The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-06
LOCAL NEWS
s. j. Kennedy is in Seattle this

Rev. S. j. Kennedy is in Seattle this
week.
Claude Briggs is building a bunga
low on Mob Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Shadbolt and l..
j. Shadbolt Sf Sheboygan, Wis, are
visiting in North Yakima.
An orchestra of six or seven pieces
is being formed at the high school
and Professor * ppel will lead.
Bids will be received by the recla-
nation service until 4 o'clock Octo-
Der II for rock shed to be erected at
Naches City.
Miss Bertha Kilgour writes from
Japan that she is enjoying her work
but wishes she were back in the North
Yakima High school.
Word was received here Monday
that H. B. Scudder who is sojourning
in Seattle on business is i'll and con-
fined to his room in the hotel.
Miss Sarah Dodge, a graduate of the
San Diego, California state normal
school with four years experience has
been engaged to teach the overflow
room at the Columbia.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Gleed
will take place Thursday morning at
the Congregational church, at 10
o'clock, not 1880 as announced at
first
In yesterdays Pr. was a list of
successful teachers in the examination
held in Seattle, two of the city teach
ers. Miss Rose NJ. Booming and Miss
Ida Fisher We're among the successful
ones.
$. s. Bush, county superintendent of
schools, is in Spokane as a witness in
the damage suit of Georgiana Riggs
against the Northern Pacific. The
plaintiffs father was killed by a train
at Toppenish in 1906.
Miss Ethel Burns, who has been at
tending the Teachers Training school
in Buffalo. New York, will start for
home in about three weeks. School
officials hope Miss Burns will take up
her school work again this year, as she
is one of the city's best teachers.
NJ. Wright and d. a. Ward, two
young ranchers from near Granger,
were visitors in North Yakima Tues
day. They own the old Malloy ranch
and are improving the property Both
were formerly residents of Buffalo,
n. Y.
No action was taken by the county
commissioners on Tuesday relative to
the proposed saloon at Parker, action
being deferred to the first Monday in
November A petition against the
saloon is to be filed but has been de-
layed.
A meeting of the officers of the
Presbyterian church was held last
evening to discuss ways and means
for charging the building and provid-
ing Sabbath school room. 1t is prob
able that the Sunday school will have
quarters in the basement
w. w. Sawyer, of the Sunnyside
district has completed the packing of
carload of prize Grimes Golden
apples to be shown at the National
Apple show. He is also planning to
send a mixed car of display apples to
Philadelphia this winter.
Four young men were taken to the
state reformatory at Monroe Wash.
Tuesday to serve sentences of one to
two years each for selling liquor to
Indians in Yakima county. They were
Sam King of North Yakima and
Henry lie Mer, e. l.. Johnson and
Fred Harrington of Toppenish
A meeting of the school board was
held Monday evening for the purpose
of listening to remonstrances on the
part of tax payers on the school es-
Inmates but no remonstrances were
filed and no one appeared to register
opposition. so the meeting did not
develop any startling sensations.
The Ministerial association met
Monday and elected the following Of
fcers: President, Rev. S. ]. Kennedy;
vice president, Rev. C. e. Gibson: sec
rotary and treasurer, Rev. E. A. King.
The association is considering bring
ing Billy Sunday here for REVEALS.
and viii meet again next Monday to
consider the matter further.
Two literary societies were form ed
at the high school Tuesday, one of
the freshmen and sophomore classes
and the other of the Junior and sem
Tors. The former elected the follow
ing officers; president, w Burianek;
vice president, H. Wembridge: score
tary am treasurer, Philip Pratt. The
juniors and seniors elected the follow
ing officers: rreeidont. Noel Thomp-
son, vice prcs'3o"t Milton White: sec
rotary and troasurer, Rosalia Stro-
bach
Seats for the Y. NJ. C. A. lecture
course ar" now on sale ut the building.
Rev, I.anington will preach in the
Christian church next Sunday owing
10 the absence Of Rev. Rose
Mrs. George Botsford is now en-
ployed in the cloak and suit depart
ment of Otter Brothers store.
A carload Of tomatoes and grapes