The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-29
VALLEY GIVES WELCOME
To HARTMAN RAILWAY

pounds and standing over six feet,
was attired in a suit Of jute sacking
and Charles Nye wore cowboy toys.
Following a sign bearing the words,
What the North Coast Hath Joined
Together, Let no Man Part Asunder."
upheld by Phil Hawley, in clericals,
were the bride and groom. "walla
Walla" and North Yakima" Jack
Sweezy, in white and wearing a red
hat was the blushing bride, "walla
walla." while the groom. North
Yakima" was represented by c. s.
Jones. of Walla Walla. They made
a hit.
One Dangerous Man
A. A. Herring, dressed in stripes,
made a very docile convict. but he
must have been a dangerous man, for
he was chained between two guards
and followed by an immense dog that
watched him closely as they marched
along the street r. H. johnson. Sec
rotary of the Walla Walla county
fair bore placards advertising the an
nual event on an immense straw hat,
with rim four feet in diameter. The
man "afraid to go home in the dark
was covered with incandescent lights
and his umbrella bore a large light
on its tip. G. d. Hennesey was the
vegetable man."
1t seemed as II every other MAJ in
the Walla Walla crowd carried a BAN
ner or a sign, with some expression of
good will and congratulation i'm
printed thereon. Some of these caught
on the fly are as follows: "Oh, You
Yakima" North Coast, the tie that
Binds" "Our Interests Are Mutual"
Boost, Boost, Boost. Boost" and the
words shake, Yakima" surrounding
clasped hands.
Visitors Are Cheered
Yakima avenue was lined with
thousands of people who cheered
these enthusiastic visitors on their
march to the Commercial club where
they We're entertained at lunch There
they were served with good things BY
a corps of colored walters and after
being refreshed they betook them
selves to the street, some to look
around town and see the sights,
others to visit friends. Many at
tended the baseball game later, be-
tween Walla Walla and North Yak.
ina and several hundred took advan-
tage of the hospitality of the Yakima
Valley Transportation company, which
furnished a number of special sight
seeing cars for the visitors, who were
taken on ride through the orchards
in the valleys surrounding North
Yakima and on Mob hill.
Before the crowd started on the
ride they listened to music by Nagler's
band and the band Of the Young
Mems Christian association
Mr.. Strahorn's Speech
From tho tail end of sight seeing
car. after being introduced In few
well chosen words by Mayor Schott
Robert e. Strahorn. amid tumultuous
cheers from the crowd that damned
the north side of Second street and
Yakima avenue. began his speech re-
viewing the inception and growth OF
the North Coast road. He said In
part:
at is particularly fitting that these
joyous functions should be held al
North Yakima. This Is the birthplace
of the North Coast road. 1t was con-
ceived, started and originally financed
from here. There is a banker pres
ent now who could tell you all about
the method Of raising the first $1,000
that went into 1t. and It's method of
disbursement.
Consider how each of you feel
with your comparatively small indi-
vidual interest In the contamination
of the enterprise and then you can
family appreciate the emotions pos
sessing the rather sentimental temper