The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-04-27

cause of the general advance in city
rents.
Ground will be broken within ten
days, it is said. for the new Masonic
temple to be erected on East Yakima
avenue.
There is much discussion within
the city as to whether it is desirable
that the new federal building be
erected on the site selected for it or
that a new site be looked up.
Now that the station building is in
use Improvement have begun along
North Front street. one or two stores
there are to have modern plate glass
fronts.
. someone, unknown, broke a front
in one of the stores in the Mullins
building on South First and Chestnut
streets. 1t is thought that someone
leaned against the glass at an early
hour Monday morning.
W. NJ. Nelson has purchased the
interest of f. ID. Palmer in the Nelson
x Palmer real estate business and will
hereafter conduct it under his own
name. The firm has been one of the
most successful in the city and Mr..
Nelson is one of the most widely
known citizens and fruit men.
city Physician Nywening is finding
out many things in his Investigations
of the new territory added to North
Yakima. \ day or two ago he found
a kitchen which had been converted
into a home for a pig and pointed out
that this was against the city regu-
lations. The answer was that had
that fact been made public before
the annexation election there was one
vote which would have gone against
the extending of the city boundaries.
Damon Pierce who has been twice
manager of the Yakima hotel grill
during the past year has resigned his
position. Mr.. Pierce may leave North
Yakima having been offered a lucra-
tive position in Seattle. His many
friends will regret his departure.
A transcript from the superior
court of King county received at the
office of the clerk of the superior
court Monday relates Il judgment of
$S39.47 granted the Seattle Post-ln-
against Clark O'Bryan and
Jane Doe O'Bryan of North Yakima.
Information has been received az
the county clerk of the superior
courts office reciting the appointment
Of J. S. Haye as administrator of the
estate of Martain A. Allen, deceased.
The appointment was made by Su-
perior Judge r. II. Sullivan of Spo-
kane county.
Amos Bush one of the Well-to- do
fruit growers of the Zllah section.
spent Monday in the city. Mr.. Bush
reports very busy times in that sec
ton of the country, spring work about
the various fruit ranches and railroad
building being the principal causes of
activity.
Mr. Bush reports a fine new church
for the Christian denomination UNI
Ter way at Zillah. The edifiCe will
cost about $1,000 and be very modern
and commodious. 1t will have con-
crete basement which will provide
suitable quarters for a branch Of the
Y NJ. C. a. Rev. y. y. Field, recent
" of Spokane is in charge nj the
work in that locality and is meeting
with splendid success and encourage
nent
Mrs G. A. Underwood left Monday
or Tacoma. Mrs. Underwood started
on the train which was
wrecked at Selah but returned and
made a new and successful start
Monday.
City Councilman Fred Shaw is in
Spokane as a representative of the
city studying the garbage disposal
question. hoping to learn something
which will be of benefit to the people
IF North Yakima.
Miss Mayme skinner of Seattle has
come to North Yakima as chief oper-
ltor in the local telephone office sue
ceedng Mrs. Street, resigned to re-
move to Walla Walla.
J.,Nan Payton of SOB hill has re-
surned from Il business trip to Grand
Junction, Colo, and confirms the re-
losses to fruit by reason of the cold
weather.
Or. &. f. Gibson of the Methodist
church left North Yakima last night
for Chicago to be absent three weeks
rs delegate to the national confer
ence of the Laymen's Missionary
moVment.
II. f. Chick, northwest manager of
the California Fruit Packers associa-
ton which has purchased the Yakima
plant, confirms the old report that
early fruits will be bought here for
the cannery at Sumner. He also leaves
it to be inferred that the plant here
will be operated this season though
high prices for fruit and high prices
for labor are used as cry for eX-
pected concessions.
Ninety members of the odd Fellows
and Rebeka lodges of this city at
tended the annual service of their or
ders Sunday morning at the First
Methodist church. The entire main
portion of the house was reserved for
the members % the lodges. The spe-
cial service was featured by a capa-
bic address bV Rev c. T. Gibson.