North Yakima News Briefs Include Local Developments
D. N. Keene to occupy Briggs & Dam’s former spot on the avenue. Frank Englehart to start building on North Third street. Miss Becks host a party at Orlando Beck’s home. James Richey buys Yakima and Natchez corner lots for a spring stone residence. Mrs. Williamson to fence A and North Thirds. Misses James return to Whitman college after holidays. Macdonald’s Annual Clearance Sale advertised with big reductions. Fruit Inspector Beck to cut cottonwood trees as pests crackdown begins. Senator Heinrich to build a one story stone structure on Front street. Mrs. L. B. Rinehart ill with pneumonia. Arthur Rinehart called from Seattle. Judge Morford returns from eastern trip. Royal Tribe of Joseph meets on Ahtanum avenue. officers installed. James Henderson of Sunnyside visiting for superior court. Pearson & Watt promote new tea wafers Nabisco Ramona Athena Champagne. Francis Schorn surprise party for Miss Schorn with 30 guests. Company C seeks 25 recruits for summer encampment. Superior court session under Judge Rudkin. full report next week. Old pioneer Joseph T. Drake recovering from typhoid malaria at 80 plus. North Yakima resident for 13 years. Doctors to discuss new hospital tonight. Lester Coffin visiting from Lewiston. Chaplain Stubb of Tacoma in town. William Wood ill with fever.
Reservoir scheme eyed for Cowychee waters
A plan to divert the north fork of the Cowychee for irrigation is advancing. Promoters W. T. Clark and George Rankin have acquired land and aim to build a reservoir to cultivate 3,000 acres, pending test results of B. F. Barge’s valley project. Ramona and Athena sugar wafers advertised for sale by Pearson & Watt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowychee
W. T. Clark
George Rankin
B. F. Barge
Deaths of John Day and Andrew Richards at Fort Simcoe
John Day died of fever at St. Elizabeth hospital on January 1 1902. His remains were shipped to Goldendale for burial. Andrew Richards an Indian died at Fort Simcoe on January 1 1902 of pulmonary tuberculosis. He was 37 and had came from Puyallup to the Yakima reservation for his health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Day
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Goldendale
Andrew Richards
Fort Simcoe
Puyallup
Yakima Reservation
Holstein Bull for Service at Sandmeyer Ranch
Holstein bull for service at M B Sandmeyer’s ranch northeast of the city. Also listed are bone meat ground clam shells for poultry and stock feed sold at Mill Company’s Brick Warehouse. Classifieds mention learning to dance with Prof. Fulkerson, shoe ads, land for sale 320 acres west of town at five dollars per acre, and various items for sale or rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Sandmeyer
City
Mill Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Haviland
St. Mary’s Mills
Cloak and Suit Department
Seloebes
Ats
Henry H. Schott CO
North Yakima and Vicinity
D. N. Keene
Briggs & Dam
Frank Englehart
North Third Street
North Yakima
Misses Beck
Orlando Beck
James Richey
Yakima and
Natchez Avenues
Alice M. Williamson
North Third Streets
Laura
Lucile James
Whitman College
H. P. James
Macdonald
Beck
Heinrich
Seattle
Front Street
L. B. Rinehart
Arthur Rineharts
Judge Morford
Royal Tribe of Joseph
N. Short
Ahtanum Avenue
G. A. Grist
Dora Short
Fannie Scott
G. W. Zook
A. Mulhollan
Edith Avery
Gertie Lyons
Ed. Stone
Walter Stone
James Henderson
Sunnyside
Superior Court
Henderson
Pearson & Watt
Nabisco
Ramona
Athena
M. Schorn
Natchez Avenue
Francis Schorn
Rudkin
Joseph T. Drake
Mr. Drake
Maine
A. F. Diteman
Jennie F. White
Cary
W. P. Guthrie
Ellora L. White
Los Angeles
California
Lester Coffin
Lewiston
Idaho
Chaplain Stubb
Tacoma
William Wood
South First Street
Fulkerson
Armory
Coffin Bros
Royal Worcester Dorsets
Third St
Zimmer & Geisel
South Second Street
TIRS
Reider
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