The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-06-21
LOCAL BREVITIES

IN an appearance Monday at the
warehouse of the Horticultural union.
They we're excellent fruit The sour
cherries are coming In daily. A car
! load of Vashon berries went through
the city Monday by express for the
east.
Reports from the Horseshoe Bend
of the Naches river are to the effect
that the water has fallen rapidly the
past couple Of days and that the
| fishing is good Reports from the
Cowche and. other streams is that
the water is high and the fishing in
ferior at this time.
John Cleman of the Wenas came
to the city Monday. Mr.. Cleman is
engaged in the completion of one OF
the finest homes in Yakima county
and this, along with numerous other
duties. is keeping him busy at this
time.
MIR. and Mrs. Pat Mullins are at
Portland visiting son who is stu
dent there.
George McAulay has returned to
the city from Montana where he
went on business trip.
There will be a meeting of the
school board this evening at which
various contract matters will be
under consideration.
The new gasoline car of the O. w.
r. & n. company was placed in use
Monday afternoon on the run out
from this city to Kennewick
Water was off Monday in the irri-
cation canal of the Naches Il
Cowychee canal company.
Architect Titus of Cleveland. who
is connected with the Salvation Army
and who has designed over hun
dred buildings for that organiza-
ton. is in the city a guest of Ensign
| Omann, who is an old personal
friend. Mr.. Titus will remain here
for couple of weeks
MIR. and Mrs w. w. Butler Of
Grandview were Sunday visitors in
the city and we're registered at the
Teton hotel
Mr. and Mrs. W. s. Houghton OF
| Portland, Ore, are guests at the
Yakima hotel. Mr.. Houghton is con-
nected with the bitulithic paving
company.
| f. j. Haasze of Seattle is a guest
at the Yakima hotel.
| Starr Stowell and H NJ. Atkins OF
Whiting. Ind. are guests at the Com
mercial hotel
o. D Cravens of Hood River, Ore.
is a guest at the Commercial.
r. A. Brown and J. A. Amundson
of Sunnyside are registered at the
Washington hotel.
| Mr., and Mrs. J. NJ. Perry went to
Soda Springs by automobile Sunday
They report the roads to be in better
condition than they had expected to
find them after the recent storm at
Tampico.
Will H. Adams, state deputy pure
food inspector, who was in the city
for several days, left Monday for Sc
attic.
C. FL Lewis, chief clerk of Super
ntendent A. G. Kan,m of the O. W.
r. & N, was a Portland visitor over
Sunday He reports that city to be
looking its best and apparently going
ahead steadily
workmen are engaged at the syn
dictate property on the west side or
Yakima avenue, at Second avenue. In
placing the supports for a sidewalk
to be erected there. Because of the
excavation the fence protection there
| has for a year or SO encroacheu on
the street on both the south and east
sides
Mrs w. P. Romans and children
have gone to Spokane to remain for
a month or so.
Of the death by drowning near Zil-
lah of John Beiri, foreman of the
Manuel Brothers orchard tract, one
mile north of Zillah. He WAS thrown
into the canal by his horse which
became frightened by something. He
drowned there though workmen tried
to save hin. Mr., Bieri was 26 years
old and came from Minnesota about
year ago.
Using lawn sprinklers 80 that they
throw their spray over the tracks OF
the street railway com pany, and
therefor into open cars is a matter
against which there has been some
complaint Several hotel visitors who
have been sprmkled lately on the
Ahtanum line just west of the city
declare such treatment to be lack
of courtesy on the part Of the prop
erty owners,
A l.. Flint has so far recovered
from his attack of diphtheria that
he is about his home and apparently
lin perfect health. II is expected
that the quarantine will be removed
in q few days,
A. Fl. Estes of North Yakima
came up Yesterday afternoon to spend
few days in the city with his
brother A. r. Estes of Seattle. who
is here on business.
/ Record.
| DR.. II. p, James. secretary OF the
Comm ercial club, is at Walla Walla
in attendance at a meeting of trust
ees of Whitman college. He will be
absent from the city for a couple OF
days.
Afternoon trains from the west
over the Northern Pacific were a
couple Of hours late Monday because
of two small wrecks one on each
side of Ellensburg. The trouble was
with freight trains which blocked
the tracks
4 Mrs. Thompson, of Worcester,