The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-11-21

an interest in the feed store of NJ.
Graham Barnes on Chestnut street
and will assume the active manage
ment of the firms business at once.
The combination will be strong one
and the firm will undoubtedly enjoy
profitable business.
Mrs. H. Miller, who lives near the
power house, lost her pocket book,
containing $40, Friday. She did not
discover her loss until she arrived
home. Returning she failed to find
it, but the following morning at day
light while out searching again, it
was handed to her by small boy
who had picked it up in a rut where
a wheel had passed over it.
Forty couples attended the benefit
dance given Saturday night by local
painters union, No. 419 This was
given for the family of their deceas-
ed member, ID. Berard, who died
last October. The committee on ar
rangements was Charles Wilgus, F.
Z. Cook and Charles Dodge. The mu-
sic for this pleasant affair was fur
nished by the Creole orchestra, which
is becoming real popular.
H. |. Schwabland, representing
the American Paper company of
Seattle is in the city. Mr. Schwab-
land was due in North Yakima the
10Th, but was delayed in Ellens-
burg by the floods. He came down
from that place Monday in company
with a railroad man and another
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The ride was a hard one, but inter-
esting, as it showed the great dam
age done by the high water Ellens-
burg is without city lights and pow
er and the newspapers will be in
bad way for paper on which to
get out their publications, unless
trains are running shortly.
| Caught in the flood beyond the
reach of medical aid, while the wa
tiers surrounded them on every side,
Mrs. Lucy B. Prichett gave birth
to a little daughter Sunday. The or
deal was too much for the mother
! and she passed away soon after The
| baby died few moments after birth.
Mr. Prichett is a stranger in the
country and has asked the w. o. w.
to take charge of the funeral. His
wife was 50 years of age and leaves
no children. The bodies of the
mother and her baby are being
prepared for interment by A. j.
Shaw & Sons. The funeral will be
held from their parlors this morn
| ing at 10 o'clock. The family were
on their way into the city when
they were stopped by the high water
at house in Fruitvale.
Manager Schaeffer Of the Yakima
theater states that all billboards
erected for his advertising system in
the future will be of steel and gal
vanized iron, and that all the present
boards would be replaced by new
ones at an early date. The object
of the change is to provide a more
lasting and at the same time a fire.
proof board.
F. F. Tomlin of Morris, Mimi,
who has been looking the country
over, has concluded to locate here
and will return as soon as he can get
train east to arrange matters pre-
paratory to coming to orth Yakima
to remain. Mr.. Tomlin has been
in the dairy business there for
twelve years and says that his
greatest regret is that he did not
come to the Yakima country ten
years ago. He will bring with him
some blooded Percheron horses.
A carload of glass, intended for
the new Miller block, is tied up
somewhere along the Northern Pa
cific and will delay somewhat the
completion of the building, though
it is hoped the embarrassment will
not be serious. The car should have
arrived two or three days ago, about
the time the heavy floods came on.
The heating plant in the block Is
working very satisfactorily and Su-
perintendent Jones states that BY
March l he will be able to turn over
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