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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
4
A humorous poem from the Baltimore American narrator vents frustration at critics who blame the thermometer for weather. The speaker complains about constant scrutiny, heated remarks when it reads high or low, and the burden of pleasing people who never praise the device.
Celestia Scholes was freed by Justice Taggard on the ground of justifiable homicide in the July 25 shooting that killed Alvin Richmond. Testimony showed Richmond threatened to ravish her and forced entry, prompting Scholes to arm herself and shoot as he approached.
The account notes she felt compelled to act and admitted she had never fired a revolver before. The event left her considerably unnerved and shaken by the experience.
President C B Mellen of the Northern Pacific and a party of top officers toured the country on an annual visit. The group included Marvin Hughitt Chicago president of Chicago & North Western and executives W G Pearce C W Bunn Thomas Cooper and F W Gilbert. They arrived about 9 a m and visited Wheeler fruit ranch at Fruitvale among other stops.
R H Denny president of the Washington Irrigation Company and E F Blaine will visit the Yakima valley next week to arrange a Sunnyside canal extension that would push the canal about fifteen miles east. The move promises a large land sale under the canal as prices rise with assured water. Company aims to have land ready for settlers by next spring.
In Great Falls Montana a dispute over brick quality led a builder and a proprietor to wager ten thousand dollars. The test involves building a six and a half brick square stack with a one foot square flue until failure or reaching 300 feet. If the stack collapses before 300 feet the builder wins. otherwise he loses. An extra five thousand is on the line over safety in collapse.
The case, filed in the Superior Court of Washington for Yakima County, centers on tax delinquency certificate 776 issued December 26, 189 by the county. W L Steinweg seeks a judgment foreclosing the lien on Lot 12, Block 71 in North Yakima for taxes due 1891–1895 plus penalties and costs, with past tax payments totalling 65.92 dollars and interest at 15 percent. Defendants James Pickles Albert Sutton and Walter H Parcels are summoned to appear within sixty days of August 8, 1901, or face foreclosure.
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