The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1897-09-02
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The Trade Register is advocating the
the building of an exhibition building
at Seattle to be so arranged as to have the
main floor suitable for political, county
hibts OF the states resources and pro.
ducts. The second floor or balcony TO
have special or county exhibits of miner
erals, fruits, cereals, manufactured pro-
duets, etc. The Register proposes that
the Lumbermen's Exchange might put
up the building, that like Washington's
Worlds fair building would represent the
timber of the state in variety, size, rough
and finished products and other features
that surprise and delight the whole
country.
| COlfaX COmmoner: oddities continue
TO call attention to the fall OF silver. In
the way of retaliation, we wish to call at
tention to the dull thud OF the intrinsic
value argument. No matter how low the
price of silver bullion goes, the silver dol
lar is still worth hundred cents, even
in gold. The oftrepeated declaration of
the gold standard orators aud press, that
'you can't create value by legislation, :"
is effectively answered by the silver dol
lar, and also by the increased price of
manufactured articles caused by the
Dingley tariff bill.
1t took Boston jury to discover that
yankee Doodle" is not sacred A Bos-
ton manager was recently arrested and
fined for giving concert on Sun,
day night that was not Sacred" accord
ing to law. A brass band had played
My Old Kentucky Home" "Au Re-
voir," "king Cotton, Yankee Doodle, "
Gounod's cave Maria" and "The Red,
White and Blue" The Gounod num-
Der passed, but the jury held the other
works secular.
Experiments with flax, raised by the
department in the Puget sound region of
Washington, has developed the fact that
this section is equal in climate to some
of the best fax producing countries of
Europe. 1t is asserted that the expert.
ment proves that farmers IN this country
can grow both seed and fibre in the same
| plant. The result from any experiment
made by the department can be had by
writing to the secretary for copy.
Mayor Wood of Seattle decided not to
surrender the official teat until his steam
ship enterprise should prove successful,
so he asked for an indefinite leave of alb
sence instead of rendering his resigna.
ton. The Seattle city council refused to
grant the leave OF absence, but laid it
over for future action. This suapends
the mayor about midway between the
devil and the deep sea.
The freight trains on the n. 2. at this
time going west are nearly all double
headers, the trains constituting from forty
to sixty cars each. \ number of new
and powerful engines will soon be put on
this end of the road to do service in trans
porting Washington's immense crop OF
wheat to the Sound ports, The old en-
sines will be transferred to points east
Soap has been in use tor 5000 wears,
and is twice mentioned in the Bible. A
few years ago soapboier's shop was
discovered in Pompeii, having been
buried beneath the terrible rain of ashes
that fell upon that city 70 A. d. The
soap found in the shop had not lost all
its efficacy, although it had been buried
1900 years.
\ cablegram from Constantinople states
that the peace negotiations are at a
standstill Lord Salisbury refused to al,
low Turkish occupation of Thessaly
pending a partial payment by Greece OF
the indemnity. The English premier
fears that an occupation begun in this
manner might become permanent.