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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
THEY FAVORED AMENDMENT,
NOT REPEAL, OF ROAD LAW
Eastern Washington Good Roads Con-
vention in Session at walla Walla
Last Week-B. L. Bull a
Delegate.

Councilman Il. l.. Bull returned Thurs
day from Walla Walla, where he at
tended the good roads convention held
In that city on the 30th of November
as a delegate from North Yakima and
representative of the city council. lie
was very favorably impressed with thc
work of the convention, which. ne be-
ieves, will result in an improvement in
methods of road work and in influencing
road legislation to some extent. About
one hundred delegates were present from
all parts of this state and from Oregon.
They were kindly treated by the citi-
zens of Walla Walla, and were all pleas
ed with the choice of the city as the
place for holding the convention. While
there the delegates were taken to where
the United States is constructing a
piece of model road Here the stone be
ing crushed and applied is the round
cobble, similar to that which is crushed
for use on the streets of North Yakima
Mr.. Bull thinks the road of which the
government is building a sample tnerc
is as near perfect as anything can be
IN the way of road.
The city of Walla Walla is also doing
some street and road building that
proved very interesting to the delegates
Here the stone used is different from
that employed in the government work.
1t is the volcanic, hard rock, but is
just as popular for the purpose. The
crusher used on this work is no larger
than the one owned by the city. Walla
Walla has a larger and heavier roller.
however, and it is propelled by steam
power instead of being drawn by horses.
as ours is.
The convention adopted the follow
ing resolution regarding road legisla-
ton:
Resolved. That the Eastern Washing
ton Good Roads convention, assembl, /
az Wala Walla this 3Oth day of Novem-
Der, 1904, favors the amendment rnth-
er than the repeal of the present read
Jaw. as demanded by the platforms of
both political parties, and that the see
rotary OF this meeting be and is mere
ny instructed to transmit copy Of this
resolution to the proper committee of
the legislature to convene in Olympia,
January. 1905
Resolved, That the great need of the
state of Washington is better wagon
roads, and that it is the sense of this
convention that a state highway com
mission should be created by statute.
with highway commissioner whose
duties and authority should be anala.
2ous to those exercised by similar
official IN California, and in nearly every
eastern state, and we earnestly re-
quest the members elect of the state leg
lslature to enact such a law.
Resolved, That this convention tav-
or system of state, county and indi-
yidual cooperation, whereby the state
shall pay one third, the county one
third, and the property owners benefit
ed by the construction of the road one
third; that the county pay first cost.
and that the state reimburse the coun-
ty. and the county collect from the
1rdiyiduals as their installments fall
due on plan similar to that of New
Jersey and other eastern states.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
47t3s

For Sale-40 acres of land under the
Congdon canal; part now in timothy.
Five miles from city. Price, $l20 per
acre, with water right; easy terms. APP
ply to Mrs. E. c. Burlingame, COG North
Third street. Att
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
StraYed or Stolen.

One roam heifer branded A D under
quarter circle on left side; two yearling
steers, one red and white speckled with
one horn broken off, one red and white
spotted, branded same as above. Suit
able reward will be paid for recovery of
animals or for information leading to
their recovery.
ALFRED DECOTO,
47t3s Ahtanum.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

To Lease-All or part of 1OO-acre
farm for term of years; portion on
irrigation ditch; two miles due west of
Yakima. Will make long lease of 5 or
10 acres of hops. Inquire of owner.
Wilde Carpenter, 242S Bridge avenue,
Spokane, Wash. 46-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

A cheap stove is the poorest invest
ment you can make. A Majestic range
will pay big dividends on your invest
ment, both in dollars saved and in salts
faction in one. Yakima Hardware Co.,
agents.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

FOR SALE.-Twenty-s and one
half acres choice land, u mile east of
fair grounds; orchard, hay and pasture;
small house, good barn and outbuildings.
Will include stock if desired. Call at
place. L. v. McWHORTER. 47-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

If you want homestead under the
Sunnyside Canal Extension for 5000 call
on or write me at once. Att
G. H. HINMAN, North Yakima.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
Mr.. and Mrs. Tenant Entertain.

