The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-10-05


Rev. Waters, ward on the Yakims
reserve, preached earnestly to large con.
gregation on the corner Of Second street
and Yakima avenue. Many white people
assisted in the service. The minister re-
ferred eloquently to the time when the
red man knew none Of the vices impaired
in later years with the whites. "Tht
white man came" said the preacher
with the bible in one hand and a whis
key bottle in the other. He taught the
civilized theories Of virtue by precept
but be introduced to US the civilized vices
by example. The untutored mind Of the
Indian bent more readily to the latter
than the former, and the white man was
only too willing to supply the mesns
whereby vicious habits could be cult
waited to the exclusion OF the virtues they
were supposed to teach. Today the
Indian Is. taught to read and write. tn
study the bible and sing praises IN holy
worship, but at the same time he is given
both an opportunity and an incentive to
break every righteous command the good
book contains" Few there are who will
have the temerity to defend the whites
against this Arrangement by the dusky
divine.
C. F. Scott, of e-Elum, was in this
city on Sunday. Some months ago an
agent for some eastern house canvassed
this section for pictures to enlarge. He
proved to be dead-beat of very low
order. After collecting great pa 'ksge OF
pictures on orders for enlargement, on
each of which orders he demanded 81 In
advance, his field covering the territory
in the vicinity of the railway lines from
Helena, Mont, TO Victoria, B. c., ht
skipped with the money. He threw the
pictures away along the line. A package
was thrown off the train in this vicinity.
They were found, brought to this Office
last spring and advertised. Mr.. Scott
recently heard OF that advertisement
through some of his neighbors who read
THE HERALD, and, suspecting that the
pictures referred to were thus disposed Of
by the blk who got number OF photos
from him, be came in. His pictures were
here and their recovery waI a source OF
much pleasure to him, as some OF them
were those of his sisters and brothers who
live in distant states and he valued them
highly. There is yet quite a package Of
photographs and tiDtypes at this Office for
delivery to those to whom they belong.
L. T. Dooley. a business man of old
town, was in the city on Saturday. He
says that business matters are quite dull
in Yakima City, but there is consider
able inquiry for small tracts OF farm lands
in that vicinity. People have visely con-
cluded that large tract OF land is not
needed in this SET ton for a profitable
farm under one management; that il a
man possesses ten, fifteen or twenty acres
of good soil there is snug fortune in it
for him when properly cultivated; that
the man who owns 50 or more acres, on
which only ten or twenty are cultivated,
is losing money in paying taxes on a
large tract OF non-producing land, and
that well titled small tract, with equally
productive farms adjoining it on all sides,
is far more valuable as property than an
extensiAe ranch" on which the profits oil
the cultivated area are consumed by the
tax levy on the remaining section tina,
produces nothing but sage brush and
gopher holes. Srall fans, well handled
with diversified crops are coming to be
regarded rs the ideal he mes for the farm.
ers IN this district.
Elder d. w. Leath, who tarried in
North Yakima few days during the past
week or so, occupied the pulpit. in the
Baptist church on Sunday. The elder
was on his way to Dayton, where he will
probably locate permanently. The social
element in Orting, from which Prof
Leath recently came, is becoming toe
tough for decent citizenship. While there
the elder experienced the truthfulness Of
this statement by being 80 unfortunate as
to have to have to defend himself person
ally against its contemptibly petty base.
ness. A criminal libel suit may result
at which time THE HERALD will do for
the society OF that town what its own
paper should have been doing lately.
Deputy US. Marshal Mcguire returned
on Friday, alter having lodged another
regiment Of desperate offenders in the
Jail at Walla Walla. He was accomp
panied by his faithful deputies, Messrs
Wills. Stratton and Guillsnd. A number
of these offenders are the self-same beg
gars who ate free lunches at the soup
house provided for them by the city and
hop-growers' association-men who greed
lily accepted charity with one hand and
riAed their benefactor's POCKETS with the
other. They are o hard set, who haunt
the dives and dens of the city and hatch
crime. 1t is hoped that they are gone fol
good.
| A. McAlister, Of Yakima City, was il
the county capital on Friday. Concern
ing the old town WOODEN mills he said thai
he was making diligent effort to perfect
arrangements by which machinery ma,
be secured and put into the building al
ear ly as possible. He is satisfied that th,
enterprise will pay handsomely, and al
the factory building is completed and il
excellent shape for the machinery he de
sires to give the institution material lif'
Immediately. Tacoma parties are inves
tigating the proposition.
Many newcomers have been studious
ly engaged during the past week in I
search for unoccupied houses or furnished
or unfurnished rooms Tor residence pur-
poses. Many have been disappointed, a,
but few, if any, accommodations OF thai
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