The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-04-11
THURSDAY. april III, 1901.
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! WHAT PEOPLE SAY !

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IL. NJ. Lichty, Sunnyside-While it
Is gratifying to see so many new people
coming in and our community be-
ing developed SO rapidly, the most graft
fying feature of it is the personnel OF the
new corners. Wehave had, you might say,
our pick OF the eastern communities
whence these people come and as a
result we have among us people in
terested in the advancement of school
and church facilities and the training of
the moral side of mans nature. We
believe in time we will have a commune
ity that is as renowned for its educa-
tional institutions as in Oberlin, Ohio.
x*x
County Auditor kelso-Yes, | think
the bicyclers should have path in the
city. Ii they can make suitable ar
rangements with the council, which
have no doubt they can, we ought to
have the best cycle paths of any city in
the state. Our streets are wide, in fact
too wide for city OF this size but that
is no drawback, for when we acquire a
population of 10000 or so we will need
all the street room that now seems to be
superfiuous. There is plenty of room on
all the streets for a six-foot pathway Tor
wheelmen and still leave more street
room for vehicles than is required. BY
constructing paths OF this kind there
will not be so much street to keep in re-
pair at the expense of the city, thus
saving a good item i'll street improve
ments. The wheelmen OF course will
pay for their own pathway, as it is now
contemplated, but l don't know but
what the city ought to meet them part
way and put up an equal sum, thus
giving twice as much in the way of inn
provement in a stated period as would
come from the wheelmen alone. If the
matter is handled properly we ought to
have in IA few years the finest streets to
be found anywhere. So let the good
work go on.
Xxx
Il. A. Grant-If no new cases come
in within the next day or two the city
will have no further use for the pest
house. All the patients will be freed
by Monday, and possibly before that
time. The young man Jeffries has re-
covered completely and has been re-
leased, as we'll as the other young man
in the pest house. There now remains
but one patient to be dismissed. He is
in the best of health and will be turned
off by Saturday or Monday, as before
stated. There are three other mild
cases in the city, all of which have been
placed in quarantine. | don't fear any
spread OF the disease, as great precau-
tons are being taken to prevent infec-
ton. The county authorities have
raised the quarantine on all the fami-
lies up the Wenas and at Mob Hill,
so you see there is no danger any longer
from that source. At no time since this
much dreaded disease has been pre-
valent here has it assumed malignant
form, with the exception OF in one or
two cases. You know there have been
no deaths from that source, excepting a
child at Mob Hill, therefore | don't see
why people become so alarmed about it.
1t is loathsome disease, l admit that,
and for that reason | presume people
dread it so. 1t would never have been
in this city this winter had the internal
hobos stayed away, but keeping them
out is like trying to prevent the sun
shining in the valley, SO as long as these
men come and go about the country,
every community will be exposed to this
disease so peculiar to tramps.
Xxx
Col. w. F. Prosser-Real estate is
somewhat quieter in Seattle now owing
to the boom in oil, although there is a
steady demand for good property. Yak
ina looks prettier than ever. Her
streets are clean, which gives any town
an air of refinement. | am pleased to
see the energy displayed in this little
city and the splendid substantial i'm
provements so noticeable to one who has
been away for some time.
49,
Street Commissioner Chappell-Inside
of two weeks | expect to have all the
new shade trees set out, the streets
cleaned OF the filth that now filters
them and the bitches put in better con-
dition than ever before have force
of II men and one team on the Jump
doing the thousand and one things that
should have been done long ago. We
are now busy setting out the new shade
trees purchased By the council and if
nothing interferes will have them all in
the ground in day or two more. These
trees should have been planted two
weeks ago. They came in due time
from the nursery, but ! could do moth
ing till council gave me authority to
hire the requisite number OF men to
help me. The trees are being planted
wherever needed, but most OF them are
to be put on Sixth street. You might
say that intend to enforce the ordin-
ance against throwing paper and other
rubbish on the streets. Many people
don't know that there is an ordinance
against this practice, and it must be
enforced if we expect to have decent
streets. All the material that has been
thrown out OF the bitches will be hauled
AWAY and nropertY owners have been