The fascinating and popular 800"
furnished the entertainment at the re-
ception given by Mr.. and Mrs Tenant
at their home on North Second street
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Buy all your supplies at Coffin Bros
department store, and get the $500
house and lot they are giving away. Al
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

We are buying wheat, barley and oats.
Will pay above the market price. Cof-
fin Bros. 4ltf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Timber Claims-I can locate severa
parties on good timber claims. c. H
Hinman. 34-t,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

That 25c underwear at Coffin Bros >
special sale is equal to any 4Oc ger
ment in North Yakima. att
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

year: S. j. Harrison, r. d. Young,
VIM. Sawyer, Geo. P. Eaton and A. c..
Webber.-Sunnyside Sun.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Ladies, don't bake during the hot
weather when you can get fine home
made bread at Greene's store. 27-tt
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Buggies and hacks cheaper than any
where at Coffin Bros department store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
st, Louis Fair.

Pullman and tourist sleeping cars are
run daily on No. between Seattle and
st. Louis. nj. S. MEEKS.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Good fresh cows wanted at Willow.
brook Dairy. 39-tf
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Every Yakima Hardware Company's
Pocket Knife Is warranted.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07
Ladies' Musical Club.

Mrs. o. A. Fechter entertained the
Ladies' Musical Club at her nome on
North Natchez avenue last Thursday
afternoon, the attendance being unusual
ly large. The program follows:
DueI ''''.'... ..''.........
Mrs. A. B. Cline and Miss Read.
Sweetly Sang the Bird. -. .Rubenstein
Mrs. o. A. Fechter and Miss Erwin.
Dance ............... Meyer Helmund
Mrs. Verde A Erwin.
Solo-"Because l Love You, Dear"
'.''.''''.'.. ............. daWley
Mrs. Berry.
Violin NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Selected
Miss Erwin.
Romance, OPP. Al, No. L.. .Rubenstein
Miss Lucy Scudier.
Solo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Selected
Mrs. Poole.
ta) Don Juan Serenade .Tschaikowski
(b) Nightingale ............ Alabieff
Miss Spalenka
Two Larks ........... Leschetiztki
Miss Jessie Patton.
Russian Cradle Song. d. Tschaikowski
Mrs. Verde A. Erwin.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-12-07

Footballs and sporting goods of all
kinds at the Elite. 4stf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
BIG GRAIN CROPS FOR 1904.
Corn Yield 2,464 100000 Bushels
Wheat 55I,OOO,OOO Bushels,

OOTH lieu Zs.tOfgOOOyOOO
Wheat SOL, 100000 Bushels.
From the governments latest figures
a corn yield of 2,464, 100000 bushels is
Indicted for 1904. as compaced with a
harvest of 2,244, 100000 bushels in 1908.
The corn crop never was larger than
this year, except in 1902, when it was
1928, 100000 bushels. Wheat is placed
at 551 100000 bushels, as compared with
675,000.0O0 for 1898, 74S,000O00 for
1901, 670,000,000 for 1902 and 637 ,000,
600 fOr 1908, the only years which ex-
ceeded 1904's yield.
The oats crop for this year will reach
SS7 100000 bushels, which is the biggest
harvest of that cereal ever gathered eX-
cept in 1902, when the crop was 9S7, 000,-
600 bushels Barley, with 100000
bushels, breaks the record. Rye, $1,000,
600 bushels, has been beaten only in
1901, 1902 and 1903, when there was a
slightly larger yield than this years.
The $4,000, 000-bushel crop of buckwheat
goes ahead Of all former figures. Pota-
toes, with a yield of 305,000,000 bush
els, also beats all the figures of the past.
Cotton, of course, with its 12,000,00
bale crop, breaks all records.
1t will be noticed that the aggregate
of the great crops will be greater in
1904 than they ever were before. AS
prices are, for most of these articles ex-
cept cotton, slightly above the average of
recent years, the farmers will have more
cash in their hands at the close of 1904
than they ever had ia the past. All
the alarming crop reports turn out to be
erroneous.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
Fifty Years AGO.

All of the English Baltic fleet sailed
for home.
A Russian decree ordered an addi-
tional levy of ten men in every 1000
in the eastern half Of the empire, Jews
not excepted.
The political sentiment Of the union
was in a state OF transition, the drift
being towards political parties for or
against making slavery national.
The king of the Sandwich Islands,
to prevent the overthrow of his gov
eminent by lawless violence, accepted
the aid of the naval forces of the Unit
ed States and France.
The Spanish minister of foreign af-
fairs declared in the cortes 'That the
sale of the island of Cuba would be
the sale of Spanish honor itself"
Peace was restored at the Ballarat
gold diggings Australia, after reign
of terror lasting weeks, in which TWEEN
ty miners had been killed and martial
law established.
Commercial reciprocity had been ar
ranged between the United States and
Great Britain. 1t opened to AmerscnAs
the sea fisheries in British provinces
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
Seyenty-fye Years Aoo.

