The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-06

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visitor in the city Monday.
C. o. Womack, of Mabton, was at
the Washington hotel, Monday.
r. B. Roberst, of Wapato, was reg
istered at the Washington hotel yes
terday.
Harvey L. Young is paying a few
days visit to the Dunn ranch in
Parker.
Otto l.. Hansen, of Kennewick and
in North Yakima.
F. NJ. Well and A. A. Piper, of
White Bluffs, were visitors in North
Yakima Monday.
Alva Stransy left yesterday for Sc
attic where he will attend the univer-
sity the coming season.
o. B. Young. who has been in Sc
attic for several months is transacting
business in North Yakima.
Miss Twohy, formerly of this city
but now of Seattle, has been visiting
friends here for a day or two.
Examinations will be held in North
Yakima, on October %. for civil SER
vice positions in the census bureau.
The new name of the gas compa ny
in North Yakima is the Northwestern
corporation, instead of Northwest cor
poration as reported.
E. III. Burger, a recent arrival from
Great Falls, Mont, has purchased the
Sc cond hand business located at II
West Yakima avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Whaley left on
No. Sunday for Seattle, after taking
in the fair Mr.. Whaley will go to the
Olympic mountains where he will en-
deavor to bag deer ar two.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ALBERT of Fair
banks, Alaska. arrived in North Yaki-
ma Friday to visit Mrs. B. A. Car
bonneau
Once again the sons of Mr.. and Mrs
L. V. McWhorter of North Yakima
have won prominence as judges of
pure bred stock. A few days ago the
Herald pointed out that they had won
third and fourth places in the stock
judging contest at the interstate fair
at Spokane Wednesday in Seattle
o. T McWhorter won second place
and v. c. WcWhorter won third
place in the contest in stock Judging
at tne A. ". ". NC nOrleT
also won second place in the COM
petition for farmers boys. Virgil Nc
Whorter wins s65 from his judgment
on stock and Grid comes through
with s4s.43. Prof. Mcdonald, who
was in charge of the contest, said that
Ovid should have had first prize but
that changes made in the regulations
at the last moment threw him out of
that honor.
Chas. Wenner has on display at the
billiard parlors of Wenner Bros, some
grapes that for size appear ahead of
anything that has been shown this
year. One bunch of Flaming Tokays
weighed bit more than three pounds.
bunch of Romans has grapes as
large as good sized olives. The fruit
was grown by Thomas Weeks.
w. P. Romans, the photographer,
made the first natural color photo
graphs ever seen in the Yakima valley
on Saturday. of the Robert johnson
orchard in Fruitvale. In taking such
photographs it is only possible to get
one positirs, a plate. and no prints
can show the coloring.
A deed of the Northern Pacific rail-
road to G. w. and Burt L. Harris for
4,153.32 acres located in the East
Selah valley was filed Saturday. The
property was bought under contract
eight years ago at one dollar per acre
and is now worth many times that
figure, although not irrigated.
H. A. Irish has received a communi-
cation from the National Commander
S. r. Van Zant of st. Paul, Mimi,
naming himself and B. L. Bull of
Mead Post No. ., Department of
Washington and Alaska as aids on his
staff for the G.. A. r. encampment of
1910 to be held at Atlantic City, n. j..
E. Storey Tice. manager of the Yak
ina Gas company. will soon send out
notices to the effect that the name OF
the company has been changed to the
Northwest corporation which is the
holding company A recent merger
of several gas companies in the north
west is the reason for the change in
name. 1t is promised that better and
cheaper service will be given under
the new arrangement.