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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30
OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT ON
PROPOSED IRRIGATION LAW
Letter from Professor Waller, of the
State Agricultural College, to A.
7. Richardson, of This City.

The Herald gives space to the fol-
interest and perhaps value to those who
are Interested in the proposed new
laws governing irrigation i'll the state:
Pickup
Pullman. Wash, ll-22, '04.
Mr.. A. T. Richardson, North Yakima,
Wash:
Dear Sir-After quite careful study
of conditions obtaining in Washington
the writer has submitted the following
general principles as a suitable basis
for the proposed law.
An irrigation law for Washington
should be based on the following prin-
ciples:
First-That the water in all the
streams and water sources of the state
is public property.
Second-That public water may be
obtained by individuals or companies
by compliance with the method pre-
scribel by law.
Third-That the public waters may
be used for domestic, sanitary, irriga-
ton and power purposes.
Fourth-That individuals or compan.
les acquiring a water right for any of
the above purposes shall be given a
clear and undisputed title to such
water; Provided, (a) That all rights to
the use of the waters of the state
should be based on beneficial use and
that the rights terminate when the use
ceases. (b) That the volume diverted
shall in all cases be limited to the least
amount actually necessary for the ac-
complishment of the purposes of the di-
version. (c) That the right to the use
of the public waters attaches only to
the use for which the right was origi-
nally obtained. (d) That the right of
diversion for irrigation should attach to
land reclaimed and to no other; that
the transfer of the land should carry
with it the right: and that apart from
the land the right could not be trans
ferred; that when ditch waters land
not the property of the ditch owner the
right should attach to the land on
when the water is used and not to the
ditch. (e) That the certificate of APP
preparation should be issued to the own
er of the land and not to the ditch
company or owner. Under such a regu.
lation ditch company would be a COM
mon carrier as provided by our present
statute.
Fifth-That holders of water rights
snail have the protection and assistance
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30
STATE POORLY REPRESENTED.
Sent Smallest Delegation to National
Irrigation Congress.

Mr.. H. y. Scuddcr. Who was one OF
the four delegates that this state sent
to the National Irrigation Congress at
FL Pa,o. Texas. tanks great mistake
wa, made by Washington in allowing
such an opportunity to pass almost un-
noticed. especially in view OF the fact
that other states less able to send large
delegations than Washington were rep
resented 10y a. high a. Nc delegates.
"Thi. was one OF the greatest and
best conventions, ever held in the inter
e~t- of irrigation" Mr. Scudlcr -ail.
and the results will he of iue~timabe
benefit. At no former congress has so
much interest been manifested. Papers
were read ana addresses made by some
of tae most noted authorities on the
subject. and the matter thus brought be
fore the delegates for their consilera.
ton represented years of study oboerva-
ton ana practice. Scientific and tAcoret
zeal consideration, were given. and yet
the knowledge disseminated was all
practical.
Ell Pa,o was an excellent place for
the congress. Accommodations were am
pie and there wa, no disposition to inn
pose on the guests by raising prices on
accommodations or any commodity need
ed. The city has, as near a. | could
Judge. about 25.000 inhabitants. although
they claim more, believe. It i, largely
manufacturing town. and mas some eX-
ten,ive industries The people are
building a BIG irrigation ditch that will
water about 100000 acres of land in the
vicinity of FL Paso. Texas i barred
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30

A recent assay of ore from the Pico
mines at the head of Lake Kitcheos. of
which Crandall& Rathbun are the local
agents. showed a value of %S7.26 to the
ton.
Sunday morning services at the Bap-
fist church as usual. After a short
sermon. there will be the monthly com
munion service. Any holding letters from
other churches. or desiring to unite with
the church on profession of faith, may
have opportunity to do so.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Bond were arrivals
Saturday afternoon from Hunter. North
Dakota. They are the parents of Dep
uty County Treasurer Bond, and came
with the intention of making the Iaki-
ma valley their future home. 1t is Mr..
Bonds intention to purchase a farm
when he finds one suited to mis- wants.
NJ. J. PREM, the expert agriculturist
for the North Yakima Beet Sugar com
pany, left Monday afternoon for Ellens
burg. where the conditions will be looked
into with view to securing contracts
with the farmers of that vicinity to cul-
tivate beets to be worked at the factory
here.
Tonight at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. |. HuXtable on Mob Hill. the wedding
of their daughter, Mary b.. to w. T..
Stuart will be solemnized. Particulars
of the wedding will be given in the next
issue of the Herald. The newly married
couple will be at home to their friends
in the Natchez valley after Marcn Is,
1905
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30
School Board Meeting.

