The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-07-27

came down from Seattle on Monday to
visit her mother. Mrs. A. II. Lyons
D. Van Wrinkle has purchased the
McKibbon property of Eighth street
and will move his family to town.
The Hitler family owned a section
of land Just five miles out on Mayhem
avenue above the canal. which they
sold last week for $4,000 to syndi-
cate. They still retain an interest.
Mr.. Honeywell of Portland and Mr..
Myers of Seattle are members of the
syndicate.
Lee \. Johnson, Miss Emily Scoon
George Mathison and Alva Mccain
came in on the Monday morning train
from the west.
Mrs. Joseph Lannin, who is one If
the state library committee. would
like to get the history of all the Ii
hraries in Yakima county, and from
the pioneers the goograph names
names of all towns and Their cor
rect origin. We find that Tenno, a
thriving town in T'hurston county,
supposed to be of Indian origin, has
been traced to grade stake on the
Northern Pacific railroad. At one time
the road got into financial difficulties
and the laying of track stopped at a
grade stake marked IT 90" \ set
ucment soon formed here and took its
name from the grade stake. Thine.
oh. Tenlno. Mayhem was the first
name given to Sunnyside. Mr.. w. H.
Cline. one of its first settlers realizing
that this name would not attract set
tiers to a sage brush country, mad it
changed to it's present euphonious
name, which no doubt, was in a m eas-
ure the means of attracting the fine
class OF people who comprise its in
habitants.
The Rest Room is indebted to
Postmaster Vetter for a nice lot Of
reading matter.
Saturday, July 80, at p. M, will be
held the regular monthly meeting of
the Rest Room club. The matron
will take a vacation during tine month
OF August, and it is necessary to pro-
vide some one to fill her place during
her absence. The Rest Room has be-
come such necessity to the public
that 1t is inadvisa ole TO close 1t even
for a few weeks.
Comparatively few people take
advantage of foreign travel and
III leduiIS lneN l/IF6 SOt 10
depend on their imagination, there
fore good stereopticon views gives the
Intelligent reader an accurate and
comprehensive idea OF the country of
which he has been studying. Every
lover of history. every student in the
school. should have been present at
the Baraca building when Prof. Da-
Wis COVE his fine lecture on The
Fatherlaud of Germany" i pleasant
profitable hour was enjoyed by the in
telligent audience, transported along
the beautiful Rhine, with Its pictur-
esque and rugged scenes. its great
feudal castles, built hundreds of years
ago and still very perfect, many
containing the same furnishings used
in that age; the great black forests.
world renowned vineyards and the
customs of the peasants, their mode
Of travelling, their convenient style Of
living. with the coWshed in close
proximity to the big range, upon the
top of which the children's beds We're
made at night where the chickens and
dogs enjoyed the genial heat under
meath. the great universities of learn
ing where many Of our American
youth are sent to finish their educa-
ton; the customs and pranks of the
students. the ! initiatory cerem Onies,
as ridiculous as those in our own uni
Verstes. Heidelburg, where the
great Bismarck was educated, con-
tanned a room which was used az a
jail to contine the instigatOrs and per-
petrators of mad FRANKS. This Jail
had such a reputation as a curiosity
that no student liked to close his uni
versity course without having spent
"a least one day inside its walls. The
walls are covered with pencil sketches
and names of the inmates with catchy
verses, among which is the name of
Bismarck.
The library board wish to publicly
thank the ministerial union for its
kind interest in providing so fine a
lecture for the benefit of the library.
Elmer Gochner is building a nice
home just east of Geo. Irisii's- His
wife. who was Miss Dolly Wiley, will
join him next week
Miss Cassie Rhodes returned on
Saturday from a pleasant visit to
Portland friends.
Mrs John Whitney was buried on
Friday. having died in Seattle on
two children.
Mrs. Geo. Barnes and Mrs John
Names took tea with Mrs. Geo. Shan
afelt on Friday
Miss Sybil +. Rice and her aunt,
Mrs. Rice. have taken the DR.. Shu-
man house for two months. She is
a stenographerher with the U. s. r. $.
Florence Mahafty visited Iva Mains
l.