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# LOCAL, STATE AND GENERAL. Interesting Items of News from Home and Abroad. Death of W. S. Mellew, General Manager of the Northern Pacific Raitrend-Vakima Penches Now On the Market. A. B. Weed is organizing a party to go into camp in the Tietan basin. Mrs. A. C. Greene, wife of the telegraph operator at Easton, is visiting relatives in this city. Mrs. W. W. Atherton and child are in camp at Lake Katcheez with Mrs. Geo. Donald and Mrs. J. D. Cornett. Mrs. A. B. Ross and the Misses Sawyer are encamped on the Ahtanum, about three miles above Soda Springs. Mrs. E. Douglas, of Hoquiam, mother of Bob Douglas, is in the city and will probably remain during the summer. Revs. Cheadle and Drew and Prof. W. M. Heiney returned Saturday from a trip to the Tietan basin. They say that the large number of cattle ranged there has forced the game to immigrate. Ellensburgh Register: The Yakima hose team has not sent up that challenge yet. Our boys are ready for it, and they have the money with which to back up their confidence. Northern Pacific employes on this division were laid off by the wholesale last week. The work train force, the paint gang and all the section and office men that could be spared were dropped from the rolls. Fruitvale ranch, the property of Reed & Wheeler furnished the first peaches of the season, and beauties they are. Large, handsome and of fine flavor, they would create a sensation if displayed at the World's fair. Councilman Jason Carpenter and Governor Lowe returned last week from Milk lake, where they put in ten days enjoying the choicest of fishing. Milk lake is above the headwaters of the Wenas, and is alive with trout. The Ainsworth bank, the Oregon National and several other Portland financial institutions have closed their doors. The suspension of the Oregon National caused its connection, the First National of Ellensburgh, to go under. The home rule bill was passed in the British parliament on the 27th of July, and was celebrated by riotous and disgraceful conduct of the members, in which blows were exchanged and charges made which required public apology. Twenty-five thousand copies of Fred R. Reeds County of Yakima, State of Washington, were issued from Tus HERALD office during the past week, and are now being speedily put into circulation. It is an interesting and creditable production. The supreme court has decided that the state registration law does not apply to special elections to vote on bonding propositions, and all who are of legal age and have been residents of state, county and precinct the required length of time are entitled to vote. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chapman and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Milroy spent Sunday up the Natcheez, where they had very fair success in "wooing the speckled beauties." THE HERALD editor can testify to their piscatorial skill, for he was remembered with half a dozen handsome trout. An Ellensburgh man is reported to have had $10.000 in the Tacoma National bank, which suspended last Monday. He also had, according to report, $5.000 in the Merchants' National when it went under. He couldn't have tied his money up much tighter if he had deposited in his home banks. The situation in Denver is still in an exceedingly uncomfortable condition. There are thousands of men out of employment and money, for whom public soup houses have been established, and it is feared that the first riot will be succeeded by others. The bankers have called upon the governor for troops, and the railroads have granted a $5 rate to Chicago and common points, and through this means the citizens' committee is helping many of the idle men out of the country. In speaking of the necessity of Washington being represented at the Irrigation congress to be held at Los Angeles on the 10th of October, the Spokane Chronicle says: "The successful practice of irrigation in the Yakima country and in other sections of the state has demonstrated that we can rival California in the production of fruits by that system, and the cheapness of the land here, which is from one-fifth to one-tenth of the price in California, will attract many immigrants. Several years ago that ministerial bilk and fraud, Rev. John A. Walker, jumped the timber culture claim of Col. W. F. Prosser, situate near the town of Prosser. All along the line of the land courts the decisions were in favor of the jumper, until the case reached the secretary, where the rulings were overturned and the land awarded to Col. Prosser. The news was received here on Saturday last, and caused a smile of satisfaction to overspread the face of Yakima's mayor. W. S. Mellen, general manager of the Northern Pacific, died July 25th, at Victoria, of heart disease. Mr. Mellen was on his annual tour of inspection of the road, and his death was entirely unexpected and a great shock to his friends. His body was carried east on a special train, which passed throngh Yakima on Friday last. The train stopped here long enough for the railroad employés and friends to take a last look at the de-