At the regular meeting of the board Of
directors of district No. :. held last
Monday evening Miss olga Boatman,
who has been engaged a. a substitute
teacher in the place of Miss Kenyon. was
given a two weeks leave OF absence on
account of illness. which vacation She
will spend in Oregon. \ resolution was
adopted ordering the portahles on Ma
che, avenue banked with dirt in order
to make the floors warmer. A report
wa, submitted showing that the fues
ana chimney- on the Columbia building
had been raised and repaired. The board
elected as delegates to the Washington
state teachers association meeting to
be held in Spokane President B. F..
Barge. City superintendent Sellcck and
Principal j. X. NJ. Berry.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30
IMPROVED SHIPPING METHODS.
Heated Cars for Produce VIII Be Put
on to Remain Unit, April.

Local fruit and produce shippers have
been notified that beginning with No
vember Is and continuing until April
of next year, the Northern Pacific will
institute and maintain heated car ser
vice to enable fruit to be shipped with
out danger of loss from freezing. The
cars are to be heated by lamps burning
kerosene, and the crews will be required
to attend to these lamps and see that
the temperature of the cars remains
nearly the same all the time and that it
is sufficiently high to prevent the fruit,
vegetables or other perishabe freight
from being damaged by the cold. In
case a car is compelled to stand at the
terminals or elsewhere where the tenn
perature is lower than 10 degrees below
zero, the car is to be placed in a
roundhouse or other building where it
will be sheltered 1t has been proven
by test that fruit will freeze more
quickly at this temperature when the
car is standing still in the open than
when it is being hauled over the road.
Rules have been promulgated regarding
the housing of cars not heated by lamps.
Cars containing fruit, vegetables, eggs
or milk products will be placed in the
roundhouse while at division points
when the thermometer registers 5 de-
grees or more below zero, unless the car
contains a stove and is accompanied by
a man to attend it. Cars of beer or
canned goods are to be housed under
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30

of permanent state officials in the ex-
ercise of such rights.
Sixth-That disputes or complaints
regarding the diversion of or use of wa
ter should be referred to and settled by
officials of the state charged with the
administration of laws relating to ir-
rigation, etc, and that when any one
is aggrieved by any decision of said
officers he should nave a right of appeal
to the courts
Seventh-There should be provided an
irrigation commission consisting of a
state engineer and one or more commits
sioners charged with making a hydro
graphic survey of the public waters,
with dispensing such waters to legiti-
mate claimants, and in case of dis
putes in court to represent the public
in collecting all data necessary to a
, complete and equitable apportionment
of the waters of tine water source under
judicial investigation.
Eighth-That the extent to which ri
parian rights apply should be made an
issue in friendly suit before the SUI
! preme court. With the decree of this
court as basis law should be
framed SO far abrogating such rights as
will make it possible to completely util.
ize the public waters of tho state.
Yours truly,
O. l.. WALLER.
Expert in Irrigation, l. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

d. n. Keenc has had attractive signs
placed upon the plate glass windows of
his store.
A. ID. Crandall returned last week from
Twin Falls, Idaho, where he went ON
business.
John keyser, an old-time Wisconsin
friend of Gerald Shelley, spent Thanks
giving with the latter.
j. n. Scott, the enterprising clothing
merchant of Kennewick. was in the city
for "A couple of days, returning Tuesday.
Robert Smith, a pharmacist until re
Gently with the North Yakima Drug
store, departed last week for his old
home at La Crosse, Wis.
Mrs. Alfred B. Cline and Mrs. William
Scott will entertain on Wednesday al
ternoon. December eth. This will be the
first of a series of parties to be given by
them.
Miss Ethelyn Clark returned Sunday
to Ellensburg, where she is attending
school, after a pleasant Thanksgiving
visit with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. V. Hinman.
At a convention recently held at Gle
Elum for the nomination of city officers
for the ensuing year. A. S. Paul received
the nomination for mayor on the labor
A.. Al.
for treasurer on the Citizens ticket
Both are well known in this city having
at one time resided here.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30

the same conditions when the temper
ature is 10 degrees below or colder. All
perishable freight delayed at terminals
is to be placed in the roundhouse when
the perature falls below zero.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-11-30

Expert in Irrigation, L. S. Department
of Agriculture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
A RICH NEW YORK
MAN DISAPPEARED
Searchers Expect to Locate Him
Somewhere Near Salt
Lake City.

