The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-06-30

Point, Wis, and Mrs. Alex Mcneil.
Mr.. Nivian's daughter from Harlan,
/ Iowa, also George a. Cressy of Hill
bert Wis. All were very favorably
impressed with the beautiful west and
| intend purchasing near here.
Bob McComb of Wapato and North
Yakima and his sister and brother-in
! law, Mr.. and Mrs. WEIGH, left North
Yakima Monday to return to New
/ Hampshire. their former home. They
expect to remain there. Mrs. WEIGH
has been back east but lately and is
delighted with the country and peo-
pie. Mr.. McComb has been west for
his lifetime and his friends give him
six months to return to the Yakima
Valley. If he fails to return New
Hampshire will st a good citizen.
Word has been received in North
Yakima that the Milwaukee railroad
has received at Seattle a carload of
soap from Philadelphia just 10 days
, from the date of shipment. This has
created considerable interest among
North Yakima fruit shippers The
car of freight from Philadelphia
made better time to Seattle than ex-
press cars of fruit make from some
sections of this state to Chicago or
Minneapolis at times.
w L. Steinweg has received two
more canoes for his mosquito fleet at
Sumach park. This makes some seven
canoes now at the lake in addition to
10 boats. The park was a popular
resort Sunday, the crowd starting in
early in the morning and remaining
throughout the day. In the after
noon there was a very large gathering
to hear the boys band.
! A large crew of men left North
Yakima Monday, travelling east to
! Crook county, Oregon, to assist in
work there in the construction of an
| irrigation ditch to water a large tract
of land. Some of those who left here
have purchased land under the prof
ect.
! Reports brought to North Yakima
from the reservation are that the
! first cutting of alfalfa is a very heavy
| one, about as heavy as has ever been
! known and is being harvested in eX-
cellent condition. Early reports were
to the effect that the first cutting Of
alfalfa would be light. Happily this
proves to be wrong. Some hay, baled
in the field and not from the stack,
has been sold at $500 per ton.
A large crew is at work on the con-
struction of the new track for the
Naches Valley railroad to be used
when the main line of the Northern
Pacific becomes material track in
connection with the construction of
the new railway station here.
Florence May Paddell was granted
a divorce from Frederick Charles
Paddel by Judge Preble A divorce
was also granted to Mrs. E-Mc-U-Not,
an Indian of the reservation, who
complained that her lord and master
had treated her cruelty and had aban-
doned her. She and her husband are
allotted Indians
The reclamation service boys in the
Tieton basin will hold high jinks on
Saturday, July 3, at Camp No. /. The
celebration of the national holiday will
start with a ball game between Camp
No. IL and Camps No. l ana &c in
the forenoon and a variety of field
sports in the afternoon and evening,
Visitors are urged to be present and
bring their lunches
]. f. Shannon who has been very
| III at the SdIllldlluHl - Itpollcu 10 bt
improving in health.
J NJ. Perry of this city as a visitor
at Seattle having returned to that
/ city from Portland.
The death is announced at Colville,
Wash, June "a of Francis j. DeWolf
who was a participant in the Indian
wars of 1S56-51. He was at one time
a scout under Gen. Nelson A Miles
/ Later when Col. George Wright or
eanzed force to punish the Indians
for their attack on Col Steptoe, who
was defeated by the Spokanes and
Major Halter, who was defeated by
the Yakimas there was also organized