There were in Alabama over 10000
Creek Indians, who held among them
$50 slaves.
King Ferdinand of Spain agreed to
grant an act of amnesty TO his exiled
subjects.
Skirmishes took place between Rus
sian and Turkish troops in Asia, where
the news Of peace had not reached.
though the treaty had been signed
three weeks.
A Canadian priest ordered that all
Catholics in his parish who had been
married by Yankee ministers or magis-
trates be lawfully remarked by him.
Slaves were selling for nearly moth
ing at New Orleans. Almost every ship
brought them to that port and owing
to the failure of crops the planters had
little money to buy them.
A civil war began in Chile.
The reduction of wages caused a
strike among the weavers of Norwich,
England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
Afraid OF the Wet.

The crew of a certain life-saving sta
ton on the New England Coast has
many times proved itself brave and
efficient In time Of need, but of late
its skill and bravery nave been use
less. like so much treasure locked in q
vault There has been no wreck. The
sea has been kind as big dog.
Inaction had inevitably bred soft
habits OF life, and the idle crew had
given the summer visitors much to
Joke about Their satirical comments
were rather ungrateful, for the prae-
tee drills of the crew were a part OF
the entertainment OF the seaside re
sort.
Twice a week the crew pulled ont
the brass cannon, shot rope over a
dummy mast which is set up on a
point OF land, and then practiced Sid
ing down in the breeches buoy. The
small boys of the place were glad to
play the part of rescued mariners. and
altogether this serious drill. required
by law, was pretty holiday sport
One rainy day at the appointed time
the crew failed 10 appear at practice
The summer boarJlers on the hotel
veranda waited in vain for the exhi-
bition which should vary the monotony
Of duh day. Finally. one Of them
went over 10 the quarters OF the crew
to learn the reason
4 say. aren't You going to practice
today"
mo. sir
why not:"
Then the brave life saver. hero OF
many rough seas. made an explana-
tory gesture toward the weather and
said:
what, n this rain."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
War News in RrieS.


The Japanese cruiser Saiyen was sunk
by Russian mine in front of Port Ar
thur.
Japan is preparing to dispose of Rus
sia's Baltic fleet when it reaches Asiatie
waters.
The japanese cruiser Adsuma is re-
ported to have been blown up by a Rus
sian mine
The japanese blew up Ribling Hill
Fort at Port Arthur, killing 81 veral hum
dred Russians and rendering twenty guns
useless.
The japanese hope to win another big
victory before the Baltic fleet reaches the
Far East.
General Kuropatkin reports that he
has captured n quantity Of japanese
srns and ammunition.
Admiral Togo viii send portion Of
his squadron from Port Arthur to meet
Russia's Baltic fleet.
The Russian Prize Court confirmed the
legality of the seizure of the British
steamer Cheltenham-
The japanese sent 10 turn General
RennenkampH's flank. near Mukden. are
reported TO have been repulSed with
great loss.
Rumblings %, popular anger are shak-
ing St Petersburg. indicating that the
Russian Empire IS ON the verge Of a
revolution
japan announces that now that her
main object has been accomplished at
Port Arthur her army win avoid heavy
losses in future
Premier Kalsusa. Of Japan. gave ont
al cflcial statement at Toxic, in which
he declared that his Government had am
pie means 70 carry On the war for years.
The most desperate fighting in the
history Of the war occurred when the
japanese made their assaults on the
Rihiuns and Keenwan forts ii Port Ar
thur.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
One Hundred Years Ago.

