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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
8
The North Yakima Choral Society convenes its annual meeting Monday evening at the Masonic Temple auditorium. All members in good standing are urged to attend and those planning to stay with the society next year are warmly invited.
A mortgage for 7 556 190 dollars on 20 acres in section 13 about three miles north of Selah in the Wenas was filed with the county auditor Saturday by Arthur Karr and P J Perry. The land carries a water right under the Selah Water Users' Association ditch.
W L Lemon North Yakima postmaster is on the program for the Washington Oregon and Idaho postmasters convention in Portland starting June 10. He will respond to the welcome address by Governor Oswald West of Oregon.
The Young Ladies' club of First Evangelical church hosted a farewell for Miss Marguerite Ruggles at Mrs. Bi Deliooff home on Viola Avenue. The event featured games music and refreshments as she prepares to depart for Seattle.
Arrangements with Northern Pacific provide a special train from North Yakima on June 4 carrying 60 Civil War veterans and Relief Corps ladies to Pullman for the Washington and Alaska Department G A R encampment event.
Miss Lucy E. Carlile and Mr. Walter Jordan of North Yakima were united in marriage Saturday at 8 pm at the bride’s home 22 Brown Avenue in a ceremony conducted by Rev. W. F. Turner of the First Christian church. They will reside in this city.
The Hanford Columbian reports conservative estimates for the Big Wanford valley peach harvest. If weather stays favorable and no calamities occur, about sixty thousand crates are anticipated to be shipped to market this year.
Chas. Weber of Yakima visited his Hanford property and learned railroad development is underway in the Hanford valley. He reports Yakima people are enthused and watching developments closely.
Charles Moore sold 960 acres north of Rattlesnake Hills to Wellington Townsite Co, including all of section 1 and half of section 3 in township 14 range 23 for 10000 dollars. Northern Pacific railway reserves mining rights. Land lies about 30 miles east and 10 miles south of North Yakima.
Richard Rowland from Naches starts setting out fruit trees on the old Shardlow ranch. The 80 acre property, bought for 23000 dollars about two weeks ago by Dr. Stevens of Seattle, will receive extensive improvements after the current lease ends.
Although a postal car runs daily through the Yakima valley, no mail business has yet developed. Officials expect orders soon to establish daily car service through the line’s territory.
Northern Pacific train No 1 the North Coast Limited will run with bright yellow Chicago and North Western coaches replacing black cars. Pullman cars built quietly will supply the new coaches as half the through trains adopt NP and Pullman stock while the rest use NP and N W stock. The first of the new trains arrives in North Yakima on Saturday.
T. D. Lewis, formerly of the city, died at 92 from a stroke in Blaine Washington. He was father of Mrs. F. D. Love and grandfather of Captain L. L. Bolles of Company E National Guard. He had lived here briefly and worked as an overseer in building operations until hours before his death. Mrs. Love and her daughter attended the funeral held at Bisine Sunday.
Fine Young Bull William Todd and Sons of North Yakima shipped a young Holstein to Ludwig Schuffenied of Rhine Lewis County Washington. Sire Sir Johannauth Fayne dam Violet Blossom produced 21 pounds butter in seven days and 83 pounds in a single day. The animal comes from producing stock and is praised by breeders as fitting Yakima’s rising reputation in the region.
Rev J K Craig pastor of Selah Methodist Church wed Euretta F Hook in a quiet ceremony held at Reverend C Springer’s home in May. The couple’s nuptials were officiated by Springer.
The inlet piles for the Sulphur Creek spillway ditch in Drainage District No. 5 began this week and a dredger is expected to start within ten days.
Turner, a seven year freight inspector for the C W R N company in Yakima, has been promoted to chief clerk for the general freight and passenger agent at New Yakima Walla Walla Bulletin.
Charles Edward McVey, 26, a laborer and Nebraska native, died Saturday in Yakima City after tuberculosis illness. He leaves a wife and a young daughter.
By filing in the county auditor's office at Prosser the Lower Yakima Irrigation Co. holdings were taken over by the Horn Rapids Irrigation Co. which will operate the Richland project going forward.
Severe blow to grower L. H. Cox described by the Kennewick Reporter correspondent in Richland as a fire Tuesday night destroyed a hot bed containing his sweet potatoes and other vegetables.
Fruitvale grower Alex Maxwell, a reservation visitor Tuesday, urged district fruit growers to back a bill at the next legislative session for protectors of fruit men. The Wapato Independent notes Maxwell’s push aims to safeguard fruit growers in the region.
N. we Agent Murnane of the Northern Pacific at Prosser resigns to take an indefinite stay in California. His successor is not yet chosen and the move is expected in about a month.
H Morgan of Cowiche sues Yakima County for 4000 dollars claiming a broken ankle from a wagon wreck in Cowiche Canyon on September 380 1911. Sniveley and Bounds represent Morgan in the suit.
Rev. S. W. Richards was regularly installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian church on Wednesday evening May 8. Rev. S. J. Kennedy of North Yakima presided and Rev. Sharp of Ellensburg preached the sermon. Roslyn Miner reports.
A special train of Spokane politicians bound for the state Republican convention at Aberdeen passed through here Monday afternoon. Yakima delegates declined to ride with them, choosing to travel separately on a private car attached to a night train.
Volunteers of America announce a tag day on Saturday May 25 to raise funds for furnishing and possibly purchasing a home for working girls. They report aiding 5 to 20 families weekly, assisting during winter and having found jobs for more than 75 women with clothing for many.
