The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-05-12
LOCAL NEWS


a North Yakima visitor Tuesday. Mr.
Wiley, as soon as the spring rush OF
work is over, will build to replace
the home recently destroyed by fire.
Arson S. White OF the Cowiche was
a North Yakima visitor Tuesday.
H. Perrin who was at Richland
Monday says that land is selling there
rapidly, that orchards are being plant
ed and building going forward. Mr..
Perrin says that two cement blocks
are in course of erection and other
business houses are in contemplation.
Marriage licenses issued by the
county auditor Tuesday were to Ran
dolph p. Scudder aged 23 years and
Miss Majorie Moran, aged %, both
of North Yakima and to Arthur w.
Hawn aged 35 years and Miss Reg
ina ]. Strewell, aged 20 both of
Grandview.
There was filed with the county au-
ditor Tuesday the state certificate to
practice dentistry issued to G. Dolph
Dahlman.
Plat of the Charlton addition to
North Yakima was filed with the
county auditor Tuesday by w. d.
Lince.
Honor students of the graduating
class of the North Yakima high school
are Miss Matte Oertli, Ernest Wiley,
Miss Elsie Mccullough, Miss Faye
Beam and Miss Bertha Greenhalgh.
Miss Oertli will deliver the class vale
dictory and the 'salutatorian will be
Ernest Wiley. The graduating class
will number some 25 pupils.
Students Of the schools Of North
Yakima are asked to submit Compel
tive designs for the official badge Of
the $4,000" club. The awarding Of
the prize, which will be cash, is in
charge of A. B. Cline.
L. H. Clogg of New York, owner
of the Clogg building in this city, Is
a North Yakima visitor. He thinks the
city to be improving at a splendid
rate and while he thinks that taxes
are too high he believes that the mon
ey is being well expended.
]. E. Shannon, w. l.. Wright ana
members of their respective families
were up the Cowiche over Sunday
They report that the wheat acreage
there, such as it is is looking badly
because of lack of rainfall. Continued
cool weather until a rain does fall Will
give it an opportunity but a brief hot
spell. without rain, would put the
fields all to the bad. The Cowiche
has been as barren of rain this spring
as has North Yakima and here the
rainfall since February l has been
about a quarter of an inch.
Decreasing snow at Dumping lake
has enabled the federal reclamation
workers to accomplish more within
the past week than they have hither-
to accomplished this season. PROJECT
Engineer Swigert said Tuesday that
reports which he had received were to
the effect that the snow was lessening
and the time was approaching when
II would be possible to put a large
force of men at work on the reser-
voir proposition there. There was a
great deal of snow at the lake and
in addition to cold nights there have
been several heavy snowfalls which
have prevented the melting process
from being more rapid as was hoped
would be the case.
Mrs w. r. Stanley has just receiv-
ed a message from Denver, stating
that her sister Mrs. Baker, form erly
Lou Bickford of this city was in a
very critical condition from consump-
ton.
The North Coast railroad has pur-
chased for a nominal consideration
from John Ainsworth a right of way
over his property in the west half OF
the northwest quarter of the north
east quarter of section 8-1O-21 and
promised him a grade crossing and
a conduit 1t has purchased for $500
from W. S. Anley at Zillat a right of
way for which it made no promises
and has also a right of way from j.
w. Durham in section 510-21.
The employment agencies of the
city are advertising for pickers to
harvest the strawberry crop of the
lever Yakima valley.
Mrs. William NJ Price, pianist of
latives in Seattle, her position at the
vaudeville house being filled by John
Van SICKLE.
Condemnation proceedings have been
inaugurated by the North Yakima
Valley railroad against William Ord
and wife for a strip of 100 feet in
width in the southwest quarter of the
southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
section 5-10-21. A similar suit has
been brought against a. NJ. Cornell
for 100 foot strip which will ag-
gregate four acres, in the northwest
quarter of the northeast quarter OF
section 6-11-21.
The O'Neill Grain company of Spo.
kane has sold, for $4,000 70 the
James Land company of Mabton the
west half of the northwest quarter
and the west half of the southwes
quarter S-S-23.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Huntington Hop COMPANY have beer