The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-23

have been enjoying the week. The
| party motored up and back.
J. l.. Yocum, manager of the Swift
packing house interests of Seattle
spent Monday in the city looking into
the meat conditions here. Mr.. Yocum
has been a frequent visitor in the city
of late years and says that every
time he comes the city looks better to
him and some decided improvement
greets his eyes. on this visit he was
taken by c. Il. Pigott In an automo-
bile over the Mob Hill district, and
he expressed his wonder at the fruit
acreage and the beauty of the orch
ards.
r. McComb, formerly of the Wa
patio Independent, and sister, Mrs.
WEIGH, were in the city Monday.
They are expecting to soon leave for
Massachusetts to make their future
home.
Paul Bunnell of the Mckee was in
the city Monday and states that hay
ing is well under way and will be
largely secured by the end of the
week. The crop across the river is
heavy.
Eugene Thurlow and daughter
Olive of Seattle are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. l.. Steinweg for a few
days.
Sheriff Lancaster has notified all
hotel and restaurant keepers in the
city and county that the multiplying
law will be enforced with the first
complaint that reaches his ear.
p. II. w. Ross of Ellensburg was
transacting business in this city Mon
day afternoon.
Sheriff A. G.. Mcneil of Prosser ar
rived in this city on No. Is Tuesday
morning and will return to Prosser
with Sam Dennison, held in the Yak
ina county Jail for safe keeping on
the charge of murder. Dennison is
accused of shooting George Evans
while under the influence of liquor in
a quarrel over a fish pole, inflicting
wounds from which Evans died two
weeks after the ARRAY.
Tramps, eastward bound, delayed
Northern Pacific train No. 6, 10 min
utes in the local yards Monday even
ing while the brakemen dislodged the
knights of the road from underneath
and on top of the cars. About 20 of
the travelling gentry had planned to
experienced by the trainmen and rail-
road police in rounding up the wan
derers. Most of the party We're
marched to the city Jail for the night.
Engineer Swigert of the reclama-
ton service, who has been absent for
10 days in the Okanogan country, re-
turned to North Yakima Sunday. Mr..
Swigert says the contractor for the
Sulphur creek wasteway in the Sun
nyside project has thrown up his con-
tract and that work is suspended for
the present.
Preparations are under way for the
construction, just east of the building
occupied by Coffin Rundstrom's of a
two story business block for II. b.
Scudder. 1t is understood that the
contract has been awarded to Con-
tractor Wiley and that the work will
be undertaken at once. The pop
corn stand which occupied a portion
of the lot has travelled further east in
front of the billboard beyond the
commercial college
Pat Mullins is making great speed
on the work in connection with his
building which is to occupy the site
of the Varian hotel on south First
street. Monday. within 10 days of the
first move, he had his men engaged
in constructing retaining wall for
the south sidewalk and has his base
ment excavation almost completed.
The wall of the building to the north
must be supported by ii new wall be-
low it.