The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-11
YAKIMA COUNTY NOTES.
COMMISSIONERS DECLINE To RE-
DUcE y. p. ASSESSMENT.
Authorities Taking steps to Change
Burial Laws ana Prevent HmDor-
portation of Cohsumptives-Gev-
eminent Surveys Reservoir sites.

Special DISPATCH 10 the Post71nteiligencer.
NORTH YAKIMA, Aug. 1o.--Tax Agent
Jay sedgwick. OF the Northern Pacihc,
appeared wednesday before the county
boa I'd of eouaIiza ton and asked that the
assessment Of the company's rfght-of-way
and track IN this county be reduced from
ssc0D a mile 70 $3.50. The latter yaiua-
tion was the basis OF settlement In coun-
ties where the taxes OF the last tnree
years were In controversy, and Mr.. sedg-
wick holds that II Is fair one. the
boa ri refused to reduce the valuation.
The city attorney has been instructed
by the council 20 prepare an ordinance
requiring q certificate OF the cause or
death as a prerequisite for burial IN the
city cemetery. The council has taken
this action on the representation OF some
Of the regular physicians that a number
Of persons are attempting to practice
medicine hereabouts without the neces-
gary qualifications. In connection with
several recent deaths. II IL alleged that
they would not have occurred had the
proper medical treatment been given. ana
n there were such an ordinance as the
one proposed. coroner's investigation
would have followed the health ofncer's
refusal TO issue a certificate The coun-
ell has also beew asked to pass an anti
exp~ctoratlon ordinance.
Health Officer Frank. who has been act
i've In these matters, has also been max
ing a protest lately against the imPorta-
sumption TO this place. Recently ne has
caused the return OF several such patients
to their homes Ne says that Intelligent
physicians on the Sound and elsewhere
should know that there IL no reason for
sending such cases here Consumptives
come here at considerable expense. and
spread the germs OF tuberculosis as they
have in Southern California and Arizona.
Hon. Ira p. Englehart, who returned
from Walls wslIa Yesterday. states that
formed him that Frank Luvergne had
recently been paroled. Luvergne r. tho
man who killed Tex Bagwell In 1895. and
years He has been trustly around the
institution during Warden Catron's re-
gimc
surveying Reservoir sitter.
r. K Newell. photographer OF the
United States geological survey, 10 In
North Yakima. He e making a tour
tfon In various localities the work Of taxi
ing measurement Of streams. surveying
reservoir sites and investigating artesan
supe "r has received new Impetus
from the energetic championship 1t re-
ceived in tina last congress from Repre-
ssn,sivs Jones Of ibis state and md Others
priations were doubled, and field work
viii he done Immediately which the bu-
reau had not expected TO be able to do
for some time to come.
In no district will the photographic in
vcstigations he carried on more extensive
~ than In Central Washington. Several
parties are out now. making maps and
Under Mr. NeweIi's direction. Sydney
Arnold Of this place, and corps of as
sistants win Immediately begin the work
Of gauging the water In the Wenas,
Cowychee and Ahtanum valleys. They
Will secure low water measurements,
which are the most important: search for
pacity OF same. make estimates of the
cost of divcrtinR the waters OF the T!etan
into the Cowychce basin, etc
Mr. Newell II an enthusiast In the mat
ter OF rcciaiming arid lands. He antlci-
pates rapid strides In the work within
the next few years, and thinks the diff
fculttes VIII vanish when Western. people
come TO know what they want and MAKE
up their minds to haze n, One OF the
best things they can do. he thinks, IL 70
send the right kind OF men to congress
srhe problem az reciaimIng desert
lands. said Mr.. Newell. lis too big for
individual or corporate enterprise The
government must reach these new fields.
which will be the richest In the world.
as Il now, by spending millions of doll
lars, seeks 10 save productive lands In
the lower mississippi valley. The manu-
featuring East will gladly support such
a pole- VIXEN it's possibilities are prop
eriy exploited, The West must look To
It's representatives In congress 20 press
matters In the most practical manner.
The surveys we are now making will
furnish facts upor which Recommended
tons 10 congress can be made and he
hind the work OF the congressman, there
should be the strong backing ~ the or
sanized business interests OF the West"
Letter From = Missionary.
j. y. Meirose. OF this city. has received
a letter fr~m his sister-in-law. Mrs Mar
raret Melrose, who Is missionary IN
Nodoa, China. She wrote under date OF
June Is
''we are preparing for siege. This
week we have made arrangements 80 that
company OF ffty soldiers. with their
Officers. came here 20 1--we. They have
tlied ur the holes IN the hedge and
patrol the yard night and day Tuesday
one Christian village moved up here, and
II has Increased n0r strength 10 twenty
Ave Today another Christian family
came, and IN couple Of DAYS the largest
Christian village viii have come far pro.
lection school and other work goes on
Mrs Melrose and her co-worksrs are
believed 20 have been killed BY the CHI.
neHe several weeks ago
A large barn belonging 20 Thomas Fear
OF the Cowychse, was burned Saturday
morning, with all tts contents. which con.
sisted % nfiy tons - timothy hay md
rome harness and farming tools The
nre also DESTROYED ial tons ~ bay In
stacks. near tho harm farmland ana
4 cigarette caused the 3rc Mr. Fears
loss Il about sieo He carried no In.
euFaues
0eorgc Grant the Young son ~ Adolf.
plus Giant ~ Eiiiah Vas drowned IN the
Yakima river. near his home, last san
sAv morning while ASKING with several
other bows, He <tepg~a into deep hole
and drowned before the ewes % his rusn.
pAnieas, nene y whom we're abss 70 give
hfm any ASSISTANCE
Marion y iisrpols an ola resident died
81 the hespiiai testsrdsy TIE caasa ~
hts death Was nload poisoning from me
hise ~ DOS Vie WAS "a wears ola and
left wife ana tear children
The picking and packing ~ Italian
rrunes heEAn Al PARKER this week The
rrNg 10 llsht rr1haAty not more thar
twenty cars - the fruit VIII H. shlpred
from Parker this season Most "a that
shiprea viii ~ &c Minneapolis The prices
are not satisfactory. ranging nov emily
from - cents Is 81 - They have hsen
getting stronger. however ana the grow
era anticipate fair returns
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
IN IDAHO FORESTS.