The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-10-17
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! WHAT PEOPLE SAY !

Robert Scott-Our trip through the
east during the last seven weeks | sup
pose will be the last we will eyer make.
While we enjoyed it in every particular,
especially that part of our trip connected
with the visits to our old homes, still |
was glad to get back here satisfied with
Yakima. We left North Yakima on
Sunday, September l, and returned on
Sunday, October IL. We first paid a
visit to my home place at Hamilton,
Canada. Great changes have taken
place in that country since left it years
ago. All that part of Canada known as
the peninsular, formed by Lake Huron
on the west and Lakes Erie and Ontario
on the south and east, is the great fruit
section. There are square miles Of APP
pie orchards on the western side that
for size would put to blush the Yakima
fruit raisers, but must say that it does
not compare with this valley for surety
of crop. The crop is light there this
year and prices are good. From there
we went to Buffalo to visit the Pam
American exposition thence to Paris and
Olney, Illinois. The latter place is my
wife's old home, where we were married
Just after the war. We then went to st.
LOUIS thence to Burton county, in
southern Missouri. The part of the
| country affected by the drought last
summer is not as prosperous as people
would like, still at the same time there
is considerable to keep everybody on the
hump. | noticed down in Southern
Missouri the best apple crop Of any place
we visited. You know that is a good
apple country and it isn't often they
have failure. l saw the largest orch
ard in the world in Missouri 1t con-
tains 1900 acres and Is full of market
able fruit ! noticed in particular that
the red apple predominates in every
part of the country, but as yelder the
Ben Davis seems to be the best There
are many people back east talking about
coming to Washington next spring.
encouraged them all | could and left the
impression everywhere | went that
Washington was the best state in the
northwest.
w. II. Redman-It ism often that l
have any thing to say in the w. P. S.
column of your paper; but wish you
would say for me that had the honor
of surveying the piece of land that is
now the center of population of this
country. 1t is situated in Columbus
township, Bartholomew county, Indiana,
and is the property of Henry Mari.
surveyed his farm when he purchased it.
He was pupil of mine when l taught
school near that place. The farm is
four miles southeast OF Columbus, In
diana, the county seat of Bartholomew
county. 1t has been IL years since |
left there and came west and little did |
think that place would be the center OF
the population then.
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c. B. McConnell-You would hardly
believe that Seattle people buy furniture
here and ship it over there, but it is so.
Last week while the big crowd was here
from that city | sold bill Of goods to
lady who had them shipped to Seattle.
She gave as reason that she could buy
cheaper here than in Seattle.
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Health Officer Frank-A few weeks
ago | made a statement through the
columns of the HERALD that | should
| like to have corrected. In speaking
about typhoid fever the types made me
say: "The prevailing idea that typhoid
exists here is mistake" 1t should
have read: Sporadic typhoid" This
would have covered the point l aimed
to get at. The word sporadic being
left out, of course put statement in my
mouth that is not wholly true /; for there
have been cases OF typhoid fever here,
and meant to leave the impression
that they were contracted at other
points and the infection brought here.
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ID. K. Barton-What is the use OF ar
resting criminals if they are not pun
ished? During the fair dozens of men
of this class were pulled in for different
crimes and nearly all of them were soon
liberated after a supposed trial. This is
no way to treat criminals. They should
be dealt with more severely and put
away where they would not bother law
abiding citizens.