The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-04-19
Local News
! 1894 sj

Not a spring in six years has pcel
as chilly as this season the past thre
weeks. This Apri has been the cold
st IN 30 years in the Yakima val
ley. On Tuesday night of this weel
the official weather bureau reported
20 degrees. Night frosts have beel
frequent. and for the past week the,
have been severe. The peaches hav'
been thinned considerably in mos
PAGES. Some Of the orchard owners
say all their peaches are out o
bearing for this year, while Others
report that the trees are only wei
lhinned.- Bluffs Spokesman.
Authorities at Washington have
appointed julius Macomber postmas-
ter to succeed A. T.. Greiner. resign.
ed He will take over the office as
soon as bonds are approved by this
postal authorities. AS soon as the
room in the new building is com
plcted which is expected to be by
the last of next week. the office will
be moved into it and many changes
made for the convenience of the
public.-Hanford Columbian.
Members of Mead Post of the G.
A. r. and such other civil war vet
Grams as happen to be in the city are
requested to meet Friday afternoon
at he G. A. r. hall, at o'clock to
join in the Blossom festival parade.
A score or more of members or the
Eastern Star went to Mabton Tues
day to assist there last night in the
organization of a chapter
A. NJ. Lumby of Chicago, owner
IL, II
the LaBissioniere ranch last spring,
was a North Yakima visitor Tuesday.
A. E. Larson is planning trip to
Alaska this season. He proposes to
get within the Arctic circle and to
make the Yukon trip and get into the
Tanana district. Mr.. Larson IS
anxious to see the Alaska country
owen Jones was in the city Tues
day on his return to his Tacoma
home after visit to his Kennewick
property.
A large delegation of members of
Afifi Temple of Shriners of Tacoma
led by Ilustrious Potentate William
Ellison Garretson will arrive in
North Yakima Friday evening to fra
ternize with the Shriners of this city.
They will return to Tacoma by a late
train.
Managers of the various local
plants of the Pacific Power & Light
company are to meet at Kennewick
Friday and Saturday in quarterly ses-
sion
Ernest Lund and family will leave
North Yakima Wednesday for Nor
way Not to be outdone by Yakima
chicken fanclers who imported eggs
for hatching from England Mr.. Lund
takes to Norway with HIM for fan
cieYs there enGs from British Column
bla and froral the Dunn Buff Cochin
ROCKS end sae Linse White Wyan-
dntte flocks uf North Yakima. He in
tends TO prove that it is neceg,ary to
come to Yakima for everything
worth while
The Columbia Grammar school
baseball teaHl defeated she Morning
Herald niie tuesday afternoon by
TIE score o. ~ to Z. Tho game took
place at the brickyards grounds.
Miss Eva Scott returned Monday
to resume her studies at the Normal
at Ellensburg, after spending her
Easter vacation with her parents in
Fruitvale
w. H. Thompson, formerly in the
transfer business in this city, Is in
town on business.
The last OF P. Agors band of
mutton sheep were sold to Carstens.
They were shipped to Tacoma.
Mrs. P. Agor of Second street, who
recently underwent an operation at
st. Elizabeth's hospital, is so improv-
ed a.; to be able to be around again.
The carriage and paint shop of
V. Armitage is now located at "a s.
End avenue. The entrance is from
West Walnut street
Little Alice Scudder, who was Sc
riously hurt in recent accident, is
on the well list again.
c. V. Nandewater, of the passenger
department of the o. W. r. & n.
railway has received a number of
large pictures of scenes on the Col
umbia river which are to be used in
decorating his office. They show some
beautiful scenery of the northwest and
of the railway route.
Two big freight engines of the
Southern Pacific railway are in use
here and are of different type from
what has been seen here heretofore.
They are both fitted with the Wander
blt tanks.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas b. Hill of
Tampico were North Yakima visitors
Saturday. Mr.. Hin says that the re-
cent cold spell left his country prac-
tically unaffected and the indications
are of good peach crop in such or
chards as contain that fruit The
pears and apples. he says. are doing
splendidly.
y marriage license was issued by
the county auditor Saturday to Geo.
w. EssWine, aged 35 and Miss Eve
Nn 6 Greenep. aged %. both of
North Yakima.
Engineer koren of the Northern
Pacific railway was a North Yakima
visitor Saturday.
game of baseball was played al
WNlic City sunday afternoon between
the team of that place and the Wide
Hollow nine, the first mentioned win
nins by u score of 10 to J. "Crabby'
Brown pitched for the winners anC
Air. White for the losers
Mis-. w. c.. Morrison, of Aurora, H.
IS IN North Yakima to join her hus-
2and Who is jewelor here with thi
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