The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-09-28
THURSDAY, SEPT. FL, 1899.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
Transient Record of Private Opinions
Publicly Expressed.

sHrNSSNS'
J. B. Current-Some of our Gold Hill
ore assays nearly thousand dollars a
ton,
Sam Cameron-THE HERALD's editorial
last week on the destruction of the sheep
industry WAS fine aud expressed the con-
ditIon of affairs exactly.
John e. Ryan-Had Bryan come out
for expansion his election would have
been a foregone conclusion. Now, be.
lieve Mckinley will be elected.
Jason Carpenter-Hops will run all
the way from to 10 cents a pound.
The efforts of the newspapers to increase
tue price of hops will fail, in my iudg-
ment.
Governor Lowe-I am in full sympathy
with the sheep growers. They have
been treated outrageously by the repub
lican politicians whose mainstay they
have been on the coast for years.
Prof. Barge-There should be great
deal of caution used to prevent any clash
of other interests with the sheep indus
try. 1t will require deal of tact with
united effort to get justice done to the
sheepmen.
Phil Santon-I am down from Gle
Elum to take in the fair. The Gle Elum
mining district is rich and coming to the
front rapidly. My family resides in the
mountains in the summer and in the
town of Gle Elum iE the winter.
Thomas Lund-The public may have
some idea of the cost OF nv new building
and improvements when l say that the
building is valued at 81 ,0OO, the fixtures,
etc, at $4,000 and the stock at $50O0--or
S12 200 capital invested on that corner.
John Cleman-There are approximate
ly 800. 900 sheep in Yakima county.
One hundred sheep will consume IN a
season about 20 tons Of hay or over TO-
900 tons of alfalfa, At 81 per ton this
means for that one item alone $50 900
annually to the Yakima farmers.
Postmaster Sperry-The confusion that
exists on account of the similarity Of
names of the postoffices here and at old
town is constantly increasing. A thous-
and mistakes arise which could be OBJ
waited by change in the name of this
office from North Yakima to Yakima
CITY. The old town office is called plain
Yakima.
J. S. Harrison-I am down here doing
the fair from the south half mining
camps of the Okanogan reservation.
am largely interested in the Apex Min
ing Company. Four assays have been
made. yielding 81 per cent and ia
ounces of silver; total value $751; IA per
ton. This is at depth of 35 feet.
own half interest in an adjoining claim
which yields an assay value on the sur
face of Sl021 to the ton.
J. Holdren, Mesa, Arizona-I have
been in your locality about two weeks
and have visited all the large farms in
the different farming sections OF the val
ley, noting their resources. You have
here an ideal climate and a very rich
soil. Your water supply 10 abundant,
and If proper care is taken of the forests
there is 70 reason why it should not last
forever. am from an arid district in
Arizona. Onr soil is rich and produc-
tive, hut our water supply is very limited
For that reason | am seeking new To-
cation and will settle here in the Yak
ina country. | understand your far
mere complain of the freight rates.
They have no cause to, in my judgment,
for rave found rates are lower here
than anywhere else on the Coast. We
pay at least 30 per cent more in Arizona.