The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-16

automobile, and had a nice time.
While on his way through Arizona he
had breakdown, and was compelled
to leave his automobile and chauffeur
| and from that place made the jour
ney back to North Yakima by rail
| road.
w. L. Wright has returned to North
Yakima from trip to New York state
and other sections of the east.
Telegraphic reports to North Yak
ina Monday from Chicago were to the
effect that pears there are bringing
from s1.1O to $1.65. At the present
time the pear market. according to
the people interested, sis all shot to
| pieces"
According to areport of gen.
| tleman who arrived in North Yakima
recently to make his. home, there is
not the old scarcity of houses to be
rented. He has been offered a wide
choice and a great many people have
insisted that he buy a home and have
offered homes for his approval. On
the other hand 1t is reported that
desirable homes are scarce, those Of
| fered for rent being, for the most
part, places which have been neglect
ed, the inside and the surroundings
have been permitted to fall into de-
cay
Hank Noll. rancher, is doing an ex-
cellent business these days in selling
his hog crop. Every time he comes to
the city he brings in wagonload of
hogs and he is now getting II u cents
a pound, which he says has pears
beaten from every angle of the game.
Mrs. c. E. Keeler has gone to the
Sound for a week to visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Bass of Rome,
Ga, who have been visiting here at
the home of their daughter, Mrs. p.
c. Root, have started home by way
of Seattle, Portland and California.
Miss Carr of Colorado is here the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Shannon
of Mob Hill.
F. A. Morgan, of Morgan G. Mckaig,
and Mrs. Morgan have gone to Seattle
to visit for a couple of weeks. Max
ing Seattle their headquarters, they
will make a number of side trips from
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Larson were at
Nome, Alaska, August 4, according to
postal cards received from them by
friends here. They had been on the
Yukon river for eight days and had
had a delightful trip, according to
their own point of view.
Mark Pennington and party have re-
turned to North Yakima from trip
to Dumping lake and they brought
back with them a hundred or so fine
trout as indication of the character
of the sport they enjoyed there.
George Nickelys left the city last
evening on visit of week or so at
Tacoma and Portland.
Miss Laura Johnson was passen-
ger from the city Sunday evening for
Fresno, Calf.
Miss Mary Venema has started
from the city to visit friends at Chi
cago She travels back and forth over
the O.-W. r. & N. railway.
E M Smithers leaves North Yaki-
ma today to spend a portion of the
summer at his ranch at Benton, where
he usually spends a part of each sea-
son. Building operations here delay
ed him this year.
Application has been made by mem
bers of the local post of the q. A. X.
to the street railway officials asking
that the car line be continued from
Johnson's corner to the east entrance
of the cemetery or from Young's cor
ner to the west entrance. The matter
is under advisement.
General Brady, commander of the
Boy Scouts in California, is in North
Yakima from Seattle, having come
here for a visit of few days
There are on exhibition in the store
of the Wineman Shoe Company, Yak
ina avenue thetrophies won by Nat
Emerson, the Yakima tennis expert,
who has been playing successful
tournament engagement in Tacoma
against the best in the Northwest
The trophies are splendid lot and
make a nice display.
Mrs. Belle Pellatz of Ithaca, n. Y,
who has been on the coast for two
months, and visiting with the family
of T. c.. Krabill at Fruitvale, started
Monday night on her return home.
Wheat shipments, it is expected,
will begin within the next week or ten
DAYS. This, with the increased ac-
tivity in fruit, will mean considerable
more work on the railways in this
portion of the state
Died, August IA, William Jackson
Bell, aged two years and five months,
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs W. G. Bell, Mob Hill.
Fifteen cars of fruit were handled
out of the Yakima valley last week
by the O.-W. r. g. n railway, the
bulk of the fruit coming from the
section between Zillah and Parker.