Anna Adams and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Diehl are visiting on the Sound
for the benefit of Mrs. Adams
health.
G. w. Gasky of Minneapolis will
build a house on the lot adjoining
the residenc of "A. j. Helton on North
Matches.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. st. John of
Nebraska City, Nebraska, are the
guests of Frank Babbitt of COG
North Matches.
T. j. Cherry, wife and daughter,
of the Selah left Monday morning
for Seattle, where they will sped a
couple of weeks visiting relatives.
Mr. Geo. E. Jordan and Mrs. An
ma L. Day were married Sl1la.
evening at the brides home tn
South Eighth street, Rev. Morton A..
Rose officiating.
A heating stove was put in the cal
aboose yesterday by order of Chief
Of Police Cayou. Many complaints
were made by the prisoners on ac-
count of the cold nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Putnam. Mr..
and Mrs. Alva Hauser and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Shearer returned to
Ellensburg Monday after attending
the funeral of Merritt Peters Sun
day.
Some people think they are being
given short weights at some of the
private scales in he city, so have
started a petition to the council for a
set of public scales to be operated by
the city.
There was a postal card social
Tuesday night at the Presbyterian
church, at which several postal
card contests were instigated. Re-
freshments were served to about
one hundred who were present.
Owing to the regular driver of one
of the Golden Rule Dairy wagons
being injured in a runaway, Mr..
Looney, the proprietor, fears som
of his customers may be overlooked
this morning. He wishes all such
to notify him by phone 934.
C. w. Wilcox, state secretary OF
the Y. M. C. A., passed through the
city last night on his way to Spo-
kane. He is goir g there to assume
control of affairs until the Inter-
national Board can arrange for a
man to fill Reno Hutchinson's place.
Miss Affie Barnes visited friends
for day in the city Tuesday. Miss
Barnes met with serious accident
at Butte a few days since. While
alighting from train her skirt
caught in such a manner as to throw
her to the station platform, fractur-
ing the right arm.
A suit for divorce was filed with
the county clerk Monday by Alice M.
Fenton against Fay Fenton, charg-
ing abandonment and non-support,
and by Lena Hale against her hus-
band, Carp S. Hale because OF al
legged cruelty. Fred Parkr is the at
torney for both plaintiffs.
Romons & Gale, formerly in the
rear of Thompson's Music Store,
have taken in A. Mundell as partner
and opened up a shop at 315 E Yaki-
ma avenue, in w. 7. Stewards old
shop. They do carpentering OF all
kinds, making speciality OF mis-
sion furniture and cabinet work.
A large peach was brought up
from the ranch of E. 0. keck near
Zillah that was a beauty in appear
ance and tipped the scales at an even
sixteen ounces. 1t measured sixteen
and a quarter inches in circumfer-
ence. Mr.. Keek packed it very
carefully and shipped 1t to friend
in Ohio as sample of what is pro-
duced in the peach line in the Yakl-
ma valley.
What might have been serious
fire. as it originated near lot OF
sheds and barns, was narrowly
averted Tuesday morning, at the
home of c. l.. Barnett, 800 North
First street. A carpenter working
on a building near Barnett's resi-
dence, noticed SNAKE issuing from
what he thought was an outbuilding,
and fearing a fire went over and
called on anoher man who was work
ing on the Barnett place, and to-
Gather thew extinguished the blaze.