The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-04-13
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
A Transient Record OF Private Opinions
Publicly Expressed.

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mountain, q wagon road and railway.
have bought $40 acres more land ad-
joining my homestead of 100 acres, from
the Northern Pacific.
Charley Moore-As road supervisor it
is my duty to warn all people in my dis
trict to be careful about flooding the
roads with surplus ditch water. The
law will be strictly enforced in these
matters.
Rev. Thomas Pesrne-Moses, Nina
loose. / knew Moses in 1862. He was
twenty years older than I, that is, he
was forty then and | was about twenty
years old. He received $500 year from
the United States government at the
time of his death. He owed me 500.
He thought was going to be chief when
1 was young man. His name was
Sulktash Kastra.
| Charlie Krause-I look for good deal
OF building this year. 1t will pay bet
ter investment than locking the money
up in the local banks at 3 per cent per
annum.
w. A. Saylor-While at Washington
recently. had the pleasure of being one
of party that greeted the president in
the White House. The president is very
atfable and approachable and he puts his
callers at their ease at once.
j. A. Hall-While waiting in depot
at st. Paul on my way west, / overheard
a conversation by committee of BUSH
ness men who had been detailed to visit
the Philippines and had just got back.
They were enthusiastic in their reports
of the riches of the archipelago from
commercial standpoint, and evidently
thought there were millions in it.
w. ii. Redman-I have Just finished
turning in the water in the Erwin ditch
and laterals on the reservation. There
are 30 miles Of bitches covering about
5000 acres ofland. There will be about
ten miles more when the Indians get
through excavating..
Judge j. M. Stout-Speaking of this
sugar beet proposition of ID. G. Corbin.
| raised a ton of sugar beets at Old
Town in 1893. which the government ag-
ricultural reports of that year pronounced
as having the highest percentage of SUI
gar of any in the United States. The
government sent the seeds and the test
was made at the Worlds Fair. 1t should
be borne in mind that my beets were
raised without irrigation, and those ex-
hibited from elsewhere were raised with
fertilizers.
| Fred Parker-The Ida Elmore mine at
| Gle Elun is developing finely and ex-
actly along the lines | predicted. We
are down 100 feet and have struck vein
of six feet of solid ore in about eighteen
feet of ledge matter. The ore assays an
average of $40, the ore assaying from $2S
to $40 ton. The great draw back is hav-
ing to ship the ore to the smelter. l ex-
pect Keith Dunlop back from London in
a few weeks. He sends encouraging re-
ports of his mission, but If we fail in
that | shall put in a small plant to re-
duce the ores myself.
Hon. w. l.. Jones-I am going to the
Sound soon to confer on public matters
with Senator Foster and Congressman
Cushman. l will have the appointment
of a cadet to West Point to make, and
Cushman the cadetship at Annapolis.
The appointments will be made in
| couple of months. / am not fully deter
mined as to whether l will relegate the
matter to commission or take tho re-
sponsibility myself. If do will want
to sec the applicants personally. Some
times. like in the case of some school
teachers, an applicant may pass q SPLEEN
did examination and yet be untitled for
the place.
Byron Aldrich-I do not think the
| Mikado troupe lost over $50 on the trip
! to Ellensburg. The fares were S75 but
there were only about twenty-five that
staid at the hotel, the rest going to pri-
vate homes. On my return from Ia
coma | will try and get up an operetta
for the young people.
Phil Ditter-We are getting ready to
build opposite the Dudley block on the
avenue. We hope to get the CONNER
cial club to take the second story We
bought lot adjoining from Judge Lewis
| for $945 but will not build on that one
until fall. o. A. Fechter bought the
next lot for 1925. believe.
A. s. Dam-It was a great oversight to
permit the three train loads of excur-
sionists which recently passed through
North Yakima to the Sound without
acuusinting them with the possibilities
of Yakima as jumping off place. Yak
ina needs to be advertised if it would
reap the harvest of humanity coming
this way.
Nelson Rich-We have between fifty
and sixty men at work patching up the
| railway from Pasco to Selab. The work