Property owners between Miles Avenue and Broadway south of Maple and Division Streets were addressed at Quimby’s store by Attorney Morthland Commissioner Redman City Engineer Gillman and City Attorney Shumate on irrigation water pipe line benefits and costs. An almost unanimous vote followed to proceed with the proposed improvement.
A public farewell reception for Mr and Mrs J D Marsh will be held at the Methodist church this evening. They plan to move Saturday to a new home near North Yakima and leave behind many friends and coworkers who praise their faithful service of seven years.
In an 1885 republication the Golden dale Sentinel reports the people of Yuliaity moving en masse to a nearby town as Yakima City nears, likening the change to Goldsmith's Deserted Village. The move implies loss of home comforts and a long period to rebuild.
A prize has been offered in the juvenile department at the state fair this fall. Alex Miller, among the wheat farmers, posts a $10.00 cash prize for the best Dinestem exhibit in the sheaf by a juvenile competitor. Conditions make this division harder, but the aim is to show attention to wheat cultivation and handling.
Cascade Lumber reports a log drive of about seven and a half million feet passing Cle Elum and forecast a total of twenty to twenty one million feet heading into Yakima in fine condition. Benton City growers report early home grown strawberries shipping. Benton City berry acreage is small but fruit is excellent and early in the valley.
O W R N man based in Portland announces F W Robinson general freight agent for Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company has been named assistant to the traffic director of the Harriman system with Chicago headquarters. Effective May 15 he succeeds the late P C Stohr.
Charles Collins of Kennewick estimates 60000 crates or 100 carloads of Kennewick strawberry shipments and urges a wide market to prevent congestion at peak season. He predicts the valley will have a record fruit crop.
The attorney general has ruled that school district funds cannot cover commencement expenses, forcing cancellation of a Spokane citizen's engagement as the commencement day orator. Superintendent Sterling and Director McAulay head a committee to select a local speaker for the day.
H. Weatherwax and his wife left Friday for San Francisco where he will take up duties connected with the Panama exposition he was recently appointed to. This marks his seventh expo involvement. He was selected from hundreds of applicants nationwide. Weatherwax and son will operate locally under the management of Weatherwax, Jr.
William Helm manager of the Kennewick flouring mills arrived in North Yakima and confirmed reports on the Horse Heaven wheat. He notes the crop never looked better and growers are set for an excellent harvest this year. He adds irrigation ditches across the valley are in prime condition, the best since he has known the area.
Residents fear Yakima River will reach high water as warm weather melts heavy mountain snow. Postman Huenergardt reports seven feet of snow in the mountains while streams rise rapidly and creeks flood. Rain could trigger disastrous floods threatening crops and property across the Nanum country and surrounding areas.
A South Bend newspaper lauds Mr. Andrus of the South Bend Electric Co for boosting city business after a month in town. His work lighting street features and shop windows with strong electrical illumination has inspired merchants and citizens to support the local electric program.
A stream of visitors arrives in North Yakima and nearby towns. Mrs J C Kidd of Puyallup and other guests including Spokane residents Mrs H U Syvendsen and daughter travel with Mrs J Kennedy of South Naches Avenue. Families such as Coffman and Scudder host relatives from California and Stockton. Marjorie Be Campbell of Tacoma, Grand Matron of the Mastern Star, is due in North Yakima for a brief stay with E G Peck, while Mrs Rodman visits Sunnyside friends.
Somerville of the north fork of the Cowiche reports a large crop again this year on his old orchard, marking the third consecutive year of bearing. Neighbors see the frost-proof district as corroborated by his trees already bearing. Browning Afternoon notes a special alumnae meeting held Saturday at Mrs. John V. Ellis Jr. home on Nob Hill boulevard with a Browning works program including life sketch and readings.
The Forest Service has issued a large supply of signs from Washington to mark rivers creeks and mountain streams in the Cle Elum Forest Reserve and mark highways and trails. The signs aid Yakima visitors heading to Lakes Kechelus and Fish Lake and other sites by helping travelers locate rivers streams and trails.
A roundup of visitors and residents in Yakima Ellensburg and nearby areas includes George E Mosser of Spokane a Northwestern railway guest at the Commercial hotel Mrs A T Carlson and Mrs J F Nelson of Mabton guests at the Yakima hotel and others from Walla Walla Everett Colfax Wenatchee Sunnyside Sunnyside. Notables include Vice President Thomas Cooper of the Northern Pacific railway visiting the city and leaving for the west. Also mentioned are guardianship filings for Margaret and George Breacht and a $540.35 judgment awarded to R G McCredie of Sunnyside against A D Cafferty in superior court.
The Northern Pacific Railway surveys thousands of acres in the Hanford region for a proposed irrigation district. The plan involves federal and private partners to water lands between Coyote and sand hills, with Pacific Power & Light to provide pumping power. If realized, the project could open thousands of acres to settlement near Priest Rapids and Hanford.
The Yakima valley supplies weigh on prices as market reports show a drop in potato quotations to 25 to 28 dollars a ton in Seattle and lower local rates. Hens prices fall slightly while poultry flocks expand and egg production rises, amid broad shifts in produce from the south and California.
County Clerk Barr drew eighty four jurors for the June term of the superior court. Jurors are to report at 10 a m on June 4 at the courthouse. Venire listed by precinct includes North Yakima Sunnyside Belma Zillah Moxee Granger Fairview Grandview Lower Naches Upper Naches Nob Hill Toppenish Selah Wapato Cowiche Hopdale Tampico with names of jurors from each precinct.
In a Pacific Coast league style game, the Navy holds North Yakima to limited hits and scores a late run on Fox and Carpenters. Russell slams a three-base bid but Carpenter’s catch preserves the Tigers win as Getchell and Pitman duel in a 1 0 final.
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