The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-01-25
Local News

Neeboer funeral held Tuesday at !
o'clock at the Black Rock schoo
house. Rev. Marks officiating.
was the largest congregation eve
present in the school building.
Across the river in East Whit,
Bluffs Sam McAllister has burrowet
out of the bluffs the only under.
ground barn on the Columbia. Tht
building is about 80 so, the frame,
work being logs and heavy timbers
Mr.. McAllister, one of the best liked
men o nthe river, is brickmakel
by trade, and has conducted success.
full experiments with the clay on the
sidehill section of his farm. HI
states that the clay burned well and
that there are great brick possibil.
tiles in the immense range of bluff.
on the east side of the river.-White
Bluffs Spokesman.
Lester Coffin, of Lewiston Idaho
. member OF the Arm of Coffin
Bros, is in North Yakima on a brief
business trip. Mr.. Coffin speaks In
terms of high praise of the Idaho
country and has great hopes for the
Twin Falls section which, because OF
IT. magnitude, must cut q very i'm
portant figure in years to come
What it most needs is railway devel-
opment and that is not far distant.
4r. Coffin says that there is some
slight stagnation of trade all over
the northwest but this is due mainly
to the fact that merchants had over
stocked and are not buying now,
waiting for their goods to move.
Yakima. he says is all right.
George B Hall of Ashford, Pierce
county. was in North Yakima Wednes-
day looking after a band Of saddle
horses used in connection with his liv-
cry business at Longmire Springs in
Rainier National Park These horses
are used in summer by tourists trav-
cling over the park and are brought
to Yakima in the winter season.
Selah farmers held a business meet
ing at Kings hall Wednesday and dis
cussed road questions. The ranchers
are insistent that they get some good
road work in return for their money
and want to name their own super
visor, as is their right. Their choice
Wednesday, after considerable argu-
lment, settled upon Mr.. Righmire.
Suggestions to Settlers on the
Sandy Soil of the Columbia River
Valley" is the title Of a bulletin Of
: the United States Department Of
Agriculture, many copies of which
are at the office of the secretary of
the Commercial club for sucn as
desire them. DR.. James has distrib-
uted large number of the bulletins
and will send the balance to those
requesting them. The bulletin is by
Byron Hunter, assistant agricultur-
list, and is said to be a work of merit.
DR.. James, secretary of the Com
mercial club, has sent to the Com
mercial club at Wa1la Walla and to
officers and committees of that club
copies of the North Yakima report
on the commission form of govern
ment Walla Walla claims to have
originated the idea Of such a plan
Of government in this state for cities
below the first class and has just
got a committee ~ work on the
task. In order to facilitate the la
bors of this body, DR.. James has
sent along the Yakima booklet
which will start the Walla Wal1a
men at point they would not
reach in six months of labor.
Dr. c. G. Fletcher and family
have left for the east where
DR.. Fletcher will engage in medical
research IN various cities and east
ern hospitals and colleges. They
will be absent for several weeks.
Charles B. Clark, aged 3d. and Hell
en- D. Clark, aged II, both of North
Yakima, secured marriage license at
the county auditors office Monday
George c. Arrowsmith superintend-
ent here of the interests of the Pa
cific Light & Power company, left
for Portland Monday on a business
trip.
HI. c. Mutt, general manager in this
part Of the country of the Northern
Pacific railway, is visiting North Yak
lima. He came in Monday from the
east his car being attached to train
No. 5. During the afternoon and
evening he was in close conference
with George Donald and Ira Engle-
hart, the latter the attorney of the
railway in this valley.
Messrs. w. l.. Steinweg and w. P.
Sawyer, the latter of Parker, remain
as trustees of the Masonic Temple as
ISOLATION. They were reelected to
the position at the annual meeting
held last night at the law offices of
Messrs. Parker & Richards The terms
of both men had expired.
r. A. O'Brien entered suit in the
superior court Monday, to secure the
payment of note for s102, with in
terest from Aug "a, 1907, executed
by William Jeackel. writ of gar
Snishment was issued. The defend
ant had only paid about $50 on the
note.
An old landmark is disappearing
from the School Section. The Mead
Hop house is in gradual process of
destruction. Some twenty feet of the
old building is left but much of the
structure, including the overhead rum
way across south Miles Avenue has
disappeared and large lumber pile
marks what was at one time a busy
structure.
A score or more of workmen are
engaged on Miles avenue clearing out
the old drain which carried off the
water from the land in that part of
the community The drain or waste
way had become filled with debris and
was not fulfilling it's function as a
drain. The land in that part of the
valley was greatly benefited by the
structure.
r. A. O'Brien the live real estate
man of North Yakima was in town
last Saturday. Dick says he closed a
deal last week involving over ninety