Salt Lake City. juno ,. - Henry
Baxter Kingsley. wealthy resident
of New York. whG disappeared from
his home in that city last November.
is believed to lie in the vicinity of
Salt Lake City. ana the police are now
conducting Il vigorous search for him.
\ man answering KinGSlcy'S descrip-
tiou stopped ut hotel at Provo
Utah, Monday night. He told the clerk
he WAS business man of New York,
and had lost two fortunes.
He was avoiding his enemies. lie
said. because they thought he had con
siderable money with him. The man
said he was 80 years old, but he did
not look to be more than 90 or 40.
Wednesday evening a man answering
very closely the descriptions sent out
of Kingsley called at the home of the
local representative of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad and asked for
a small loan, saying he had left his
grip at Provo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
MINISTER TAKES
ROOSEVELT VIEW
Tells Colleagues to Advise Early
Marriage and Large
Families.

St Louis. June :i.-In in address be-
fore the Miss uri Congregational aSsO-
citation on The Religious Opportunity
and Obligation of the Home" Rev. Cy-
rus f.. StimSon, of Kansas City, in
formed the ministers that it is their
duty to have large families. The mod
ern five-rOOm fiat he declared to he an
enemy to family life, and he empha-
sized this remark by stating that the
owners of such property have placed Il
premium on small families and upon
infanticide.
One of the great evils of modern so
city, he said, is the fgct that people put
off marital obligations until too late
in life. Parents are greatly to be
blamed for this" he added They
exact of the suitor for their daughters
hand conditions with which most
young men cannot comply. 1t is the
duty of the ministers of the gospel to
preach to the members of their focks,
urging early marriages and large fam
lilies" "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
MOB Is SEEKING
FOR AN ASSAILANT
Man Who Attacked Woman "Be
cause He Loved Her. May
be Hung.

Anderson, Ind, June ). - Mrs. Ada
Barger. Il widow 81 years old. was
murderouslT attacked by James Nc
COrmick, u rejected suitOr. because
she would not iilt the sweetheart of
her youth. The woman was literally
hacked TO pieces. Mccormick broke
through Il barricade that had been
placed at the front door i'll order to
oppose his threatened visit and after
infiicting more than II dozen wounds
with Il razor or bowie knife, he
Jumped through Il window and es-
capped.
A mob armed with rifles and shot
guns iS pursuing Mccormick with the
avowcd purpose of bringing him back
on stretcher. No mercy will he
shown him if the mob ever catches
the wouId-bc murderer. Mccormick
came from Pennsylvania a year ago,
madly smittpn with Mrs. Barger be-
cause of a photograph of hers which
had fallen into his hands. He is
distant relative of the victim, and on
the strength of this Mrs. Barger per
mitted Mccormick to board at her
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
MATTERS COMING
TO A HEAD SOON
Two Sources Of Danger in the Situa-
tiOn at Hanging
Rock.

Hanging Rock. @. Juno :;.A crisis
in the strike situation here will bc
reached soon. Tie soldiers will take
into custody a union man and striker
who is said TO he Il leader of the
forces which the troops have been sent
here TO qucll. Tho soldiers have start
ed house-tO-house search for arms
and are coI>liscating all they find eth
cr i'll the hands of union or non-uniou
men.
This is one crisis. The other is the
immiuence. as aIlaged, of all end TO the
strike. The state board of arbitration
is at work, and it is stated that an
agreement has nearly been reached.
This agreement involves the discharge
of the non-union men and the return
of the union men TO their old places,
according to report.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
MURDER EVIDENCE PLAIN:
TRIED TO BURN THE BODY

Philadelphia, June 3.-Detectivcs of
Delaware county and this city are
working hard I'm an endcavor TO un-
ravel the mystery connected with the
finding of the body of Il man on Dec
Grafton Day near the banks of Darby
creek. The place where the charred
body was found is in Il treacherous
marsh between the Delaware river
and Darby creek and ten miles south
of Philadelphia. On the banks OF Oar
by creek are scores of boat houses,
many of them the rendezvous of dis
sOlute men and women who spend
nearly every Sunday during the sum-
mer drinking and carousing.
1t is evident an attempt had been
made TO destroy all evidences Of identi-
fication by burning the body. Within
n few hundred yards of the spot
whore the body was found Is the farm
house Of William Horne. The night of
Sunday, May %. a rope and two pieces
Of chain were stolen from HOrne's
barn. This chain was found close TO
the murdered man. 1t had been fas-
tened to fence posts with staples.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
Cause Destruction of
Property and
Lives.
KAW RIVER TORRENT
Bolt During Storm in
Indiana Does Ex-
eCution.

