The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-06-06
HEAD Of CORNER
SECURELY LAID
IN PRESENCE OF A LARGE CROWD
Program Carried Out Without
Hitch-Speeches by Members
of the Bar and Others.

Though threatening clouds OBJ
scured the sun. and, as one of the
speakers put it, the sun god and the
rain god seemed at war yesterday,
the conditions at the time announced
for laying the cornerstone of the new
courthouse were most favorable, and
a very large crowd, estimated at
nearly 1000, witnessed the impress
sive ceremonies, and listened to the
speaking. The crowd was noticea-
BILE for the number of old people min
gled in with the younger ones.
Doubtless there were quite few
present who saw the building of the
old wooden structure at Yakima City
many years ago. If SO, their remin-
iscent thoughts would have been
most interesting to read.
w. /. Lince, who deserves as much
credit as any other man, perhaps
more than any other, for the new
courthouse being built, was master
of ceremonies. At his suggestion the
great audience joined heartily in
singing the "Star Spangled Banner.
DR.. Hayden offered the following ap-
propriate prayer:
20, God, Thou Creator of all
things, thou Ruler of all things, thou
dispenser of all events. We come
into thy presence now as company
of thy creatures desiring thy pres
ence and blessing.
I'VE thank thee that thou hast
established truth and justice in the
earth. By these temples whose walls
rise before us here, thou art pre-
senting to men the eternal principles
of thine own government and calling
men to live in accord with the divine
truth and justice may always preside.
truthand justice may always preside.
To this end may our judges be men
who love Righteousness and admins
ter our laws in thy fear. May our
juries be taken from our cleanest cit
izenship. May our officials be char
acterized by humanity, honesty and
| nobility. Preserve us, we pray thee,
from the unprincipled man who seeks
to win his cause by trickery and
wrong. Keep us from the political
demagogue to whom truth is a
stranger and to whom honor is I'M
known. May this building, conceived
the everlasting hills, erected in
beauty and peace. ever stand before
us as a symbol of those divine prin-
ciples that make people great in
thy sight. May it be completed un-
der thy favor and occupied in the
interest of law and order, industry
and sobriety, truth and honor. May
it be protected against the disasters
of nature. and so long as it endures
may it serve the high purpose of a
people whose God is the Lord.
Hear us now, we pray thee, and
answer us in blessing and peace.
Which we humbly ask in the name of
Him who is now our advocate and
will hereafter be our judge, Jesus
Christ. Amen"
Attorney H. J. Snively was the ora
tor of the day. He was in his hap
piest mood-and that's pretty happy.
He said apologetically that he was
there as a substitutes two substi
tutes, in fact. The committee had in
vited Judge Whitson to make the adj
dress, and he got cold feet then they
invited Fred Parker, and he develop
ed cold in the head; then the COM
mittee selected him and gave him no
chance to escape. He said he would
not invite the lamentations of those
present over the departure of the
old courthouse. 1t had had its uses;
it had been fort at one time; it had
been used as place to detain muir
derers; great speeches had been made
there: justice had been rendered
there-and sometimes the other; but
the old building stands there today
as link that connected the past, the
frontier days, with the present age
of progress and development Il
would rather have seen it burn down
few days ago." he declared, "for
the reason that l would rather it
die in harness than to see it torn
down for kindling wood" The SEN
timent was greeted with wave of
applause.
Continuing, Mr.. Snively said the
gathering was for the purpose of en-
phasizing the Importance of this
period in the county's growth. He
compared the past, within his recol-
lection, with what he was positive
the future held in store for Yakima;
the citizen of this commonwealth
twenty or thirty years from this time
could stand on the dome of the build
ing whose cornerstone was about to
be laid, and contemplate one of the
grandest and most prosperous COM
munities in all the country. He be-
lieved that the valley could support
enough people to give North Yakima
population of 100000 people dur
ing the lifetime of those who were
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