Spain declared war against England.
Twenty brick and twenty frame
houses ON Wall street. New York, were
destroyed by fire. The total loss was
only S5oO,0O0
The New York Historical Society
was instituted.
The British under Admiral Popham
attacked Fort Rouge at the entrance
of Calais harbor
Russia had seventy sail of the line
in commission in her navy.
The French ambassador left Con-
stantinople, as the Ottoman porte re-
fused to acknowledge Napoleon as
hereditary emperor.
The surveyor of public buildings at
Washington reported to Congress that
$57,665.72 had been spent in one yeas
on the Capitol and White House.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27

another appointed. The Winnebagoes
live on the same reservation, but the
Sacs and Foxes, now numbering only
400, the remnant Of dying race, OBJ
ject to their presence.
The Wtnnebagoes are progressive.
The Sacs and Foxes are retrogressiye.
The former are attending the govern
ment schools-the Sacs and Foxes
think 1t is waste Of time and energy
to listen to the foolish talk of the pale
face teachers.
The Sacs and Foxes will not work.
They hate the white man, hate every
mark of civilization, hate all that the
government does-all but the blankets
and the rations which are supplied SO
regularly. They object to the filling
Of the land and want the school abol-
ished.
For twenty-five years has the gov
eminent been trying to maintain
school for the Sacs and Foxes. The
school was maintained, but no Indian
would attend. The few boys and girls
who did dare to learn the ways of civ
ilization Were ostracised by the re-
naming tribesmen. The Presbyterian
Board of Missions has erected a mis-
SIGN on The Indian lands. No one at
tends the meetings. A few of the
women condescend to learn to sew,
but they never make use Of the sani-
/ tary instruction they have received.
A few years ago also Congress ap-
prcpriated $4,000 for an industrial
school The buildings were erected on
the most modern plans and the school
was fully equipped. For two years it
has been in operation. No boy will
attend. He does not want to learn to
work. Education to the Iowa Indian
is sin. He does not want to learn.
The morals OK the Indians are above
the average of the white men except
| ing for two gambling and
drinking. They are expert card play
ers and after pay day they keep up
the game Of poker until money, blan-
kets and even horses have gone the
rounds of the card circle. The Sacs
and Foxes do not swear. They have
no words of profanity in their own
language, and when drunken Indian
goes on a rampage he must borrow
from the vocabulary of his white
brother.
In thirty years there has been no
crime among the Indians of the tribe.
They are not petty larcenists. The
chastity of their women is remark
able.
Sanitary conditions among the Sacs
| and Foxes are execrable. They take
absolutely no care of themselves and
it is for this reason that the extinction
Of the race is not far of. They eat
dead hogs thrown from freight cars,
and cattle which die by the wayside
are particularly appetizing. Another
| decade will see their almost total ex.
| tinction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
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More than 1000 skilled workmen have
left the French silk factories for Rou-
baix and Turcoing, within a year, for
the United States.
Good news comes from Pittsburg.
When the mills start on full time, Jan. /,
there will be added employment for an
army of 10000 men.
a recent publication puts the numbers
Of cotton spinning and weaving mills in
Spain at 500. Of which ,237 are in the
Province of Barcelona.
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation, cap
italized at S30OO0,O00, was incorporated
at Trenton, n. J., to succeed the United
states Shipbuilding Company, now in
the hands Of a receiver.
America is to manufacture typewriters
for Syria. the machines being fitted with
a new alphabet Of fifty characters. which
was arranged recently by Selim Haddad,
a Syrian artist and inventor. The actual
Syrian alphabet contains go characters.
About 600O0 waterwheels are used for
manufacturing in the United States,
yielding ] 100000 horsepower, or one
quarter to one-third Of the whole power
used. OF this total 10000 horsepower
is used by the 1000 mills ia New Eng
land.
What is believed to be the largest de-
post Of tungsten il the world has been
uncovered in Boulder county between
Eldora and Nederlaud. Colo. The min
eral assays from SIS to $500 ton, and
is valuable in connection with the man
ufaeturing Of iron and steel.
The 7o0 shoemakers' shops II Canton.
China, employ 5000 men and 10000
women. who work from daylight 70 dark.
Since the recent introduction Of kerosene
lamps their hours even have been length
ened. They get from about $50 to s. a
month in wages and their meals, consist
ing Of rice and salt fish.
Along the international boundary Of
the Canadian northwest. twenty years
ago. was an acreage II 10000 under
crop. yielding 10000 bushels Of wheat.
Noss the acreage IS over 100000, and
the annual yields 100000 bushels,
while population. acreage and output are
augmented al a rate no other country
can approach.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
our GREATEST FARM NousrRY.
Live Stock Business Leads ANY Other
by More than 3 .OOO, 100000,

