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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1907
Page
4
Mrs L Stump and daughter of the Upper Natches visit Mrs Spencer Jacob this week. Robert Johnson and family of Fenivale dine with Geo Grist. Mrs Jos Schreiner hosted a Sunday dinner for relatives. Jevers were laid for fourteen. Spencer Jacobs is improving after a long illness and was taken for a drive on Sunday.
iaude Alen of Toppenish visited friends in Alfalfa Sunday. James Skirving began an extended eastward visit with relatives on Wednesday. Seymour Skirving visited the county seat Wednesday. Doctors have given up hope for Mrs. Shattuck’s recovery. Roy Thomas returned home Sunday to see his parents.
Mrs. Charles Bloomquist hosted last week in Granger while J A Boomer of Wilbur visited and installed a gasoline engine to pump water for irrigation on Bloomquist’s 0 acre ranch. James Day’s new house nears occupancy as plasterers and painters finish. North Coast work slows due to right of way disputes on ranch lands. Horace Allison bid in Naches City for canal work and may relocate his family if awarded the contract.
William Lamberton of North Yakima bought W. E. Menager’s 20 acre ranch and leased it to W. H. Pope of Mabton. A heavy frost damaged fruit and strawberries but prospects remain for ample yields. Rev. George C. Giffen will lead Belma Euclid church and preach at Mabton Sunny Side Bethany Grandview schoolhouses. Rev. A K McIntosh contemplates next steps after leaving as former pastor. Gustav Selle sold holdings and will move to Okanogan country for stock raising.
Mrs J T Douglas and Mrs E Lane of Wapato visited Mrs J O Shadbolt. Mr and Mrs Charles McAllister left for Montana to make it home. W T Milke and J Rancier installed nine phones for Yakima Valley Telephone in Wapato and Springdale last week. Della Rowland and Leslie McCurdy recovered from tonsilitis and could go out. A Parker youth group attended divine service at Wapato Sunday night. Mrs F G Benjamin of Duuth Minnesota and Mrs F A Shadbolt with son Hugh Lake of Grand Rapids Michigan are guests at the Shadbolt home. Mr and Mrs A B Cutler entertained at dinner with Cadle of Springdale and W L Thompson. H S Collier of Seattle was a guest. Mr and Mrs A G Dickson were North Yakima visitors Wednesday and bought a new buggy. Edna Johnson, Vivian and Orville Smith of Wapato and Guy Wilcox of Sunnyside were lunch guests at Sunflower Hill Sunday. Mrs A B Wilcox’s operation at Hot Springs two weeks ago was successful and she is due home tomorrow.
Coroner's jury verdict states negligence by the Northern Pacific Railway for failing to protect the public after the Addison Kessling death at the C street crossing. Eight witnesses testified. some heard no whistle or bell. No criminal negligence verdict. no action by the prosecutor.
W. E. Zuppann, a seasoned newspaper man and former associate editor of the Rockford Evening Republic, was chosen by the publicity committee as secretary to run a national advertising drive to promote Yakima county and North Yakima. He will work from the Commercial club rooms and start immediately, leveraging his east coast journalism network and local familiarity.
Names of John London J R Zill Al Hoffman and other residents appear in city news. Visitors include Mrs R R Street Mrs J H Flint and Mrs C E Matthews with trips to and from Olympia New York Minneapolis Walla Walla Spokane and Seattle. Community events feature a Congregational church Ladies Aid meeting and a home entertainment for Miss Bigham.
A six pound solid shot, three inches in diameter, struck and buried in an empty Portland house after narrowly missing a planing mill. It was fired from a cannon aboard the Costa Rica steamer, a routine three month firing that went awry when a gun-rope broke, veering the muzzle toward the city.
Architect N. C. Gauntt purchased 60 acres of fruit land in the Selah valley, six miles north of town. The river beach site sits fifty to seventy five feet above the river and offers a fine location. He plans to set out the land with trees.
Water will be on the land some time in June and the entire sixty acres will be irrigated. The ranch,
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