The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-02-22
WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
A Transient Record Of Private Opinions
Publicly Expressed.

H. n Lombard-l would like to Sc e
Der of sites il now has for the new high
school building. don't like the idea Of
burdening the tax payers with large
Indebtedness, and il is doubtful il the
property the district has can be sold at
any advance, ii for as much as the pur
chase price.
Captain Scudder-The weather back
east was variable, sometimes away below
zero and then again away above zero.
First class hops are worth 15@16c. The
brokers are making cents pound on
hops in their efforts to bring the produc.
er and consumer together.
Mayor Redman-When l left the
mayoralty chair in 1896 the debt of the
city was $97 1000. When l again took
hold of the city helm in 1900 the indebt-
edness, according to the city clerks
financial summary for the past year, is
10000, with possibility of $4,000 more
warrant indebtedness to be added thereto.
Prof. McCurdy-I am trying to get
the home and school together. The
mothers and teachers should be in sym
patty. The ladies turned out last Sat
urday in way that surprised me. to
hear the relations of home and school
discussed. How important the home
training Of child should be as compared
to the school may be seen in the statisti
cal reports. The average school life is
Az years. The child spends but one
nineteenth of its school age in school,
Fifty per cent of the first grade leave
school before they enter the fifth grade
and SO per cent never reach the high
school. There is room for much i'm
provement in the school books and stud
les. told Superintendent Browne that
the school books covering nine different
subjects were too much of a mental strain
upon the pupils. There is vast room tor
improvement in the spelling and arth-
metic methods. think the old way of
spelling by syllables the most efficient and
than they are. We have aroused consid-
cradle interest in the science of spelling
by inauguratng old fashioned spelling
matches. There were between 80 and
100 mothers at the last meeting and this
is very encouraging.
Leonard Thorpe-Of course there is
some humbug in hypnotic exhibitions in
public as there is in spiritualism. But
there is something about the psychic
philosophy that cannot be explained
away You remember the case in India
not long ago when man was put into
hypnotic slumber or trance. His eyes.
his ears, his nose and mouth were her.
metically sealed with wax. He was
buried in the earth and allowed to rest
there while the barley grew over his
grave. He was then resurrected alive
and well.
Prof. Nagler-I want to get up fine
band, but the city should not require too
much of me. 1t is great task to drill
dozen or more aspiring musicians and |
cannot afford to give my time without
some remuneration. There should be
band stand erected in the railroad park
at the corner of the avenue and free even
ing concerts given this summer, and if
the council acts in liberal spirit it can
be done successfully.
John Loudon-Farmers do not study
their own welfare enough. We should
build, for instance, our own telephone
connection with town from the Mckee.
This would be inexpensive, but would be
great convenience in the saving of time
and money in the end. Look at the Col
umbia river One of the grandest water
courses on the continent, and yet the
Palouse farmers are at the mercy OF the
railways simply because they do not act
together and demand the opening of the
river to tide water.
Mart Schichtl-THE HERALD's remin-
iscences recall some unpleasant ones for
me. bought in at Tacoma during boom
times and had let 20 in time l would
have made a snug fortune. As an in