It may be news TO the average small
farmer that the live stock farms of the
United States, considering all the farm
property in and on the farms, exceeds
IN value any other one class of farm
investment by more than 81 100000, 900.
One billion in itself is phrase of ire
mendous import. When it is considered
as a mere excess of figures marking the
size of one farming industry over am.
other, the reader begins to appreciate
Just what the farming industry in this
country may mean.
Hay and grain are tremendous fac
tors in the welfare of the country. TAX
ing the census returns of 1900 as 4 con-
sentative and accurate basis for COM
parsons, the value of the farm property
invested in the 1.319,S56 hay and grain
farms of the United States was S6,319,
54S, 543. But on the other hand the l.,
564, TIA farms devoted to live stock show
ed a total valuation Of ST, 500. 2S4,273,
ranking the one great classification by
$l,123,135,I30 and exceeding the vGlua-
tion of king cotton" and its lands by
more than S6.009.000, 600. And to lend
still greater emphasis to these figures
for live stock in the United States, the
hay and grain lands average $30.34 TO
the acre, the live stock farms show
S21.14, and the cotton lands S1236 60 the
acre. The average stock farm had 226.9
acres, the hay and grain farm had 1898
acres, and the cotton farm had $50
acres. Aside from the specific classi-
fications mentioned above. only the dairy
farm interests of the country passed the
billion mark in valuation, exceeding the
cotton industry by S5O0,000,000.
In strict sense the dairy interests
of the country belong to the live stock
totals of the United States. If these
farms and valuations should be taken to-
gether their totals would show 1922, 392
farms, valued at SO 19S, T51, $40, and pro-
Gucing in the year of 1899 a total of 81
039, 0S9,592 of which the strictly live
stock farms produced the overwhelming
proportion of 1854, 1876, 912 Compared
to this strictly live stock production for
that year, the hay and grain farms of the
country fell short of it by $410,0O0,O0O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
All Over the State.

1t is now an assured fact that the 500
line viii extend its Frederick branch to
Superior and Duluth next year.
At the annual business meeting of the
Southern Wisconsin Old Settlers Asso-
citation w H. Carlin was elected presi-
dent.
Over half carload Of performing
dogs. valued at 1000, were found scald-
ed to death by burst steam pipe when
the baggage car in which they were was
opened at Sheboygan. They had been
shipped from Fond du Lac by theat-
rical company.
While p. Semson was crossing the ice
of Beaver Dam lake on a bicycle the
ice gave way and Sir. Semson had .
narrow escape from drowning
At Marinette 4 man, alleging that he
represented a Maine magazine agency,
secured from $500 to $500 in cash orders.
The subscribers have not received the
magazines.
The smallest bill ever presented o the
GAINESVILLE Council was handed IN By a
plumbing firIn, II was for * cent for
one tlnee-gr.sr1er inch slug delivered At
the IRE engine house The IRE chief
EEENSEI 10 - ~ AAiE b4A& HsNt-tss3l ~
did not order the sane. and the trm may
bring suit to collect 1t.
Through the heavy snowstorms and
freezing weather two sailors reached the
town of Two Rivers, worn ont from their
long tramp through the woods. 70 report
the loss Of the steamer Continental on
the racSs one mile north of the Twin
River point Ii@hthoEsc-
Anton KelliRho1er's house near la
Crosse was Destroyed BIZ FIRE. His wife
and an iafnn. babe v-eTe reSc2ca from
the flames by his Haothcr. aged 50, who
had left tae horse tos 90 fer wafer, the
wife being sick IN bed. Finding the
hssaSe in Essncs and essa9e fer the n1o1a-
er ard child err on. Inc aged lady broke
In a window with al AZ and carried S0t@
RI q r,lara Of safety
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-27
VISION OF The OLD HOME.

To one forespent with stress of trade
And schemes of gain in city marts
There comes a breath of country hay
Waited from passing carts,
Fades the long line of brick and stone,
The streets rude tumult dies away,
From money-getting for a space
His soul cries holiday.
And with him down the orchard path,
Past springhouse and the pasture wall
Et-. spirit walks who taught her child
OAthe love that is Ger all.
The vision vanishes and straight
The streets rude tumult in his ears;
But in his heart heavenly strain,
And in his eyes sweet tears.
-Harper's.