The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-15
Local News


formation received here Saturday by
County Auditor w. B. Newcomb
County Engineer Morrison of King
county is being put forward by the
King county commissioners.
w. w. Deveaux, architect, is re-
ported to be ill at his home.
Gus Rowden will sing and Robert
E. Johnson, evangelist, will speak at
the Sunday evening meeting of the
Salvation Army at it's hall. North
First street.
w. P. Romans, secretary of the
Yakima Valley Fruitgrowers associa-
ton, was in Prosser Saturday on bust
ness.
a visit to Seattle.
A son was born Friday to Mr.. and
Mrs. D. X. Clint of Orchard addition.
Rev. Herman Lind has returned
from a visit in the east and will de-
liver an address today at 8 o'clock at
the German Lutheran church. He
will later go to Spokane to attend a
conference which will arrange for a
clergymen here of the Swedish Luth-
eran faith.
Mrs p. D. Babcack has gone to
Los Angeles to visit her daughter Mrs.
George Gowdy.
Senator Frank Allen returned to
North Yakima Saturday from Olym-
pia.
Mrs. B. E. Mott and Mrs. Harriet
Croxford are visiting friends and rela-
tives in Seattle for a few weeks.
Bank clearings for the week were L
total of $4S7,72S.OS as compared with
s496,767.74 for the corresponding
week of year ago.
Employing nearly 100 men and boys
and 46 horses, the Washington Nurs-
cry this week began its spring plant
of over 5000. 900 apple CRAFTS. In ad-
dton, the 1911 plant includes about
100000 apple, pear and cherry seed
iings, a large block of ornamental
shade trees and shrubbery and about
100000 budded stock, budded in the
summer of 1910.-Toppenish Review.
Howard w. Hare, manager of the
Orchard Tract Co., of Mabton, was in
the city Saturday. Mr.. Hare reports
a large number of prospective land
buyers in his vicinity, several being
there from Minnesota and Nebraska
last week. He believes the entire
Yakima valley will grow this sum-
mer as never before.
Miss Jane Hoagland. of New Jer-
sey, came to North Yakima Friday
and was met here by her brother, ,.
NJ Hoagland, of Grandview, for
whom she is to be housekeeper. Mr..
Hoagland has just completed the
4 a1,l, low
outside this city, but is compelled to
await the rebuilding of the hot wa
ter heating apparatus which was not
ad quate for the duty demanded of it.
Dan Goodman returned to North
Yakima Friday from Prosser where
he recovered the te.m of horses stol-
en- from him by one of his workmen.
The thief is still at large. Mr.. Good
man had no trouble in regaining his
property.
Lower valley orchard men have
got through with their lime and sui
phur spraying, as, in fact, have some
of those at this side of the gap. The
frost is pretty we'll out of the ground
and the spring work is going forward
without Interruption
]. NJ. Hoagland of Grandview, who
was in North Yakima day or two
ago, says the orchard heaters will be
extensively used in his section Of the
valley this year, if needed. Most OF
the fruit growers are provided and
have the benefit of year or two OF
experience in the use Of the oil pots.
He thinks the heaters a great thing
and though they make some addition
al work are a cheap insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Eschbach left
North yakima last night for Rochest-
err Mimi, where Mrs. Eschbach goes
for medical attention.
The legal business of the late YES
tai Snyder will be taken care of by
his partner Floyd A. Hatfield. Mr.
Hatfield will continue the practice of
law in the firms old quarters in the
Sloan building.
Miss Myrtle Gleason returned yes
terday to Ellensburg, where she is at
tending the normal after a week $
visit with her parents in this city.
j. G. Bellows, who has been night
clerk at the SYDNEY hotel has gone
to Washtucna with the Eschbach-
Bruce construction camps
Mrs. Alexander Miller has returned
to North Yakima from a visit in the
east.
Horace Doust has returned to North
Yakima from Grandview where he
has been for several months in the
office of the city engineer. Mrs. H.
r. Doust has gone to Grandview to
visit her brother-in-law William
Dunbar
Street car service was handicapped
for an hour or two. covering the
noon time. Tuesday owing to the
breaking of a high tension wire.
w. L. Lemon has declined the offer
OF colonelcy in the Second Regiment
saying that his business interests do
not permit him to take up peace
duty of the kind but that he will b.
ready to serve at any time If the
country is at war
The Pacific Power G. Light COM
pany has been using It's Naches steam
plant for the past ten or twelve DAYS
while repairs have been in progress
on the WapatoX ditch. Last night it
switched back again to the water
power. the repairs having been
completed.
j. NJ. Kuehn of Deer Lodge, Mont :,
and his two children are expected in
North Yakima this week to make
their home with Frank Kuehn, who
is a brother of the Montana man.
The street railway company is the
owner of new Hudson automobile
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