The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-02-20
PECULIARlTlES OF
AMERICAN CITIES
Strange Facts Of Interest About Dit.
ferent Sections of the United
States.

Boise, Idaho, Is the only place IL
the world where the streets are
s2rinkled with hot water. The cit,
and county building are heated dur.
ing cold weather without the use Of
fire, and subscribers to the city water
works system get hot water all the
time without the expense Of stoves
This has been accomplished by har.
Messing an inexhaustiple hot spring
and the novel plan works perfectly
Jackson County, Kentucky, is far
famed on account of its family feuds
but it has other claims for mention
besides the deadly battles Of its
mountaineers. 1t has a population Of
10000, yet there is not single col
ored voter, nor citizen of foreign
birth. 1t has no ex-confederates
within its borders, no saloons. no reg
istered distilleries, and no work
houses. Further than this, no citizen
within its domains ever locks his
house.
They certainly do things on a
wholesale scale out in California.
The traveller down the Coast from
San Francisco to Los Angeles rides
through 35 miles Of growing beans.
4 tract Of 5000 acres is owned by
one man. A bean ranch" may
sound rather odd, but that is what ii
amounts to. The annual bean crop
of California amounts to 600 car
loads.
Where Lafayette Danced.
Included in the property con-
demned to make right Of way fol
the new tidewater railway at Nor
folk is an old landmark known as
Mrs. Ida Gordon's house. This an
cient structure was used as hospital
in the war of 1872, and is remem-
bered pleasantly as place where
Lafayette used to go to dances.
The announcement that several
railroads are extending their branches
across South Dakota discovers the
fact that it is the only state in the
Union that has never had state
wide railroad. The Indians first OBJ
jected to having them cross theil
reservations, and then when theil
consent was finally gained. the pro
motors were dilatory about putting
| the lines through. The new road;
will tap a very fertile farm regior
that will greatly add to the wealth
of the Northwest.
The most productive sulphur mine
in the world is in Calcaseu parish, il
the southwestern part of Louisiana
few miles from the Sabine River
The daily output is from $50 to SOC
tons throughout the year. The cos
of production is only $3.50 ton
while the selling price is $3.50 pei
ton.
One Life Lost Every Day.
1t costs one life per day to keel
traffic moving on the streets of New
York. The greatest number OF death:
are caused by street cars, after which
wagons and heavy drays are the mos
deadly. 1t is a coincidence that run
away horses and automobiles are re
sponslble for an equal number o.
| fatalities. In this connection it II
interesting to note that careful
compilations of court decisions ha
established a rating on the value O
human life. A boy of the working
class, aged 10 years, is computed a
s2061.42; Is years, $4263.46; ant
rs years, $S4SS.03. The age Of q
is the highest in worth, and from
then the price slowly declines until
az the age of 20 a man is valued a
only $3.50.
A few wagon roads in the Unite'
States still maintain toll gates. On
of these is in the Shenandoah Val
ley in Virginia. The pike runs TO
"a miles through the heart of west
ern Virginia from Winchester t
Staunton. 1t is operated by the Val
ley Turnpike company, and has /
toll gates located at intervals OF fiv
miles. The toll for a wagon an
team is 10 cents at the full gates
and cents at the half gates. Tn
Three Chop road is another old Vii
ginia highway that is still operate
under the toll gate system. Thi
primitive highway was surveyed b
Lafayette and was given the nam
!, it now bears because the woodsme
were told to chop three times o
trees in blazing the trail so that
might be distinguished from intel
secting ones.
Great Railroad Bridges.
The railroad bridges at Pittsbur