The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-28
LOCAL NEWS

The field day meet given by the high
school athletes at the fair grounds
next Friday is being advertised by two
very attractive placards in the win
dows of Wineman Bros, and the Brad
bury Stationery Co. They are sketches
characteristic of the day and are the
work of Miss Anthem, ex-member of
the faculty.
Frank Walden, editor of "The
Ranch, a Seattle farm journal, is in
the city attending to business matters.
Mr.. Walden was pastor of the
Christian church in this city during
the early days.
Mrs. Dudley Eshelrian arrived from
Tacoma Tuesday afternoon to spend
few days here with her husband
and friends.
j. w. Fales, senior member of the
Fales Paper Co., of Seattle is spen
a few days in the valley looking into
the fruit situation with a view to as
certaining the needs of the growers in
the way of fruit wrappers this season.
Mr.. F'ales believes that there will be
a scarcity 70 paper this year for wrap
pers as the big mills are going into
more lucrative lines of manufacture.
G. f. Allen of Orting, Wash, forest
reserve supervisor, is in North Yaki-
ma, a guest at the Hotel Yakima He
is on his way to the hills to look after
cabins, trails, etc.
Walter Granger of Zillah was a
North Yakima visitor Tuesday.
Sam blackburn of the Selah. who
went to Seattle Tuesday, announced
just as the train pulled out that he ex-
pected to meet a lady from California
be married to her and bring her to
North Yakima as his bride
Chris Mueller of the Cowiche was q
North Yakima visitor Tuesday. He
says the Cowiche country is doing
spl mildly, and when the railroads,
highways and other improvements to
which it is entitled are constructed 1t
will be the most populous valley radi-
ating from 4,orth Yakima
John Ryan is on the invalid list, be-
ing a sufferer from grippe.
hop contract was recorded with
that of Frank Eglin with s. Hunting
ton & Co. Mr.. Eglin undertakes to
sell to the company 10000 pounds of
1909 hops at 10 cents a pound in re-
turn for certain payments made to
him in accordance with the terms of
the contract.
Changes are taking place very rap
idly at the state fair grounds these
days. The spending of $4,000 or more
is in progress there. Already the
house of the superintendent has been
removed to the south of the old en-
trance. The paddock has been torn
up, the paddock buildings removed
and a complete change made in that
section. The Art building is now on
skids and will be removed today to
the old paddock site there to become
offices for the fair management. A
new building will replace 1t.
Burglary has been formally charged
against Marion Smith by the state of
Washington which alleges that he en-
tered the home of Emil Brink at Top
penish.
Isabelle BoGue has petitioned the
probate court that she be appointed
guardian of her daughter Ellen Mary
McVeigh aged six years who has an
interest amounting to about 5000 in
the estate of her deceased father John
MsVeigh.
The answers have ben filed of Effie
G. Perry and +. E. Perry in the ac-
ton of Edith Anderson who seeks par
tition and sale of property held by
her and the defendants as heirs. The
answers point out that partition of the
property will be injurious to all con-
cerned but agree to a sale and a pro-
portionate division 90 the proceeds
The answer of Effie Perry sets up a
claim for $500 on a promissory note
and intimates that sale of the property
is a good way to procure payment.
The Yakima Roslyn Land COM
pany, through Ed. Bryant, is reported
to have purchased for $4,000 a large
tract Of land near Ellensburg which
will be subdivided and sold.
A call has been issued by City Treas
urer Donovan for all outstanding city
warrants up to the first of Februay,
N1llcn Will ledNe the city out three
months in debt.
Assistant Postmaster Hough by the
end of this week will have walked
the length of every street in North
Yakima twice and the breadth many
times Once year some official of
the postoffice makes the rounds with
the carriers and that is the duty Mr..
Hough has latterly been engaged in.
He has seen great many things of
interest since his last rounds as the
city is growing rapidly, but he has
failed to date to find a peach blossom
but heard of man who has one