The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-08

of town and while they are away -
4 good chance for some one to come in
and corner the market
a. S. Congdon and family will leave
Monday for trip through Colorado
and spend a short vacation there They
will stop at Salt Lake City on the way
and stop at all the noted Colorado re-
sorts before their return.
]. j Kelly, formerly with the Cas-
cade Lumber company in this city. is
now working for that firm at North
Yakima, and played third base for The
Tigers Sunday in the game against
Frosser.-Prosser Bulletin.
]. e. Fitch of the Yakima Real E.s-
tate company and DR.. Daily of Eugene,
Ore, went to Parker Bottom Monday
to look over some fruit land. The doc
tor is here with view to making
some investments in real estate.
The Christian Women Board of Mis-
sions of the Christian church held the
regular monthly meeting Friday after
noon with Mrs. Bryson of North Third
street. Twenty-Five were preset and
the session was a pleasant one
The Inland Real Estate company.
formerly in the Olympia Dairy bu'id-
ing on the west side, has moved to
No IS Yakima avenue, where they will
occupy it's new offices in conjunction
with Huntington & Co., hop and wool
buyers.
Dwight Redman, Reed Thomas, Ben
Whitson, Jack Hess, Henry Foote and
Fred Doolittle, all of the reclamation
service, left here Monday afternoon
under the supervision of Engineer Har-
old Doolittel, to go into the upper Co.
wiche to locate the route of the Tieton
canal.
]. r. Townsend, manager of the Nor
gan Lumber company, spent Monday in
the city on business. Mr.. Townsend
reports a very fine business for his
concern and believes that Toppenish
will forge ahead just as soon as mat
ters pertaining to the townsite are
settled.
Mrs. f. L. Miller and daughter, Gla-
dys, of Fruitvale returned Monday af-
ternoon from Lake Kachees. They re-
port a very fine outing and state
more ideal place for outing would be
hard to find. Mr.. Miller and two older
daughters, the MISSES WINNIE ana Etn-
e, will return by team.
The Royal Neighbors gave a most
delightful lawn party at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Lyle on South
Tenth street. The Royal Neighbors and
Woodmen were well represented and
all enjoyed themselves. The lawn
was tastefully decorated and refresh
ments were served out of doors.
Abraham Grcenwault, an aged pio-
neer of this valley, died at his home
several miles up the Ahtanum Thurs
day morning. The deceased is the IA
Their of n. Is. and Lincoln Greenwault,
who are we'll known here. The funeral
will be held at 10 O'clock this morn
ing at the Ahtanum Congregational
church.
AS Councilman Thompson facetious-
ly remarked at the meeting last night,
it costs more nowadays than it used
to to die as well as to live. The city
council took favorable action upon the
recommendation of the cemetery COM
mittee to increase the price of the best
lots in Tahoma cemetery 25 per cent
in price
Carl Rapp of Longtime, Neb.. pur-
chased the Granger hotel Monday
morning and will take possession this
morning. Mr.. Rapp has with him a
neice who will assist him with the
hotel management. The consideration
has not been made known. Eugene
Fox. the former owner of the hotel,
will go to farming near Granger.
Will II. James, formerly of this
city, has resigned from the business
management of the Tacoma Ledger
after having held the position for near
ly two months. Mr.. James returned to
his old position as business manager
of the Sacramento Bee, where he made
a success that is notable in the news
paper world.
The city council Monday evening
granted to II. I. Durall the contract for
building a wooden sidewalk on North
Front street. between c and H streets.
This sidewalk will fill long felt want.
1t is needed as badly as any that has
been built in the city for year past.
The only other bidder was F. c. How
ard. and the bids were very close.
Paddy Gaines, the noted catcher of
the Yakima baseball team, will be
home from Portland this week and is
expected to be in condition to enter the
game which will be played here next
Sunday between the local team and
Toppenish. Carl Shaw will be here.
as will Johnnie Harmon. and the boys
do not expect to be beaten this time
A complaint was filed in Judge Tag
CARDS court Monday whereby A. C. E.
Brown charges J. A. Breeding with as
sault and battery. 1t will be remem-
bered that this is the case where Mr.
Breeding was charged with having
beaten and thrown Mr.. Brown In the
ditch The trouble arose over some
matter in regard to the irrigation
bitches.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the county auditors office Thurs
day for the First Christian church of
wapato. The object of the incorpora-
ton Is the carrying on of church
work. erecting buildings and the up
building of Christianity. The corpora
ton is to be managed by three trus-
tees elected annually from members of
the church.