Kansas City. June 3.-All tributaries
of the Kaw river in Kansas are rising
rapidly today. \ serious flood is
threatened. Heavy rain the past 80
days have caused most of the streams
to twice overflow their banks, destroy
ing much property and rendering sew
eral hundred persons temporarily
homeless. Today rain continues to
fall at many points throughout Kan
Sas.
Lightning Fatal.
Bonneville. Ind. June 3.-Three chill
dren were killed. one man fatally and
woman and child seriously injured
today by Il bolt of lightning which
partially destroyed their home near
Tennyson. The dead:
JOHN GENTRY, Jr.. aged II.
OPAL GENTRY, aged 10.
\ baby. aged ,.
Fatally injured:
John Gentry. Sr.
Seriously injured: Mrs. Gentry and
daughter Orta.
The storm swept over southern In
diana, doing considerable damage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
another GREAT BATTLE
REPORTED TO Be RAGING
RUSSO-CANADlAN
DISPUTE Is ENDED
st. Petersburg Press Happy Over Re
mOvaI of Source of Irritation
With England.

st. Petersburg. June 3. - The COM
ment here on the settlement of the
RusSo-Canadian fishery dispute is
significant The agreement is wei
coined by the Russian press as evil
dence of the increasing probability of
an Anglo-RusSian alliance, the papers
pointing out that public opinion in
Great Britain. France and Russia is
becoming more favorable. the war in
stead of proving an Obstacle TO an alli-
ance serving as one of the arguments
in its favor.
More significant still is n strong in
timation of the Novosti foreshadow-
ing that n commercial treaty between
the two countries will pave the way
to purely commercial rapprOchcment.
The NovoSti adds: THE realization of
this is easier, as both Russia and
Great Britain are bound by enormous
commercial dealings. 1t is true that
Russia is further from Great Britain
than France, but she is nearer India,
whose railroads could be joined with
Russia's." The paper makes the fur
ther point that without such n COM
mercial treaty any political agreement
would be frail.
The United States probably will be
the chief loser by such n treaty. The
United States already has suffered
from the differential duties levied
against her in retaliation for the i'm
position of a countcrvailng duty on
Russian sugar. Imports of United
States agricultural machinery, etc,
which Il few years ago were large,
have fallen almost to nothing. With
tariff concessions Great Britain is
bound to succeed to all this trade. The
impression is growing that Great Brit
ain is playing a shrcwd game, for big
stakes commercially rs well as pOlit-
ically, and thatwhilc Il complete agree
ment would be advantageous both to
Russia and to Great Britain, it would
be at the expense of the United States
in both these directions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
TRUTH ABOUT COLONEL FORT
Left n Farm Of $40 Acres to the Woman
He Was to Have Mar


Iacon. Ill. June Colonel II. r.
Forts will has been filed. II was made
On October. 1903. and his estate is val
ued ut S;iJO.OOO He gives 10 Effie Nc
Clary. his promised wife. 30 acres of
$4,000.
To Frank Specht. manager Of his
property. he gives JGO acres in Clay
county. Neb.: tn Minor Owens. OF Chi
cago. 800 acres in Fillmore county,
Neb.; 10 George COwan, of LacOn. Il
nephew. IGO acres in Fillmore county.
Ncb.: to George Wikoff. OF Lacon, 500
I'm cash. The balance goes to his
mother. Isaac Miller Hamilton, OF
Chicago, is named as executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
HAVE SECRET PACT
Obscure Agreement Between
Russia and Germany is
Dug Up.
SAID ToBE0FPERsoNAL NATURE
Rulers Agree Not TO Make War On
Each Other During
Lifetime.

Berlin. June 3.-From source that
it is learned, as alleged. that re
markahle secret alliance exists be-
tween Russia and Germany. consist
ing of personal compact between the
czar and the kaiser whereby the two
empires bind themselves never to make
war on each other as long as the czar.
the kaiser or the present crown prince
of Germany is alive. Russo German
relations in consequence today are
more intimate than at any time dur
ing the past 100 years and cause re-
sponsible German statesmen to snap
their fingers in the face of the Franco
Russian alliance.
Wanted to Save His Heir Trouble.
When the kaiser went to Wiesbaden
he was afraid that he was suffering
from a fatal disease and desired to
confer with the czar in order that he
might bequeath TO the young, mex
perienced crown prince hard and
fast understanding with Russia.
Nicholas was profoundly impressed by
Williams anXietieS. The kaiser in
formed him that he was prepared to
guarantee that Germany would keep
peace with Russia not only for the
period of his own reign, however hong
or short. but also for the period OF
the crown princes life. In return the
car was asked to guarantee that Rus
sia would never threaten Germany.
The cZar assented, but demanded Il
pledge of Germany's benevolent neu-
trality in the event Of a war with
Japan, which he foresaw as an i'm
minent danger.
Weak Russia Peace Guaranty.
This solemn peace compact is re-
spOnsible for the active pro- Russian
ism of the German government dur
ing the present crisis of world history.
Notwithstanding its existence German
statesmen and soldiers of the highest
rank are secretly chucIling over the
cars misfOrtunes i'll the Far East.
They know that Russia sapped as re-
CARDS its political and military prestige
is Il far more reliable guaranty of Rus
peace than the pledges of
q dozen cZarS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
DISCOVER THIEVES
Both of Them Trusted and Both
BaseIy Betray Their Trust
and Steal.
ONE GETS $4,000 IN CASH
steaIings May Run Up to Twice That
Much-The Other May Have
Stolen $4,000.

New Haven, Conn, June "a loss
Of from $4,000 to $4,000 through the
embezzlement of its funds by a trust
ed empIoye, Douglas NJ. Smith. is ad-
mitted by the officers of the National
Tradesmen's bank, of this city. The
exact loss is not yet known. Smith,
who was paying and receiving teller
of the bank, has acknowledged volun-
tarily that he embeZZled about $780,
COO, and the greater part of it, if not
all, within the past eight or nine
months. In Il statement given out by
Cashier II. w. Thompson, of the bank,
the following explanation of the situa-
ton is made:
Thief Confesses His Crime.
'SThe examination by the national
examiner was held last December and
that by the committee of the directors
shortly afterward. In neither eXamina-
ton was any discrepancy in the ac
counts of Mr.. Smith discovered. When
it was decided to have another exam
ination on Tuesday last Mr.. Smith did
not come to the bank. He sent u mes
sage saying that he had been taking
money from the bank. and that he was
not able to cover it up. He also said
that as he could not hope to make
good the loss he would not run away,
but would meet whatever punishment
the courts might mete out to him.
Bank Is Safe and Sound.
"As near as we can make out by
tho nNnrninntinn Tins
believe that he has taken about $780,
600. That is the sum which he him
self estimates. He was under bonds
for $4,000 given by an indemnity COM
pany. AS Mr.. Smith says he has not
saved penny during his lifetime, and
cannot make good the loss, we shall
have to stand the balance of the de-
falcatiOn above the $4,000 in the
bonds. Smith says he has been Specu-
lating and that he took the money for
that purpose. The bank is safe ana
sound There is no danger to either
our dcpositorS or our stockholders"
Another Trusted Thief Found Out.
Baltimore. June 3.-Jesse Il. Baker,
r bookkeeper formerly employed by
the National Howard bank, of this
city, has been arrested at his home
here charged with embezzlement. He
admitted that there was Il shortage in
his accounts of between $1,000 and
S12, 900. Baker disappeared two weeks
ago and went to st. Louis. He re-
turned to Baltimore a few days ago,
and was arrested and turned over to
the United States authorities. Com
missioner Rogers committed him I'm de-
fault of $1,000 bond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-03
MISSOURI ARBITRATION
LAW IS KILLED BY COURT

Jefferson City. Mo. June 3.-The
Missouri supreme court has decided
that the state board of arbitration has
no power to punish witnesses for con-
tempt who refuse to testify before it.
The law gave the circuit court power
to punish witnesses who refuse to tes-
tify before the board, and the supreme
court says this section of the law Is
unconstitutional. This it is said, prac-
ticaIly destroys the law.